Jack
Lavin,
Director
Department
of
Commerce
and
Economic
Opportunity
620
East Adams
Street,
S-6
Springfield,
Illinois
62704
DEC\
1
2(108
Re:
Request
for
Economic
Impact
Study
for:
Air
Quality
Standards
Clean-Up:
Amendments
to
35
III.
Adni.
Code
Part
243,
(R09-1O)
Dear
Director
Lavin:
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On
December
18,
2008,
the
Board
accepted a proposal
for
hearing
in Air
Quality
Standards
Clean-Up:
Amendments to
35 Iii.
Adm.
Code
Part
243,
R09-19.
This
rulemaking
was
filed with
the
Board
on
December
1, 2008,
by
the Illinois
Environmental
Protection
Agency
(Agency).
Generally,
the
Agency
proposes
to
amend
the
Board’s
air
pollution
regulations
to
incorporate
new
federal
air
quality
standards.
I write
to request
that your
Department
conduct
an economic
impact
study
concerning
this
proposal.
Since
1998,
Section
27(b)
of
the
Environmental Protection
Act
has
required
the
Board
to:
1)
request
that
the
Department
of
Commerce
and
Economic
Opportunity
(formerly
the
Department of Commerce
and Community
Affairs)
conduct
a
study
of
the
economic
impact
of the
proposed
rules.
The
Department
may
within
30
to 45
days
of
such
request
produce
a study
of
the
economic
impact
of the
proposed
rules.
At
a minimum, the
economic impact
study
shall
address
a)
economic,
environmental,
and
public
health
benefits
that
may
be
achieved
through
compliance
with
the proposed
rules,
b)
the
effects
of the
proposed
rules
on
employment
levels,
commercial
productivity,
the
economic
growth
of small
businesses
with
100
or
less
employees, and
the
State’s
overall
economy,
and
c)
the
cost
per
unit
of pollution
reduced
and the
variability
of
company
revenues
expected to be
used
to
implement
the
proposed
rules;
and
(2)
conduct
at least
one
public
hearing
on
the economic impact
of
those
rules.
At least
20
days
before
the hearing,
the
Board
shall
notify
the
public
of
the
hearing
and
make
the economic
impact
study,
or
the
Department
of
Commerce
and
Economic
Opportunity’s
explanation
for
not producing
an
economic
impact
study,
available
to
the
public.
Such
public
hearing
may
be
ILLiNOIS
POLLUTI
-ERK
S
OFFICE
GOVERNOR
December
19,
2008
Rod
R. Blagojevich
STA-E
OF
ULUNOIS
tOIItion
Control
Board
IAIRMAN
G.
TaniièrGirard, Ph.D.
1
GOVERNOR
Rod
R.BlagØjeich
•
CNA1RMAN
G.
Tanner
Grard, Ph.D.
ILLiNOIS
POLLUTION
CONTROL
BOARD
held
simultaneously
or as a
part of any Board hearing
considering
such new
rules.
415 ILCS
5/27(b)
(2006).
The
Board is in
the process of scheduling
initial hearings
in this rulemaking.
Although
there is no
decision
deadline
in this
rulemaking,
the Board intends to
proceed
expeditiously
with
this rulemaking,
and asks that you
respond to this
request
as
soon as
you
conveniently
can. If
I,
or my
staff, can provide
you with any
additional
information,
please let me know.
Thank
you
in
advance
for your prompt response.
Sincerely,
G.
Tanner Girard
Acting
Chairman
Pollution
Control
Board
cc:
Warren
Ribley,
DCEO
John
T.
Therriault, Assistant
Clerk
of the
Board
•
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