ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD
    December 19,
    1991
    IN THE MATTER OF:
    )
    R90—20
    DIESEL VEHICLE EXHAUST
    )
    (Rulemaking)
    OPACITY LIMITS
    )
    PROPOSED RULE.
    SECOND NOTICE.
    SUPPLEMENTAL OPINION
    AND
    ORDER OF THE BOARD
    (by J.
    D.
    Dumelle):
    This
    matter
    is
    before
    the
    Board
    on
    its
    own
    motion.
    On
    November 27,
    1991, we proposed a Second Notice package concerning
    diesel exhaust opacity.
    Due to the significant changes made from
    First Notice to
    Second Notice,
    we established
    a brief period
    in
    order to receive comment from the participants in this rulemaking.
    In
    total,
    the
    Board
    received
    five
    subTnittals.
    The commenters
    included
    Detroit
    Diesel
    Corporation
    (DDC,
    P.C.
    #131);
    Engine
    Manufacturers Association (EMA, P.C.
    #132); Illinois Environmental
    Protection
    Agency
    (Agency,
    P.C.
    #133);
    Regional
    Transportation
    Authority,
    (RTA,
    P.C.
    #134)
    and; the Chicago Lung Association and
    the Illinois Chapter of the Sierra Club
    (CLA/ICSC,
    P.C.
    #135).
    DDC, while supporting the rule,
    alleges that an anomaly has
    been discovered during the California Roadside Smoke program that
    makes
    it likely that the entire family of DDCs
    1987-1990 series
    60
    engines
    will
    fail
    the
    55
    opacity
    snap
    acceleration
    test.
    Indeed,
    DDC claims that the engine
    family will
    fail any opacity
    standard
    less
    than about
    85.
    DDC
    asserts,
    however,
    that
    the
    engines which emitted 89
    over the snap acceleration test emitted
    only l3-18
    over the EPA federal smoke test,
    and that the engines
    have very low smoke levels under most other operating conditions.
    DDC states that,
    while the engines can be recalibrated,
    it
    requires connecting each engine to
    a computer for reprogramming,
    a
    “logistically difficult” task for all existing engines.
    (P.C.
    #131,
    p.
    1.)
    DDC notes
    that,
    for
    1991,
    this
    anomaly has been
    corrected with revisions to the engine control software.
    DDC
    proposes
    that
    the
    Board
    add
    the
    language
    that
    the
    California Air Resources Board
    adopted to address this problem.
    The language DDC proposed is as follows:
    Exemptions from the opacity standards in Paragraph (a) (2)
    may be granted for engine families that cannot meet the
    standard
    because
    of
    inherent
    engine
    design
    characteristics
    or
    nonadjustable
    fuel
    metering
    parameters.
    Exemptions may be based
    on the voluntary
    submission of technical information by engine or vehicle
    manufacturers.
    Such technical information may include
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    2
    certification test and/or snap-idle test opacity data.
    Alternative
    opacity
    standards
    would
    thereupon
    be
    established for the exempted engine families.
    (P.C. #131,
    p.
    2.)
    We first note that DDC’s submittal is significantly at odds
    with the prior testimony in this proceeding of the EMA, which DDC
    states in its comment that it helped prepare and fully supports.
    However,
    DDC’s comments also appear to be asserting that it has
    only recently discovered its problem, and our following discussion
    and proposed amendment are based on this assumption.
    The Board declines to accept the amendment proposed by .DDC.
    The
    language
    is much
    too
    broad,
    and DDC
    fails
    to
    justify
    the
    sweeping language.
    The amendment,
    as drafted,
    is not tailored to
    DDC’s
    660
    series
    problem.
    It
    does not
    even provide
    that
    the
    problem be recently discovered.
    Rather,
    it sets up a mechanism of
    standard by exception, with rather loose justifications, of general
    applicability to all pre-1991 engine
    families.
    In other
    words,
    exemptions
    from the 55
    standard may be granted,
    and alternative
    standards established,
    for “engine families that cannot meet the
    standard
    because
    of
    inherent
    engine
    design
    characteristics
    or
    nonadjustable
    fuel
    metering
    parameters”.
    The
    record
    of
    this
    proceeding already fully supports the Board’s conclusion that the
    standard was overwhelmingly supported by, and justified for,
    the
    engine families generally,
    and we decline to,
    in essence,
    open up
    this standard at the back end of this rulemaking.
