ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD

April

9,

1976

IN THE MATTER OF

AMENDMENTS TO AIR POLLUTION

)

 R75-4

EPISODE REC,ULATIONS

)

CONCURRING OPINION

 (by Mr. Duinelle):

My reasons for concurring

 in this action are a concern over

the lack of effective action below the 0.30 ppm level and the

bypassing of the public comment procedure set out in the Board

Procedural Rules.

The new episode regulation,

 here adopted, puts off meaningful

action to reduce ozone levels from both mobile and stationary

sources

 to the 0.30 ppm level.

 A qualified medical expert,

Dr. John Knelson, Director of the Human Studies Laboratory

of

the

National Environmental Research Center of the U.S. Environmental

Protection Agency puts

 0.25 ppm as

 a level causing health effects

in healthy persons.

 His statement, prepared for the U.S. Senate

hearings on April

22,

 1975,

 is as follows:

experimental,

occupational,

and epidemiologic

studies of healthy males and females exposed to

ozone or ambient photochemical oxidants have

found that as little as one to two hours of

exposure to 500-600 ug/m3

 (0.25-0.30

 ppm)

of

ozone or photochemical oxidants causes cough,

chest discomfort,

 substernal soreness, and

 impaired pulmonary function in these people.

(Ex.

25,

p.

 1—3)

By this regulation, we are not triggering meaningful

controls until the 0.30 ppm Red Alert level is reached which

is then after all the health effects described by Dr. Knelson

above have been incurred.

 I agree that the parking lot

closure technique

 is of doubtful efficacy.

 It has never

been tested anywhere on a regional scale.

 It may be adininis—

tratively unfeasible to put into effect.

 Even if effective,

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the public may negate

 a parking lot closure by continued auto

use.

But we do have the stationary source controls.

 I would

have placed these into the Yellow Alert

 (0.17 ppm)

 actions to

somewhat reduce the chances of hitting

 the medically critical

0.25 ppm level attested to above.

My second main objection to this reaulation

 lies in the

bypassing

 of the public comment period.

 The Agency proposal of

December 11,

 1975 was published on December

 16, 1975

in

Environmental Register No.

 115.

 It contained no provision for

an Advisory at 0.07 ppm

 (here enacted), had a watch level at

0.10 ppm

 (here dropped),

 and a Yellow Alert level of 0.15 ppm

 (here changed to 0.17 ppm).

 Given these changes from the

published proposal and the intense public interest in this

proceeding

 I would have made the Board’s final draft available

for public comment and possible further revision.

The Board’s Procedural Rules clearly provide that revisions

to proposed regulations must have a 21-day public comment period

on the revisions.

 This comment period is different and in addition

to the comment period following the closing of hearings

 (see

Rule

 211)

The majority of the Board has now said in this proceeding

that the “health emergency”

 amendment to the Environmental

Protection Act permits such adoption without public comment on

the revisions.

 As one who participated in the formation of

amendments to Senate Bill 805 I can say that this certainly

was not their intent.

 The “health emergency” provision

was put in to avoid lengthy delays,

 perhaps of a year or more,

if detailed economic impact studies had to be prepared and

examined in public hearings.

 The amendments were not devised

to bypass a 21—day public comment period on revised regulations.

However,

 the present regulation correctly tightens the

Emergency

 level from 0.6 ppm to 0.5 ppm and the Red Alert

from 0.4 ppm to 0.3 ppm.

 These downward revisions are recogni-

tion of the toxicity of ozone and

 I agree with them and

concur in this proceeding.

Finally,

 I can only repeat the Boardts emphasis of

the need now for a strong,

 continuous ozone precursor control

program.

 In R75—3, decided September 29, 1975

 (18 PCB 627-680)

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the Board asked the Institute and Agency to undertake just

such studies.

 These studies must be begun now if ozone is

to be reduced in 1977.

Submitted by

_______________________________

Jacob

D.

 Dumelle

I, Christan L.

 Moffett, Clerk of the Illinois Pollution Control

Boar~.hereby certify the above Concurring Opinion was submitted on the

~__day of April,

 1976.

Christan

 L. Moffet~&.J)~Lerk

Illinois Pol1ution~~ftro1Board

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ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD

RULES AND REGULATIONS

Ch.

2:

 AIR POLLUTION

PART IV:

 EPISODES

Rule 401:

 DEFINITIONS

ALL TERMS DEFINED IN PART

 I AND PART II OF THIS CHAPTER WHICH APPEAR

IN PART IV OF THIS CHAPTER HAVE THE DEFINITIONS SPECIFIED BY RULE

101 OF PART

 I OF THIS CHAPTER AND BY RULE

 201 OF PART II OF THIS

CHAPTER.

Air Stagnation Advisory:

 A special bulletin issued by the National

Weather Service entitled “Air Stagnation Advisory”, which

 is used to

warn air pollution control agencies that stagnant atmospheric condi-

tions are expected which could cause increased concentrations

 of air

contaminants near the ground.

btu:

 British Thermal Unit.

COil:

 Coefficient of Haze

 (per 1,000 linear feet).

 Particulate

matter as measured by the automatic paper tape sampler method and

reported as COH’s.

