ILLINOIS
    POLLUTION
    CONTROL
    BOARD
    November
    20, 2008
    ECEVED
    CLERK’S
    OFFICE
    1N
    THE MATTER
    OF:
    )
    NOV
    2112008
    )
    NITROGEN
    OXIDES
    EMISSIONS
    FROM
    )
    R08-19
    STATE
    OF
    ILLINOIS
    VARIOUS
    SOURCE
    CATEGORIES:
    )
    (Rulemaking
    - Air)
    Pollution
    Control
    Board
    AMENDMENTS
    TO
    35 ILL.
    ADM.
    CODE
    )
    PARTS211AND217
    )
    HEARING
    OFFICER
    ORDER
    The first
    hearing in
    this
    proceeding
    took
    place
    Tuesday,
    October
    14,
    2008, in Springfield.
    On
    Friday,
    October
    24, 2008,
    the Board
    received
    the transcript
    of that
    third hearing
    (Tr.)
    and
    posted
    the transcript
    to its Web
    site
    at
    www.ipcb.state.iLus.
    At the
    conclusion
    of that hearing,
    the
    participants
    addressed
    a number
    of procedural
    issues.
    First,
    after
    specific spreadsheets
    generated
    a number
    of questions
    at hearing,
    the Agency
    committed
    to supply
    those
    spreadsheets
    to the
    Board
    by
    October 21,
    2008 so
    that
    the Board
    could
    make available
    an Excel
    version
    to participants
    who
    sought
    that
    version
    of the
    documents.
    Tr. at
    203.
    Under
    this docket
    number
    in the
    Clerk’s Office
    On-Line
    (COOL),
    the docket
    entry
    dated
    October
    15, 2008,
    lists the
    documents
    available
    in Excel
    and
    includes
    information
    on
    obtaining
    copies
    of
    them.
    Second, in
    responding
    to question
    posed at
    the first hearing,
    the Agency
    sought
    to
    wait
    for the filing
    of the transcript
    to
    ensure
    that they
    responded
    to the specific
    questions
    raised.
    Tr.
    at 203.
    The Agency
    committed
    to filing
    written responses
    to
    those
    questions
    by Wednesday,
    November
    5,
    2008, and
    filed them
    on
    that date
    as
    Public Comment
    #1.
    Third, for
    the
    second hearing
    Tuesday,
    December
    9,
    2008, in Chicago,
    the
    deadline
    for
    prefihing
    testimony
    is Tuesday,
    November
    25,
    2008.
    Tr. at 203.
    The
    “mailbox
    rule”
    at 35
    Ill.
    Adm.
    Code
    101.300(b)(2)
    does
    not apply
    to the
    filing
    of this
    prefiled testimony,
    and all filings
    must be
    received by
    the
    Clerk’s
    Office
    no later
    than
    4:30 PM
    on
    Tuesday,
    November
    25,
    2008.
    See T.
    at
    203-04.
    However,
    documents
    may be
    filed
    electronically
    though
    the Clerk’s
    Office
    On-Line
    (COOL)
    from
    the Board’s
    Web
    site
    at
    www.ipcb.state.il.us.
    Any
    questions
    about
    electronic
    filing through
    COOL
    should
    be
    directed
    to
    the
    Clerk’s
    Office
    at
    (312)
    814-3629.
    IT
    IS
    SO
    ORDERED.
    Timothy
    J.
    Fox, Hearing
    Officer
    Illinois
    Pollution
    Control
    Board
    100W. Randolph
    St.,
    Suite
    11-500
    Chicago,
    Illinois 60601
    3
    12-814-6085!foxt@ipcb.state.il.us

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