ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD
    August 31, 1989
    IN THE MATTER OF:
    )
    )
    UIC UPDATE, USEPA REGULATIONS
    )
    R89-2
    (7—1—88 THROUGH 12—31—88)
    ORDER OF THE BOARD (by J. Anderson):
    Section 13(c) of the Environmental Protection Act (Act)
    requires the Board to adopt regulations which are “identical in
    substance” with USEPA underground injection control rules adopted
    pursuant to the Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA). 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 July 26, 1988 for this batch. Board
    action was therefore required by July 26, 1989.
    The USEPA actions during this update period include major
    revisions to the UIC rules which are closely linked to the
    revisions to the RCRA rules currently pending in R89—l. This
    linkage, together with the size of the update, have delayed the
    preparation of a proposal.
    The Board anticipates proposing rules for public comment
    during September, 1989. These rules should be adopted in
    November, 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, UST, 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—413
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    I, Dorothy M. Gunn, Clerk of the Illinois Pollution Control
    Board, hereby certif~ythat the above Order was adopted on
    the J/—-~day of
    ____________,
    1989, by a vote of ~
    S
    Control Board
    102—414

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