ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD
February 1, 2007
IN THE MATTER OF:
DEFINITION OF VOM UPDATE, USEPA
REGULATIONS (July 1, 2006 through
December 31, 2006)
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R07-10
(Identical-in-Substance Rulemaking - Air)
Proposed Rule. Dismissal Order.
ORDER OF THE BOARD (by G.T. Girard):
Section 9.1(e) of the Environmental Protection Act (Act) (415 ILCS 5/9.1(e) (2004))
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 (2004).
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 to the definition of VOM that
occurred during the period between July 1, 2006 through December 31, 2006. During that time
period, USEPA did not amend its definition of “volatile organic material” at 40 C.F.R. 51.100(s).
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 February 1, 2007, by a vote of ________.
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Dorothy M. Gunn, Clerk
Illinois Pollution Control Board