    We note that
    under the Illinois system there are relief mechanisms available for
    asserting
    special
    circumstances
    should
    they
    occur
    after
    these
    regulations are adopted.
    However,
    DDC
    arguably
    has
    timely
    placed
    its
    own
    newly
    discovered
    problem
    in
    the
    record
    of
    this
    proceeding
    for
    Board
    consideration.
    The problem
    is that DDC has not provided enough
    information at
    this juncture
    for the
    Board
    to even consider
    its
    request for relief, much less act upon it.
    On balance, we believe that the best way to solve this problem
    is
    to
    add
    to
    the proposed regulation
    at Section
    240.141
    a
    new
    subsection
    (d).
    This
    subsection utilizes the adjusted standard
    procedure found
    at
    Section
    28.1(b)
    of the
    Act
    and establishes
    levels
    of
    justification
    in the
    rule
    of
    general
    applicability.
    Section 28.1(b)
    states:
    In adopting a rule of general applicability, the Board
    may specify
    the
    level
    of justification required
    of
    a
    petitioner for an adjusted standard consistent with this
    Section.
    We note that the new subsection
    (d)
    specifies the DDC
    1987-
    1990 Series
    60
    engines,
    and requires
    information addressing the
    uniqueness
    of the problem,
    submittal
    of all
    test data regarding
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    3
    USEPA certification and the snap-idle test, economic and technical
    data
    regarding
    DDC’s
    logistical
    problem
    noted
    above,
    the
    alternative
    opacity
    standard
    proposed,
    and
    the
    environmental
    effects.
    Finally,
    we
    strongly
    advise
    DDC
    to
    file
    for
    an
    adjusted
    •standard promptly; Section 28.1(e)
    of the Act provides for a stay
    of the applicability of the regulation only
    if “any person files
    a petition for an
    individual
    adjusted standard...within
    20
    days
    after th~effective date of the regulation”.
    The
    comment
    submitted by
    EMA
    seeks
    to
    implement
    the
    same
    language
    as
    proposed
    by
    DDC.
    (P.C.
    #132,
    p.
    1-2.)
    For
    the
    aforementioned reasons, we decline to adopt this provision.
    While
    EMA
    does not refer to DDC specifically, it sets forth an identical
    example.
    Absent more specification we decline to further address
    the issue
    in this proceeding.
    The Agency’s comment
    (P.C.
    #133)
    in response to our Second
    Notice’ proposal seeks
    to reinstate the visual opacity test as an
    enforcement mechanism.
    The Agency correctly states that it was the
    only’ participant
    in
    this
    proceeding
    who
    presented
    a
    qualified
    witness to discuss visual opacity, including both the certification
    of opacity readers in Illinois and the historical accuracy of the
    method.
    (P.C.
    #133,
    p.
    ~.)
    While the Board carefully considered
    this testimony,
    we are
    convinced that visual opacity
    is
    not
    an
    appropriate enforcement mechanism for this particular rulemaking.
    For example,
    a great deal of the Agency’s testimony centered
    on the “Method 9” procedure.
    This test method uses only certified
    smoke readers and was initially adopted for evaluating stationary
    sources.
    (Tr.
    at 40.)
    In fact,
    Nr.
    Berkely Moore,
    testifying for
    the Agency,
    stated that:
    Use
    of the Method
    9 procedure in
    its entirety with no
    changes,
    however,
    would
    likely
    be
    precluded
    for
    the
    opacity limitations which are being considered in this
    proceeding
    because Method
    9
    itself
    requires
    multiple
    readings,
    I
    should say specifically
    24
    readings at
    15
    second intervals over a six minute time period.
    And that
    six minute time period seems incompatible with the natuie
    of a moving source.
    In
    fact,
    it
    may
    be
    practical
    to
    limit
    the
    opacity
    readings to one only.
    In which case, no citation should
    be
    given
    unless
    the
    reading
    is
    somewhat
    above
    the
    standard.
    I
    might
    say
    in
    this
    connection
    that
    of
    the
    average
    positive
    error,
    and
    by
    positive
    error,
    I
    mean
    an
    overestimate
    of
    opacity
    as
    recorded
    by
    a
    visual
    observation compared to that which an instrument would
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    4
    show, never exceeds
    ——
    virtually never exceeds seven and
    a half percent for 25 readings.
