ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD
    December 7,
    1995
    IN THE
    MATTER
    OF:
    )
    R95—20
    RCRA SUBTITLE C UPDATE,
    )
    (Identical in Substance Rules)
    USEPA REGULATIONS
    )
    (1—1—95 THROUGH 6—30—95)
    )
    ORDER OF THE BOARD
    (by E. Dunham):
    This matter is before the Board on a November 29,
    1995
    request of the Chemical Industry Council of Illinois
    (CICI),
    docketed as public comment number
    5
    (PC 5), which seeks expedited
    Board consideration of certain federal amendments to the RCRA
    Subtitle C regulations.
    The Board hereby grants expedited
    consideration.
    In PC 5,
    CICI requests that the Board incorporate the
    postponement of the effective date of the RCRA Subtitle C organic
    material emissions regulations applicable to tanks, containers,
    and surface impoundments, also called the Subpart CC rules.
    dcl
    states that U.S. EPA announced a further stay of the Subpart CC
    rules on November 13,
    1995 until June 6,
    1996.
    The existing stay
    expired on December 6,
    1995,
    at which time the state and federal
    Subpart CC rules were to have become effective.
    The Board initially notes that the nominal time-frame of
    this docket spans the time between January
    1 and June 30,
    1995.
    It does not include November,
    1995, when U.S. EPA promulgated the
    stay.
    However, the Board does not desire to prolong the time
    between federal promulgation and our adoption of corresponding
    identical—in—substance amendments.
    This is especially true
    during a time when Illinois regulations are temporarily more
    stringent on their face than the corresponding federal rules.’
    For these reasons,
    the Board hereby grants expedited
    consideration to the extent consistent with our current workload
    and available resources.
    We are presently assembling a proposed
    order and proposed opinion of the Board that will incorporate the
    federal stay of November 13,
    1995 into this docket.
    IT IS SO ORDERED.
    1
    In the R95-4/R95-6 update, which incorporated the federal
    Subpart CC rules, the Board incorporated the December 6,
    1994
    base rules and an earlier stay granted by U.S. EPA on Nay 19,
    1995.
    In anticipation of a possible further stay by U.S.
    EPA,
    the Board incorporated language into a Board Note with the intent
    that the Illinois Subpart CC rules not become more stringent than
    their federal counterparts as a result of another federal stay.
    2
    I, Dorothy M. Gunn, Clerk of the Illinois Pollution Control
    Board
    do hereby certify that the above order was adopted on the
    /~Z~
    day of
    ~
    ,
    1995, by a vote of
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    Dorothy N. ,~unn,Clerk
    Illinois
    P~Llution
    Control Board

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