ILLINOiS POLLUTION CONTRCL BOARD

April

1, 1987

IN THE MATTER OF:

)

NATIONAL EMISSIONS STANDARDS

)

FOR HAZARDOUS AIR POLLUTANTS:

)

REVIEW AND REVISION

)

R87-7

OF THE STANDARDS FOR MERCURY

)

(35 ILL. ADM. CODE 231.150)

)

RESOLUTION AND ORDER

OF THE BOARD

(by J. Theodore Meyer):

This matter comes before

the Board upon a March

19,

1987

publication of notice

(52 Fed. Reg.

8724) by the United States

Environmental Protection Agency

(USEPA)

of the

promulgation of

amendments to Subpart

E of the National Emission Standards for

Hazardous Air Pollutants

(NESHAPS):

Subpart

E

—

Mercury

40 CFR 61

35

Ill.

Adrn.

Code 231.150

Pursuant

to Section

9.1

of the Environmental Protection Act,

the Board

is required

to adopt amendments

“in substance

identical”

to the federal NESHAPS amendments.

The Board will do

so through incorporation by reference of the federal amendments

as peremptory amendments.

The Board will also update

the Code of

Federal Regulations reference

to the current edition.

ORDER

The Board hereby adopts

the following amendment

to Title

35:

Environmental Protection; Subtitle

B:

Air Pollution;

Chapter I;

Pollution Control Board; Part 231:

Hazardous Air

Pollutants:

SUBPART E:

MERCURY

Section 231.150

Mercury

The Board

incorporates by reference 40 CFR

61, Subpart

E (l98~6),

as amended

at

52

Fed. Reg.

8724, March

19,

1987.

IT

IS SO ORDERED.

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I,

Dorothy M. Gunn,

Clerk of the Illinois Pollution Control

Board, hereby certify that the above Resolution and Order was

adopted

on the

~

day of

__________________,

1987, by a vote

of

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.

Ill

Pollution Control Board

77-79