ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD
    April
    13,
    1978
    IN THE MATTER OF:
    AMENDMENTS TO THE AIR
    POLLUTION CONTROL REGULATIONS
    PERTAINING TO OPEN BURNING
    )
    R78-2
    IN DISASTER AREAS
    ORDER OF THE BOARD
    (by Mr. Dumelle):
    On April
    13,
    1978 the Agency requested that Rules
    501(1)
    and 501(j)
    of Chapter
    2:
    Air Pollution Control
    Regulations be amended.
    The Agency’s proposal would define
    a disaster and a disaster area as those declared pursuant
    to State or Federal Law.
    The impetus
    for this proposal
    is the March
    25,
    1978 declaration by the Governor of Illinois
    that
    24 counties
    in Central Illinois were disaster areas as
    a result of damage from the March 24-26,
    1978
    ice storm.
    The Board hereby finds that the Governor’s action enables
    the Board
    to act pursuant to Section 27(c)
    of the Act.
    An
    emergency has been found to exist in Calhoun, Cass,
    Champaign,
    Christian, Coles,
    DeWitt, Douglas,
    Edgar, Greene, Jersey,
    Pike,
    Logan,
    Macon, Macoupin, Mason, Menard, Montgomery, Morgan,
    Moultrie,
    McLean,
    Piatt,
    Sangamon,
    Scott.
    and Shelby Counties.
    For a period of 150 days from the date o~ Lhis Order,
    Rules 501
    (i) and
    501(j)
    of the Board’s Air Po1lutio~Control Regulations
    shall be amended
    to read as follows:
    Rule 501(1)
    “Disaster:
    A major disaster declared
    pursuant to the U.
    S. Disaster Relief Act of
    1970,
    Public Law 91-606, or declared by the Governor of
    the Sf:ate
    of
    Illinois pursuant to
    Seciion
    .1108(a)
    of
    L
    F~
    I:Incr(;ency
    Services
    and
    Dl saster O~
    )O
    r~i
    t
    ions
    Ac
    L
    of
    1975
    as
    amended,
    Chap
    Ler
    i 27
    ol
    Lliu
    IT
    I
    i no
    I s
    Re’—
    vised
    Statutes.”
    Rule
    501(j)
    “Disaster
    Area:
    Area
    in
    which
    a
    major
    disaster has been declared pursuant to the U.
    S.
    Disaster Relief Act 1970, Public Law 91—606, or
    declared by
    the Governor of the State of Illinois pursuant
    to Section l108(a)of the Emergency Services and Disaster
    Act of 1975
    as amended, Chapter
    127 of the Illinois
    Revised Statutes.”
    30—59
    —2—
    These amendments shall apply only in those
    24 counties
    listed
    in this Order.
    These amendments shall take effect
    immediately.
    Hearings on the merits of this proposal will convene
    as soon as possible.
    In its evaluation of this proposal,
    the Board will consider whether or not these amendments
    should be adopted permanently on a statewide basis.
    It should be noted that the Agency’s Proposal called for
    Amendments
    to Rules
    501(c) and 501(d)
    and
    ~hiS
    Order pertains
    to Rules
    501(i)
    and 501(j).
    The enumerat
    ~
    ~thichthe Board
    is using reflects the same rules with the correct designation
    on file with the Secretary of State.
    IT IS SO ORDERED.
    I,
    Christan L. Moffett, Clerk of the Illinois Pollution
    Control Bo~rd, hereby certify the above Order was ado ted
    on the
    ~
    day of
    ______________,
    1978 by a vote of
    ~
    Illinois Pol
    30-60

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