ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD
October 9, 1986
IN THE MATTER OF:
)
NATIONAL EMISSION STANDARDS
)
FOR HAZARDOUS AIR POLLUTANTS;
)
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RADON-222 EMISSIONS FROM
)
LICENSED URANIUM MILL TAILINGS
)
RESOLUTION AND ORDER OF THE BOARD (by J. Theodore Meyer):
This matter comes before the Board upon a September 24, 1986
notice (51 Fed. Reg. 34056) published by the United States
Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) of the promulgation of an
amendment to the
National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air
Pollutants
(NESHAPS).
Subpart W: National Emission Standards for
Hazardous Air Pollutants; Radon—222 Emissions
from Licensed Uranium Mill Tailings,
40 CFR 61 (35 Ill. Adm. Code 231.330)
Pursuant to Section 9.1
of the Environmental Protection Act,
the Board is required to adopt amendments “in substance
identical” to the federal NESHAPS amendments. The Board will do
so through incorporation by reference of the federal amendment as
a peremptory amendment,
ORDER
The Board hereby adopts the following amendments to Title
35: Environmental Protection Subtitle
B: Air Pollution; Chapter
I: Pollution Control Board; Part 231: National Emission
Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants:
SUBPART W: RADON-222
EMISSIONS FROM LICENSED
URANIUM MILL TAILINGS
Section 231.330
Radon—222 Emission from Licensed
Uranium Mill Tailings
The Board incorporates by reference 40
CFR
61,
Subpart
W (1985),
as amended at 51 Fed. Reg. 34056, September 24, 1986.
IT IS SO ORDERED.
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I, Dorothy M. Gunn, Clerk of the Illinois Pollution Control
Board, hereby certify that the ftjDove Resolution and Order was
adopted on the
‘9’~-
day of
~
,
1986, by a vote
of
~
Dorothy M. G~n, Clerk
Illinois Pollution Control Board
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