ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD
    November 8,
    1990
    IN THE MATTER OF:
    R90—14
    UIC UPDATE, USEPA REGULATIONS
    )
    (Identical in Substance Rules)
    (1—1—90 THROUGH 8—31—90)
    PROPOSAL FOR PUBLIC COMMENT
    PROPOSED OPINION OF THE BOARD
    (by J. Anderson):
    By a separate Order, pursuant to Sections 22.4(a) and 13. (c)
    of the Environmental Protection Act
    (Act),
    the Board proposes
    amendments to the Underground Injection Control
    (UIC)
    regulations.
    Section 22.4 of the Act governs adoption of
    regulations establishing the RCRA program in Illinois, and
    Section 13(c)
    governs adoption of the UIC program regulations.
    Both Sections 22.4(a)
    and 13(c)
    provide for quick adoption of
    regulations which are “identical
    in substance” to federal
    regulations.
    Because this rulemaking
    is not subject to Section 5
    of the Administrative Procedure Act,
    it is not subject to first
    notice or to second notice review by the Joint Committee on
    Administrative Rules
    (JCAR).
    The federal UIC regulations are found at 40 CFR 144,
    146,
    and
    148.
    This rulemaking updates UIC rules to correspond with
    federal amendments during the period January
    1 through August
    31,
    1990.
    The Federal Registers utilized are as follows:
    55 Fed. Reg.
    22520
    June
    1,
    1990
    55 Fed. Reg.
    33693
    August 17,
    1990
    The Board divides state UIC and RCRA program updates into
    their traditional parts, UIC in 35
    Ill. Adm.
    Code 704,
    730, and
    738 and RCRA in 35 Ill. Adm. Code
    703,
    705,
    720 through 726, and
    728,
    with minimal overlap.
    The present UIC amendments are
    limited to 35
    Ill. Adm.
    Code 738.Subpart B.
    PUBLIC COMMENTS
    The public comment period begins upon publication of the
    Notice of Proposed Amendments in the Illinois Register and
    continues for 45 days from that date.
    The Board
    will immediately
    cause such publication of the
    Notices for this rulemaking.
    The
    Board invites public comment on this rulemaking during the public
    comment period.
    The Board highlights for comment several
    specific issues relating to this rulemaking in the detailed
    discussion that follows.
    The Board presently intends to promptly
    adopt the proposed amendments immediately upon completion of the
    public comment period.
    It is therefore important that interested
    parties timely submit their public comments.
    DELAYED FILING OF ADOPTED ANENDMENTS
    11 6—1.57

    2
    After final adoption, the Board will delay filing the
    adopted amendments for 30 days from the date of the Final Opinion
    and accompanying Order.
    This delay is particularly to allow
    USEPA, the Agency,
    and the Attorney General to review the
    amendments
    in final form before they are filed.
    This delay
    is
    in
    accordance with the informally agreed procedures for identical in
    substance rulemakings embodied in
    “RCRA
    Pass-Through Rulemaking!-
    Authorization Revision and Review Process,” the title of the
    agreement between the above entities and the Board,
    as amended
    Nay,
    1987.
    HISTORY OF
    RCRA,
    UST and UIC ADOPTION
    The Illinois UIC (Underground Injection Control), RCRA
    (Resource Conservation and Recovery Act),
    and UST (Underground
    Storage Tank)
    regulations, together with more stringent state
    regulations particularly applicable to hazardous waste,
    include
    the following Parts of Title
    35 of the Illinois Administrative
    Code:
    702
    RCRA
    and UIC Permit Programs
    703
    RCRA Permit Program
    704
    UIC Permit Program
    705
    Procedures for Permit Issuance
    709
    Wastestream Authorizations
    720
    General
    721
    Identification and Listing
    722
    Generator Standards
    723
    Transporter Standards
    724
    Final TSD Standards
    725
    Interim Status TSD Standards
    726
    Specific Wastes and Management Facilities
    728
    USEPA Land Disposal Restrictions
    729
    Landfills:
    Prohibited Wastes
    730
    UIC Operating Requirements
    731
    Underground Storage Tanks
    738
    Hazardous Waste Injection Restrictions
    Special provisions for RCRA cases are included in Parts 102,
    103,
    104 and 106 of the Board’s procedural rules.
    History of RCRA and State Hazardous Waste Rules Adoption
    The Board has adopted and amended the Resource Conservation
    and Recovery Act
    (RCRA) hazardous waste rules in several dockets.
    Dockets R8l-22 and R82-18 dockets dealt with the Phase
    I RCRA
    regulations.
    USEPA granted Illinois Phase
    I authorization on May
    17,
    1982, at 47 Fed. Reg.
    21043.
    The Board adopted RCRA Phase II
    regulations in Parts 703 and 724 in dockets R82-l9 and R83-24.
    USEPA granted final authorization of the Illinois RCRA “base
    program” on January 31,
    1986, at 51 Fed. Reg.
    3778
    (January 30,
    116—158

    3
    1986).
    USEPA granted authorization to “Cluster
    I revisions”
    to
    the Illinois program and granted partial Hazardous and Solid
    Waste Amendments
    (HSWA)
    (Pub.
    L. 98-616,
    Nov.
    8,
    1984)
    authorization effective March
    5,
    1988,
    at 53 Fed. Reg. 126
    (January 5,
    1988).
    USEPA authorized certain subsequent
    amendments and granted further partial HSWA authorizations
    effective April
    30, 1990,
    at 55 Fed. Reg. 7320
    (March
    1,
    1990).
    The entire listing of all RCRA identical
    in substance rulemakings
    follows (with the period of corresponding federal revisions
    indicated in parentheses):
    R81—22
    45 PCB 317, September
    16,
    1981
    & February 4,
    1982;
    6 Ill.
    Reg. 4828, April 23, .1982,
    effective May
    17,
    1982.
    (5/19/80 through 10/1/81)
    R82—l8
    51
    PCB
    31, January 13,
    1983;
    7
    Ill. Reg.
    2518,
    March
    4,
    1983, effective May 17,
    1982.
    (11/11/81
    through 6/24/82)
    R82—19
    53 PCB 131, July 26,
    1983,
    7 Ill.
    Reg.
    13999,
    October 28,
    1983,
    effective October 2,
    1983.
    (11/23/81 through 10/29/82)
    R83—24
    55 PCB 31,
    December 15,
    1983,
    8
    Ill. Reg.
    200,
    January
    6,
    1984,
    effective December 27,
    1983.
    (Corrections to R82-19)
    R84—9
    64
    PCB 427
    &
    521, June 13
    & 27,
    1985;
    9
    Ill.
    Reg.
    11964, August
    2,
    1985,
    effective July 8
    &
    24,
    1985.
    (1/19/83 through 4/24/84)
    R85—22
    67 PCB 175,
    479,
    December 20,
    1985 and January 9,
    1986;
    10 Ill.
    Reg.
    968,
    January 17,
    1986,
    effective January 2,
    1986.
    (4/25/84 through
    6/30/85)
    R86—1
    71 PCB 110, July 11,
    1986;
    10 Ill.
    Reg.
    13998,
    August 22,
    1986,
    effective August 12,
    1986.
    (7/1/85 through 1/31/86)
    R86—l9
    73 PCB 467, October 23,
    1986;
    10 Ill. Reg.
    20630,
    December 12,
    1986,
    effective December 2,
    1986.
    (2/1/86 through 3/31/86)
    R86—28
    75 PCB 306, February 5,
    1987; and 76 PCB
    195,
    March 5,
    1987;
    11
    Ill. Reg.
    6017, April
    3,
    1987,
    effective March 23,
    1987.
    Correction at 77
    PCB
    235, April
    16,
    1987;
    11
    Ill. Reg.
    8684, Nay
    1,
    1987,
    effective April
    21,
    1987.
    (4/1/86 through
    6/30/86)
    R86—46
    79 PCB 676, July
    16,
    1987;
    11 Ill.
    Reg.
    13435,
    116—159

