- Board Amends Rules on Hearings in Identical In Substance Rulemakings
The Board, on August 5, 2010, adopted an amendment to the Board’s procedural rules
allowing videoconference hearings in rulemaking proceedings pursuant to Section 7.2 of
the Environmental Protection Act (Act) (415 ILCS 5/7.2 (2008)).
- The rulemaking is
docketed as In the Matter of: Proposed Amendment to Procedural Rules on Hearings in
Identical in Substances Rulemakings (R10-18).
- Traditionally, the Board holds public hearings at one location in rulemakings that amend
the definition of volatile organic material (VOM) pursuant to the Act.
- Additionally, the Board amended the procedural rules to allow the Board to hol...