August 7, 2014 - On August 7, 2014, the Illinois Pollution Control Board adopted a final opinion and order to amend Parts 501, 502, and 504 of the Board’s agriculture related water pollution regulations. The Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (IEPA) initiated this rulemaking to make them consistent with, and as stringent as, the current federal CAFO regulations. The IEPA also sought to establish state technical standards required by the federal rule. This rulemaking was docketed at In the Matter of: Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations (CAFOs): Proposed Amendments to 35 Ill. Adm. Code Parts 501, 502, and 504.
Board Adopts Amendments to Board’s CAFO Regulations
On August 7, 2014, the Illinois Pollution Control Board adopted a final opinion and orderto amend Parts 501, 502, and 504 of the Board’s agriculture related water pollution regulations.
This rulemaking was docketed
at In the Matter of: Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations (CAFOs): Proposed Amendmentsto 35 Ill.
In response to the JCAR, the Board opened
a subdocket to address whether specified unpermitted CAFOs should be required to submitcertain information to the IEPA.
Opinions and orders of the Board, hearing transcripts, and other documents in rulemaking
records are posted on the Board’s Web site and may be downloaded from...
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