ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD
February 21, 2002
IN THE MATTER OF:
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SDWA UPDATE, USEPA AMENDMENTS
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R02-16
(July 1, 2001 through December 31, 2001)
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(Identical-in-Substance Rulemaking -
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Public Water Supply)
Proposed Rule. Dismissal Order.
ORDER OF THE BOARD (by R.C. Flemal):
Section 17.5 of the Environmental Protection Act (Act) (415 ILCS 5/17.5 (1998))
requires the Board to adopt regulations that are “identical in substance,” as defined at Section 7.2
of the Act, to the National Primary Drinking Water regulations (NPDWRs) adopted by the
United States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA). These regulations implement
sections 1412(b), 1414(c), 1417(a), and 1445(a) of the Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA), 42
U.S.C. §§ 300g-1(b), 300g-3(c), 300g-6(a) & 300j-4(a) (1998). USEPA has codified its SDWA
regulations at 40 C.F.R. 141 through 143. The Board reserved this docket for any SDWA
amendments adopted by USEPA between July 1, 2001 through December 31, 2001.
During that time period, USEPA did amend its SDWA regulations once, on November 4,
2001 (at 66 Fed. Reg. 46221). However, no Board action is required based on that set of federal
amendments. The November 4, 2001 amendments related to unregulated contaminant
monitoring. USEPA has not required the State to adopt requirements for monitoring unregulated
contaminants, since the federal rules are implemented directly by USEPA in this State.
For the foregoing reasons, the Board hereby dismisses this docket.
IT IS SO ORDERED.
I, Dorothy M. Gunn, Clerk of the Illinois Pollution Control Board, certify that the Board
adopted the above order on February 21, 2002, by a vote of 7-0.
Dorothy M. Gunn, Clerk
Illinois Pollution Control Board