 When particulate matter is recorded on a weight

per unit volume basis,

 the conversion

 1 COH=125 micrograms per cubic

meter shall be employed.

Director:

 The Director of the Illinois Environmental Protection

Agency.

E~isode:

 The period of time at a location in which an air pollu-

tion Watch, Yellow Alert,

 Red Alert,

 or Emergency has been de-

clared.

Fleet Vehicle:

 Any one of three or more vehicles operated for the

transportation of persons or property in the furtherance of any

commercial or industrial enterprise,

 for-hire or not-for-hire.

Indirect Source:

 Any building,

 facility,

 plant, auditorium or

other structure or combination thereof, or any street,

 road,

or

highway or airport, which causes or contributes to air pollution

through the attraction of mobile air pollution emission sources.

Level:

 The magnitude of pollution

 (expressed as average concentra-

tion,

 COil,

 or product)

 during a specified time period.

Low Sulfur Fuel:

 Any fuel containing l,0~or less sulfur by weight.

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Parking Lots:

 Parking lots shall include all lots,

 areas,

 buildings,

or facilities or portions of lots,

 areas, buildings or facilities

whose primary purpose is for the temporary parking of motor vehicles.

Product:

 The arithmetic product of the average sulfur dioxide con-

centration in parts per million

 (ppm)

 during

 a specified time period

and the average particulate concentration in COH’s during that same

specified time period.

Rule 402:

 GENERAL PROVISIONS

(a)

 Responsibility of the Agency

The Director or his designated representative has sole authority

for the declaration of episode stages under these rules.

The Illinois Environmental Protection Agency has primary

responsibility for the conduct of air pollution episode

operations including but not limited to air contaminant

monitoring,

 source surveillance, and enforcement activities

during air pollution episodes which affect any portion of the

State of Illinois.

 The Agency shall notify any local agency

assigned a significant episode control role in the Illinois

Air Pollution Implementation Plan prior to the initiation,

alteration, or termination of any episode stage or control

strategy in the jurisdictional area of any such local

 agency.

(b)

 Determination of Required Actions

To the maximum degree practicable, emission control actions

taken pursuant to these rules shall be consistent with the

extent of any air pollution Alert or Emergency.

(1)

 When the existence of any episode stage is caused by

one or more specific emission sources,

 the Agency shall

require emission control action steps applicable only to

such source or sources to be taken.

(2)

 When the existence of any episode stage

 is caused by one

or more specific air contaminants, action shall be taken

to reduce the concentration of

 such

 contaminant or con-

taminants.

(3)

 When motor vehicle emission control actions are re-

quired, the Agency shall promptly declare the appli-

cable episode stage and phase actions

 so as to allow

reasonable notice and preparation for effective vehicle

control actions.

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(c)

 Determination of Atmospheric Conditions

When determining expected atmospheric conditions,

 the Agency

shall consider all available meteorological information, in-

cluding but not limited to official National Weather Service

observations, analyses,

 forecasts,

 and advisories,

 as well

as

meteorological data and reports from other

 sources.

 Atmospheric

 conditions shall include but not be limited to stagnation areas,

weather fronts, pressure systems, inversions,

 precipitation and

wind patterns and variations in solar insolation, temperature

and atmospheric stability.

(d)

 Determination of Expected Contaminant Emissions

When determining expected contaminant emissions,

 the Agency

shall consider all available emission information including

but not limited to emission inventories for stationary sources,

pertinent emissions summaries, motor vehicle traffic patterns,

and known or estimated seasonal, daily, or hourly variations

in emission rates

 or traffic patterns.

(e)

 Monitoring

(1)

 Monitoring stations used to determine Advisory, Watch,

Alert, or Emergency levels shall be located according

to Federal guidelines for establishment of air quality

surveillance networks and shall use measurement methods

or equivalent methods as officially authorized by the

United States Environmental Protection Agency.

(2)

 Whenever any monitoring station registers air contaminant

concentrations in excess of Watch or Alert levels,

 proper

operation of the sampling equipment at such stations shall

be verified by the Agency or local agency cooperating with

the Agency before the concentrations are used to declare

any Advisory, Watch, Alert,

 or Emergency stage.

(f)

 Determination of Areas Affected

(1)

 An Advisory or Watch shall be declared for the entire

 Illinois portion of any Air Quality Control Region

if

any part of such Region meets the Advisory or Watch

criteria.

 When atmospheric conditions and contaminant

emissions in a Region are such as to cause the Advisory

or Watch criteria to be met in another Region, an Advi-

sory or Watch shall be declared for both Regions.

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—191

(2)

 An Alert or Emergency shall be declared for only

those portions of an Advisory or Watch area which

meet the applicable criteria of Rule 405 of this

Part or cause such criteria to be met elsewhere.

When such criteria have been met, sectors of the

Advisory

or

Watch area requiring Alert or Emergency

actions shall be defined depending upon expected

atmospheric conditions,

 contaminant emissions,

and

dispersion analyses.

 Alerts or Emergencies shall

then be declared for one or more of these sectors.

