TABLE OF CONTENTS | ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD | ||
| June 5, 1997 | ||
| IN THE MATTER OF: | ) | |
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| TIERED APPROACH TO CORRECTIVE | ) | R97-12 (A) |
| ACTION OBJECTIVES (TACO): 35 ILL. | ) | (Rulemaking - Land) |
| ADM. CODE PART 742 | ) |
Adopted Rule. Final Order.
OPINION AND ORDER OF THE BOARD (by M. McFawn and J. Yi):
The Board adopts today as final, rules which create a tiered approach to establishing corrective action, i.e., remediation objectives, based on risks to human health and the environment, allowing consideration of the proposed land use at a subject site. These rules are located at a new part, 35 Ill. Adm. Code 742, entitled the Tiered Approach to Corrective Action Objectives, and have therefore become known as the TACO rules. Part 742 is unusual because it does not regulate activities at a site or mandate fixed clean up standards. Rather, the TACO rules at Part 742 provide the acceptable methodologies for determining site-specific, risk-based remediation objectives; while the programs to which TACO is applied govern the scope and extent of the site investigation preceding the application of TACO, as well as the no further remediation determination made by the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (Agency) after the TACO derived remediation objectives are achieved. The TACO rules are to be applied to all types of remediation programs under the Illinois Environmental Protection Act (Act) (415 ILCS 5/1 et seq. (1994)), including the Site Remediation Program adopted today as a new Part 740, and the Underground Storage...
