1. TITLE 35: ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
    2. SUBTITLE H: NOISE
      1. CHAPTER I: POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD
        1. PART 905
        2. SOUND EMISSION STANDARDS AND LIMITATIONS FOR SNOWMOBILES
          1. Section 905.101 Exhaust Systems
          2. Section 905.102 Noise Emission Standards
          3. Section 905.103 Certification Requirement for Registration o
          4. Section 905.104 Exemptions to Part 905
          5. Section 905.105 Compliance Dates for Part 905
          6. Section 905.APPENDIX A OLD RULE NUMBERS REFERENCED
 
TITLE 35: ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
SUBTITLE H: NOISE
CHAPTER I: POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD
 
PART 905
SOUND EMISSION STANDARDS AND LIMITATIONS FOR SNOWMOBILES
 
Section
905.101 Exhaust Systems
905.102
Noise Emission Standards
905.103
Certification Requirement for Registration of New Snowmobiles
905.104
Exemptions to Part 905
905.105
Compliance Dates for Part 905
 
  
APPENDIX A
OLD RULE NUMBERS REFERENCED
 
 
AUTHORITY: Implementing Section 25 and authorized by Section 27 of the
Environmental Protection Act (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1981, ch. 111 1/2, pars. 1025 and 1027).
 
SOURCE: Adopted at 5 Ill. Reg. 8533, effective August 10, 1981; codified at 7 Ill.
Reg. 13579.
 
Section 905.101 Exhaust Systems
 
a) No person shall operate or cause or allow the operation of a snowmobile
unless the exhaust system of such snowmobile is:
 
1) free from defects which interfere with sound reduction;
 
2) equipped with a muffler or other dissipative device;
 
3) not equipped with a cutout, by-pass or similar device.
 
b) No person shall install any parts in or modify the cooling, intake, or
exhaust system of a snowmobile in a manner which will amplify or
increase the sound level emitted by that snowmobile above the level
emitted by such snowmobile with the equipment originally installed on the
snowmobile.
 
c) No person shall operate or cause or allow the operation of a snowmobile
which has been modified in a manner which will amplify or increase the
sound level emitted by that snowmobile above the level emitted by such
snowmobile with the equipment originally installed on the snowmobile.
 
 
Section 905.102 Noise Emission Standards
 
a) No person shall operate or cause or allow the operation of a snowmobile
manufactured after April 1, 1979 which generates a sound level in excess
of 78 decibels on the A-scale at 50 feet when measured in accordance with
procedures established under 35 Ill. Adm. Code 900.103(e)(1).
 
b) No person shall operate or cause or allow the operation of a snowmobile
manufactured after April 1, 1979 which generates a sound level in excess
of 73 decibels on the A-scale at 50 feet when measured in accordance with
procedures established under 35 Ill. Adm. Code 900.103(e)(2).
 
Section 905.103 Certification Requirement for Registration of New
Snowmobiles
 
a) No new snowmobile shall be registered for use in Illinois unless the
application for registration includes a certification by the selling dealer
that the snowmobile complies with Section 905.101 and the level of sound
it emits does not exceed:
 
1) 78 decibels on the A-scale at 50 feet when measured in accordance
with procedures established under 35 Ill. Adm. Code
900.103(e)(1).
 
2) 73 decibels on the A-scale at 50 feet when measured in accordance
with procedures established under 35 Ill. Adm. Code
900.103(e)(2).
 
b) Certification by the selling dealer that the snowmobile has been certified
by the Snowmobile Safety and Certification Committee on or after April
1, 1979 is prima facia proof of compliance with subparagraphs (a)(1) and
(a)(2), provided that SSCC sound level requirements for certification
remain identical to those contained in subparagraph (a).
 
Section 905.104 Exemptions to Part 905
 
a) Sections 905.101 and 905.102 shall not apply to any snowmobile while
being used lawfully for racing competition or timed racing events.
 
b) Sections 905.101, 905.102, and 905.103 shall not apply to those
snowmobiles described in Ill. Rev. Stat. 1981, ch. 95 1/2, par. 603-11
(C-D), as exempted from the numbering provision of the Snowmobile
Registration and Safety Act.
 
 
c) Section 905.103 shall not apply to those snowmobiles described in Ill.
Rev. Stat. 1981, ch. 95 1/2, par. 603-11 (A-B) as exempted from the
numbering provision of the Snowmobile Registration and Safety Act.
 
Section 905.105 Compliance Dates for Part 905
 
Except as otherwise provided in Section 905.104, every owner and operator of a
snowmobile subject to this Part shall comply with the rules of this Part on and after
November 8, 1981.
 
Section 905.APPENDIX A OLD RULE NUMBERS REFERENCED
 
The following table is provided to aid in referencing old Board rule numbers to section
numbers pursuant to codification.
 
Old Part 6 of Chapter 8
35 Ill. Adm. Code Part 905
 
  
Rule 601
Section 905.101
Rule 602
Section 905.102
Rule 603
Section 905.103
Rule 604
Section 905.104
Rule 605
Section 905.105
 
 

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