ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD
    September 6, 2007
    IN THE MATTER OF:
    UST UPDATE, USEPA REGULATIONS
    (January 1, 2007 through June 30, 2007)
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    R08-4
    (Identical-in-Substance Rulemaking -
    Land)
    Proposed Rule. Dismissal Order.
    ORDER OF THE BOARD (by G.T. Girard):
    Section 22.4(d) of the Environmental Protection Act (415 ILCS 5/22.4(d) (2006))
    requires the Board to adopt regulations that are “identical in substance” to regulations of the
    United States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA). 415 ILCS 5/7.2 (2006).
    Specifically, Section 22.4(d) relates to underground storage tank (UST) regulations promulgated
    by the USEPA pursuant to Section 9003 of the federal Resource Conservation and Recovery Act
    of 1976 (RCRA) (42 U.S.C. § 6991b (2005)) to implement Subtitle I of RCRA (42 U.S.C.
    §§ 6991
    et seq
    . (2005)), with certain limitations. USEPA has codified its UST regulations at
    40 C.F.R. 281 through 283.
    The Board reserved this docket for any UST amendments adopted by USEPA during the
    period January 1, 2007 through June 30, 2007. During that time period, USEPA did not amend
    its UST regulations in any way that would require corresponding Board action with regard to the
    Illinois regulations. Therefore, no action is necessary, and the Board dismisses this docket.
    IT IS SO ORDERED.
    I, John T. Therriault, Assistant Clerk of the Illinois Pollution Control Board, certify that
    the Board adopted the above order on September 6, 2007, by a vote of 4-0.
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    John T. Therriault, Assistant Clerk
    Illinois Pollution Control Board

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