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    STATE OF ILLINOIS
    November 1, 2001
    Pollution
    Control Board
    Dorothy M.
    Gunn,
    Clerk
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    Illinois
    Pollution
    Control Board
    100W.
    Randolph, Suite
    11-500
    Chicago,
    IL 60601
    Re: Illinois Environmental Protection Agency Comments for Docket R02-5 SDWA Update,
    USEPA Amendments, January
    1, 2001 through
    June
    30, 2001
    Dear Ms. Gunn:
    This letter rescinds the Agency’s formal request regarding Docket R02-5, which includes
    proposed language for adoption of the January 26,
    2001
    Federal Register
    promulgation
    ofthe arsenic regulation through the identical in substance process. TheAgency requested
    that the Board withdraw its
    proposal to adopt the federal arsenic language until such time
    as final language has been determined
    by USEPA.
    The October 31,
    2001, press release
    and notice
    regarding the implementation of the January 26,
    2001
    regulation
    removes all
    uncertainty regarding the
    arsenic rule.
    Region
    5
    will
    begin
    review of the entire
    R02-5
    Docket.
    The
    Agency
    continues
    its
    review the
    Docket,
    and
    will
    transmit
    comments
    prior
    to
    the
    December 10,
    2001 deadline.
    Sincerely,
    Ms. Lou Allyn
    Byus
    Assistant Manager
    —
    Field Operations
    Division of Public Water Supplies
    Enclosure
    cc:
    Rita Garner,
    USEPA
    Region
    5
    David
    Horak,
    USEPA
    Region 5
    GEORGE
    H.
    RYAN, GOVERNOR
    1021
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