(g)

 Fail~

oCom

 Eji!2de

Requirements

Failure to comply with an approved Episode Action Plan,

 required

actions listed in Tables 1-2 of this Part,

 or the reasonable

orders of the Director or his

designated representative during

any Alert

or Emergency shall expose any person to the penalty

provisions

 the Illinois Environmental Protection Act.

 In all

cases,

 the reasonable orders of

the Director or his designated

representative shall

 take precedence over Episode Action Plans

or required actions listed in Tables 1-2 of this Part,

 provided,

however, that such orders shall not exceed that which

 is autho-

rized by these rules or by the Act.

(h)

 ~~li~2f~Offenders

To the extent allowed by the Act,

 the Agency may seal any

facility, vehicle, vessel,

 aircraft,

 or equipment operated in

violation of this Part during any Alert or Emergency or other-

wise contributing to an immediate danger to health.

Rule

 403:

 LOCAL AGENCY RESPONSIBILITIES

Local air

pollution control

agencies shall cooperate with the Agency

in monitoring,

 surveillance, and enforcement activities to the extent

of their capabilities during any air pollution episode.

 This coopera-

tion shall meet the following specific conditions:

(a)

~cr1o~~oiütoringEcjui~ment

any

time

other

than

during

episode,

local

agencies

with

real-time

monitoring

equipment

shall

operate

all

such

 monitoring

equipment

minimum

level

necessary

determine

whether

any

level

air

contaminants

specified

this

Part

has

been

reached.

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(b)

Reporting

Levels

Agency

Such local agencies shall report to the Agency Emergency Action

Center within thirty

 (30) minutes by either telephone or tele-

metry when any Advisory, Watch, Alert,

 or Emergency level speci-

fied in this Part has been reached as indicated on their air

monitoring equipment.

(c)

Operation

Telemetry

Equipment

Local agencies with air contaminant sampling networks connected

by telemetry with the headquarters of the Agency shall conduct

their operations in such a manner as to provide valid data to

the Agency.

(d)

 Agency Representatives

 at Local Agency Control Centers

In regions where local agencies are participating with the Agency

in episode control activities,

 one or more Agency representatives

may station themselves at the control center of the local agency

during an air pollution episode.

 The Agency representatives

shall have authority to cause data to be transmitted by telephone

other

rapid

form

 of communication to Agency headquarters and

after consultation with said local agency to require the initia-

tion,

 alteration, or termination of control

 strategy by persons

required to take action under this Part as directed by the

Director.

(e)

 Local Agency Episode Operations Plan

Local agencies participating with the Agency in episode control

activities shall file for approval with the Agency an episode

operations plan which describes procedures for obtaining and

processing Episode Action Plans, monitoring air contaminant

levels during routine and episode operations, alerting the public,

governmental officials,

 emission sources and other interested

parties of episode stages,

 and performing surveillance and en-

forcement activities during episodes.

Rule 404:

 AIR POLLUTION EPISODE ACTION PLANS

(a)

 Requirement for Plans

Within

 180 days following the effective date of this Part,

all

persons responsible

 for the operation of a facility of a type

set forth in Paragraph

(b)

 of this Rule 404 shall have on file

with the Agency written Episode Action Plans

 (hereafter called

Plans), consistent with safe operating procedures,

 for reducing

the levels of air contaminants during Yellow Alerts, Red Alerts,

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and Emergencies.

 These Plans

 shall be designed to reduce air

contaminants

 in accordance

with

the provisions of these rules

and shall be on forms designed by the Agency.

 Further guide—

lines interpreting these requirements may be developed by the

Agency and shall be filed with the Index Division of the Office

of the Secretary of State.

(b)

 Facilities for which Action Plans are Required

(1)

 Electric power generating stations burning fossil

 fuels.

(2)

 Facilities having fuel combustion emission sources with

a total rated heat input

 in excess of

 10 million btu/hr

burning coal or fuel oil, other than those sources exempted

from permit requirements by Rule 102(i) (3) of Part

 I of

this

Chapter.

(3)

 Facilities emitting more than 100 tons per year or 550

pounds per operating day of sulfur dioxide,

 carbon monoxide,

nitrogen oxides, particulate matter,

 organic material, or

of any other air contaminant designated by the Agency as

harmful to human health.

(4)

 Governmental or commercial installations established pri-

marily for the burning of refuse.

(5)

 Parking

lots

located in major metropolitan areas having

spaces for more than 200 vehicles; except for those lots

predominantly serving residences,

 medical facilities, rail,

bus, and air transportation terminals, grocery stores and

 pharmacies,

 lots provided by employers primarily for their

employees,

 and comparable lots as designated by the Agency.

(6)

 Fleet vehicle operations of

 50 or more vehicles

in

 a major

metropolitan area except those used for delivery of

grocery, pharmaceutical and medical products.

(7)

 Local, State,

 and federal government agencies employing

more than 100 employees in a major metropolitan area.

(8)

 State,

 county,

 and municipal offices which have responsi-

bility for road repair

 in a major metropolitan area.

(9)

 Other governmental, industrial, or commercial establishments

or activities classified by the Agency as significant direct

or indirect sources of air contaminant emissions.

