ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD
    May 12,
    1977
    DR. MARVIN M.
    PUKLIN,
    Complainant,
    v.
    )
    PCB 77—113
    LAMBERT R.
    SWANSON,
    )
    Respondent.
    ORDER
    OF THE BOARD
    (by Mr.
    Zeitlin):
    The Complaint in this matter was filed on April
    18,
    1977,
    and
    alleged that noise from Respondent’s central air conditioning system
    constituted a violation of Chapter
    8:
    Noise Pollution,
    of this Board’s
    Rules and Regulations.
    Respondent filed a document styled a “rebutter”
    on
    May
    11,
    1977.
    Rule 208(a),
    “Exceptions,” states that the noise limitations
    of Chapter
    8, even in those situations where the receiving property
    is
    “Class A” land, “...shall not apply to sound emitted from land
    used as specified by SLUCM
    Standard
    Land Use Classification Manual
    Codes 110,
    140,
    190,
    691
    ...“
    As applicable here, the exception
    covers noise emissions from residential property.
    The Board has, correctly,
    interpreted this language within its
    plain meaning and has refused to adjudicate disputes between resi-
    dential neighbors.
    E.g., Sample v.
    Peckham, PCB 75-442, 21 PCB 335
    (May 6,
    1976).
    Local authorities are better suited to resolve such
    problems.
    Complainant has not shown that such local relief is
    unavailable.
    Rule 208(a)
    requires that the case be
    dismissed.
    IT IS SO ORDERED.
    I, Christan
    L, Moffett, Clerk of the Illinois Pollution
    Control Board, hereby certify the above Order was adopted on
    the
    ~
    day of
    Th
    ,
    1977, by a vote of
    ~
    Illinois Pollution
    25
    —
    503

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