    But if it is limited to
    one
    reading,
    it
    could
    be. as
    high
    as
    15
    percent,
    but
    usually is less than 15 percent.
    (Tr. at 38.)
    Upon
    further
    questioning,
    Mr.
    Moore
    testified
    that
    the
    existing opacity regulation was not enforced by the Agency because
    it was npt structured to do so and, further,
    that he know of no
    other entity enforcing the standard.
    (Tr.
    at 47.)
    Moreover,
    the
    record indicated that the “Method 9” procedure would be difficult
    to apply to
    a
    rapidly moving vehicle over the course of
    a
    ten—
    second
    timespan.
    (Tr.
    at
    43—45.)
    Finally,
    the
    availability of
    modern smokemeters and the empiricism they provide convince us that
    the snap-idle test using these meters
    is superior to the visual
    opacity test.
    (R90-20, Opinion and Order (November 27,
    1991), pgs.
    2—5.)
    Accordingly, we will not revise our Second Notice package
    with regard to this issue.
    The CLA/ICSC also submitted a comment asserting that visual
    opacity
    testing
    is
    an
    appropriate
    enforcement
    mechanism
    (P.C..
    #135.)
    The CLA/ICSC,
    who co-sponsored this rulemaking prior to
    First Notice, opposes our proposed Second Notice package.
    The co-
    sponsors object to the Bbard’s reliance on local government, other
    state
    agencies
    or
    the
    legislature to
    secure enforcement
    of
    the
    standard.
    In addition,
    the
    CLA/ICSC maintains that our Second
    Notice proposal
    lacks
    guidance
    as
    to what types
    of enforcement
    mechanisms
    would
    be most
    effective.
    In this
    regard,
    CLA/ICSC
    asserts that the Second Notice proposal should outline the Board’s
    expectations of the Agency or any other state agencies that need
    to be involved.
    The comment concludes by stating that our proposal
    will undoubtedly discourage local government, state agencies or the
    state legislature from taking the necessary action to enforce the
    revised opacity standard.
    With
    respect to CLA/ICSC’s position concerning visual opacity
    as an enforcement mechanism,
    the Board
    has adequately addressed
    that issue in today’s Order in addition to our Opinion of November
    21,
    1991
    in this docket.
    The rest of public comment 135 relates
    to what the Board should do in order to effect a viable enforcement
    program.
    At the same time, the CLA/ICSC recognizes that “the Board
    lacks
    the
    authority
    to
    require
    an• inspection
    and
    enforcement
    program” and that “the Board does not have the authority to require
    such enforceinent~ mechanisms.”
    (P.C. 135 at 1.)
    Pursuant to the
    Illinois Environmental Protection Act (“Act”),
    the’ Board’s task is
    to promulgate standards.
    Nowhere
    in this enabling statute lies
    the authority for the Board
    to direct other state
    agencies,
    let
    alone the state legislature.
    In fact, our power to regulate stems
    from a delegation by the state legislature.
    We
    have
    recognized
    throughout
    this
    proceeding
    that
    the
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    5
    regulation of diesel exhaust is somewhat unique.
    We also recognize
    that although the Agency
    is the nucleus of enforcement under .the
    Act, any person can bring an enforcement action.
    Ill. Rev.
    Stat.
    1989
    ch.
    111
    1/2
    par.
    1031.
    Accordingly, we have attempted to
    engage
    local municipalities,
    pertinent state
    agencies and other
    “persons” who can enforce this standard.
    Concurrently, we have
    attempted to include the public in our revision of this technical
    standard, thereby framing the problem in an accurate way.
    We ~1aveconcluded that diesel smoke is a public health hazard
    and’ a nuisance.
    After evaluating all of the testimony,
    we have
    formulated
    a
    55/40
    percent
    opacity
    standard
    as
    registered
    by
    smokemeters.
    What happens in terms of enforcement remains to be
    seen.
    In our hearings, certain municipalities west of Chicago have
    indicated
    a
    willingness to act upon
    a standard.
    Similarly,
    the
    possibility
    of
    state
    agencies
    enforcing
    this
    standard
    is
    not
    inconceivable.
    In
    this
    regard,
    we would urge
    the CLA/ICSC to
    encourage those “persons” who do have the power to enforce to do
    so.
