ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD

August 7, 2003

 

IN THE MATTER OF: )

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EXEMPTIONS FROM THE ) R04-2

DEFINITION OF VOM UPDATE, ) (Identical-in-Substance

USEPA REGULATIONS (January 1, 2003 ) Rulemaking - Air)

through June 30, 2003) )

 

Proposed Rule. Dismissal Order.

 

ORDER OF THE BOARD (by T.E. Johnson):

 

Section 9.1(e) of the Environmental Protection Act (Act) (415 ILCS 5/9.1(e) (2002))

requires the Board to adopt regulations that are “identical in substance” to regulations of the

United States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA). 415 ILCS 5/7.2 (2002).

Specifically, Section 9.1(e) of the Act (415 ILCS 5/9.1(e) (2002)) relates to the definition of

“volatile organic material” (VOM) and those compounds that USEPA has found to be exempted

from regulation under state implementation plans for ozone due to negligible photochemical

reactivity. USEPA has codified these exemptions as part of its definitions at 40 C.F.R.

51.100(s).

 

The Board reserved this docket for USEPA amendments during the period between

January 1, 2003 and June 30, 2003. During that time period, USEPA did not amend its

definition of VOM. Therefore, no action is necessary, and the Board dismisses this docket.

 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

 

I, Dorothy M. Gunn, Clerk of the Illinois Pollution Control Board, certify that the Board

adopted the above order on August 7, 2003, by a vote of 7-0.

 

Dorothy M. Gunn, Clerk

Illinois Pollution Control Board