    4
    August
    14,
    1987,
    effective August
    4,
    1987.
    (7/1/86 through 9/30/86)
    R87—5
    82 PCB 391, October 15,
    1987;
    11 Ill. Reg.
    19280,
    November 30,
    1987,
    effective November
    10
    & 12,
    1987.
    (10/1/86 through 12/31/86)
    R87—26
    84 PCB 491, December
    3,
    1987;
    12 Ill. Reg.
    2450,
    January 29,
    1988, effective January 15,
    1988.
    (1/1/87 through 6/30/87)
    R87—32
    Correction to R86-1; 81 PCB 163, September
    4,
    1987;
    11 Ill. Reg.
    16698, October 16,
    1987,
    effective September 30,
    1987.
    R87—39
    90 PCB 267, June 16,
    1988;
    12 Ill.
    Reg.
    12999,
    August 12,
    1988, effective July 29,
    1988.
    (7/1/87
    through 12/31/87)
    R88—l6
    93 PCB 513, November 17,
    1988;
    13 Ill. Reg.
    447,
    January 13,
    1989,
    effective December 28,
    1988.
    (1/1/88 through 7/31/88)
    R89—1
    103 PCB 179, September 13,
    1989;
    13
    Ill. Reg.
    18278, November 27,
    1989, effective November 13,
    1989.
    (8/1/88 through 12/31/88)
    R89—9
    March
    8,
    1990;
    14 Ill.
    Reg.
    6225,
    April 27,
    1990,
    effective April 16,
    1990.
    (1/1/89 through
    6/30/89)
    R90—2
    July
    3,
    1990;
    14
    Ill. Reg.
    14401, September 7,
    1990,
    effective August 22,
    1990.
    (7/1/89 through
    12/31/89)
    R90—10
    August 30,
    1990;
    14
    Ill.
    Reg.
    16450, October 5,
    1990, effective September 25,
    1990.
    (Toxicity
    Characteristic Leachate Procedure)
    R90-11
    Reserved Docket.
    (4/1/90 through 6/30/90)
    On September
    6,
    1984,
    the Third District Appellate Court
    upheld the Board’s actions in adopting R82-19 and R83—24.
    (Commonwealth Edison Co.
    v. PCB,
    127 Ill. App.
    3d 446; 468 N.E.2d
    1339
    (3d Dist.
    1984).)
    The Board added to the federal listings of hazardous waste
    by listing dioxins pursuant to Section 22.4(d)
    of the Act:
    R84—34
    61 PCB 247, November 21,
    1984;
    8
    Ill. Reg.
    24562,
    December 21,
    1984, effective December
    11,
    1984.
    116—160

    5
    This was repealed by R85-22, which included adoption of
    USEPA’s dioxin listings.
    Section 22.4(d) was repealed by P.A.
    85—1048, effective January
    1,
    1989.
    The Board has adopted USEPA delistings at the request of
    Amoco and Envirite
    (the date of the corresponding federal action
    is included in parentheses):
    R85—2
    69 PCB 314, April 24,
    1986;
    10
    Ill. Reg.
    8112, May
    16,
    1986,
    effective May 2,
    1986.
    (9/13/85)
    R87—30
    90 PCB 665, June 30,
    1988;
    12 Ill.
    Reg.
    12070,
    July 22,
    1988,
    effective July 12,
    1988.
    (11/14/86)
    Subsequently, upon the April
    30,
    1990 federal authorization
    of Illinois granting waste delistings, USEPA transferred pending
    delisting petitions to the Board.
    The Board docketed these as
    site-specific rulemaking proceedings
    (the name of the petitioner
    waste generator appears in parentheses):
    R90-l8
    (USX Corp,
    South Works)
    R90-19
    (Woodward Governor Co.)
    R90-23
    (Keystone Steel
    & Wire Co.)
    The Board has proposed amendments to the delisting
    procedures that would set forth the procedural requirements for
    waste delistings and allow use of the adjusted standard
    procedures of Part 106 for evaluating the petitions:
    R90—l7
    Proposal for Public Comment July 19,
    1990;
    14
    Ill.
    Reg.
    13925, August 31,
    1990.
    Waste generators have filed Part 106 adjusted standards
    petitions for solid waste determinations with the Board pursuant
    to Section 720.130
    (generator name in parentheses):
    AS89—4
    Dismissed at 105 PCB 269, November 15,
    1989.
    (Safety-Kleen Corp.)
    AS89-5
    Dismissed on July 3,
    1990.
    (Safety—Kleen Corp.)
    AS9O-7
    Presently pending.
    (Quantum Chemical Co.)
    Another Part 106 adjusted standard proceeding filed pursuant
    to 728.106 seeks relief from a prohibition against land disposal
    (petitioner’s name in parentheses):
    AS9O-6
    Presently pending.
    (Marathon Petroleum Co.)
    116—161

    6
    The Board has adopted special procedures
    in Parts 101,
    102,
    and 104 for cases involving the
    RCRA
    regulations:
    R84—10
    62 PCB 87
    & 349, December 20,
    1984
    & January
    10,
    1985;
    9
    Ill.
    Reg.
    1383,
    February 1,
    1985,
    effective January 16,
    1985.
    The Board also adopted special procedures to be followed in
    certain determinations under Part 106.
    The Board adopted these
    Part 106 special procedures in R85-22 and amended them in R86-
    46, listed above.
    The Board has also adopted requirements limiting and
    restricting the landfilling of liquid hazardous wastes, hazardous
    wastes containing halogenated compounds,
    and hazardous wastes
    generally:
    P81—25
    60 PCB 381, October 25,
    1984;
    8
    Ill.
    Reg.
    24124,
    December 14,
    1984,
    effective December 4,
    1984.
    R83—28
    68 PCB 295, February 26,
    1986;
    10 Ill.
    Reg.
    4875,
    March 21,
    1986,
    effective March 7,
    1986.
    R86-9
    Emergency regulations adopted at 73 PCB 427,
    October 23,
    1986;
    10
    Ill.
    Reg.
    19787, November 21,
    1986,
    effective November 5,
    1986.
    The Board’s action in adopting emergency regulations in P86-
    9 was reversed by the First District Court of Appeals.
    (Citizens
    for
    a Better Environment
    v.
    PCB,
    152 Ill.
    App.
    3d 105,
    504 N.E.2d
    166
    (1st Dist.
    1987).)
    A decision on permanent rules is pending.
    History of UIC Rules Adoption
    The Board has adopted and amended Underground Injection
    Control
    (UIC)
    regulations in several dockets to correspond with
    the federal regulations.
    One such docket, R82-l8, was a RCRA
    docket.
    USEPA authorized the Illinois UIC program on February
    1,
    1984,
    at 49 Fed. Reg.
    3991.
    The entire listing of all UIC
    rulemakings follows
    (with the period of corresponding federal
    revisions indicated in parentheses):
    R81—32
    47 PCB 93, May 13,
    1982;
    6
    Ill. Reg.
    12479,
    October 15,
    1982,
    effective February
    1,
    1984.
    (7/7/81 through 11/23/81)
    R82—18
    51 PCB 31, January 13,
    1983;
    7
    Ill. Peg.
    2518,
    March
    4,
    1983,
    effective May 17,
    1982.
    (11/11/81
    through 6/24/82)
    116—162

