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

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