ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD

February 19, 1998

IN THE MATTER OF:

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R98-22

UST UPDATE, USEPA REGULATIONS

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(Identical-in-Substance)

(July 1, 1997, through December 31, 1997)

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(Land Rules)

Proposed Rule. Dismissal Order.

ORDER OF THE BOARD (by M. McFawn):

Section 22.4(d) of the Environmental Protection Act (Act) requires the Board to adopt

regulations which are “identical in substance” to underground storage tank (UST) regulations

promulgated by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) pursuant to Section 9003

of the federal Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976, as amended (RCRA) to

implement Subtitle I of RCRA, with certain limitations. 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 July 1, 1997, and December 31, 1997.

During that time period, 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 19th day of February 1998, by a vote of 6-0.

Dorothy M. Gunn, Clerk

Illinois Pollution Control Board