June 2, 2005 - The Illinois Pollution Control Board adopted amendments to the Board’s air rules relating to the Emissions Reduction Market System (ERMS) at it’s June 2, 2005 meeting. The Board adopted the final opinion and order in the rulemaking entitled Amendments to 35 Ill. Adm. Code 205, Emissions Reduction Market System, and 35 Ill. Adm. Code 211 (R05-11), which outlines the amendments. ERMS is a cap and trade program that involves volatile organic material (VOM) emissions in the Chicago non-attainment area. The Board originally adopted the ERMS on November 20, 1997 and the United States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) approved the ERMS as part of the Illinois State Implementation Plan (SIP) for ozone effective November 21, 2001.
Amendments to Emissions Reduction Market System Rules Are Finalized
The Illinois Pollution Control Board adopted amendments to the Board’s air rules relatingto the Emissions Reduction Market System (ERMS) at it’s June 2, 2005 meeting.
Adm.
Code 211
(R05-11), which outlines the amendments.
On November 19, 2004, the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (IEPA) filed the
rulemaking, which proposes revisions to the ERMS program rules intended to ensure thecontinued maintenance of the VOM reductions in the Chicago non-attainment area withthe revocation of the 1-hour ozone standards and implementation of the new 8-hourozone.
The IEPA contends that revoking the 1-hour ozone NAA...
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