Department of Commerce
and Economic
Opportunity
620 East Adams
Street,
S-6
Springfield,
Illinois 62704
AUG
0
2009
STATE
OF ILIJNOIS
Pollution
Control
Board
Re:
Request for
Economic
Impact
Study
for: Reasonably Available
Control
Technology
(RACT)
for Volatile Organic
Material
Emissions from Group
II
Consumer
& Commercial
Products:
Proposed Amendments
to
35
Iii.
Adm.
Code
211, 218, and 219,
(Ri 0-08)
Dear Director
Ribley:
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Thons
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Suite
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312-S14-?620
FAX
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6032
On August
6,
2009, the Board
accepted for
hearing a proposal
in Reasonably
Available Control
Technology
(RACT)
for
Volatile
Organic Material
Emissions
from Group II
Consumer
&
Commercial Products:
Proposed
Amendments to
35 Ill.
Adm. Code
211, 218, and 219,
(R09-21).
This
rulemaking was
filed with the Board
on July
9,
2009,
by the Illinois
Environmental
Protection Agency.
Generally,
the
Agency proposes
to adopt air
pollution regulations
to control
emissions of volatile
organic
material
for Group
II Consumer
& Commercial Products
in ozone
nonattainment
areas
classified
as moderate and
above.
Group
II products include
industrial
cleaning solvents,
flat wood paneling
coatings,
flexible packaging
printing
materials,
lithographic
printing materials, and
letterpress
printing materials.
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
August
6,
2009
Warren
Ribley, Director
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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
held
simultaneously
or as a
part
of
any
Board
hearing
considering
such
new
rules.
415
ILCS
5/27(b)
(2008).
The Board
is
in the process
of scheduling
a hearing
in
this
rulemaking.
Although
there
is no
decision deadline
in
this
rulemaking,
the Board
intends
to
proceed
promptly
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:
John
T. Therriault,
Assistant
Clerk
of
the
Board