    7
    P83—39
    55 PCB 319, December 15,
    1983;
    7
    Ill.
    Peg.
    17338,
    December 20,
    1983,
    effective December 19,
    1983.
    (4/1/83)
    R85—23
    70 PCB 311 & 71 PCB 108,
    June 20
    & July 11,
    1986;
    10 Ill.
    Peg.
    13274, August
    8,
    1986,
    effective July
    28
    & 29,
    1986.
    (5/11/84 through 11/15/84)
    P86—27
    Dismissed at 77 PCB 234, April 16,
    1987.
    (No
    USEPA amendments through 12/31/86).
    P87—29
    85 PCB 307, January 21,
    1988;
    12 Ill.
    Peg.
    6673,
    April
    8,
    1988, effective March
    28,
    1988.
    (1/1/87
    through 6/30/87)
    P88—2
    90 PCB 679, June 30,
    1988;
    12
    Ill. Peg.
    13700,
    August 26,
    1988,
    effective August 16,
    1988.
    (7/1/87 through 12/31/87)
    P88—17
    94 PCB 227, December 15,
    1988;
    13
    Ill. Peg.
    478,
    January 13,
    1989,
    effective December
    30,
    1988.
    (1/1/88 through 6/30/88)
    P89—2
    January 25,
    1990;
    14
    Ill. Reg.
    3059, March 2,
    1990,
    effective February 20,
    1990.
    (7/1/88
    through 12/31/88)
    P89—11
    May 24,
    1990;
    14 Ill.
    Peg.
    11948, July 20,
    1990,
    effective July
    9,
    1990.
    (1/1/89 through 11/30/89)
    R90-5
    Dismissed on March 22,
    1990.
    (No USEPA amendments
    12/1/89 through 12/31/89)
    P90-14
    This Docket.
    (1/1/90 through 8/31/90)
    History of UST Rules Adoption
    The Board adopted Underground Storage Tank
    (UST) rules
    in
    P86-I. and P86-28, which were also RCRA update Dockets.
    The Board
    updated the UST regulations to correspond with USEPA amendments
    in several dockets.
    USEPA has not yet authorized the Illinois
    UST program.
    The entire listing of all UST rulemakings follows
    (with the period of corresponding federal revisions indicated in
    parentheses):
    P86—i
    71 PCB 110, July 11,
    1986;
    10 Ill.
    Peg.
    13998,
    August 22,
    1986,
    effective August 12,
    1986.
    (7/1/85 through 1/31/86)
    P86—28
    75 PCB 306,
    February
    5,
    1987; and 76 PCB 195,
    March
    5,
    1987;
    11 Ill.
    Peg.
    6017, April
    3,
    1987,
    effective March 23,
    1987.
    Correction at 77 PCB
    116—163

    8
    235,
    April 16,
    1987;
    11 Ill. Peg.
    8684, May 1,
    1987,
    effective April
    21,
    1987.
    (4/1/86 through
    6/30/86)
    R88—27
    98 PCB 413, April
    27,
    1989;
    13 Ill. Peg. 9519,
    June 23,
    1989,
    effective June 12,
    1989.
    (9/23/88)
    P89—4
    101 PCB 371,
    July 27,
    1989;
    13 Ill.
    Peg.
    15010,
    September 22,
    1989, effective September 12,
    1989.
    (10/26/88)
    P89—10
    March
    1,
    1990;
    14
    Ill. Reg.
    153, January
    5,
    1990,
    effective April
    10,
    1990.
    (.10/27/88 through
    6/30/89)
    R89—19
    April
    26,
    1990;
    14
    Ill. Beg.
    9454, June 15,
    1990,
    effective June
    4,
    1990.
    (UST Fund Legislative
    Mandate)
    P90—3
    June
    7,
    1990;
    14
    Ill.
    Peg.
    11964, July 20,
    1990,
    effective July 10,
    1990.
    (7/1/89 through
    12/31/90)
    P90-12
    Peserved Docket.
    (1/1/90 through 6/30/90)
    GENERAL DISCUSSION
    The amendments are discussed
    in detail below.
    The following
    generally describes the USEPA actions encompassed by this
    rulemaking.
    The complete Federal Register Citations are given
    above.
    All dates are 1990.
    June
    1
    Additional restrictions on underground injection
    of First,
    Second and Third Third Wastes.
    August 17 Corrections to June
    1 restrictions on Third Third
    Wastes.
    One June
    1,
    1990, USEPA promulgated the restrictions on land
    disposal of Third Third Scheduled Wastes.
    That rulemaking
    included restrictions under both the RCPA and UIC programs.
    The
    present Board rulemaking deals only with the portion of that
    proceeding which impacts the Illinois UIC program.
    Docket P90-
    11 will deal with those portions impacting the Illinois RCRA
    program.
    The federal rulemaking primarily completes the list of Third
    Third Wastes prohibited from underground injection
    (40 CFR
    148.16, corresponding to 35 Ill.
    Athn.
    Code 738.116).
    It also
    adds First Third Wastes
    (40 CFR 148.14, corresponding to 35 Ill.
    Adm.
    Code 738.114)
    and Second Third Wastes
    (40 CFR 148.15,
    116—164

