ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD

May 1, 1997

IN THE MATTER OF:

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R97-19

UIC UPDATE

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(Identical-in-Substance)

(July 1 through December 31, 1996)

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(Land Rules)

Proposed Rule.

Dismissal Order.

ORDER OF THE BOARD (by K.M. Hennessey):

Pursuant to Section 13(c) of the Environmental Protection Act (Act), the Board would

normally propose amendments to the Illinois regulations that are "identical in substance," as

defined in Section 7.2 of the Act, with U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA)

amendments to the underground injection control (UIC) rules adopted pursuant to Section 1421

of the federal Safe Drinking Water Act, as amended (SDWA). The term "identical in

substance" has been defined in Section 7.2 of the Act. Accordingly, the Board reserved this

docket for USEPA amendments during the period from July 1 through December 31, 1996.

However, USEPA did not amend its 40 CFR 144 through 148 UIC regulations during the

covered update period in any way that would require corresponding Board action.

For the foregoing reason, no change is necessary at this time, and the Board hereby

dismisses this proceeding.

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 1

st

 

day of May, 1997, by a vote of 7-0.

Dorothy M. Gunn, Clerk

Illinois Pollution Control Board