ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD
    August 7, 1997
    IN THE MATTER OF:
    UNDERGROUND STORAGE TANK
    UPDATE, USEPA REGULATIONS
    (January 1, 1997 through June 30, 1997)
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    R98-6
    (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 (415 ILCS 5/22.4(d) (1996))
    requires the Board to adopt regulations which are identical-in-substance to underground storage
    tank (UST) regulations promulgated by the United States Environmental Protection Agency
    (USEPA) pursuant to Section 9003 of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act to
    implement Subtitle I of RCRA, with certain limitations. 42 U.S.C.
    ยง
    6991(b) (1976)
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    USEPA
    has codified its UST regulations at 40 CFR 281 through 283. The Board reserved this docket
    for any UST amendments adopted by USEPA between January 1, 1997 and June 30, 1997.
    However, USEPA did not amend its UST regulations during this period.
    For the foregoing reasons, the Board hereby dismisses this proceeding and closes this
    docket.
    IT IS SO ORDERED.
    I, Dorothy M. Gunn, Clerk of the Illinois Pollution Control Board, hereby certify that
    the above order was adopted on the 7th day of August 1997, by a vote of 6-0.
    Dorothy M. Gunn, Clerk
    Illinois Pollution Control Board

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