ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD
    frlarch
    5,
    1981
    IN
    THE MATTER OF:
    PROPOSED AMENDMENT OF THE NOISE
    )
    R76—19
    REGULATIONS, CHAPTER
    8, RULES
    205
    AND 209(c).
    Adopted Rule.
    Final Order.
    ORDER OF THE BOARD
    (by
    I.
    Goodman):
    The First and Second Notice Periods following
    the
    Septeibc~ ~
    1980 Illinois Register notice of rulemaking having expired,
    an’J nn
    public comment or Joint Committee on Administrative Rules
    ob~ecti-~n
    having been received,
    the Board hereby orders the Clerk
    to
    file
    th~
    deletion of Rule 205 as ordered on January
    8,
    1981,
    and. the ;is~oU~-~d
    amendment of Rule 209(c), with the Secretary of State.
    The Board notes that it issued its Opinion in this matt~’~r‘n
    July
    24,
    1980
    (covering both this proceeding and the one of R76~-l4,
    forging noise),
    specifically at pages 2—3 and
    7.
    The repealed Rule 205 had read:
    Rule
    205:
    Sound Emitted to Class C Land
    Except as elsewhere
    in this Part
    2 provided,
    no person
    sha!.1
    cause or allow the emission of
    sound from any property ll~
    noise source located on any Class
    A,
    B
    or C land
    to any
    receiving Class C land which exceeds any allowable octave
    band sound pressure level specified
    in Table
    4, when
    asur~e~
    at any point within such receiving Class C land,
    rrovided,
    however, that
    no measurement of sound pressure
    level
    shall
    made
    less than
    25 feet from such property line noise sour~,
    TABLE
    4
    Octave
    Band
    Allowable
    Octave
    Band
    Sound
    Pressure
    Center
    Frequency
    Levels
    (dB)
    of
    Sound
    Emitted
    to any
    (Hertz)
    Receiving Class C Land from
    Class C Land
    Class B Land and
    A Land
    31.5
    88
    79
    63
    83
    78
    125
    78
    72
    250
    73
    64
    500
    67
    58
    1000
    60
    52
    2000
    54
    46
    4000
    50
    41
    8000
    47
    39
    41—65
    The amended Rule 209(c) now reads:
    Rule 209:
    Compliance Dates For Part
    2
    (c)
    Every owner or operator of an existing property-line-noise-
    source who emits sound which exceeds any allowable octave
    band sound pressure level
    of Rules
    202,
    203,
    or 204 e~~9?~
    by
    10 dB or more in any octave band with a center frequency of
    31.5 Hertz,
    63 Hertz or 125 Hertz
    shall comply with the
    standards and limitations of Part
    2 of this Chapter on and
    after
    eighteen
    months
    from
    the
    effective
    date
    of
    this
    Chapter.
    IT
    IS
    SO
    ORDERED.
    I,
    Christan
    L.
    Moffett, Clerk of the Illinois
    Pollution Coptr~
    Board, hereby certify that the above Order was adopted on the ~
    day of
    ___________,
    1981 by a vote of
    Christan L. Mof~k.), Clerk
    Illinois PollutiLOtr~Controll3oari
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