ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD
    March 6, 2008
    IN THE MATTER OF:
    DEFINITION OF VOM UPDATE, USEPA
    REGULATIONS (July 1, 2007 through
    December 31, 2007)
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    R08-12
    (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) (2006))
    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 (2006).
    Specifically, Section 9.1(e) of the Act (415 ILCS 5/9.1(e) (2006)) 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 of July 1, 2007 through December 31, 2007. During that time period,
    USEPA did not amend its definition at 40 C.F.R. 51.100(s). Therefore, no action is necessary,
    and the Board dismisses this docket.
    IT IS SO ORDERED.
    I, John T. Therriault, Assistant Clerk of the Illinois Pollution Control Board, certify that
    the Board adopted the above order on March 6, 2008, by a vote of 4-0.
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    John T. Therriault, Assistant Clerk
    Illinois Pollution Control Board

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