In compliance with the Americans With Disabilities Act and other applicable federal and State laws, the hearing will be accessible to individuals
    with disabilities. Persons requiring auxiliary aids should contact Dorothy Gunn, Clerk of the Board, 100 W. Randolph Street, Suite 11-500,
    Chicago, Illinois 60601, at telephone number 312/814-6931, fax number 312/814-3669, or TDD number 312/814-6032, five days prior to the
    hearing.
    ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD
    January 29, 2001
    IN THE MATTER OF: )
    )
    PROPOSED MTBE GROUNDWATER ) R01-14
    QUALITY STANDARDS AMENDMENTS: ) (Rulemaking - Water)
    35 ILL. ADM. CODE 620 )
    NOTICE OF HEARINGS
    DATES, TIMES, AND PLACES:
    FIRST HEARING:
    THURSDAY, MARCH 1, 2001*
    2:00 P.M
    Illinois Pollution Control Board Conference Room
    600 S. 2nd Street, Fourth Floor
    Springfield, Illinois 62704
    *Hearing may be continued at this location on March 2, 2001, starting at 9:30 am in the same
    room.
    SECOND HEARING:
    THURSDAY, APRIL 5, 2001**
    1:30 P.M.
    James R. Thompson Center
    Room 8-033
    100 West Randolph Street
    Chicago, Illinois 60601
    ** Hearing may be continued at this location on April 6, 2001, starting at 9:30 am in Room 9-
    040 of the James R. Thompson Center.
    PURPOSE OF HEARINGS: Merit and Economic
    ATTENDING BOARD MEMBER: Nicholas J. Melas
    HEARING OFFICER: Joel J. Sternstein
    (312) 814-3665
    sternstj@ipcb.state.il.us
    2
    HEARING OFFICER ORDER:
    The Board accepted this matter for hearing on September 7, 2000.
    The Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (Agency) is proposing amendments to the
    Board’s existing groundwater quality regulations at 35 Ill. Adm. Code 620. In response to the
    growing number of detections of methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE) in community groundwater
    supplies and increased health concerns, the Agency is proposing to adopt groundwater quality
    standards for MTBE. In addition, the Agency is proposing certain amendments to 35 Ill. Adm.
    Code 620.505 which are intended to assure Class I Potable Resource Groundwater protection to
    certain existing drinking water supply wells. Persons interested in obtaining a copy of the
    Agency’s proposed language for Docket R01-14 can find it at the Board’s World Wide Web site
    (www.ipcb.state.il.us).
    Two hearings are scheduled. Prefiling of testimony is strongly encouraged but not
    required. For the first hearing, all prefiled testimony must be received by the Board on or before
    4:30 pm on Thursday, February 22, 2001. For the second hearing, all prefiled testimony must be
    received by the Board on or before 4:30 pm on Thursday, March 29, 2001. The “mailbox rule”
    as set forth in 35 Ill. Adm. Code 101.300(b)(2) does not apply to either of these filings.
    1
    Prefiled
    testimony must be sent simultaneously to all persons on the Service List. Persons may receive a
    copy of the Service List by contacting the hearing officer or the Clerk’s Office.
    The hearings which are scheduled to commence on March 1, 2001, and April 5, 2001,
    may be continued to the following day on the record at the end of the hearing day if necessary.
    Interested persons should not plan on presenting testimony on March 2, 2001, or on April 6, 2001
    unless specifically authorized to do so by the hearing officer on or before March 1 or April 5,
    respectively.
    The Board will reserve time at the second hearing on April 5, 2001, for testimony
    regarding economic impact considerations.
    The Board has scheduled concurrent hearings in two other matters that may be of
    interest to persons on the R01-14 notice list. In Docket R01-26, Amendments to Regulation of
    Petroleum Leaking Underground Storage Tanks: 35 Ill. Adm. Code 732, the Agency is
    proposing to clarify and refine certain provisions in the Underground Storage Tank (UST)
    Program. Included in the proposed amendments is the addition of MTBE as an indicator
    contaminant in gasoline. Persons interested in Docket R01-14 should contact Hearing Officer
    Joel Sternstein for more information and to be placed on the notice/service lists.
    In Docket R01-27, Site Remediation Program Amendments: 35 Ill. Adm. Code 740,
    the Agency is proposing to update and clarify the existing Site Remediation Program and add
    MTBE to the Volatile Organics Analytical Parameters list in the Appendix. Persons interested
    1 The Board’s new procedural rules went into effect on January 1, 2001.
    3
    in Docket R01-27 should contact Hearing Officer Bobb Beauchamp for more information or to
    be placed on the notice/service lists. Mr. Beauchamp can be reached by phone at (312) 814-
    6926, by email at
    beauchab@ipcb.state.il.us
    , or by mail at Illinois Pollution Control Board,
    James R. Thompson Center, 100 W. Randolph St., Suite 11-500, Chicago, IL 60601.
    The text of the Agency proposals for Dockets R01-26 and R01-27 is on the Board’s
    Web site.
    IT IS SO ORDERED.
    Joel J. Sternstein
    Hearing Officer

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