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(c)

 Submission

of

Plans

(1)

 Plans required by this Rule shall be submitted to:

(A)

 The Agency for facilities

 in Illinois located out-

side of Cook County.

(B)

 The Cook County Department of Environmental Control

for facilities located in Cook County and outside of

the City of Chicago.

(C)

 The Chicago Department of Environmental Control for

facilities located within the City of Chicago.

(2)

any

time

after

the

effective

date

this

Part,

without

regard to

the

180-day limitation of Rule 404 (a),

the

Agency may request Plans from all persons required to submit

Plans or

 a local agency specified above may request

Plans from persons required to submit Plans to such

local agency.

 In such cases,

 Plans shall be submitted

to the requesting agency within

 30 days after receipt

of written notification that such Plans must be sub—

mitted.

(3)

 If any person required to submit a Plan or revise a Plan

fails to submit a Plan or revise a Plan satisfactory to

the Agency,

 the Agency may file a formal complaint with

the Board pursuant to applicable portions of the Act.

(4)

 Facilities having operational changes invalidating Plans

shall within thirty

 (30)

 days of such changes submit a

new Plan for Agency approval.

(d)

 Contents of Plans

(1)

 Plans shall list all significant sources of air contaminants

within the facility; shall describe the manner in which

contaminant emissions will be reduced during Yellow Alert,

Red Alert,

 and Emergency;

 and shall specify the approximate

magnitude of the reduction of emissions that will be

achieved.

(2)

 Plans

 for all electric power generating stations and

for all facilities located in the Chicago, Peoria or

St. Louis

 (Illinois)

 Major Metropolitan Areas having

fuel combustion emission sources required to take action

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during Yellow Alert

 to reduce sulfur dioxide emissions

shall specify either the means whereby a supply of low

sulfur fuel adequate for at least four days operation

will be assured,

 or an emissions reduction plan to lower

sulfur dioxide emissions to those which would be discharged

if a switch to such fuel were effected.

(3)

 Plans for parking lots shall

 list the major facilities

serviced

by

the

 lot, the total parking capacity and the

estimated average

number

of vehicles utilizing the lot

each day.

 Plans shall describe the manner in which

an

orderly curtailment of parking will be effected on the

first day and closure on the second calendar day of the

applicable alert,

 including a method by which unauthorized

use of the lot will be prevented.

 If the 1~tservices

grocery stores, pharmacies, medical offices, or clinics,

or other essential

 facilities

 as designated by the Agency,

procedures for allowing use of the lot to employees and

patrons of such facilities

 shall be included in the Plan.

(4)

 Plans for fleet vehicle operations shall

 include the

 numbers and types of vehicles in the fleet and the esti-

mated average number of vehicle miles operated in the

major metropolitan area to which the Plan applies.

 Plans

shall describe the manner in which an orderly curtailment

of operations will be effected on the first day and cess-

ation on the second calendar day of the applicable alert.

If fleet vehicle operations include delivery of food,

medicine, or perishable goods or emergency or necessary

maintenance services of any kind,

 Plans shall include pro-

cedures for exempting such services

 from curtailment and

cessation.

(5)

 Plans for government agencies shall include types of services

rendered, number and location of employees engaged in such

services, and the estimated number of employees driving to

offices

 or driving in performance of the services.

 Plans

shall include the methods by which orderly cessations of

non—essential services will be effected to meet the require-

ments of Tables 1—2 of this

 part.

 Where government agen-

cies are engaged in essential services, Plans

 shall

 indicate

the nature and magnitude of the services and procedures to

exempt

such

services

from

cessation

during

any

Alert

Emergency.

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(e)

 Processing Procedures

(1)

 Local Agencies designated to receive and evaluate Episode

Action Plans required by this Rule shall file such

Plans

with the Agency within

 30 days following their receipt.

(2)

 If any Plan does not conform with or effectively

implement

the requirements of this Part, the Agency shall disapprove

the Plan,

 state the reasons for disapproval, and require

the Plan to be revised.

(3)

 During Alerts or Emergencies, Plans required by this Part

shall be made available at the facility

 in question to any

person authorized to carry out the provisions of this Part.

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Rule 405(a):

 CRITERIA FOR DECLARING EPISODE STAGES

Watch,

Alert,

and

Emergency

Levels

Pollutant

Averaging

Time

Advisory

 Watch

 Yellow

Alert

Red

Alert

Emergency

Sulfur

dioxide

 (ppm)

2—hour

4—hour

—

0.30

—

0.30

—

0.35

—

0.40

Particulate

Matter

2—hour

 24—hour

—

5.0

—

3.0

—

5.0

—

7.0

Product

(SO2

particu—

late Matter)

2—hour

4—hour

24—hour

—

1.0

—

1.0

0.20

—

2.0

0.80

2.4

1.20

Carbon

Monoxide

 (ppm)

2—hour

8—hour

—

15

—

30

—

40

Ozone

(ppm)

2-hour

—hour

.07

—

0.17

—

0.30

—

0.5~

Nitrogen

dioxide

(ppm)

2—hour

1—hour

24—hour

—

0.40

—

060

0.15

—

1,20

0.30

1.60

0.40

(b)

