ILLNOIS

POLLUTION CONTROL

BOARD

November

21,

1985

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flit

1~iA’TER

OF:

I~t~RSPECIAL ~ASTE

)

R85—27

(JtOORLZAT1ON

STUDY

)

OF

ThE

~3OARD(by J.

Anderson):

P.A.

83~-l268,codified as Section 22.9 ol the Envtronment~1

~C()LeOtiOfl

Act,

provides

that:

“The Department

of Energy and Natural Resources

shall.

complete

a

study of the benefits and feasibility

of

establishing

a

system

of

classifying and

regulating

special wastes according

to

their degree of hazard.

Such study shall

include, at a minimum,

an assessment

o(

the degree of hazard of

the special waste streams

produced

in

the State,

alternative systems

fur

classifying

these wastes according to their degree

of

hazard and an evaluation of the benefits of assessing

hazardous waste

fees and developing storage, treatment

and disposal standards based

on such classes of

wastes.

The

Department shall report

to the Governor,

the General Assembly and the Pollution Control Boarl

with the results of such study

no

later than July

1,

1985.

ô.

Following

the completion

of the degree

of hazard study,

the pollution Control Board shall conduct public

hearings on

the results and recommendations

as provided

in Title VII of

this Act,

Upon conclusion of such

hearings,

the Board

shall publish

its findings and

conclusions on the areas covered by the study ana

the

testimony received.”

On November

21, 1985,

the Board

received DENR’s “Special

t~asteCategorization Study”

submitted

in partial fulfillment

of

i.~s Section 22.9(a)

legislative mandate.

This docket

is hereby

opened

for

the purposes of fulfilling

the Board’s mandate under

Sc?ction 22.9(b).

Public hearings will

be scheduled as

expenitiously as is practicable.

The

Board notes that this study may

be relevant

to

regulatory proceedings

in progress,

including

the R84—17

rulemaking commonly known as

the

“Chapter

7

&

9 Update”,

and

the

R84—43 “Non—hazardous Special ~aste” proceeding initiated

pursuant

to Section 22.01

(P.A.

83—1461).

The Board may,

in

the

tuture,

consider consolidation of

related records, but believes

Ljat

to

do

so

in advance

of the hearings concerning

this study

would

be

premature,

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IT

IS

SO

ORDERED.

I,

Dorothy M.

Gunn, Clerk of

the Illinois Pollution Control

Board,

hereby certify

that

the above Order

was

adopted on

t~e

~‘-~

day

of

~

1985,

by

a

vote

of

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Illinois Pollution Control aoara

66-604