ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD

January

22,

1981

In The Matter of:

)

Chapter

8:

Noise Regulations

)

R79—10

Proposed New Part

6 to Regulate

Snowmobile Noise and Amendment

of Rules 101,

103 and 208

Proposal for Rulemaking.

Submitted by the Environmental

Protection Agency.

Proposed Rule.

First Notice.

ORDER OF THE BOARD

(by J. Anderson):

On June

25,

1979 the Environmental Protection Agency proposed

that the Board amend Chapter

8:

Noise Regulations

(Chapter 8) to

include certification standards for new snowmobiles and specific

in—use sound emission standards for all machines manufactured aftuc

April

1,

1979,

On September

4,

1979 the Agency filed an amendment

to this proposal which changed the language but not the substance

of the original submittal,

Hearings were held on the merits of

this

proposal on October

2,

1979

in Rockford,

and on

October 10,

1979

in Springfield.

On May 13,

1980 the Illinois Institute of Natural Resources

filed with the Board its assessment of

the economic impact of the

proposed regulatory change.

Economic impact hearings were held

on September 23,

1980

in Chicago, and on September 29,

1980

in

Springfield.

The

Agency filed a final amendment to its proposal

on December 18,

1980,

The Board proposes to adopt amendments to Chapter

8 as

follows.

Deletions are lined through and new language is under-

lined.

Some

editorial changes have been made

in the language of

the Agency~sproposed

rules

to achieve greater clarity,

PART

I

-

GENERAL PROVISIONS

Rule 101:

Definitions

New Snowmobile:

a snowmobile,

the equitable or l~g~l

title to

which has never passed to a person who purchases

it

for purposes

other than resale,

SAE:

Society of Automotive Engineers

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Rule

103:

MEASUREMENT PROCEDURES

(a)—(d)

No change.

~

~duresAolicabl~ltoPart6of~

(1)

Measurement orocedures

to determine whether

10

ns 0

sound

C

em

wit

R

es

02 (a) an~

603(a)(1)

of Part

6 shall be in substantial

conformit

with ANSI S1,4—1971 T

e

1 Precision

~

Recommended

Practice J192a,

“Exterior_Sound Level for

~moies.

~)

~rementrocedu~eterminewhether

~

603(a)(2) of Part

6 shall be in substantial

~

or T

e

2 General Pur ose_and SAE Recommended

~

at

Tö~11~T~~T

Measurement Procedure for Snow Vehicles”.

~3)

~

distances othe~

nth~~feetsecified

in

Rules

602 and

603,

vided that correction factors

are

~~so_that

the sound levels

so determined are

substantially

uivalent to those measured at 50

~~Inad9~nneworrevis

ed criteria,

the

~y~h~ilcomlwiththerejuir

ementsof the

Illinois Administrative Procedures Act,

Ill.

Rev.

Stat,

~

Rule 208:

(a)—(g)

No change.

(h)

Rules 202

th

inclusive,

shall not ~ly

to

sound

emitted from snowmobiles.

Part

5

(Reserved)

Part

6

-

Sound Emission Standards and Limitations

For

Rule

601:

EXHAUST

SYSTEMS

(a)

~~~onsha

U~~e

o~ aus

H9w the ooe

ration

of a

snowmobile unless the exhau~~~~ern

of such

mobile

is:

(1)

free

from defects which interfere with

sound

~duction

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(2)

~~ed_with

a muffler or_other sound diss~ative

device

(3)

not e~~opedwith

cutout,b-assor

similar

device.

(b)

No ~er

S

on

II installan

arts

nor mod~

coolin

,

intake,

or exhaust

s stem of a snowmobile in

~

~

such

snowmobile with the

men~2rii~llinstalled

nowme ie

~)

~son

shallo crate or cause or al low the ooeration

of a snowmobile

which has been modified ma

manner

which

will~~~if or increase the sound level emitted

~snowmobileabovethelevelemittedb

such

snowmobile

with

equimentoriinallv

installed_on

~owmoie.

Rule

602:

NOISE

EMISSION STANDARDS FOR SNOWMOBILES

(a)

~

of

~

generates asound

level

in excess of

78 decibels on the

A—scale

at

50 feet when measured in accordance with

p~29~uresestablished under Rule 103(e)(1),

or

~

~

of a

snowmobile manufactured~LA~~l1,1979w~ch

enerates a

sound

level

in excess of 73 decibels on the

A—sca e

at 50

eet_w~en_measured~ii~

accordance with

__

4ureses

ablished

U

nder Ru

103 (e) (2

Rule

603:

CERTIFICATION REQUIREMENT FOR REGISTRATION

OF NEW

SNOWMOBILES

(a)

No

new

snowmobil~

lIb

e is ered for use in Illinois

unless

~

certification b

the sellin

dealer that the snowmobile

comp

ies with Rule

1 and t e level

o

soundi~emits

does

not exceed:

(1)

78 decibels on the A—scale

at 50 feet when_measured

~

Rule 103(e)(1),

and

(2)

73 decibels on the A—scale

at 50 feet when measured

~

Rule

103(e)(.2).

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(b)

Certification b

the

sellin

dealer

that

the

snow—

en

C

erti

ied

te

S now

mo ile Safet

and

~

1,

rima-fac

ie

roof

of

com

hence

with Rules

~

that SSCC sound

~euirementsforcertificationremainidentical

to those

contained in Rule 603(a),

Rule 604:

EXEMPTIONS

TO PART

6

(a)

Rules 601

and

602

shall

not

a

1

to

an

snowmobile

~

~

(b)

Rules 601,

602,

and

603

shall

not

aoply to those

—

snowmobiles

described intfl,

Rev.

~tat.

1979,

Ch.

95½,

~

of the

Snowmobile

~gistration

and

Safety Act.

(c)

Rule 603

shall not ~pp~yto

those

snowmobiles

described

in Ill.

Rev,

Stat.

1979,

Ch,

95½,

§603—11__(A—B) as

___

~

~rationandSafet

Act.

Rule

605:

~~~anceDatesforPart6

Except as

otherwise

royfoed

in

Rule

604,

ey~y~wner

and

operator

of

~

the Rules of

this Part

on

~

date of this

Part.

IT

IS SO

ORDERED.

I, Christen L.

Moffett,

Clerk

of

the

Illinois

Pollution

Control Board,

hereby

certify

that

the

above

Order

was adopted

on the

~C

day of

~

1981

bj

a

vote

of

Christan

L.

Mof

t

,

Clerk

Illinois

Pohluti6ii~

Control Board

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