Requirements

for

Declaring

Advisory

Watch

The

Director

his

designated

representative

shall

declare

air

pollutiofl Watch or in the case of ozone,

 an Advisory whenever:

(1)

 An Air Stagnation Advisory is received for any area

within the State, or

(2)

 Any Advisory, Watch or Yellow Alert

 Level

 is equaled or ex-

ceeded at any monitoring station: and

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(3a)

Atmospheric

conditions,

expected

contaminant

 emissions,

are such

that

concentrations

can

reasonably

expected

remain

above

the

Watch

Yellow

Alert

 level for

twenty-four

 (24) or more hours; or

(3b) For ozone, atmospheric conditions,

 or expected contaminant

emissions,

 are such

that

concentrations

can

reasonably

expected to reoccur at an Advisory, or Yellow Alert

level on the following calendar day.

(c)

 Requirements for Declaring a Yellow Alert

The Director or his designated representative shall delcare

a

Yellow Alert whenever:

(1)

Any

Yellow

Alert

level

equaled

exceeded

any

monitor-

ing station;

and

(2)

 An air pollution Advisory or Watch has been in effect for

four

(4)

 hours in the area for which the Yellow Alert

is

to be declared;

and

(3a) Atmospheric conditions,

 or expected contaminant emissions,

are such that concentrations can reasonably be expected to

remain at or above the Yellow Alert level for twelve

 (12)

or more hours;

or

(3b)

 For ozone, atmospheric conditions,

 or expected contarai-

nant emissions,

 are such that concentrations can reason-

ably be expected to reoccur at a Yellow Alert level on the

following calendar day.

(d)

 Requirements for Declaring a Red Alert

The Director or his designated representative shall declare

a

Red Alert whenever:

(1)

 Any Red Alert level is equaled or exceeded or any Yellow

Alert level has been equaled or exceeded continuously for

the preceding twenty-four

 (24)

 hour period at any monitor-

ing station; and

(2)

 A Yellow Alert has been in effect for four

(4)

 hours

in

the area for which the Red Alert

 is to be declared; and

(3a) Atmospheric conditions,

 or expected contaminant emissions,

are such that concentrations can reasonably be expected to

persist for twelve

 (12)

 or more hours; or

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(3b) For ozone,

 atmospheric conditions,

 or expected contaminant

emissions,

 are such that concentrations can reasonably be

expected to reoccur at a Red Alert level on the following

calendar day.

(e)

 Requirements for Declaring an Emergency

The Director or his designated representative shall declare an

Emergency whenever:

(1)

 Any Emergency level

 is equaled or exceeded or any

Red Alert level has been equaled or exceeded con-

tinuously for the preceding twenty—four

 (24)

 hour

period at any monitoring station; and

(2)

 A Red Alert has been in effect for twelve

 (12)

 hours

in the area for which the Emergency is to be declared;

and

(3a)

 Atmospheric conditions,

 or expected contaminant

emissions,

 are such that concentrations can reasonably

be expected to persist or increase for twelve

 (12)

or

more hours;

or

(3b)

 For ozone,

 atmospheric conditions,

 or expected contami

nant emissions,

 are such that concentrations can reasok

ably be expected to reoccur at an Emergency level on

the following calendar day.

(f)

 Requirements for Terminating Watch, Alert,

 and Emergency Stages

The Director or his designated representative shall terminate

any Watch,

 Alert, or Emergency stage when the applicable level

specified in Rule 405(a)

 of this Part no longer prevails and

when in his judgement atmospheric conditions and expected con-

taminant emissions are such as to warrant discontinuance or

lowering of that Watch, Alert,

 or Emergency stage.

Rule 406:

 DECLARATION OF STAGES

(a)

 Public, Facilities,

 and Governmental Offices Notified

Whenever an Advisory,

 a Watch, Alert,

 or Emergency stage

is

declared or terminated,

 the Agency or local agency designated

by the Agency shall notify:

(1)

 Concerned personnel of the Agency and of federal,

 local,

and other State agencies;

(2)

 Facilities required to make preparations or take actions

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of major emission reducing consequence;

(3)

 The public by radio,

 television, and other means of rapid

communication.

(b)

 Contents of Episode Stage Notifications

Notifications shall contain:

 time and date of issuance,

the

names

 of agencies or persons responsible for issuance,

 and the

beginning and expected ending time of

any

Watch,

 Alert, or

Emergency stage.

 Alert and Emergency notifications shall

also

contain details about the pollutant(s)

 for which notification

is made,

 such as maximum pollutant levels reached and predicted,

geographical areas affected,

 specific pollution-reducing in-

structions to the public and to direct or indirect sources of

air contaminants,

 as well as advice to persons who may be

affected by the elevated pollution levels.

Rule 407:

 ACTIONS DURING EPISODE STAGES

(a)

Watch

and

Advisory

Actions

When an air pollution Advisory or Watch

is

 in effect,

 the Agency

and local agencies designated by the Agency shall:

(1)

 Coordinate their activities and place their operational

staffs in a state of increased readiness except that in

the event of an Advisory the Agency need not monitor on

24—hour

basis.

