ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD
    March 22, 1973
    )
    iN
    THE
    MATTER OP
    )
    R71-6
    i’ttP
    WELL DISPOSAL
    )
    )
    INrCIZIM OPINION
    AND
    ORDER OP THE BOARD (by Mr. Dumello)
    O’t
    March
    3.
    1971 we retorted the citizon petition which
    ia1ltiated
    tins
    regulatory
    proceeding
    to
    the
    Institute
    for
    a
    atat~~•of
    the
    art
    report
    (1
    PCB
    303).
    rh.
    report
    was
    commissioned
    by
    the
    Institute
    and
    issued
    ,~.:
    rebruary
    7,
    1912
    as
    “Subsurface
    Industrial
    Wastewater
    Injection
    •u ILlinois”
    (IIIIQ Document No.
    72-2)
    authored by Dr. Don!ld L.
    W;,ntut of the University of Missouri.
    The report stresses
    the
    nee•I
    kin
    care in authorizing deep well disposal of wastes.
    Tech-
    let;
    at criteria as presently used in Illinois
    in considering deep
    ~4S.J
    ~ Jisposal permits are given and would seem susceptible of
    ‘rzutiJation
    into regulations
    (see especially pp. 62-63 of the
    ~tr.tn
    t
    J
    Inasmuch as the original citizen petition did not propose
    regulations
    but
    mereLy
    requested
    Inquiry
    hearings
    we
    are
    thus
    left
    with
    no
    proposal
    before
    us
    to
    consider.
    The
    threshold
    question
    of whether sufficient need exists for specific regulations for
    deep well disposal
    is one on which we should like to have the
    Environmental Protection Agency’s opinion as well as
    any
    other
    interested groups or agencies.
    ‘rherefore we will
    ask
    the Agency to review
    IfEQ Document
    No.
    72-2 as well as the technical criteria of the Committee on the
    Subsurface Injection of Wastewaters of the Ohio River Valley
    Water Sanitation Commission
    (ORSANCO) and tell us whether they
    feel that regulations are needed in this field.
    If the Agency
    does
    find a need for regulations then we would appreciate receiving
    a draft proposal upon which hearings could be held.
    We ask for an
    &gency response on the need for regulations within 60 days.
    We would appreciate comments on the same matter from the State
    Geological Survey, the State Water Survey, the Department of Mines
    and Minerals and the original petitioners.
    IT IS SO ORDERED.
    —2—
    I, Christan
    L. Moffett,
    Clerk of the Illinois Pollution Control
    Board, hereby certify the above
    Interim Opinion and Order was
    adopted on the ~
    day of March, 1973 by
    a vote of
    4/—a
    Chris tan
    L. Mof ett,
    rk
    Illinois Pollution
    C n rd
    Board
    7
    —
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