    9
    corresponding to 35
    Ill. Adm. Code 738.115)
    and add an exception
    from the general prohibition against underground injection for
    certain characteristic wastes
    (40 CFR 148.1, corresponding to 35
    Ill. Adm. Code 738.101).
    The present rulemaking proposes those
    recent federal amendments.
    Deletion of Federal Effective Dates and Restructuring of Rules
    Several of the new federal prohibitions on land disposal,
    like those upon which the Board has already passed in R89-2 and
    P89-li,
    include delayed effective dates that have already lapsed.
    The Board has deleted those past effective dates from the present
    proposal, as it has in the prior dockets, while retaining those
    not yet past.
    Additionally,
    in furthering this practice, the
    Board proposes to delete the past effective dates already adopted
    in the prior proceedings.
    In so doing,
    the Board observed that
    retention of a regulatory structure completely parallel to that
    of the federal rules rendered Sections 738.114 through 738.116
    somewhat convoluted and potentially confusing.
    The Board
    proposes to depart from the entirely parallel structure for the
    sake of greater clarity in its rules.
    Further,
    the Board
    proposes to amend the existing rules accordingly.
    The federal rules are structured according to effective date
    within the First Third, Second Third, and Third Third categories.
    Within the several effective date groups are sub-listings of
    wastes from Sections 261.31,
    261.32,
    and 261.33
    (corresponding to
    35
    Ill. Adm. Code 721.131,
    721.132, and 721.133, respectively).
    The Board prefers to list the prohibited wastes in groups
    corresponding to the sections in which the wastes are listed,
    retaining the First Third,
    Second Third,
    and Third Third
    categories.
    The Board feels this structure enhances the clarity
    of the prohibitions for those wastes to which a past effective
    date applies.
    This structure is not employed for those federal
    paragraphs to which a future effective date applies.
    Those
    latter paragraphs appear as distinct subsections in the Board’s
    proposal.
    The following table indicates the federal delayed effective
    dates for the affected paragraphs of the federal rules a~idthe
    location of those prohibitions in the Board’s proposal
    (
    denotes
    newly adopted federal paragraph,
    2 denotes renumbered federal
    paragraph,
    and
    *
    denotes past effective date by the earliest
    possible time of adoption of these proposed amendments):
    Federal
    Effective
    Found in Proposed
    Paragraph
    Date
    Board Sections
    148.14(a)
    *June
    7,
    l9S938.1l4(a)(l),
    (a)(2)
    &
    (a)(3)
    148.14(b)
    *June 8,
    1989
    738.l14(a)(2)
    &
    (a)(3)
    148.14(c)
    *July 8,
    1989
    738.114(a) (1)
    116—165

    10
    148.14 (d) 1
    148.14(e) 2
    148.14(f)1
    148.14(g) 2
    148.14 (h) 2
    148.14
    148.14(j)
    ,2
    148.15(a)
    148.15(b)
    148.15(c)
    148.15(d)1
    148.15(e)2
    148.15(f~1
    148.15(g)
    ,2
    148. 16(a)
    148.16(b)
    148.16(c) 1
    738.16(d) 1
    148.16(e)1
    148.l6(f~1
    May 8,
    1992
    148.16(g)
    ,2
    No Date Recited
    Under this scheme of consolidating several waste listings,
    future
    effective dates appear as separate subsections,
    and the wastes
    with past effective dates that are listed in a single section of
    Part 721..Subpart D appear in aiphanurnerical order
    in a single
    subsection within the applicable Section of Part 738.
    For
    example,
    all past—effective First Third wastes listed in Section
    721.131 appear in Section 738.114(a) (1), all similar Section
    721.132 wastes appear in Section 738.114(a) (2),
    all past—
    effective Second Third Section 721.133—listed wastes appear in
    Section 738.115(a) (3),
    etc.
    The detailed, Section-by—Section discussion that follows
    highlights the wastes added by the federal rulemaking in greater
    detail.
    It also discusses questions arising through the
    consolidation of waste listings.
    DETAILED DISCUSSION
    SUBPART A:
    GENERAL
    Section 738.101
    Purpose Scope and Applicability
    *August
    8,
    l~9Th.114(a)(1), (a)(2)
    &
    (a)(3)
    *August
    8,
    1990
    738.114(a) (2)
    *November
    8,
    ~~1114(a)(1),
    (a)(2)
    &
    (a)(3)
    June 7,
    1991
    738.114(b)
    June 8,
    1991
    738.114(c)(i)
    &
    (c)(2)
    May 8,
    1992
    738.114(d)
    No Date Recited
    738.114(e)
    *June 7,
    1989
    738.115(a) (2)
    *June 8, 19a~8.1l5(a)(1), (a)(2)
    &
    (a)(3)
    *July 8,
    1989
    738.115(b)
    *August
    8,
    1990
    738.115(a) (2)
    &
    (a) (3)
    June 8,
    1991
    738.115(c)
    *November 8, 1990738.115(a) (2)
    &
    (a)(3)
    No Date Recited
    738.115(d)
    *June
    7,
    1989
    738.116(a) (2)
    *June
    8,
    1989
    738.116(a)(2)
    &
    (a)(3)
    *July 8, 198~38.116(a)(1), (a)(2),
    (a)(3)
    &
    (a) (4)
    *August 8,
    1990
    738.116(b)
    *November
    8, 1~98.116(a)(l), (a)(2),
    (a)(3)
    &
    (a) (4)
    738.116(c)
    738. 116(d)
    116—166

    11
    This Section derives from 40 CFR
    148.1.
    USEPA amended
    section
    148.1 by adding paragraph
    (d)
    at 55 Fed. Peg.
    22683, June
    1,
    1990.
    The new provision allows the continued underground
    injection of wastes not otherwise prohibited under part 148 that
    are hazardous only because they exhibit a characteristic of
    hazardous waste listed in subpart C of part 261.
    This provision
    includes the requirements that injection occur at a Class
    I well,
    identified at 40 CFP 144.6(a),
    and the waste must not exhibit any
    prohibited characteristic of hazardous waste identified in part
    261, subpart C at the point of injection.
    The Board proposes the federal language with only the
    minimal revision necessary to incorporate this provision into the
    state rules.
    The state counterpart to 40 CFR 144.6(a)
    is
    35 Ill.
    Adin.
    Code 730.106(a), and the counterpart to 40 CFR 261, subpart
    C is 35
    Ill.
    Adin.
    Code 721.Subpart
    C.
    The Board substitutes
    these references.
    The Board also updates the Board Note to this
    Section to the July
    1,
    1990 edition of the Code of Federal
    Regulations.
    SUBPART B:
    PROHIBITIONS ON INJECTION
    Section 738.110
    Waste Specific Prohibitions
    -
    Solvent Wastes
    This Section derives from 40 CFR 148.10.
    USEPA did not
    amend this provision during the present update period.
    Rather,
    the Board proposes amendment to eliminate the past effective date
    of subsection
    (b).
    The Board believes that Sections 738.110(a) (2) and
    (b)
    and a
    portion of Section 738.110(a) (1) are now redundant, so the Board
    proposes deletion of those provisions.
    As originally adopted,
    Section 738.110(a) (1) prohibited the underground injection of
    spent solvent wastes unless the wastes contained less than one
    percent of certain waste constituents listed in subsection
    (a) (2).
    Subsection
    (b) prohibits the injection of those spent
    solvent wastes containing less than one percent of these
    constituents effective August 8,
    1990.
    Effectively, subsections
    (a) (1)
    and
    (b) now prohibit the injection of all Section 721.131
    FOOl,
    F002, F003,
    F004, and F005 spent solvent wastes, regardless
    of the concentrations of subsection
    (a) (2)
    constituents,
    as of
    August
    8,
    1990.
    The Board believes that Section 738.110 should
    read simply, paraphrased as follows:
    underground injection of
    FOOl through F005 spent solvent wastes
    is prohibited.
    Therefore,
    retaining the present structure is less straightforward than
    eliminating the caveat of subsection
    (a) (1)
    and subsections
    (a) (2)
    and
    (b).
    The Board further proposes renumbering former
    subsection
    (c) to subsection
    (b)
    and updating the Board Note to
    refer to the 1990 edition of the Code of Federal Regulations.
    Section 738.112
    Waste Specific Prohibitions
    -
    California List
    Wastes
    116—167