    Once this standard is finally adopted, there will be a wealth
    of enforcement opportunities where diesel exhaust is
    a problem.
    Finally, the RTA commented that Section 240.241(c)
    should be
    modified
    to
    indicate
    that
    testing
    should
    occur
    at
    the
    normal
    operating temperature of the engine.
    The Board will revise this
    section
    in order to make this clear.
    ORDER
    The Board directs the
    Clerk
    to
    file the amendments adopted
    with the Joint Committee on Administrative Rules for Second Notice.
    TITLE
    35:
    ENVIRONMENTAL
    PROTECTION
    SUBTITLE B:
    AIR POLLUTION
    CHAPTER
    I:
    POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD
    SUBCHAPTER k:
    EMISSION STANDARDS AND LIMITATIONS
    FOR MOBILE SOURCES
    PART 240
    MOBILE SOURCES
    SUBPART A:
    DEFINITIONS AND GENERAL PROVISIONS
    Section
    240.101
    Preamble
    240. 102
    Definitions
    240. 103
    Prohibitions
    240. 104
    Inspection
    240.105
    Penalties
    240.106
    Determination of Violation
    240.107
    Incorporations by Reference
    SUBPART B:
    EMISSIONS
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    6
    Section
    240.121
    Smoke Emissions
    240.122
    Diesel Engine Emission Standards for Locomotives
    240.123
    Liquid Petroleum Gas Fuel Systems
    240.124
    Vehicle Exhaust Emission Standards
    240.125
    Compliance Determination
    SUBPART
    C:
    HEAVY-DUTY DIESEL SMOKE OPACITY STANDARDS AND
    TEST PROCEDURES
    _______
    Applicability
    _______
    Heavy
    Duty
    Diesel
    Smoke
    Opacity
    Standards
    and
    Test
    Procedures
    AUTHORITY:
    Implementing Sections 9,
    10 and
    13 and authorized by
    Section
    27
    of the Environmental Protection Act
    (Ill.
    Rev.
    Stat.
    1989,
    ch.
    111—1/2, pars.
    1009,
    1010,
    1013 and 1027).
    SOURCE:
    Adopted as Chapter 2:
    Air Pollution,
    Part Vii:
    Mobile
    Sources,
    filed and effective April
    14,
    1972;
    codified at
    7
    Ill.
    Reg.
    13628;
    amended in R85—25,
    at
    10
    Ill.
    Reg.
    11277,
    effective
    June 16,
    1986; amended in R90—20 at
    Ill. Beg.
    ______________
    effective ____________________________
    NOTE:
    Capitalization denotes statuatory language.
    SUBPART A:
    DEFINITIONS AND GENERAL PROVISIONS
    Section 240.102
    Definitions
    All terms which appear in this Part have the definitions specified
    in this Part and 35 Ill. Adm. Code 201 and 211. Where conflicting
    definitions
    occur the definitions
    of this Section
    apply
    in this
    Part.
    “Diesel Engine”:
    All types of internal-combustion engines in
    which air is compressed to
    a temperature sufficiently high to
    ignite fuel injected directly into the cylinder area.
    “Diesel Locomotive”:
    A diesel engine, vehicle designed to move
    cars
    on. a railway.
    “Driver”:
    The same meaning as defined in the Illinois Vehicle
    Code,
    Ill.
    Rev. Stat.
    1989,
    ch.
    95—1/2,
    par.
    116.1.
    “Fleet”:
    Five or more vehicles.
    Section
    240.140
    240.141
    240.Appendix A
    240.Appendix B
    Rule into Section Table
    Section into Rule Table
    128—360

    7
    “Full Power Position”:
    The throttle position at which the
    engine fuel delivery is at maximum flow.
    “Heavy Duty Vehicle”:
    A motor vehicle rated at more than 0000
    pounds
    gross vehicle
    weightA vehicle with
    8,000
    pounds
    or
    greater manufacturer’s maximum gross
    vehicle weight
    rating
    (GVWR).
    “High Idle’:
    That portion of a two-speed idle test conducted
    with the engine operating at
    a speed of approximately 2500
    PRN.
    “Idle
    Mode”:
    That
    portion
    of
    a
    vehicle
    emission
    test
    procedure
    conducted
    with
    the
    engine
    disconnected
    from
    an
    external load and operating at minimum throttle.
