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.
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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