April 4, 2013 - The Board, on April 4, 2013, adopted a first-notice opinion and order to amend the Board’s air pollution rules. The Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (IEPA) filed the rulemaking on March 18, 2013. The rulemaking is docketed as In the Matter of: Vapor Recovery Rules: Amendments to 35 Ill. Adm. Code Parts 201, 218, and 219 (R13-18).
Board Adopts First-Notice Opinion and Order for Proposed Amendments to Vapor
Recovery RulesThe Board, on April 4, 2013, adopted a first-notice opinion and order to amend the Board’s airpollution rules.
Specifically, owners and operators of existing gasoline dispensing
operations (i.e., operating at any time before January 1, 2014) would be allowed to begindecommissioning Stage II systems on January 1, 2014, but would have to comply with Stage IIrequirements until decommissioning begins.
IEPA also seeks to clarify and streamline permitting rules for storage tanks and fuel dispensing.
The Board accepted the IEPA’s rulemaking proposal for hearing and granted the IEPA’s motion
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