    “Light
    Duty
    Truck”:
    A motor vehicle
    rated
    at
    8000 pounds
    gross vehicle weight or less, which is designed for carrying
    more than 10 persons
    or designed for the transportation of
    property,
    freight
    or
    cargo,
    or
    is
    a
    derivative
    of
    such
    a
    vehicle.
    “Light Duty Vehicle”:
    A passenger car designed to carry not
    more than 10 persons.
    “Model
    Year”:
    The year of manufacture of amotor
    vehicle
    based upon the annual production period as designated by the
    manufacturer and indicated on the title and registration of
    the
    vehicle.
    If
    the
    manufacturer
    does
    not
    designate
    a
    production period
    for the vehicle,
    then “model year”
    means
    the calendar year of manufacture.
    “Motor Vehicle”:
    As used
    in this
    section
    “motor vehicle”
    shall have the same meaning as in the Illinois Vehicle Code
    (Ill. Rev.
    Stat. l98S~, ch.
    95 1/2,
    par.
    1—146).
    “Opacity”:
    A condition which rcndcr3 material partially of
    wholly impervious to the tranomittance of light,
    and causes
    the ob3truction of an observer’3 viewThat fraction of light,
    expressed
    in percent,
    which when transmitted
    from
    a
    source
    through a smoke—obscured path,
    is prevented from reaching the
    observer or instrument receiver.
    “Person3 Liable”:
    All
    PC~3Ofl3
    owning, operating or in charge
    or
    control
    of
    any equipment who
    3hall
    cause
    or permit
    or
    participate
    in any violation of these rules and regulations
    either a~owner,
    operator, lessee or lc3sor.
    “Smokemeter or Opacimeter”:
    An optical instrument designed
    to measure the opacity of smoke or diesel exhaust gases using
    the light extinction method.
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    8
    “Snap idle Cycle”:
    Rapidly depressing the accelerator pedal
    from normal idle to the full power position, holding the pedal
    in the position for no longer than ten seconds or until the
    engine reaches maximum speed,
    and fully releasing the pedal
    so that the engine decelerates to normal idle.
    “Test Procedure”:
    The preparation, preconditioning sequence
    and smoke opacity measurement processes using the snap idle
    cyc,le for determining compliance with Section 240.141.
    “Two—Speed
    Idle
    Test”:
    A
    vehicle emission test procedure
    consisting
    of the measurements
    of
    exhaust emission
    in high
    idle and idle modes.
    (Source:
    Amended at
    Ill. Beg.
    effective
    Section 240.107
    Incorporations by Reference
    The following materials are incorporated by
    reference and include
    no later editions or amendments:
    ~
    Society of Automotive Engineers
    (SAE),
    400 Commonwealth
    Drive, Warrendale, PA
    15096: Report J255a Diesel Engine
    Smoke Measurement
    (August,
    1978).
    ~j
    International Standards Organization
    (ISO), Case Postale
    56, 1211 Geneve 20, Switzerland: ISO 393
    (Working Draft,
    January
    1991).
    Also available from American National
    Standards
    Institute
    (ANSI),
    11
    West 42nd
    Street,
    New
    York,
    NY
    10036.
    (Source:
    Added at
    Ill.
    Beg.
    effective
    SUBPART
    B:
    EMISSIONS
    Section 240.122
    Diesel
    Engine
    Locomotives
    Emission
    Standards
    for
    a)
    The visible emission
    standard, in Section 240.121
    shall
    not
    apply to diesel engines.
    b)
    With
    the
    exception
    of
    subsection
    (e),
    diesel
    engines
    manufactured before January
    1,
    1’)7fl
    ~hri11
    opcrated in
    emit
    smoJc~.. .~hich i.. ~~-3—-t~
    than 30
    opacity except for individual smoke puffs. Individual
    puffs of smoke shall not exceed 15 seconds
    in duration.
    1)
    Diesel
    engines
    shall be operated only
    on the specific
    ~iir’~h
    ~ manner ~
    •1-..
    ~-
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    9
    2)
    Persons liable for operating diesel engine fleets wholly
    within
    standard
    metropolitan
    statistical
    areas
    shall
    furnish to the Environmental Protection Agency-
    r~nr’~~r~h
    ~
    that the
    fue...
