ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD

    March 4, 2004

     

    IN THE MATTER OF: )
    )
     
    EXEMPTIONS FROM THE )  R04-19
    DEFINITION OF VOM UPDATE, )  (Identical-in-Substance
    USEPA REGULATIONS (July 1, 2003 )  Rulemaking - Air)
    through December 31, 2003) )

    Proposed Rule. Dismissal Order.

     

    ORDER OF THE BOARD (by J.P. Novak):

     

    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 July 1, 2003 through December 31, 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 March 4, 2004, by a vote of 5-0.

     

    Dorothy M. Gunn, Clerk
    Illinois Pollution Control Board

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