(2)

 Promptly verify the operation of their air monitoring

instrument networks and monitor data from such instru-

ment networks during all periods when there is reasonable

likelihood of Yellow Alert levels occurring;

(3)

 Evaluate atmospheric conditions and contaminant emissions

data and monitor changes

 in such conditions and data duriny

all periods when there is reasonable

 likelihood of Yellow

Alert levels occurring.

(b)

 Yellow Alert,

 Red Alert, and Emergency Actions

When a Yellow Alert, Red Alert, or Emergency is

 in effect,

personnel of the Agency,

 local agencies designated by the

Agency,

direct and indirect emission sources,

 and such other persons

as

are required

to

take actions according to this Part shall take

all

actions

required

them

 in Tables

 1-2 insofar as

 such

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actions are applicable to the declared episode stage and contami-

nant or product for which the episode stage has been declared.

(1)

 Actions by local agencies designated by the Agency shall

be

 in accordance with their episode operations Plan if

such

Plan

has

been

approved

 by the Agency.

(2)

 Actions by direct or indirect sources of emissions shall

accordance

with

 their Episode Action Plan if

such

Plan has been approved by

 the Agency.

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—15—

REQUIRED

EMISSION REDUCTION ACTIONS

Govei-nmental or commercial

 instal—

lation, established primarily for

the burning of

 refuse shall post-

pone delayable

 incinerations,

all

other

fncineratiort

and

all

 open

burning

prob thited.

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1 0

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—

 TABLE

1

YELL0~,J

ALFRT

RED

ALERT

thERGENCY

1. General

 All Advisory Actions continue.

All

Advisory

and

Yellow

Alert

 actlons

 coo—

tlnue.

Government officials, public

and

•ubmitters of Action P1508 notified. (;overnment officials,

 public, and submit—

ters of Action Plans

 notified,

All Advisory,

Yellow

Alert,

and

Red Alert actions

 continue..

Government

 officials,

 public.

and submitters

 of Action Plans

notified.

2. Vehicles

 Public requested to avoid the

 on—

Parking Lots necessary use of automobiles.

Road Repairs

Fleet

 vehicles,,

 other than mass transit

Va—

 hides

 and vehicles used for

 the delivery

of grocery and pharmaceutical products, as—

sential

fuel,

for

 emergency medical servi—

ces

and

for

 such comparable

uses

 desig—

oared

the

 Agency, immediately

 curtail

operations

 to the greatest extent

possible

in or

 into the aces

 affected

 the Red

Alert

and

 cease operatious on the

second

calendar

day

the

 Alert.

Parking

 jots

for

acre

than

200

 vehicles,

sxcept

for

 lore

 predominately, serving Se—

aidences, grocery stores, mecical facili—

tieS,

 rail,

 has and

air

transportation

ter-

minals,

lots

provided

employers

primari—

:iy

for

employees,

and

comparable

lOts

designated by

the

 Agency

shall

 immediately

curtail operations and

 close

 on the second

cai~ndarof the Alert,

Road

repair

 and saiOtenance not

necessary

for fmmediate

satety

and

 which,

 If suspen-

ded, will expedite the flow of vehicular

traffIc

ic

 prohibited.

Motor vehicle operation

In or

into the area affected

the

Emergency is prohibited except

for essential uses

such as roe-

lice,

 fire,

and

 health services,

and comparable

 uses

designated

by

 the Illinois Emergency

High—

way Traffic Regulation Plan.

All

aircraft

flights

 leaving

the area

the

Emergency

arc

forbidden except

for

reasons

public

 health

Safety.

3. Manufactu—

ring and

other

 faci—

Ifties hay—

log process

Emission

Sources

Facilities

engaged

manufacturing

review

operations

and

Action

Plans,

inspect emission control devices,

determine areas

 of deiayable opera—

tions; and from such steps revise

operations so as to cause greatest

feasible reduction in emissions

short

 of adversely affecting normal

production.

~

 tocilities with

process

fuel

coshus—

tion omission

soorres

emitting

total

more

 than

100

cons

per

year

550

 pounds

per

operating

day

of

organic material or of

nitrogen oxides,

anh all other

 facilities

not

compliance

with

the

organic

material

and nitrogen oxides

emissions

standards

Part

2

 of thIs Chapter,

curtail all such

sources

 to the greatest extOnt possible

short

 of causing

 iniury

 to persons, severe

 damage

to

equipment, or an increase

em—

issiens,

All

operations

corta~,Ied

the

greatest

extent

possible

 short

of causing in~oryto

persons or

severe

 damage to equipment.

4,

 Electric

 Electric Power generating

 stations

Power

Ge—

 burning fossil

 fuels requested to

neretors

 reduce ~missiona in nod into the

and Users

 affected area

 to the greatest extent

practicable by adjusting operations

system wide or by any other means

approved by the Agency.

Public requested to avoid unneces—

sary use

of

 electricity.

 Offices,

 Public requested to limit

 space

Buildings,

 heating to 65~F;aIr conditioning

and other

 to 80’F.

Comeercial

B Service

Operations

~

~

Electric power generating stations burning

fossil

fuels

 required to take all Yellow

Alert

Actions

and

 in addition discontinue

power

generation

for

economy

sales

and 5cr—

vice

to interruptable customers,

and

 maxi—

size

purchase

of

available power.