    ~
    ~i~d-~..edi..
    thel...
    operations conform to subsection
    (c) (1).
    d)
    All diesel
    engines
    operated on puiiic highways
    in
    Illinois
    coming from out of the State shall conform to subsection
    (b).
    4-)-~j. No person shall cause or allow the emission of smoke from any
    diesel locomotive
    in the State of
    Illinois to exceed thirty
    percent
    (30)
    opacity.
    ~-)-~jSubsection
    (c) (l)j~jshall not apply to:
    A~J Smoke resulting from starting a cold locomotive:
    for a
    period of time not to exceed 30 minutes.
    ~)-2J.
    Smoke
    emitted
    while
    accelerating
    under
    load
    from
    a
    throttle setting other than idle to
    a higher throttle
    setting:
    for a period of time not to exceed 40 seconds.
    )-~j Smoke
    emitted upon
    locomotive loading
    following
    idle:
    for a period of time not to exceed
    2 minutes.
    D-)-~4J.. Smoke
    emitted
    during locomotive
    testing,
    maintenance,
    adjustment,
    rebuilding,
    repairing or breaking in:
    for
    a period of time not to exceed
    3 consecutive minutes and
    an aggregate of 10 minutes in any 60 minute period.
    ~
    Smoke emitted by a locomotive which because of its age
    of design makes replacement or retrofit parts necessary
    to
    achieve
    smoke
    reduction
    unavailable.
    These
    locomotives
    shall
    be retired at the earliest possible
    time.
    (Source:
    Amended at
    Ill. Reg.
    ____________,
    effective
    SUBPART C:
    HEAVY-DUTY DIESEL SMOKE OPACITY STANDARDS AND
    TEST PROCEDURES
    Section 240.140
    Applicability
    This Subpart applies to all on-road diesel-powered vehicles with
    a
    8,000
    pounds
    or greater manufacturer’s maximum
    gross
    vehicle
    .
    1
    ~cnasca
    fuels
    as
    specified
    in
    the
    engine
    manufacturers’
    specifications
    for that specific
    engine,
    or on
    fuels
    exceeding
    engine
    miif,~~’
    ~r~ri
    firr~
    128—363

    10
    weight rating
    (GVWR)
    operating in the State of Illinois.
    (Source:
    Added at
    Ill. Reg.
    ,
    effective
    Section 240.141
    Heavy-Duty
    Diesel
    Vehicle
    Smoke
    Opacity
    Standards and Test Procedures
    ~j
    The standard for heavy-duty diesel vehicle smoke opacity
    is as follows:
    fl
    No
    1991
    or
    later
    model
    year
    heavy-duty
    diesel-
    powered vehicle with
    a
    federal
    peak smoke engine
    certification operating on the roadways within the
    State of Illinois shall exceed forty percent
    (40)
    peak smoke opacity when tested
    in accordance with
    subsections
    (b) and
    (c).
    21
    Except for subsection
    (a)
    (1~’,no heavy-duty diesel-
    powered vehicle operating on the roadways within
    the
    State
    of Illinois
    shall exceed
    fifty-five percent
    (55)
    peak smoke opacity when tested
    in accordance
    with subsections
    (b) and
    (c).
    ~j
    The smoke opabity measurement shall be carried out using
    a light-extinction type opacimeter capable of measuring
    and recording opacity continuously during the snap idle
    testing cycle.
    A strip chart recorder or an equivalent
    or better recording device shall be used in concert with
    the opacimeter to record opacity continuously, including
    peak
    values.
    The
    opacimeter
    shall
    be
    capable
    of
    providing opacity readings with sufficient resolution to
    obtain 0.5 second—averaged values.
    The peak 0.5 second—
    averaged value shall be used for showing compliance with
    the standard in subsection
    (a).
    Where the response time
    of the instrument is such that opacity is being measured
    at smaller than 0.5 second
    intervals,
    the meter
    shall
    have
    the
    capability
    of
    providing
    or
    allowing
    the
    calculation of 0.5 second—averaged values.
    fl
    The opacimeter shall be either an in—line full- flow
    opacimeter;
    end—of-line or plume
    type
    full—
    flow
    opacimeter;
    or
    a
    sampling
    type
    partial
    flow
    opacimeter.
    The opacimeter and recording devices
    shall
    be
    calibrated
    according
    to manufacturers’s
    specifications.
