- Board Adopts First-Notice Opinion and Order for Proposed Amendments to Vapor
Recovery Rules
The Board, on April 4, 2013, adopted a first-notice opinion and order to amend the Board’s air
pollution rules.
- Specifically, owners and operators of existing gasoline dispensing
operations (i.e., operating at any time before January 1, 2014) would be allowed to begin
decommissioning Stage II systems on January 1, 2014, but would have to comply with Stage II
requirements 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
for...