1. TITLE 35: ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
    2. SUBTITLE B: AIR POLLUTION
      1. CHAPTER I: POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD
      2. SUBCHAPTER l: AIR QUALITY STANDARDS AND EPISODES
        1. PART 245
        2. ODORS
          1. Section 245.100 Definitions
          2. Section 245.101 Incorporation by Reference
          3. Section 245.120 Inedible Rendering Process
          4. Section 245.121 Objectionable Odor Nuisance Determination
        3. Appendix A
        4. Rule into Section Table
        5. Appendix B
        6. Section into Rule Table
 
TITLE 35: ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
SUBTITLE B: AIR POLLUTION
CHAPTER I: POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD
SUBCHAPTER l: AIR QUALITY STANDARDS AND EPISODES
PART 245
ODORS
Section
245.100
Definitions
245.101
Incorporation by Reference
245.120
Inedible Rendering Process
245.121
Objectionable Odor Nuisance Determination
Appendix A Rule into Section Table
Appendix B Section into Rule Table
AUTHORITY
: Implementing Section 10 and authorized by Section 27 of the
Environmental Protection Act (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1981, ch. 111 1/2, pars. 1010 and 1027).
SOURCE
: Adopted as Chapter 2: Air Pollution, Part VIII: Odors in R71-23, 4 PCB 191,
filed and effective April 14, 1972; codified at 7 Ill. Reg. 13635.
Section 245.100
Definitions
"Animal and Marine Matter": Any product or derivative of animal life.
"Food Service Establishment": Any fixed or mobile restaurant; coffee
shop; cafeteria; short order cafe, luncheonette, grill; tea room; sandwich
shop; soda fountain; tavern; bar; cocktail lounge; nightclub; roadside
stand; industrial feeding establishment; private, public, or non-profit
organization or institution routinely serving food; catering kitchen;
commisary or similar place in which food is placed for sale or served on
the premises or elsewhere; and any other eating or drinking establishment
or operation where food is served or provided for the public, with or
without charge.
"Odor Concentration": The number of cubic feet that one cubic foot of
sample will occupy when diluted to the odor threshold. It is a measure of
the number of odor units in one cubic foot of the sample. It is expressed in
odor units per cubic foot.
"Odor Unit": One cubic foot of air at the odor threshold.
"Person": Any individual, partnership, co-partnership, firm, company,
corporation, association, joint stock company, trust, estate, political
 
subdivision, state agency, or any other legal entity, or their legal
representative, agent or assigns.
"Process": Any action, operation, or treatment and the equipment used in
connection therewith, and all methods or forms of manufacturing or
processing that may emit smoke, particulate matter or gaseous matter.
"Rendering": Any heating process, including cooking, drying,
dehydrating, digesting, evaporating and protein concentrating of animal or
marine matter.
Section 245.101
Incorporation by Reference
The following is incorporated by reference: "Quantitative Odor Measurement" by John L.
Mills, et al, presented at the 56th Annual Meeting of APCA, Sheraton Cadillac Hotel,
June 9-23, 1963, Detroit Michigan. (Journal of the Air Pollution Control Association,
Volume 13, No. 10, October 1963, Page 467-475).
Section 245.120
Inedible Rendering Process
a)
The provisions of this Part shall not apply to any device, machine,
equipment, or other contrivance used exclusively for the processing of
food for human consumption and to food service establishments.
b)
No person shall operate or use any device, machine, equipment, or other
contrivance for the inedible rendering of animal or marine matter unless
all gases, vapors and gas entrained effluents from these processes shall be
controlled in such manner as to effectively abate any objectionable odor
nuisance. In the event that the rendering processes of more than one
company are contributing to the objectionable odor nuisance, abatement
shall be deemed effective when the odor concentration from each process
is not more that 120 odor units/cubic foot as determined by Mills
adaptation of ASTM D-1391-57.
c)
An objectionable odor nuisance exists when a trained state inspector, upon
the receipt of a complaint from one resident or property owner in the area
affected shall determine that these odors cause a nuisance as outlined in
Section 245.121.
Section 245.121
Objectionable Odor Nuisance Determination
An objectionable odor nuisance exists:
a)
On or adjacent to residential, recreational, institutional, retail sales, hotel
or educational premises when odor is detectable in the ambient air after it
 
is diluted with eight volumes of odor-free air as measured by the
Scentometer;
b)
On or adjacent to industrial premises when odor is detectable in the
ambient air after it is diluted with twenty-four volumes of odor-free air as
measured by the Scentometer;
c)
On or adjacent to premises other than those above when odor is detectable
in the ambient air after it is diluted with sixteen volumes of odor-free air
as measured by the Scentometer;
d)
When concurrent determinations made by three trained inspectors as
outlined above in any given one hour period and at intervals of not less
than fifteen minutes result in two positive determinations in each series of
three determinations; and
e)
Provided that any quantitative odor level measurements taken to arrive at
a determination that an objectionable odor nuisance exists shall be at or
beyond the property line or at or near places where people live or work.
Appendix A
Rule into Section Table
RULE
SECTION
801
245.100
802(a)-(c)
245.120
802(d)
245.121
Appendix B
Section into Rule Table
SECTION
RULE
245.100
801
245.101
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245.120
802(a)-(c)
245.121
802(d)

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