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August 7: Smoke School registration for October 2008.
The Illinois Environmental Protection Agency will offer a course in the Evaluation of Visible Emissions
during the week of October 20th. The class will run from Tuesday through Wednesday.
July 2: Draft revisions to the Illinois Mercury Rule monitoring provisions now available for review - The Illinois EPA is making available a draft of the Illinois Mercury Rule that has been revised due to the vactur of the federal Clean Air Mercury Rule (CAMR). The Agency will be accepting comments on the draft revisions until July 15 ahead of a stakeholder meeting scheduled for July 22 at 10:00 AM in the Bureau of Air's TQM room. Please submit comments to: EPA.Mercury@illinois.gov
May 29: Illinois
Ambient Air Monitoring Plan for 2009 – Federal Regulation
40 CFR Part 58 Subpart B 58.10 requires Illinois to submit to
USEPA an annual air monitoring network plan each calendar year.
The plan details the monitoring network for the criteria pollutants.
Prior to submission to USEPA, the network plan is being made
available for public review. Comments must be received at the
Illinois EPA by June 30, 2008.
February 19: Final
draft agency procedural rule for the CAIR Clean Air Set-Aside
(CASA) now available for review - The Illinois EPA is making
available the final draft of a rule outlining agency procedures
regarding the CASA. The agency rule will set administrative
procedures for the determination of eligible CASA projects, the
establishment of a CAIR CASA NOx allowance database, the CASA
application and application review process, and for the distribution
of CASA NOx allowances. Please submit comments to: EPA.CAIR@illinois.gov
January 22:
IEPA’s Technical Support Document for Recommended Nonattainment Boundaries
in Illinois for the 24-Hour PM2.5 National Ambient Air Quality
Standard - Section 107(d) of the Clean Air Act requires
that Illinois provide to the U.S. EPA recommended area designations
for the revised 24-hour PM2.5 fine particle National Ambient
Air Quality Standard for all areas in Illinois. These recommendations
must identify areas that are attaining the new standard, cannot
be classified, or are not attaining the revised standard. Illinois
provided recommendations to U.S. EPA on December 18, 2007.
The IEPA is proposing to recommend to U.S. EPA that the current
PM2.5 nonattainment areas, which were established in 2005 in response
to the annual PM2.5 standard, be retained for the 24-hour standard.
IEPA's
document is now available here.
January 17: Annual
Air Quality Report - The 2006 Annual Air Quality Report is
now available online.
October 5: Permitting
Requirements Under the Clean Air Interstate Rule (CAIR) -
On August 23, 2007, the Illinois Pollution Control Board (Board)
issued the Final Opinion and Order adopting requirements affecting
large fuel combustion sources in Illinois. The regulations adopted
by the Board will establish emissions trading programs for sulfur
dioxide (SO2) and nitrogen oxides (NOx) as required by the United
States Environmental Protection Agency’s (U.S. EPA) Clean
Air Interstate Rule (CAIR). One of the requirements of the Board’s
rule is that the owner or operator of any source with one or
more affected units must submit to the Illinois Environmental
Protection Agency (Agency) a CAIR permit application for the
source covering each CAIR unit. The CAIR applications must be
submitted to the Agency no later than December 31, 2007.
The CAIR permit application forms are available here and
on the CAAPP page. Please
contact the Permit Section (217-782-2113) if you have any questions.
October 5: Final
draft rule for Consumer Products, Architectural and Maintenance
Coatings, and Aerosol Coatings now available for review – The
Illinois EPA is making available the final draft of its regulatory
proposal to reduce emissions of volatile organic compounds from
certain consumer products, architectural and industrial maintenance
coatings, and aerosol coatings. Changes have been made to the
proposal in response to comments submitted regarding the June
7 draft. The Illinois EPA intends to submit this proposal to
the Illinois Pollution Control Board in the very near future.
This rule is modeled after the 2005 OTC Model Rule for Consumer
and Commercial Products, the 2001 OTC Model Rule for Architectural
and Industrial Maintenance Coatings, and California's reactivity-based
aerosol coating rule. These model rules are consistent with the
anticipated federal approach in all three source sectors. Please
submit comments to: EPA.AreaVoc@illinois.gov .
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Permit streamlining
project for minor construction permits - In June 2007 the
Bureau of Air, Permit Section initiated a streamlining project
aimed at minor construction permit applications. A "Kaizen Event" was
held in June 2007 and a plan of action aimed at improving the
minor construction permit application process was developed.
Mercury and Clean Air Interstate Rule (CAIR) Rulemaking
Information on the initiative by Governor Blagojevich and Illinois
EPA to reduce mercury emissions from coal-fired power plants
by 90 percent is now online.
Illinois Alternate Fuels
Rebate Program
The Alternate Fuels Rebate Program provides rebates for businesses,
local governments, organizations, and individuals in the State
of Illinois who acquire an alternate fuel vehicle, convert an existing
conventional vehicle to an alternate fuel vehicle, or purchase
domestic renewable fuel to operate an alternate fuel vehicle.
Illinois Clean School Bus Program
Governor Rod R. Blagojevich and the Illinois EPA have a goal under
the Illinois Clean School Bus Program, to provide a healthier
environment for Illinois school children. The Illinois Clean
School Bus Program will provide funding to assist schools/school
districts to reduce emissions from diesel-powered school buses
Stage I & II Vapor
Recovery Programs
Updated information on these programs is now available along with
the registration form which is available for download in Adobe
Acrobat (PDF) format.
MACT Training Programs
Each quarter, Illinois EPA in conjunction with the Lake Michigan
Air Director's Consortium and the Region V Training Committee
plan to focus on a different MACT (Maximum Achievable Control
Technology) standard.
Air Quality Annual Report
Highlights information obtained from the Bureau of Air's statewide
air monitoring network, which incorporates more than 300 monitors
that track the measurements of a variety of pollutants and air
toxic compounds.
Illinois Green Fleets
A voluntary program where businesses, government units, and other
organizations in Illinois gain recognition and additional marketing
opportunities for having clean, alternative fuel vehicles in
their fleet.
Electric Power Plant and
Generating Unit Projects Since 1998 - list is updated regularly.
Summary Information on Fuel
Ethanol Plants in Illinois- Based on Information in the Bureau
of Air’s Permit And Application Files. The list is updated
regularly.
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