Unnecessary

use

 of electricIty, such as for

decorative

 or advertising

 purposes

 pro—

hibited.

Public,

industrial

and

 commercial

 space he—

sting

limited to 65°F,

sir conditioning

to

80°Fexcept for hospitals

and

for other

buildings approved

the

 Agency.

Governmental

agencies

except

 those

 needed

to

administer essential

programs close,

Schools close

 except elementary schools,

which close

at

the

end

 the normal school

day

and

do

not

 reopen

 until

 the Alert

terminated,

The

loading

of

more than

250

 gallons of vo—

iatile

 organic

niaterIal Into

any stationary

tank,

 railroad tankrar, tank truck,

 or tank

trailer

is

prohibited

except where an inte—

gral part

Industrial

Operation

 all—

owed during Red Alert,

Electric power gener~:ing

eta-

tions

 burning

 fossil

 fuel

coo—

tinue Yellow Alert

and

Red

Alert actions

and,

 in addiroon,

1effect the

maximum

 feasible cc—

duction

 of emissions

by redur-

ing voltage 2.51 system

wide,

purchase all available emer—

gency power,

 and requesting

large customers

(500

Lv)

 to re’

duce their electric

demand

by any other means approved

the Agency.

All facilities

 or activities

listed below immediately

 cease

operations;

 Mining

 I. Quarrying,

contract construction

 work,

wholesale trade

establishments,

retail

 trade stores

except those

dealing primarily

1~ the

~~le

food or pharmaceuticals,

real

estate agencies, insurancee

ff—

ices and similar businesses.

laundries,

 cleaners

and dryers,

beauty

 and barber

 shops

and

photographic studios.

 Amusement

&

 recreational service establish

ments such as motion pLcture

theaters, automobile

 repair and

automobile service garages.

 Ad—

vertiaing offices, consumer

credit reporting,

 adjustment ~nd

collection spencies,

“rinti’g

and duplicating services, ren-

tal seenc°.’san’~to~’e’ercisl

testing laboratories,

6.

Refuse

Burners

All

incineration

prohibited,

—16—

Required’Emission Reduction Actions*

—

 SULFUR

DiOXIDE,

PARTICULATE,

 PRODUCT, NITROGEN DIOXIDE,

AND CARBON

MONOXIDE

YELLOW

ALERT

(1) The Agency shall

 notify

 the public

by radio

 and/or television that

a

Yellow Alert

is

 in effect;

 that

the

public

 is required

to

take action

in accordanca wi’h Lhes~regula-

tions;

 that

the

public

is

requested

to avoid

the

unnecessary use of auto-

mobiles

and of electricity;

 and that

persons

 sufierlng fram respiratory

or heart

conditions

 should

take np’

propriate precautions

(2) ElectrIc

power

 generating stations

ahall

effect

the

 saximum

feasIble

reduction

emi~sjons

by

 utili—

ting

fuela

which

 have

low

ash

con-

tent

and

less

than

1,0

sulfur

by

 weight

 (1.51 in the

ease

fuel

oil),

 provided, however, that emis-

sions

 from

 such statioos shall

sot

exceed the applicable

 emission stan-

dards and

limitations

of

Rule

204

Part II of this

Chapter:

lImiting

soot blowing

and boiier lancing,

where essential,

 to periods of maxi-

mum atmospheric

 turbulence;

by

diver-

ting power generation

to

 sratioos out-

side

 the area

 for wb,ch

the

Alert

is

effect;

any

other

means

ap-

proved

the

Agency.

inch

actions

will

accordance

 witri

the

Yellow

Alert Plan

 if such

 plan

has

been

ap-

proved

 for that station.

(3)

Facilities

having

fuel

combustIon

emission sources with a

 total

 rated

capacity in excess

ni

10

million

 btuf

hr

 sod burning coal and/or

 fuel

oil

shall

reduce

emissions

 by utIlizing

fuel:

which

 have

IOU

ash

content

and

less than 1.0

 sulfur weight

 (1.5

in

the case of

 fuel oil) provided, however,

that emissions

 from such facilities

 shall

notexceed

 the applicable

 emission stan-

dards and lc.nitatluns oi Rule 204 of

 Part

TI

of

 this Chapter;

by

limiting

soot

blow-

ing sod boiler

 iar.cing, where

 essential,

to periods of high

atmospheric

turbulence;

or by any other means approved by the Agen-

cy,

 If fuels

 of low ash and sulfur content

are not available,

 such facilities with the

exception of

residences, hospitals,

sod

other

essential

 facilities

as

designated by

the

Agency, shall curtail fuel burning

 to the

maximum degree consistent

with

avoiding in-

jury to persons or severe damage

 to proper-

ty,

 Such actions will

be

In

accordance

with

the

Yellow

Alert

 Pt an

 if such plan

has

beeti

 approved

for

 that

id

lit

(4)

Feciliti~s

engaged

manufacturing

required

submit

Yellow

Alert

plans

shall

curtail

or

defer

production

and

allied

operations

rho extent

 nerpsucirv

to

 ionic

‘missions

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ol

t

juts,

wI

i~,,

v,u

 I i~

H

It

rg.’d

ii

tin

 facility were

pc

 it ~d

 is .u’cord with

the

liii

 tat io,is

 r,srrii .1

lv

 tic’

cea,ila—

tHins

 limiting (‘missinils,

 insc’tar

as such

reductions

can

achieved

without

creating

Injury

persons

severe

damage

oroper—

ty.