    12
    This Section derives from 40 CFR 148.12.
    USEPA did not
    amend this provision during the present update period.
    Rather,
    the Board proposes amendment to eliminate the past effective date
    of Section
    (b).
    This necessitates no further revision to the
    text of this Section, besides updating the Board Note to refer to
    the 1990 edition of the Code of Federal Regulations.
    Section 738.114
    Waste Specific Prohibitions
    First Third
    Wastes
    This Section derives from 40 CFR 148.14.
    USEPA amended
    section 148.14 by adding paragraphs
    (d),
    (f), and
    (1);
    amending
    paragraph
    (j);
    and renumbering paragraphs
    (d),
    (e),
    (f), and
    (g)
    to
    (e),
    (g),
    (h), and
    (j)
    at 55 Fed. Peg.
    22683, June
    1,
    1990.
    The new provision, paragraph (d), adds a prohibition against
    underground injection at off—site facilities of several wastes,
    effective August 8,
    1990.
    New paragraph
    (f) prohibits the
    injection of those same wastes at on—site facilities, effective
    November 8,
    1990.
    Added paragraph
    (i)
    includes prohibitions
    effective Nay 8,
    1992.
    The amendment to renumbered paragraph
    (j)
    broaden the inapplicability of this section to include paragraphs
    (a) through
    (i).
    The Board proposes amendments identical to the federal
    revisions, with structural changes focused on the deletion of
    past effective dates and consolidating waste listings for ease of
    use by the regulated community.
    Prior to this rulemaking,
    Board
    subsection
    (d)
    (USEPA renumbered corresponding 40 CFR 148.14(d)
    to paragraph
    (e)
    in the present federal amendments)
    had an
    effective date of August
    8,
    1990.
    Similarly, new federal
    paragraph
    (f) has an effective date of November 8,
    1990.
    The
    Board proposes elimination of both past dates.
    On the other
    hand,
    prior Board subsections
    (e)
    and
    (f)
    (whose counterparts
    USEPA renumbered to paragraphs
    (g)
    and
    (h)
    in the present federal
    amendments and which now correspond to subsections
    (b)
    arid
    (c)
    in
    the proposed Board amendments)
    still have future effective dates.
    Similarly, new federal paragraph
    (i)
    (corresponding to proposed
    subsection
    (d)
    in the Board’s rules) has a future effective date.
    The Board proposes retaining these as yet future effective dates.
    Elimination of the immaterial past effective dates leaves
    the regulatory structure somewhat convoluted and potentially
    confusing to the regulated community.
    Underground injection of
    some 261.31-listed wastes is presently prohibited by 40 CFR
    148.14(a),
    (c),
    (d), and
    (f); underground injection of some
    261.32-listed wastes is presently prohibited by 40 CFR 148.14(a),
    (b),
    (d), and
    (f); and underground injection of some 261.33-
    listed wastes is presently prohibited by 40 CFR 148.14(b),
    (d),
    and
    (f).
    Further,
    one form or mode of disposal of a waste is
    prohibited by one federal paragraph while either all other forms
    or modes of disposal are prohibited by another.
    For example,
    116— 168

    13
    section 148.14(a) prohibits injection of F006 nonwastewaters,
    section 148.14(d) prohibits injection of F006 wastewaters at off-
    site facilities,
    and 148.14(f) prohibits injection of F006
    wastewaters at on—site facilities.
    The Board would prefer a more
    cohesive structure that includes a single prohibition for all
    forms and modes of disposal of a waste in a single location.
    (For this example the Board proposes a single prohibition for
    F006 wastewaters and non wastewaters at subsection
    (a) (1),
    without reference to whether it is disposed on—site or off—
    site.)
    Further, the Board would prefer that a single subsection
    set forth all the listed wastes from each of the Sections
    721.131,
    721.132, and 721.133 lists.
    Therefore,
    the Board
    proposes amendments that deviate structurally from the federal
    regulations.
    Under the Board’s proposed rules, subsection
    (a) (1)
    sets
    forth all the Section 721.131-listed prohibited wastes,
    subsection
    (a) (2) sets forth all the Section 721.132—listed
    prohibited wastes, and subsection
    (a) (3)
    sets forth all the
    Section 721.133-listed prohibited wastes with past effective
    dates.
    The Board eliminates distinctions as to on—site and off—
    site disposal because both modes are presently prohibited under
    the federal rules.
    However,
    the Board retains the separate
    listings by effective date for those wastes prohibited at a
    future time.
    Therefore,
    subsection
    (b)
    (corresponding to federal
    paragraph
    (g))
    includes
    a single Section 721.132—listed waste for
    which
    a prohibition becomes effective on June 7,
    1991; subsection
    (c)
    (corresponding to federal paragraph
    (f))
    includes
    in two
    subsections Section 721.131- and 721.132-listed wastes prohibited
    effective June 8,
    1991,
    and subsection
    (d)
    (corresponding to
    federal paragraph
    (i)) includes Section 721.132—listed wastes for
    which prohibitions become effective on May 8,
    1992.
    Where one prohibition was for the wastewater form of a
    waste,
    and another prohibition related to the nonwastewater form
    of the waste, the Board incorporates a single prohibition on the
    wastewater and nonwastewater forms.
    This is true for FOO6, K015,
    KO22, and KO61 wastes.
    Similarly,
    the prior rule prohibited
    injection of certain K1O1 and K1O2 wastes:
    “all wastewaters and
    less than one percent total arsenic noriwastewaters.”
    The federal
    amendments,
    at paragraph
    (d) prohibit injection of the “high
    arsenic nonwastewaters.”
    The Board interprets this as requiring
    a combined prohibition on all K101 and K1O2 wastewaters and
    nonwastewaters.
    The Board has retained the “wastewaters and
    nonwastewaters” language for clarity, although it is possible
    that USEPA intended all forms of the individual listed wastes and
    the Board could have also dropped the added language as
    superfluous.
    For K02l, KO36,
    and
    1060
    wastes,
    40 CFR 148.14(a) prohibited
    injection of “nonwastewaters generated by the process described
    in the waste listing description and disposed after August
    17,
    116—169

