ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL
    BOARD
    August 31,
    1989
    IN THE MATTER OF:
    RCRA UPDATE, USEPA REGULATIONS
    )
    R89-1
    (8—1—88 THROUGH 12—31—88)
    )
    ORDER OF THE BOARD
    (by J. Anderson):
    Section 22.4(a) of the Environmental Protection Act
    (Act)
    requires the Board to adopt regulations which are “identical
    in
    substance” with USEPA hazardous waste rules adopted pursuant to
    the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act
    (RCRA).
    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 the federal rule,
    unless the Board extends the time based on a finding that the
    time is insufficient and stating the reasons.
    It appears that
    the regulations
    in this Docket may be late.
    The Board
    is
    therefore entering this Order
    to extend the time.
    Under Section 7.2 of the Act, Board action on this update
    is
    required within one year after adoption of the first USEPA rule
    in the batch.
    This was August 17,
    1988
    for this batch.
    Board
    action was therefore required by August
    17,
    1989.
    Since the
    public comment period ended on August
    14,
    there was little time
    to consider these comments,
    in particular
    a large public comment
    received August
    7, which will at least delay final action due to
    the time required to consider the issues.
    The Board anticipates
    that these
    rules will be adopted in September,
    1989.
    The Board also notes
    that the number of federally—driven
    programs involving large blocks of rules has suddenly expanded
    from two
    (RCRA
    and UIC)
    to at least five
    (by addition of
    Pretreatment,
    E3ST,
    and SDWA).
    The Board has recently received
    added funding for expansion of staff
    to manage these large
    rulemakings;
    the Board believes that
    it will be able to return
    to schedule as its expanded staff gains experience.
    The Board directs that these reasons be published in the
    Illinois Register pursuant to Section 7.2 of the Act.
    IT
    IS SO ORDERED.
    102—411
    —2—
    I,
    Dorothy M. Gunn,
    Clerk
    of the Illinois Pollution Control
    Board, hereby certi~’jthat the above Order was adopted on
    the ~f/-’~day of
    ____________,
    1989,
    by
    a vote of
    O
    ~i.
    Dorothy M. ij~unn, Clerk
    Illinois Pdllution Control Board
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