TABLE OF CONTENTS On September 16, 1996 the Agency filed a proposal to add the TACO rules as a new Part 742 to the Board s rules. The Board accepted this matter for hearing on September 19, 1996. On November 7, 1996, the Board sent this matter to First Notice without commenting on the merits of the proposal. Subsequently, on December 6, 1996, the proposal was published in the Illinois Register (20 Ill. Reg. 15429.)
Development of the Proposal. Section 58.11 of the Act, adopted as part of the Site Remediation Program legislation, created the Site Remediation Advisory Committee (SRAC) to advise the Agency in developing the mandated TACO and the Site Remediation Program regulatory proposals. The SRAC consists of one member from each of the following organizations: the Illinois State Chamber of Commerce, the Illinois Manufacturers Association, the Chemical Industry Council of Illinois, the Consulting Engineers Council of Illinots, the Illinois Bankers Association, the Community Bankers Association of Illinois, and the National Solid Waste Management Association. In addition, representatives from the Illinois Petroleum Council, the Illinois Petroleum Marketers Association, and the City of Chicago participated. The Agency met with the SRAC, or subgroups thereof, ten times between March 14, 1996 and August 30, 1996, to discuss both the TACO rules and the rules for the Part 740 Site Remediation Program. The TACO rules proposed by the Agency and adopted for First Notice represented the consensus reached by the SRAC and the Agency on the TACO rules. (See Exh.
