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RECEIVED

CLERK’S OFFICE

JAN

2005

January

5, 2005

STATE OF ILLINOIS

PollutiOn Control Board

J. Philip Novak, Chairman

Illinois Pollution Control Board

James R. Thompson Center

100 West Randolph, Suite 11-500

Chicago, IL

60601

RE:

DCEO Response to Request for Determination on Economic Impact Study in

RulemakinE DocketR05-08

Dear Chairman Novak:

Thank you very much for your October 28, 2004 letter requesting a determination as to whether

the Department ofCommerce

and

Economic Opportunity intends to conduct an economic impact

study

ofthe proposed rules in the above-referenced docket.

The Department has reviewed the amendments to the Standards for Universal Waste

Management

(35

JIL Adm. Code Parts 703, 720, 721,

724,725,728

and 733) proposed by the

Illinois Environmental Protection Agency.

Based on this review, and in light of continued fiscal

constraints, the Department has decided not to conduct a study ofthe economic impact ofthe

proposed rules, pursuant to

415

ILCS

5127(b).

Thankyou for soliciting the Department ofCommerce and Economic Opportunity’s input in this

matter.

Sincerely,

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