- Board Adopts Final Opinion and Order Updating Volatile Organic Material
Definition
The Pollution Control Board, on January 7, 2010, adopted the rulemaking docketed as In
the Matter of: Definition of VOM Update, USEPA Regulations (January 1, 2009 through
June 30, 2009) (R10-7), which adds two compounds to the list of those exempted from
the definition of Volatile Organic Material (VOM).
- The update is needed to ensure that
Illinois’ regulations reflect the United States Environmental Protection Agency’s
(USEPA) most recent exemption of chemical compounds from regulation as ozone
precursors.
- 108-32-7), and dimethyl carbonate (DMC) (IUPAC name; CAS
no.
- USEPA added
these compounds to t...