Such

reductions

shall

made

notwith-

standing

soy

variance

program

de-

layed

compliance

 with

the

regulations,

and

shall

accord

wIth

 thc Yollow

Alert

plan

such

p1an

hos

been

approved

for

that

faci-

lity.

RED

ALERT

(2)

The

Agency shall

 notify the pub-

lic

by

 radio and/or

 television

that a Red Alert

is

 in effect;

that the public is required to

take action in accordance with

these

regulations;

that

 the pub-

lic is requested to avoid

 the un-

necessary use of automobiles and

of electricity;

 and that persons

suffering from respiratory

or

heart conditions should

 take ap-

propriate precautions.

(4)

 Facilities

 engaged in manufactu-

ring and required to

 submit Red

Alert

 Plans shall curtail any

production, including the gene-

ration of process steam, which

emits

contaminants

 into the at-

mosphere,

 to the greatest extent

possible without causing injury

to persons

 or aSvere

 damage

to

equipment.

 Such action shall

be

in accordance with the

 Red Alert

Plan if such plan has been ap-

proved

 for that facility.

E~RGENCY

(1)

 All actions required during

t~

Yellow Alert

 and Red Alert sh

be continued.

(2)

The

unnecessary

 use of electri-

city.

 such as

 for decorative or

amusement purposes,

 is prohibi-

ted.

(3)

 The use of motor vehicles

is

 pro—

hibited

 except for essential uses

such as

 police,

 fire and health

services, delivery of

 food

or

esaential

 fuel, waste

collection.

utility or pollution control

ecior

gency repairs, and such compara-

ble uses as

may

be designated

by

authorized

 Highway and Law Enfor-

cement Officials in accordance

with the

 Illinois Emergency High-

way Traffic Regulation Plan.

(4)

 All aircraft flights

 leaving

the

area of

 the Emergency are for-

bidden except

 for reasons

 of pub-

lic health

 or safety

 as approved

by

 the Age’cy

 in advance,

(5)

 Buildings

 shall be

maintained

at

temperatures

 no greater

 than

 AS’F

except

 for hospitals and for

 oth.’:

buildings approved by

the

 Agency

for

 reasons of health

 or severe

damage to property.

(6)

 All manufacturing activities

 shal’

be curtailed

to

 the greatest ex-

tent possible without

 cau~ln~

in-

jury

persons

severe

dsm,a~

to equipment.

(7)

All

 facilities or activities li~—

ted

 below

 shall

 immediately

cease

Operations:

Mining and quarrying, contract

construction work,

 and whole-

sale trade

 establishnents.

Schools, except

elementary

schools which

 shall

 close

at

the end

of

 the normal

 shcooi

day and not re—open

 until

the

Emergency

is

 terminated.

Government agencies except

 those

needed

 to adminl~tcr

ti

tion alert

 progr,ir” and doer

essential agencies

 duiermitcI

by Agency

to

be vital

 icr public

safety and welfare,

Retail trade

 stores

 exept

 rhose

dcalingprls.rile

L

 ‘he

si

 ~o,’d

r

 ‘is cml

Re,,

1

-.‘

1.1.’

u,

ii,

offices

and

ilmil:r

 usinsu.

Laundries,

cleaners

and

dryers,

beauty and barber

‘h’ps and

photographic

studies.

Amusement

and

recreational

ser

-

vice establishments such as

motion

 pIcture theaters.

Automobile repair and aucomo~

bile service garages.

Advertising offices, cons.m’r

credit

 reporting,

 adlustment

and collecting

 agencies, print-

ing and duplicating

 services,

rental

agencies,

and

 commercial

testing laboratories.

(1)

 All actions required during the

Yellow Alert

 shall

 be continued.

(3)

 All Incineration and all open

burning

are prohibited.

 Certain

burning of explosive or patholo-

gical wastes may be exempted from

these restrictions by the Agency

In writing upon specific written

application.

(~)

All open burning

and all

incineration

except

provided below

are prohibited.

 Certain

burn-

ing

 of esplcaive or pathological wastes

may

exempted from this restriction by

 the Agency

In

writing upon specific written application.

(6) incinerators meeting

 the esission standards and

limitations

of

 this Chapter

 easy be operated only

during the hours

 of saximins attiospheric turbu-

lence

 as designated

the

Agency.

21—204

During

 each stage only

thosC

actions

 which

cause

a

reduction

of

emissions of contaminants

 for which

such

st,,ee

has been declared

see

 reanired.

-f.

Rules

 illS

~nA

 LI17

I~

-17-

Rule

205:

 Organic Material Emission Standards and Limitations

Rule

205(f)

(2)

(C)

the

application

paving

 asphalt and pavement

marking

paint

from

sunrise

 sunset;

 ~-w~e~

~