ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD
October
5,
1995
IN THE MATTER OF:
R95—19
RCRP~SUBTITLE D UPDATE, USEPA
)
(Identical-in-Substance Rules)
REGULATIONS (January
1 through
June
30,
1995)
Proposed rule.
Dismissal order.
ORDER OF THE BOARD
(by G. Tanner Girard):
Section 22.40(a)
of the Environmental Protection Act
(Act)
requires the Board to adopt regulations which are “identical
in
substance”
to RCRA Subtitle D nonhazardous municipal solid waste
landfill
(MSWLF)
regulations promulgated by U.S. EPA to implement
sections 4004 and 4010 of Subtitle D of RCRA.
U.S. EPA has
codified its MSWLF regulations at 40 CFR 258.
The Board reserved
this docket for any RCPA Subtitle D amendments adopted by U.S.
EPA between January
1 and June
30,
1995.
During the time period of this docket,
U.S. EPA amended its
MSWLF regulationo on April
7,
1995
(at 60 Fed. Reg.
17652)
to
delay the effective date
for landfill owners and operators to
obtain and maintain financial assurance for site closure,
post-
closure care,
and corrective action.
On August 3,
1995,
in
docket R95-13,
the Board adopted amendments to the Illinois
landfill regulations based on that federal action.
There were no
other federal amendments during the update period.
For the foregoing reason,
the Board hereby dismisses this
proceeding.
IT IS SO ORDERED.
I,
Dorothy M.. Cunn,
Clerk of the Illinois Pollution Control
Board,
do hereby cerflf~,_thatthe above order was adopted on the
~
day of _________________,
1995,
by a vote of
7-0
Dorothy M. j.qinn, Clerk
Illinois P~7lutionControl Board