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$25.20 to $60 per sample (previously,
$12 or $12.50 per sample). Finally,
fees for two tests used to diagnose
equine infectious anemia are reduced
from the previous $15 and $20 to $8
and $10, respectively. Those affected
by this rulemaking include livestock
and poultry producers, veterinarians,
and food safety personnel who utilize
DOA's laboratory testing services.
Questions/requests for copies: Linda
Rhodes, DOA, State Fairgrounds,
Springfield IL 62794-9281, 217/785-
5713, Fax 217/785-4505.
AIR POLLUTION
The POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD
adopted an amendment to "Permits
and General Provisions" (35 Ill Adm
Code 201; 35 Ill Reg 14616), effective
12/5/11, that requires qualifying
"smaller sources" of air pollution to
register with the Environmental Pro-tection
Agency as an alternative to
applying for a permit. (A small source
emits relatively low quantities of such
hazardous air pollutants as carbon
monoxide, lead, mercury, and nitro-gen
oxides and meets other specified
criteria.) Owners and operators of such
qualifying sources will no longer ap-ply
for construction or operating per-mits,
await review of permit applica-tions
and permit issuance, pay con-struction
and operating permit fees,
and submit an annual emissions re-port.
Instead, they will pay an annual
fee, submit initial and annual certifica-tions
stating that the source continues
to meet program criteria, and keep
records supporting the certification.
Covered topics include how to deter-mine
whether emissions meet statu-tory
criteria, initial and renewal regis-tration,
recordkeeping, source chang-es
that require notification or a permit,
and re-entry into the program. Chang-es
since 1st Notice make annual small
source registration mandatory rather
than permissive and clarify that these
sources remain subject to all appli-cable
environmental statutes and regu-lations.
Also, sources subject to local
siting are ineligible for the small source
registration outlined in this rulemaking.
Emissions will be calculated based on
the calendar year rather than 12 con-secutive
months, and sources are al-lowed
to "verify" that they meet eligi-bility
criteria rather than calculating
and summing all actual emissions.
Owners or operators not holding a
permit must register no later than 7/1/
12, and new source owners or opera-tors
must register at least 10 days
(previously 90 days) before commenc-ing
construction or operation and may
commence construction or operation
10 days after that. A 5-year record
retention requirement is limited to only
fee payment records. Several thou-sand
small source entities may be
affected by this rulemaking.
Questions/requests for copies: Tim Fox,
PCB, 100 W. Randolph, Ste. 11-500,
Chicago IL 60601, 312/814-6085, e-mail:
foxt@ipcb.state.il.us. Please reference
docket R12-10.
restricted. A recipient restricted by
the program must obtain all non-emer-gency
medical or dental services, pre-scription
medications, or medical
equipment only through his or her
designated provider unless that pro-vider
authorizes use of a different pro-vider
or is unable to supply the needed
service or item. If the recipient enrolls
in a full-risk managed care organiza-tion
(MCO) approved by DHFS, he or
she will be released from the program.
(Current rule does not allow RRP par-ticipants
to enroll or remain enrolled
in an MCO.) Physicians, other medi-cal
providers, pharmacies, dentists,
podiatrists, and medical equipment
providers that accept medical assis-tance
recipients may be affected by
this rulemaking.
Questions/requests for copies/com-ments
through 1/30/12: Jeanette
Badrov, DHFS, 201 S. Grand Ave. East,
3rd Fl., Springfield IL 62763-0002, 217/
782-1233.
DHFS NOTICE CORRECTION
DHFS also published Notices of Cor-rection
to Notice Only for proposed
rulemakings titled "Electronic Health
Information Technology" (89 Ill Adm
Code 150; 35 Ill Reg 19392) and "Medi-cal
Payment" (89 Ill Adm Code 140; 35
Ill Reg 19368), both of which were
published in the 12/2/11 Illinois Regis-ter.
The original notice pages incor-rectly
stated that these rulemakings
would replace emergency rulemakings
currently in effect. The Notices of Cor-rection
clarify that they will not re-place
any emergency rules.
Questions/requests for copies: Jeanette
Badrov at the Department of Healthcare
and Family Services address and tele-phone
number above.
STATE COMPTROLLER
The COMPTROLLER proposed two
amendatory rulemakings titled "Ac-counting
Principles and Procedures"
(74 Ill Adm Code 245; 35 Ill Reg
19755) and "Contract Filing Require-ments"
(74 Ill Adm Code 255; 35 Ill
Reg 19759) and a new Part titled
"State Comptroller Minority Contrac-tor
Opportunity Initiative" (74 Ill Adm
Code 340; 35 Ill Reg 19763). Part 245
updates statutory citations and refer-ences
the current Statewide Account-ing
Management System (SAMS) in-stead
of the outdated Uniform State-wide
Accounting System (CUSAS).
Part 255 also updates statutory refer-ences
and requires compliance with
the SAMS system. When certain docu-ments
are filed with the Comptroller,
new Section 20-80 of the Illinois Pro-curement
Code is also applicable.
