ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD
    December
    3,
    1992
    IN THE MATTER OF:
    R91—15
    SAFE DRINKING WATER ACT UPDATE
    )
    (Identical in Substance Rules)
    (2—1—91 through 6—1—91)
    )
    Proposed Rule
    Dismissal Order
    ORDER OF THE BOARD
    (by J. Anderson):
    The Board has decided to adjust the time frame of dockets
    R91—15 and R92-3 so we can handle both sets of federal amendments
    in the single docket, R92-3.
    The time frame of docket R91-15
    will therefore include the period from February 1,
    1991 through
    May 31,
    1991.
    Previously,
    the federal rulemaking period covered by docket
    R91-15 was February 1,
    1991 through June 30,
    1991.
    During this
    period, USEPA promulgated the Lead and Copper rules as follows:
    56 Fed. Reg.
    26547
    June 7,
    1991
    Previously, the period for docket R92-3 was July 1,
    1991
    through December 31,
    1991.
    During this period, USEPA promulgated
    the Phase IIB rules and corrections to the Phase II rules as
    follows:
    56 Fed. Reg.
    30266
    July 1,
    1991
    The Board incorporated the Phase II corrections and certain
    elements of the Phase IIB rules into docket R91-3 and adopted
    amendments based on those corrections on November
    19,
    1992.
    Certain,
    limited, core Phase IIB amendments remain outstanding.
    The Board has decided to deal with both sets of federal
    amendments in the same rulemaking.
    There are important reasons
    for doing so.
    Initially, very little time elapsed between the
    federal amendments of June 7,
    1991 and July 1,
    1991.
    Second,
    only limited, yet important, elements of the Phase IIB rules
    remain outstanding after the amendments of docket R91-3.
    Finally, there appears some possible overlap between these
    amendments in that the Phase IIB rules implement new maximum
    contaminant levels
    (MCLs), and the Lead and Copper rules repeal
    an MCL in favor of a different approach.
    After adjustment of the time-frame of this docket, dismissal
    is necessary.
    No federal SDWA revisions occurred during the
    period from February
    1,
    1991 through May 31,
    1991.
    0137-0627
    2
    For the foregoing reason, the Board hereby dismisses this
    docket.
    IT IS SO ORDERED.
    I, Dorothy N. Gunn,
    Clerk of the Illinois Pollution Control
    Board, do hereby ce;tify that the
    above
    prder
    was adopted by the
    Board
    on
    the
    _______________
    day
    of
    /J~
    ~i~—/.-c--~’
    1992,
    by
    a
    vote
    of
    ______________
    Contr’l Board
    0137-0628

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