ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD

February

7,

1980

IN THE MATTER

OF:

R76—14,

R76—19

PROPOSED AMENDMENT OF THE NOISE

REGULATIONS, RULES

101,

205,

206

AND 209

PROPOSED ORDER

OF THE

BOARD

(by

Mr.

Goodman):

The Board hereby proposes

to adopt

the following amendments

to Rules 101,

205,

206 and 209

of

Chapter

8,

Noise Regulations~.

Rule 101:

DEFINITIONS

(b)

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as-a-~aseap~g~

ATwei9hted

~

ed

sound ~re

level,

d

etc

rmined b

the

use

of

the

metering

characteristics

and

A—we~hted

network~

tion for Sound Level Meters” and the latest revi-

sions thereof.

(c)

~

Construction:

On—site erection,

fabrication,

installation, alteration, demolition or removal

of

any structure,

facility,

or

addition thereto,

including

all

related activities, including,

but

not restricted

to,

clearing of land, earthmoving,

blasting

and

landscaping.

(d)

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Daytime hours:

7:00 a,m, to 10:00 p.m.,

local time.

(g)

~

mic Characteristic:

The d~narniccharacter-

isti~~p~cified

as

“FAST”

in

ANSI

§1~~71~ec—

ification

for Sound Level

Meters” and the

latest

37~369

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(The definition of

“Fast

Dynamic

Characteristic”

becomes 101(g).

The present definitions

101(g)

through 101(q)

remain unchanged but must he

re-

designed as

101(h) through 101(r),

The present

101(r)

“Sound Level” definition

is deleted as being

unnecessary in view of the new definition 101(b)

“A~weighted Sound Level,”)

(r)

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Rule

205:

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+~B+-of-So~-Ee~-~e-a~’

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250

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500

6~

30

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2900

84

4?

4000

59

4~

8000

4~

Rule 206:

IMPULSIVE SOUND

(a)

Except as elsewhere

in

this Part

2 provided,

no

37—370

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—3—

sive sound

from any property—line—noise—source

located on any Class

A,

B,

or C land to any receiv-

ing Class ~.y-B-e~-? A or B land which exceeds the

allowable ~B+A3 A~weightedsound levels, measured

with fast dynamic characteristic,

specified in

Table

5,

when measured at any point within such

receiving Class AT-B-o~-eA or

B land,

provided,

however, that no measurement of sound levels shall

be made less than 25 feet from the such property—

line—noise~-source,

TABLE

5

Classification of land

Allowable 4B+M ~~eih~d

Sound

on which Property—Line-

Levels in

Decibels of Impulsive

Noise~Sourceis Located

Sound Emitted to Bes~g~a~ed

?~aeoee-efReceiving Bane Class

A or B Land

e~a-e~Ba~ Class B Land

Class A Land

Daytime Nighttime

Class

A Land

50

50

45

Class B Land

57

50

45

Class

C Land

65

61

56

46

Rule 206(a)

shall not apply to impulsive sound

from

impact forging operations, but such operations shall be

governed

by

Rule 206(b)

and

(c).

(b)

~

as elsewhere in this !~~.~provided

,no

shall

cause or allow th~s

ion of im ul-

sive sound_from any

xistin

roert-li ne-noise

-

source involving impact forging operations to any

receiving Class

A or

B land which exceeds the

allowable A—weighted sound levels, measured with

fast dynamic characteristic, specified in Table

6,

when measured at

any point

within such receiving

Class A or B land,

provided, however, that no

measurement of sound levels shall be made less

than 25 feet from such property—line—noise—source.

TABLE

6

Allowable A-weighted Sound Level~in Decibels of

Impulsive

Sound

Emitted

to

Receiving

Class

A

or

B

Land from any Existing Property—Line—Noise—Source

Involvin9 Impact Forging

Operations

Class B Land

me

Nighttime

37~-371

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(c)

Except as elsewhere in this Pa~2vi4~~no

person shall cause or allow the emission of

impulsive sound from any new property~line—noise—

source involving forging operations to any receiv-~

ing Class

A or B land which exceeds the allowable

A~hted~9~nd levels, measured with fast

dynamic characteristic,

specified in Table

7, when

measured at any~ointwithin~ec~vinCl~s

A or

B land, provided, however,

that no measure~

ment of sound levels shall be made less than 25

feet from such property—line—noise-~source.

TABLE

7

Allowable A-weighted Sound Levels in Decibels of

Impulsive Sound Emitted to Receiving Class A or B

Land from any New Property—Line—Noise—Source Involving

Impact Forging Operations

Class B Land

Class

A Land

Daytime

Nighttime

67

61

51

(d)

For purposes of enforcing Rule 206 only,

the

land

use classifications

in effect on (the effective date

of the rule)

for land located within 1000 feet of

the property line of existing impact forging opera-

tions and the land use classifications

in effect

within 1000 feet of the property line of a new

impact forging operation at the time construction

is begun

shall remain the applicable land use

classification,

unless such actual changes would

impose less restrictive limitations

on

the impact

forging operation.

Rule 209:

COMPLIANCE DATFS FOP PART 2

(h)

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Every owner or operator of an existing property—

line~noise~sourceinvolving impact forging opera-

tions

37—372

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(1)

shall have six months from the effective date

of

this Amendment ~

the standards and

limitations

of

Rule

206(b)

~

impulsive

sounds

fr2~4ma~9~a~ons

~danA-weihtedsoundlevelof77dBwhen

measured ~

Class

~rovided,however,thatnomeasurement

of sound levels shall be made less than 25

~romtheroert-line-noise-source;

(2)

shall have twelve months

from the effective

date o~

with the standards and limitations of Rule

206

~

sive

sounds ~

tions ~

~

sound level

of

77

~

~sured

an~p~~within

a

~eiv~n.ClassAland,rovided

however,

that no measurement of sound levels shall be

made les2mt2~oert—line—

noise—source;

and

(3)

shall have

sro~idedinRule 209(h) (1)

and Rule 20~~jeihteenrnonthsfromthe

effective

date of this Amendment within which

with the standards and limitations

of Rule 206(b)

of this Chapter.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Mr. Dumelle Dissents,

I, Christan L.

Moffett,

Clerk of the Illinois Pollution

Cont~

Board, h reb

certify

the above Order was adopted on

the

~

day ~

1980 by

a vote of

~J.

~stan

L,

Moffet~

Illinois

Pollution

C

:rol

Board

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