ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD
February 17, 2000
IN THE MATTER OF:
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RCRA SUBTITLE D MUNICIPAL
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R00-12
SOLID WASTE LANDFILL UPDATE,
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(Identical-in-Substance
USEPA AMENDMENTS (July 1, 1999,
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Rulemaking - Land)
through December 31, 1999)
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Proposed Rule. Dismissal Order.
ORDER OF THE BOARD (by G.T. Girard):
Section 22.40(a) of the Environmental Protection Act (Act) (415 ILCS 5/22.40(a)
(1998)) requires the Board to adopt regulations that are “identical in substance,” as defined at
Section 7.2 of the Act. 415 ILCS 5/7.2 (1998). Municipal solid waste landfill (MSWLF)
regulations that the United States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) adopted to
implement Subtitle D of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976 (RCRA Subtitle
D) (42 U.S.C §§ 6941-6949 (1998) are usually incorporated in Illinois regulations through
“identical in substance” rulemakings. The USEPA has codified the federal MSWLF rules as 40
C.F.R. 258. Accordingly, the Board reserved this docket for the USEPA amendments during
the period from July 1, 1999, through December 31, 1999.
During the period from July 1, 1999, through December 31, 1999, the USEPA did not
amend its MSWLF rules in any way that would necessitate corresponding Board action to
amend the Illinois regulations. Therefore, the Board hereby dismisses this docket.
IT IS SO ORDERED.
I, Dorothy M. Gunn, Clerk of the Illinois Pollution Control Board, do hereby certify
that the above order was adopted on the 17th day of February 2000 by a vote of 6-0.
Dorothy M. Gunn, Clerk
Illinois Pollution Control Board