ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD
March 1, 2001
IN THE MATTER OF: )
)
UST UPDATE, USEPA REGULATIONS ) R01-24
(July 1, 2000, through December 31, 2000) ) (Identical-in-Substance
) Rulemaking - Land)
Proposed Rule. Dismissal Order.
ORDER OF THE BOARD (by M. McFawn):
Section 22.4(d) of the Environmental Protection Act (Act) (415 ILCS 5/22.4(d) (1998))
requires the Board to adopt regulations which are “identical in substance,” as defined at
Section 7.2 of the Act (415 ILCS 5/7.2 (1998)), to underground storage tank (UST) regulations
promulgated by the United States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) pursuant to
Section 9003 of the federal Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976 (RCRA) as
amended (RCRA), 42 U.S.C. §§ 6993 (1998), to implement Subtitle I of RCRA, 42 U.S.C.
§§ 6991
et seq
. (1998), with certain limitations. USEPA has codified its UST regulations at
40 C.F.R. 281 through 283. The Board reserved this docket for any UST amendments
adopted by USEPA between July 1, 2000, and December 31, 2000.
During that time period, USEPA did not amend its UST regulations. Therefore, no
action is necessary, and 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 1st day of March 2001 by a vote of 7-0.
Dorothy M. Gunn, Clerk
Illinois Pollution Control Board