ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD
    January 21,
    1988
    ANTHONY W.
    KOCHANSKI,
    )
    Complainant,
    v.
    )
    PCB 88—16
    HINSDALE GOLF CLUB,
    Respondent.
    ORDER OF THE BOARD
    (by B.
    Forcade):
    On January 15, 1988, Anthony
    ~.
    Kochanski
    filed
    a complaint
    against the Hinsdale Golf Club asserting that the discharging
    of
    shotguns violates certain Board regulations governing noise
    pollution.
    The Board notes that Section
    25 of the Environmental
    Protection Act places restrictions on the Board’s ability to hear
    noise violation proceedings involving certain sporting
    activities:
    No
    Board
    standards
    for
    monitoring
    noise
    or
    regulations
    prescribing
    limitations
    on
    noise
    emissions shall
    apply to any organized amateur
    or
    professional
    sporting
    activity
    except
    as
    otherwise provided
    in this Section.
    Baseball,
    football or
    soccer sporting events played dur-
    ing nighttime hours, by professional athletes,
    in
    a
    city
    with
    more
    than
    1,000,000
    inhabit-
    ants,
    in
    a
    stadium
    at
    which
    such
    nighttime
    events were not played
    prior
    to July 1,
    1982,
    shall
    be
    subject
    to
    nighttime
    noise
    emission
    regulations
    promulgated
    by
    the
    Illinois
    Pollution Control Board.
    The Board will require each party in
    this proceeding
    to file
    a written document discussing whether
    the complained of activity
    is an “organized amateur or professional sporting activity,”
    which
    is outside the Board’s authority.
    Any facts contained
    in
    these documents must be sworn and notarized.
    The parties shall
    file one original and 10 copies of their document, and proof that
    the document was served on the opposing party, not later than
    February
    2,
    1988.
    At the February
    4,
    1988 Board meeting, both parties are
    encouraged
    to attend
    to address whether the Board has authority
    to proceed with this matter.
    85—241
    —2—
    The Clerk of the Board
    shall
    forward
    a copy of the
    Environmental Protection Act, as well as the Board’s procedural
    rules with this Order
    to the parties.
    IT
    IS SO ORDERED
    I, Dorothy M. Gunn, Clerk of the
    Illinois Pollution Control
    Board, hereby certify th
    the above Order was adopted on
    the
    ~‘f44
    day of ________________________,
    1988,
    by a vote
    of
    7-0
    •
    Dorothy
    t4.
    Illinois Pol
    n Control Board
    85—242

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