ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD
    February 17, 2000
    IN THE MATTER OF:
    )
    )
    UST UPDATE, USEPA AMENDMENTS
    )
    R00-14
    (July 1, 1999, through December 31, 1999)
    )
    (Identical-in-Substance
    )
    Rulemaking - Land)
    Proposed Rule. Dismissal Order.
    ORDER OF THE BOARD (by M. McFawn):
    Section 22.4(d) of the Environmental Protection Act (Act) (415 ILCS 5/22.4(d) (1998))
    requires the Board to adopt regulations which are “identical in substance,” as defined at Section
    7.2 of the Act (415 ILCS 5/7.2 (1998)), to underground storage tank (UST) regulations
    promulgated by the United States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) pursuant to
    Section 9003 of the federal Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976 (RCRA) as
    amended (42 U.S.C. §§ 6993 (1998)), to implement Subtitle I of RCRA (42 U.S.C. §§ 6991
    et
    seq
    . (1998)), with certain limitations. The USEPA has codified its UST regulations at 40
    C.F.R. 281 through 283. The Board reserved this docket for any UST amendments adopted
    by the USEPA between July 1, 1999, through December 31, 1999.
    During that time period, the USEPA did not amend its UST regulations. Therefore, the
    Board hereby dismisses this docket.
    IT IS SO ORDERED.
    I, Dorothy M. Gunn, Clerk of the Illinois Pollution Control Board, do hereby certify
    that the above order was adopted on the 17th day of February 2000 by a vote of 6-0.
    Dorothy M. Gunn, Clerk
    Illinois Pollution Control Board

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