ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD
    March 6, 2008
    IN THE MATTER OF:
    UIC UPDATE, USEPA REGULATIONS (July
    1, 2007 through December 31, 2007)
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    R08-14
    (Identical-in-Substance Rulemaking -
    Land)
    Proposed Rule. Dismissal Order.
    ORDER OF THE BOARD (by G.T. Girard):
    Section 13(c) of the Environmental Protection Act (415 ILCS 5/13(c) (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 13(c) relates to underground injection control (UIC) regulations that USEPA adopted to
    implement provisions of the Safe Drinking Water Act (42 U.S.C. §§ 300h
    et seq
    . (2005)).
    USEPA has codified its UIC regulations at 40 C.F.R. 144 through 148.
    The Board reserved this docket for any UIC 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 injection control 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 March 6, 2008, by a vote of 4-0.
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    John T. Therriault, Assistant Clerk
    Illinois Pollution Control Board

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