- Board Adopts for First-Notice Proposed Rules on Hearings in Identical In
Substance Rulemakings
The Board, on January 21, 2010, proposed for first notice rules that would allow
videoconference hearings in rulemaking proceedings pursuant to Section 7.2 of the
Environmental Protection Act (Act) (415 ILCS 5/7.2 (2008)).
- The proposal 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.
- The
Board is not required to hold hearings in these hearings, how...