ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD
    March
    7,
    1974
    )
    IN THE MATTER OF
    )
    INQUIRY HEARINGS ON
    )
    R74-2
    SULFUR DIOXIDE REMOVAL
    )
    TECHNOLOGY
    AND
    REGULATIONS
    )
    /
    ORDER OF THE BOARD
    (by Mr. Dumelle):
    The recent Arabian boycott of oil shipments
    to the United
    States has severely reduced supplies of heating oils, especially
    those of low sulfur content,
    to Illinois consumers.
    Natural gas
    supplies,
    a clean alternate fuel,
    appear to be relatively fixed
    in amounts available.
    The
    Board
    in
    recent
    proceedings
    has
    been
    told
    that
    sulfur
    dioxide
    technology
    is
    not
    yet
    “commercially
    available”
    for
    installation by large users of high sulfur coal or oil.
    On the
    other hand,
    the Federal government has maintained that the
    removal technology,
    is available,
    It
    seems desirable therefore
    to hold several inquiry
    hearings
    to determine among other matters the following:
    I.
    The extent of available supplies of low sulfur fuels
    to Illinois.
    2.
    The status of sulfur dioxide removal technology,
    especially for large heat sources.
    3.
    The legal limits imposed upon Illinois by the Federal
    Clean Air Act
    (and any amendatory legislation to
    it)
    and
    by Court
    decisions on non-degradation so far
    as sulfur
    dioxide regulations are concerned.
    4.
    The best up-to-date medical and public health opinion
    as
    to the validity of existing Illinois and Federal sulfur
    dicxide air quality standards and any developments toward
    dii~erentstandards
    or,
    toward new related standards, such
    as sulfates or on synergistic effects with particulates,
    :~~lationsgoverning sulfur dioxide emissions or air
    quality
    standards
    which
    should
    be
    changed
    in
    light
    of
    the
    above.
    t~.
    Any
    new
    information
    on
    the
    Costs
    of
    compliance
    with
    the regulations as
    they now stand or as they might be
    ~nodified.
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    The Board welcomes public participation in these inquiry
    hearings and asks that persons interested in testifying make
    arrangements with the Hearing Officer.
    IT IS SO ORDERED.
    I,
    Christan L.
    Moffett, Clerk of the Illinois Pollution Control
    Board, hereby certify the above Order was adopted on the
    1”~’
    day
    of March,
    1974 by
    a vote of
    ~
    In
    .4It~
    Christan L. Moffet~/~1erk
    Illinois Pollution C6ntrol Board
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