    14
    1988,
    and not those generated in the course of treating
    wastewater forms of these wastes.”
    New federal paragraph
    (d)
    includes prohibitions on 1021
    and 1060
    wastewaters, and existing
    paragraph
    (b)
    includes a prohibition for K036 wastewaters.
    As to
    the existing past August 17,
    1988 disposal effective date noted
    in each of these prohibitions
    (the effective date of the federal
    First Third rule), the Board believes that retention of this date
    is no longer necessary:
    it is unlikely that any quantities of
    these wastes disposed prior to that date still reside in Illinois
    so they could still be injected.
    As to the limiting language,
    “generated by the process described in the waste listing
    description
    .
    .
    .
    ,
    and not those generated in the course of
    treating wastewater forms of these wastes,” the Board believes
    that this could potentially have the effect of excluding some
    forms of hazardous wastes from the prohibitions, such as wastes
    generated in the course of treating wastes generated by the
    described process or, as explicitly stated, those generated in
    the course of treating wastewater forms of the wastes.
    £~
    35
    Ill. Adm. Code 721.103(c) (2);
    55 Fed. Peg.
    22537
    (June
    1,
    1990).
    For these reasons, the Board will eliminate the “August 17,
    1988”
    and retain the “generated by” language from these restrictions.
    The situation is similar for KO69 wastes.
    Section
    738.114(a) (2) formerly prohibited “noncalcium sulfate 1069
    (nonwastewaters generated by the process described in the waste
    listing description and disposed after August 17,
    1988,
    and not
    those generated in the course of treating wastewater forms of
    these wastes).”
    40 CFR 148.14(d) would now add calcium sulfate
    nonwastewaters and all wastewaters.
    The Board will combine all
    three categories of
    1069
    wastes into a single listing,
    retaining
    the “generated by” language for noncalcium sulfate
    nonwastewaters, but deleting the August 17,
    1988 date.
    The Board
    will insert semicolons between each type of K069 waste intended
    to avoid confusion as to the effect of the final “and not”
    clause, which applies only to the third type of waste.
    Finally,
    for K046 wastes, existing Section 738.114(a) (2)
    prohibits the underground injection of 1046
    nonexplosive
    nonwastewaters,
    and 40 CFR 148.14(d) now prohibits K046 reactive
    nonwastewaters and all wastewaters.
    “Reactive”
    is intended by
    USEPA in the sense meant by Section 721.123, see 55 Fed. Peg.
    22593
    (June
    1,
    1990)
    &
    54
    Fed. Reg. 25419—20
    (June 14,
    1989)
    which includes “explosive.”
    See 35 Ill.
    Reg. 721.123.
    Therefore, the Board interprets the combination of “nonexplosive
    nonwastewaters” and “reactive nonwastewaters”
    as including all
    wastewater forms of the waste.
    The Board will scribe this
    listing as “wastewaters and nonwastewaters,” intending it to
    include all wastewater and all nonwastewater forms of this waste.
    The Board also makes
    a small number of editorial revisions
    to the federal base text and the prior text of the rule.
    At
    subsection
    (b) (2), the Board renders “The waste~”now as plural.
    116—170

    15
    The Board adds the word “underground” before “injection” wherever
    it appears, although USEPA omitted it from new 40 CFR 148.14(d).
    New 40 CFR 148.14(i) refers to “the wastes specified in 40 CFR
    261.32 and 261.33 as EPA Hazardous Waste Numbers KOll
    .
    .
    .
    ,
    1013
    .
    .
    .
    ,
    and 1014
    .
    .
    .
    .“
    Only 40 CFR 261.32
    (corresponding
    with 35 Ill. Adm. Code 721.132)
    specifies those wastes.
    The
    Board therefore does not add a reference to Section 721.133
    (corresponding with 40 CFR 261.33).
    This restructuring raises issues for which the Board seeks
    public comment.
    The Board requests comment as to each of the
    revisions it has made in consolidating the waste listings and
    incorporating the federal prohibitions.
    In addition to the changes in the format of the new
    prohibitions identical
    in substance to those adopted June
    1,
    1990
    by USEPA, making the editorial revisions of the federal text,
    and
    making the structural changes described above, the Board further
    updates the Board Note to refer to the 1990 Code of Federal
    Regulations and makes one correction.
    In R89—l1,
    at subsection
    (e), the Board adopted a June 7,
    1991 prohibition on
    “1016
    (
    at
    concentrations greater than one percent).”
    This should have
    appeared as “less than one percent,” like
    it appeared in 40 CFR
    148.14(e)
    (now paragraph
    (g)).
    The Board corrects this error.
    The Board invites comment on the editorial revisions it proposes
    to the federal language.
    Section 738.115
    Waste Specific Prohibitions
    Second Third
    Wastes
    This Section derives from 40 CFR 148.15.
    USEPA amended
    section 148.15 by adding paragraphs
    (d) and
    (f); amending
    paragraph
    (g); and renumbering paragraphs
    (d)
    and
    (e)
    to
    (e)
    and
    (g)
    at 55 Fed.
    Peg.
    22683, June
    1,
    1990.
    The new provision,
    paragraph
    (d), adds a prohibition against underground injection
    at off—site facilities of several wastes, effective August
    8,
    1990.
    New paragraph
    (f)
    prohibits the injection of those same
    wastes at on-site facilities,
    effective November 8,
    1990.
    The
    amendment to renumbered paragraph
    (g)
    broaden the inapplicability
    of this section to include paragraphs
    (a) through
    (f).
    The Board proposes amendments identical to the federal
    revisions, with structural changes focused on the deletion of
    past effective dates and consolidating waste listings for ease of
    use by the regulated community,
    very similar to the revisions
    proposed for Section 738.114.
    New federal paragraph
    (f)
    has an
    effective date of November 8,
    1990.
    The Board proposes
    elimination of this past date.
    On the other hand, prior Board
    subsection
    (d)
    (whose counterpart USEPA renumbered to paragraph
    (e)
    in the present federal amendments and which now corresponds
    to subsection
    (c)
    in the proposed Board amendments)
    still has a
    116—17 1

    16
    future effective date.
    The Board proposes retaining this as yet
    future effective date.
    As with Section 738.114, elimination of the immaterial past
    effective dates,
    in this and the P89-2 and R89—11 proceedings,
    leaves the regulatory structure somewhat convoluted and
    potentially confusing to the regulated community.
    Underground
    injection of 261.31—listed wastes is presently prohibited by 40
    CFP 148.15(b); underground injection of some 261.32—listed wastes
    is presently prohibited by 40 CFR 148.15(a),
    (b),
    (d), and
    (f);
    and underground injection of some 261.33—listed wastes
    is
    presently prohibited by 40 CFP 148.15(b),
    (d), and
    (f).
    Further,
    one form or mode of disposal of a waste is prohibited by one
    federal paragraph while either all other forms or modes of
    disposal are prohibited by another.
    For example, section
    148.15(b) prohibits injection of
    1029
    nonwastewaters,
    section
    148.15(d) prohibits injection of 1029
    wastewaters at off—site
    facilities,
    and 148.15(f) prohibits injection of KO29 wastewaters
    at on—site facilities.
    As for Section 738.114, the Board would
    prefer
    a more cohesive structure that includes a single
    prohibition for all forms and modes
    of disposal of a waste in a
    single location.
    (For this example the Board proposes a single
    prohibition for 1029
    wastewaters and non wastewaters at
    subsection
    (a) (2), without reference to whether
    it
    is disposed
    on-site or off-site.)
    Further, the Board would prefer that a
    single subsection set forth all the listed wastes from each of
    the Sections 721.131,
    721.132, and 721.133
    lists.
    Therefore, the
    Board proposes amendments that deviate structurally from the
    federal regulations.
    Under the Board’s proposed rules,
    subsection
    (a) (1)
    sets
    forth all the Section 721.131-listed prohibited wastes,
    subsection
    (a) (2)
    sets forth all the Section 721.132—listed
    prohibited wastes, and subsection
    (a) (3)
    sets forth all the
    Section 721.133-listed prohibited wastes with past effective
    dates.
    The Board eliminates distinctions as to on—site and off—
    site disposal because both modes are presently prohibited under
    the federal rules.
    However, the Board retains the separate
    listing by effective date for those wastes prohibited at
    a future
    time.
    Therefore,
    subsection
    (c)
    (corresponding to federal
    paragraph
    (e))
    includes a single Section 721.132—listed waste for
    which a prohibition becomes effective on June 8,
    1991.
    The Board
    also retains a separate listing for the 721.131—listed wastes for
    which there is reference to a Part 728 treatment standard in
    subsection
    (b)
    (formerly subsection
    (c), as it presently appears
    at 40 CFP 148.15(c).
    Where one prohibition was for the wastewater form of a
    waste,
    and another prohibition related to the nonwastewater form
    of the waste, the Board incorporates a single prohibition on the
    wastewater and nonwastewater forms.
    This is true for
    1029,
    KO95,
    and 1096
    wastes.
    The Board has retained the “wastewaters and
    116—172

