ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD
    September
    28, 1989
    IN THE MATTER OF:
    GROUNDWATER QUALITY STANDARDS
    )
    R89-14
    (35 Iii. Adm. Code 620)
    ORDER OF THE BOARD:
    (by R.
    C.
    Flemal)
    This proposal was filed with the Board
    on September
    21,
    1989, pursuant
    to the Groundwater Protection Act,
    (Ill.
    Rev.
    Stat. 1987,
    ch.
    111l~par.
    7451 et seq.)
    (“GPA”).
    The Board
    wishes those
    interested
    to be
    informed
    and the record reflect
    that $ection
    8
    of the GPA specifically exempts these proposed
    rules from the requirements of Section
    27(b)
    of the Environmental
    Protection Act
    (Ill.
    Rev.
    Stat.
    1987,
    ch.
    111 l,~, par.
    1001
    et
    s~q~j.
    ‘(“ACt”), as well as providing an avenue for completion of
    a
    study of the economic impact
    of these
    proposed regulations, as
    follows:
    (c)
    To provide
    a process
    to expedite promulgation of
    groundwater quality standards,
    the provisions of
    this Section shall
    be exempt
    from the
    requirements of subsection
    (b)
    of Section
    27 of
    the “Environmental Protection Act”,
    approved
    June 29, 1970,
    as amended; and shall
    be exempt
    from the provisions of Sections
    4 and
    5 of “An
    Act in relation to natural
    resources,
    research,
    data collection and environmental studies”,
    approved July 1, 1978,
    as amended.
    (d)
    The Department of Energy and Natural Resources,
    with
    the cooperation
    of
    the Groundwater
    Advisory
    Committee and
    the
    Illinois
    Environmental Protection
    Agency,
    shall conduct
    a study of the economic
    impact of
    the
    regulations developed pursuant
    to this
    Section.
    The study shall
    include, but need not
    be limited
    to,
    consideration of the criteria
    established
    in
    subsection
    (a)
    of Section
    4 of
    “An Act in relation
    to natural
    resources,
    research, data collection and environmental
    studies”, approved July
    1,
    1978,
    as amended.
    This study shall
    be conducted concurrently with
    the development of the regulations developed
    pursuant to this Section.
    Work on this study
    shall commence
    as soon as
    is administratively
    practicable
    after
    the Agency begins development
    of the regulations.
    The study shall
    be
    submitted
    to
    the Board
    no
    later
    than
    60 days
    after
    the proposed regulations
    are filed with
    the Board.
    1O3—6~39
    —2—
    The Department shall consult with the Economic
    Technical Advisory Committee during the
    development of the regulations and the economic
    impact study required
    in this Section
    and
    shall
    consider the comments of the Committee
    in the
    study.
    (e)
    The Board may combine public hearings on the
    economic impact study conducted by the
    Department with any hearings required
    under
    Board
    rules.
    Therefore, due
    to
    the
    fact that
    in
    this proceeding
    an EelS
    is already required pursuant
    to the above quoted provisions of
    the GPA,
    the Board need not make
    a determination on the necessity
    of an EcIS as
    required by Section 27(a)
    of the Act.
    Furthermore,
    there
    is
    no need for interested persons
    to comment on
    the
    necessity
    of
    an EelS.
    IT
    IS SO ORDERED.
    I, Dorothy
    M.
    Gunn, Clerk
    of the Illinois Pollution Control
    Board, hereby ôer,tify that
    the above Order was adopted on the
    ~
    day ~
    ,
    1989,
    by a vote of
    ~‘~2
    /~-7t~~~
    Illino
    ~llut
    Control
    Board
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