ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD
March 6, 2008
IN THE MATTER OF:
UST UPDATE, USEPA REGULATIONS
(July 1, 2007 through December 31, 2007)
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R08-10
(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 of July 1, 2007 through December 31, 2007. During that time period, USEPA did not
amend its underground storage tank rules in a way that would require Board action. 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 March 6, 2008, by a vote of 4-0.
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John T. Therriault, Assistant Clerk
Illinois Pollution Control Board