    17
    nonwastewaters”
    language for clarity,
    although it is possible
    that USEPA intended all forms of the individual listed wastes and
    the Board could have also dropped the added language as
    superfluous.
    For
    1025
    wastes, 40 CFP 148.15(a) prohibited injection of
    “nonwastewaters generated by the process described in the waste
    listing description and disposed after August 17,
    1988,
    and not
    those generated in the course of treating wastewater forms of
    these wastes.”
    New federal paragraph
    (d)
    includes prohibitions
    on K025 wastewaters.
    As to the existing past August 17,
    1988
    disposal effective date noted
    in this prohibition
    (the effective
    date of the federal First Third rule),
    the Board believes that
    retention of this date is no longer necessary:
    it is unlikely
    that any quantities of these wastes disposed prior to that date
    still reside in Illinois so they could still be injected.
    As to
    the limiting language,
    “generated by the process described in the
    waste listing description
    .
    .
    .
    ,
    and not those generated in the
    course of treating wastewater forms of these wastes,” the Board
    believes that this could potentially have the effect of excluding
    some forms of hazardous wastes from the prohibitions, such as
    wastes generated in the course of treating wastes generated by
    the described process or,
    as explicitly stated,
    those generated
    in the course of treating wastewater forms of the wastes.
    ~
    35
    Ill. Adm. Code 721.103(c) (2); 55 Fed. Peg.
    22537
    (June
    1,
    1990).
    For these reasons, the Board will eliminate the “August 17,
    1988”
    and retain the “generated by” language from these restrictions.
    This restructuring raises issues for which the Board seeks
    public comment.
    The Board requests comment as to each of the
    revisions
    it has made in consolidating the waste listings and
    incorporating the federal prohibitions.
    In addition to the changes in the format of the new
    prohibitions identical in substance to those adopted June
    1,
    1990
    by USEPA and making the structural changes described above, the
    Board further updates the Board Note to refer to the 1990 Code of
    Federal Regulations.
    Section 738.116
    Waste Specific Prohibitions
    Third Third
    Wastes
    This Section derives from 40 CFR 148.16.
    USEPA amended
    section 148.16 by adding paragraphs
    (c),
    (d),
    (e), and
    (f);
    amending paragraph
    (g); and renumbering paragraph
    (c) to
    (g) at
    55 Fed.
    Peg.
    22683,
    June
    1,
    1990.
    USEPA corrected paragraphs
    (c)
    and
    (f)
    at 55 Fed. Peg.
    33694, August 17, 1990.
    The new
    provision, paragraph
    (c),
    adds a prohibition against underground
    injection at off—site facilities of several wastes, effective
    August
    8,
    1990.
    New paragraph
    (e) prohibits the injection of
    those same wastes at on-site facilities, effective November 8,
    1990.
    New paragraph
    (d) prohibits the injection of certain mixed
    116—173

    18
    radioactive and hazardous wastes, effective August
    8,
    1990.
    New
    paragraph
    (f) prohibits the injection of 40 CFR 261.22,
    261.23,
    or 261.24
    (corresponding with 35 Ill.
    Adin.
    Code 721.122, 721.123,
    and 721.124) characteristic wastes, effective May 8,
    1992.
    The
    amendment to renumbered paragraph
    (g) broaden the inapplicability
    of this section to include paragraphs
    (a) through
    (f).
    The Board proposes amendments identical to the federal
    revisions, with structural changes focused on the deletion of
    past effective dates and consolidating waste listings for ease of
    use by the regulated community,
    very similar to the revisions
    proposed for Sections 738.114 and 738.115.
    New federal paragraph
    (d) has an effective date of August
    8,
    1990.
    New federal
    paragraph
    (e) has an effective date of November 8,
    1990.
    The
    Board proposes elimination of these past dates.
    On the other
    hand, new USEPA paragraph
    (f) corresponding to subsection
    (c)
    in
    the proposed Board amendments)
    still has a future effective date.
    The Board proposes retaining this as yet future effective date.
    Associated with the elimination of the past effective dates
    is the elimination of the caveat at the end of new 40 CFR
    148.16(e).
    That paragraph,
    reciting a prohibition effective
    November
    8,
    1990,
    clarifies that this provision does not effect
    wastes prohibited under 40 CFR 148.12(b),
    for which the effective
    date
    is August
    8,
    1990.
    Since both are past effective dates are
    past, the Board eliminates the caveat entirely.
    However, the
    Board retains a similar caveat in part.
    New 40 CFR 148.16(f),
    effective May 8,
    1992,
    states that its effective date does not
    apply to wastes prohibited by 40 CFR 148.12(b),
    effective August
    8,
    1990.
    The Board eliminates the August 8,
    1990 date and
    renders this caveat as subsection
    (C)
    (3)
    as follows:
    3)
    The effective date of subsections
    (c) (1)
    and
    (c) (2)
    do not apply to the wastes listed in
    Section 148.112(b) which are prohibited from
    underground injection.
    As with Sections 738.114 and 738.115, elimination of the
    immaterial past effective dates,
    in this and the P89-2 and P89-
    11 proceedings, leaves the regulatory structure somewhat
    convoluted and potentially confusing to the regulated community.
    Underground injection of 261.31-listed wastes
    is presently
    prohibited by 40 CFR 148.16(c); underground injection of some
    261.32-listed wastes
    is presently prohibited by 40 CFR 148.16(a),
    (b),
    (c),
    and
    (e); underground injection of some 261.33-listed
    wastes is presently prohibited by 40 CFR 148.16(b),
    (c), and
    (e);
    and underground injection of some 261.21- and 261.24—listed
    wastes is presently prohibited by 40 CFR 148.16(c).
    Further,
    one
    form or mode of disposal of a waste is prohibited by one federal
    paragraph while either all other forms or modes of disposal are
    prohibited by another.
    For example, section 148.16(b) prohibits
    injection of
    1005
    and
    1007
    nonwastewaters,
    section 148.16(c)
    116—174

