No Groundwater Monitoring for Clean Construction and Soil Fill Operations

Ending, for the time being, a fiercely contested rulemaking in which even the Chicago Tribune's editorial board weighed in, the Illinois Pollution Control Board on August 23, 2012 issued its Final Rule changing the standards for Clean Construction or Demolition Debris (CCDD) Fill Operations. The heart of the controversy in this rulemaking was whether the Board should require these fill operators to conduct groundwater monitoring to satisfy amendments the General Assembly made to the Environmental Protection Act in 2010.  

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