    Corrections
    for
    the
    effect
    of
    exhaust
    stack
    diameter
    shall
    apply
    to
    opacity
    measurements
    made using
    an
    end—of—line
    full—flow
    opacimeter;
    and
    21
    The
    opacimeter
    and
    recorder
    shall
    comply
    with
    specifications
    in
    the
    International
    Standards
    128—3 64

    11
    Organization ISO 393 and in Society of Automotive
    Engineers (SAE) report number J255a entitled “Diesel
    Engine Smoke Measurement”, incorporated by reference
    in Section 240.107.
    gj
    The test procedure using the snap idle cycle shall occur
    under_when the engine is at normal operating temperature.
    The test shall consist of preparation, preconditioning,
    and testing phases.
    jj
    In
    the
    preparation
    phase.
    the
    vehicle
    shall
    be
    placed at rest, the transmission shall be placed in
    neutral,
    and the vehicle wheels shall be properly
    restrained to
    prevent any rolling motion.
    In the
    event_of
    a
    roadside test,
    it
    shall be
    acceptable
    under
    this
    Section
    for
    the driver
    to
    apply
    the
    brakes during the test.
    21
    In the preconditioning phase, the vehicle shall be
    put through
    a snap idle cycle three
    or more times
    until
    successive measured smoke
    opacity
    readings
    are within ten percent
    (10)
    of each other.
    The
    opacimeter
    shall
    be
    rechecked
    prior
    to
    the
    preconditioning sequence to determine that its zero
    and
    span
    setting
    are
    adjusted
    to manufacturer’s
    specifications.
    ~
    In
    the
    testing
    phase,
    the vehicle
    shall
    be
    Put
    through the snap idle cycle three .times.
    ~j.. The smoke opacity shall be measured during the
    preconditioning
    and
    testing
    phases
    with
    an
    opacimeter
    meeting
    the
    requirements
    of
    subsection
    (b)
    and
    shall
    be
    recorded
    continuously on the recorder during each snap
    idle cycle.
    The maximum 0.5 second
    averaged
    value
    recorded
    during
    each
    snap
    idle
    cycle
    shall be the smoke opacity reading.
    ~j
    The average of the three smoke opacity readings
    shall be used to determine compliance with the
    opacity standard in subsection
    (a)
    ~j.
    Pursuant to Section 28.1(b)
    of the Act and 35
    Ill. Adm.
    Code
    l06.Subpart
    G,
    any
    person
    petitioning
    for
    an
    adiusted
    standard
    from
    the
    55
    peak
    smoke
    opacity
    standard in paragraph
    (a) (2)
    for DDC 1987—1990 Series 60
    engines shall establish its justifications by providing
    the following information at
    a minimum:
    2J
    The specific characteristics common only to all the
    1987—1990
    Series
    60
    engines
    that
    result
    in
    128—365

    12
    noncompliance with the 555 opacity standard.
    21
    All USEPA certification and snap/idle test data.
    ~J
    Economic
    and
    technical
    data
    related
    to
    the
    logistical
    or
    other
    perceived
    difficulties
    encountered
    or
    that
    may
    ‘be
    encountered
    if
    the
    existing 1987-1990 Series
    60
    engine software were
    to be reprogrammed so as to come into compliance.
    j~.
    The
    alternative
    opacity
    standard
    proposed
    and
    supporting data.
    ~
    Supporting data showing that THE REOUESTED STANDARD
    WILL NOT RESULT IN ENVIRONMENTAL OR HEALTH EFFECTS
    SUBSTANTIALLY AND SIGNIFICANTLY MORE ADVERSE THAN
    THE EFFECTS CONSIDERED BY THE BOARD IN ADOPTING THE
    RULE OF GENERAL APPLICABILITY.
    (Section 28.1(c) (3)
    of the Act).
    (Source:
    Added at
    Ill. Req.
    ____________,
    effective
    IT IS SO ORDERED.
    Board Member R.
    Flemal dissented.
    I,
    Dorothy M. Gunn,
    Clerk of the Illinois Pollution Control
    Board, hereby testify that t
    above Opinion and Order was adopted
    on
    th,,e
    ~
    day of
    ~—~--t....-”
    ,
    1991 by a vote of
    I
    Clerk
    lution Control Board
    128—366

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