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    prohibits injection of K005 and KOO7 wastewaters at off-site
    facilities,
    and 148.16(e) prohibits injection of
    1005
    and 1007
    wastewaters at on—site facilities.
    As another example,
    section
    148.16(a) prohibits injection of certain K100 nonwastewaters,
    and
    new section 148.16(c)
    simply prohibits injection of 1100
    wastes.
    As for Sections 738.114 and 738.115, the Board would prefer a
    more cohesive structure that includes a single prohibition for
    all forms and modes of disposal
    of a waste in a single location.
    (For these examples the Board proposes single prohibitions for
    1005
    and K007 wastewaters and non wastewaters and K100 wastes at
    subsection
    (a) (2), without reference to whether it is disposed
    on-site or off—site.)
    Further, the Board would prefer that a
    single subsection set forth all the listed wastes from each of
    the Sections 721.131,
    721.132,
    and 721.133 lists.
    Therefore, the
    Board proposes amendments that deviate structurally from the
    federal regulations.
    Under the Board’s proposed rules,
    subsection
    (a) (1)
    sets
    forth all the Section 721.131-listed prohibited wastes,
    subsection
    (a) (2)
    sets forth all the Section 721.132-listed
    prohibited wastes, subsection
    (a) (3)
    sets forth all the Section
    721.133—listed prohibited wastes, and subsection
    (a) (4)
    sets
    forth all the Section 721.121 and 721.124 characteristic
    prohibited wastes with past effective dates.
    The Board
    eliminates distinctions as to on—site and off—site disposal
    because both modes are presently prohibited under the federal
    rules.
    However, the Board retains the separate listing by
    effective date for those wastes prohibited at a future time.
    Therefore, subsection
    (c)
    (corresponding to federal paragraph
    (f))
    includes the single Section 721.122, 721.123,
    and 721.124
    characteristic wastes for which prohibitions become effective on
    May 8,
    1992.
    Where one prohibition was for the wastewater form of a
    waste,
    and another prohibition related to the nonwastewater form
    of the waste, the Board incorporates a single prohibition on the
    wastewater and nonwastewater forms.
    This is true for
    1005
    and
    1007
    wastes.
    The Board has retained the “wastewaters and
    nonwastewaters” language for clarity, although it is possible
    that USEPA intended all forms of the individual listed wastes and
    the Board could have also dropped the added language as
    superfluous.
    For K100 wastes,
    40 CFR 148.16(a) prohibited injection of
    “nonwastewaters generated by the process described in the waste
    listing description and disposed after August 17,
    1988, and not
    those generated in the course of treating wastewater forms of
    these wastes.”
    New federal paragraph
    (c)
    includes a prohibition
    on K100.
    The Board believes that USEPA now intends
    a total
    prohibition on injection of this waste,
    so it incorporates a
    blanket prohibition at subsection
    (a) (2).
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    This restructuring raises issues for which the Board seeks
    public comment.
    The Board requests comment as to each of the
    revisions
    it has made in consolidating the waste listings and
    incorporating the federal prohibitions.
    The Board also makes a small number of editorial revisions
    to the federal base text and the prior text of the rule.
    At
    subsection (a)(4), derived from part of 40 CFR 148.16(c),
    and
    subsections
    (c) (1) and
    (c) (2), derived from new federal paragraph
    (f), the Board renders the language as “wastes specified in
    •“ for cohesiveness with the rest of the rules.
    At
    subsection
    (b), derived from 40 CFR 148.16(d), the Board renders
    “The waste~”now as plural.
    New 40 CFR 148.14(f)
    (rendered in
    pertinent part by the Board as 35 Ill. Adm. Code 738.116(a) (4))
    refers to “the wastes identified in 40 CFR 261.21, 261.23 or
    261.24 as hazardous based on a characteristic alone, designated
    as DOO1, DOO4,
    DOO5,
    DOO6,
    D008, D009
    .
    .
    .,
    DOlO,
    DOll,
    DO12,
    DO13, D014,
    D015, D016,
    DO17
    .
    .
    .
    .“
    40 CFR 261.21
    (corresponding to 35 Ill. Adm. Code 721.121)
    designates EPA
    Hazardous Waste Number DOOl.
    40 CFR 261.24
    (corresponding to 35
    Ill. Adm. Code 721.121) designates EPA Hazardous Waste Numbers
    D004 through D0l7.
    40 CFR 261.23
    (corresponding to 35
    Ill. Adm.
    Code 721.123) designates EPA Hazardous Waste Number DOO3, which
    is not listed in this paragraph.
    The Board therefore does not
    add a reference to Section 721.123
    (corresponding with 40 CFR
    261.23).
    The Board invites comment on the editorial revisions it
    proposes to the federal language.
    In addition to the changes in the format of the new
    prohibitions identical in substance to those adopted June
    1,
    1990
    by USEPA,
    the editorial revisions outlined, and making the
    structural changes described above,
    the Board further updates the
    Board Note to refer to the 1990 Code of Federal Regulations.
    PART 728
    LAND
    DISPOSAL RESTRICTIONS
    USEPA amended 40 CFR 268, corresponding to 35 Ill. Adm. Code
    728,
    at 55 Fed.
    Peg.
    728, June
    1,
    1990,
    by adding a new Appendix
    VIII.
    That table is a comprehensive listing of the national
    capacity land disposal restrictions variances granted by USEPA
    for underground injection of certain wastes.
    ~
    55 Fed.
    Peg.
    22645—49
    (June 1,
    1990).
    This appendix,
    in the form of a table,
    lists the effective dates for the restrictions on underground
    injection by Hazardous Waste Number.
    This table merely restates
    the effective dates for the various paragraphs of 40 CFR 148,
    Subpart B
    (corresponding with 35 Ill.
    Adm.
    Code 738.Subpart B).
    As noted at the end of the appendix, “This table is provided for
    the convenience of the reader.”
    The appendix does not effect any
    substantive requirement.
    It also lists the numerous past
    effective dates.
    116—176

    21
    The Board declines to propose a counterpart to new 40 CFR
    148, Appendix VIII.
    The appendix has no substantive or
    procedural effect.
    It merely restates in summary form the
    effective dates of various of the land disposal restrictions on
    underground injection.
    Those dates not yet past appear in 35
    Ill. Adm. Code 728.Subpart B.
    As observed in the preceding
    discussions, the Board is
    in the habit of deleting past effective
    dates.
    Board adoption of this table would not add to the already
    voluminous underground injection control and land disposal
    regulations in any way.
    The Board invites comment on its decision not to propose a
    counterpart to 40 CFR 268,
    Appendix
    VIII.
    Specifically,
    for
    those commenters feeling that the Board should adopt such a
    counterpart, should that appear
    in Part 728 or 738?
    Should the
    Board delete the past effective
    dates if
    it did adopt a
    counterpart?
    IT IS SO ORDERED.
    I, Dorothy M.
    Gunn, Clerk of the Illinois Pollution Control
    Board,
    do hereby c~ify that the above Opinion of the Board was
    adopted
    on the
    ~
    day of
    _________,
    1990, by a vote of
    ~7~Li~1.
    2z~
    Dorothy M. ,4(inn,
    ~J1er1~
    Illinois P~lutionControl Board
    116—177

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