ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD
June 20, 1991
IN THE MATTER OF:
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R90—15
PRETREATMENT UPDATE
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(Identical in Substance Rules)
(1—1—90 through 6—30—90)
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PROPOSED RULE.
DISMISSAL ORDER.
ORDER
OF THE
BOARD
(by 3. Anderson):
Section 13.3 of the Environiuental Protection Act
(Act)
requires the Board to adopt regulations which are “identical in
substance” with USEPA wastewater pretreatment rules adopted
pursuant to the Clean Water Act. The term “identical in
substance” has recently been defined-in Section 7.2 of the Act.
Section 7.2(b) of the Act requires the Board to adopt a rule
within one year of adoption of federal rule.
The USEPA Pretreatment rules are in 40 CFR 400 et seq.
These have been the subject of four recent amendments: -June 29,
July 24, August 3, and September 7, 1990 (55 Fed. Reg. 26692,
30126, 31697, and 36932). Therefore, only one set of minor
amendments, i.e., those of June 29, occurred within the time—
frame of this proceeding (between January 1 and June 30, 1990).
The July 24, August 3, and September 3 amendments, which are
significant, occurred within the time-frame of docket R91-5,
reserved on January 3, 1991 to address federal rules adopted from
July 1, 1990 through December 31, 1990. Those minor federal
amendments of June 29, 1990 withdraw certain pretreatment
limitations in the organic chemicals, plastics, and synthetic
fibers category in response to a federal judicial remand.
The Board will hereby dismiss this proceeding and
consolidate the single set of minor amendments that would have
occurred in this rulemaking into the R91-5 docket. Thus, the
Board will change the R91-5 time-frame to 6-29-90 through 12—31—
90. The Board plans to propose amendments in R91-5 that
correspond with the USEPA amendments through December 31, 1990 on
or before July 11, 1991 and adopt final amendments by September
12, 1991. Thus, incorporation of the federal amendments that
occurred within the time-frame of docket R90-l5 into docket R91-
5 will avoid duplication of effort and further delay.
For these reasons, the Board hereby dismisses this
proceeding and consolidates the USEPA amendments of June 28, 1990
into docket R91-5.
IT IS SO ORDERED.
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I, Dorothy N. Gunn, Clerk of the Illinois Pollution Control
Board, do hereby certif that the above Order was adopted on the
-‘c~ day of
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1991, by a vote of
7—c
Dorothy N. Gi
Illinois P0.
Control Board