THIS FILING SUBMITTED ON RECYCLED PAPER
BEFORE THE ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD
WAYNE HASER, )
)
Complainant, )
)
v. ) PCB No. 05-216
) (Enforcement – Noise)
TNT LOGISTICS NORTH AMERICA )
INC.,
)
)
Respondent. )
NOTICE OF FILING
TO: Ms. Dorothy M. Gunn Bradley P. Halloran, Esq.
Clerk of the Board Hearing Officer
Illinois Pollution Control Board
Illinois Pollution Control Board
100 West Randolph Street
100 West Randolph Street
Suite 11-500 Suite 11-500
Chicago, Illinois 60601
Chicago, Illinois 60601
(VIA ELECTRONIC MAIL)
(VIA FIRST CLASS MAIL)
(PERSONS ON ATTACHED SERVICE LIST)
PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that I have today filed with the Office of the Clerk of
the Illinois Pollution Control Board
RESPONDENT’S OPINION WITNESS
DISCLOSURE
, a copy of which is herewith served upon you.
Respectfully submitted,
TNT LOGISTICS NORTH AMERICA INC.,
Respondent,
By: /s/Thomas G. Safley
Dated: July 20, 2006 One of Its Attorneys
Edward W. Dwyer
Thomas G. Safley
HODGE DWYER ZEMAN
3150 Roland Avenue
Post Office Box 5776
Springfield, Illinois 62705-5776
(217) 523-4900
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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
I, Thomas G. Safley, the undersigned, hereby certify that I have served the
attached RESPONDENT’S OPINION WITNESS DISCLOSURE upon:
Ms. Dorothy M. Gunn
Clerk of the Board
Illinois Pollution Control Board
100 West Randolph Street
Suite 11-500
Chicago, Illinois 60601
via electronic mail on July 20, 2006; and upon:
Bradley P. Halloran, Esq.
Hearing Officer
Illinois Pollution Control Board
100 West Randolph Street
Suite 11-500
Chicago, Illinois 60601
Mr. Wayne Haser
25763 Willowcreek Lane
Monee, Illinois 60449
by depositing said documents in the United States Mail, postage prepaid, in Springfield,
Illinois on July 20, 2006.
/s/Thomas G. Safley
Thomas G. Safley
TNTL:002/Fil/NOF-COS – Opinion Witness Disclosure - Haser
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BEFORE THE ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD
WAYNE HASER, )
)
Complainant, )
)
v. ) PCB No. 05-216
) (Enforcement – Noise)
TNT LOGISTICS NORTH AMERICA )
INC.,
)
)
Respondent. )
RESPONDENT’S OPINION WITNESS DISCLOSURE
NOW COMES Respondent, TNT LOGISTICS NORTH AMERICA INC.
(“TNT”), by its attorneys, HODGE DWYER ZEMAN, and for its Opinion Witness
Disclosure, states as follows:
1. The January 30, 2006, Order of the Illinois Pollution Control Board
(“Board”) Hearing Officer set various deadlines in this matter, including the following:
April 15, 2006 Complainant’s opinion witness(es) and their opinion(s)
disclosed.
June 1, 2006 Respondent’s opinion witness(es) and their opinion(s)
disclosed.
2. On or about May 31, 2006, Complainant transmitted to the undersigned
“[a]dditional witness information” by electronic mail.
3. Complainant’s “[a]dditional witness information” states that the persons
identified therein “can testify to facts, documents, discussions and provide opinions based
on evidence and information supplied and developed.”
4. To the extent that Complainant’s “[a]dditional witness information”
constitutes a disclosure of “opinion witness(es) and their opinion(s)” in compliance with
the Hearing Officer’s January 30, 2006, Order, TNT identifies the following opinion
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witness whom it might call at hearing to provide opinion witness testimony regarding the
allegations made in Complainant’s Complaint, in response to any opinion witness
testimony offered by Complainant, if Complainant is granted leave to present such
opinion witness testimony:
Dr. Paul D. Schomer
Schomer & Associates
2117 Robert Drive
Champaign, Illinois 61821
5. A copy of Dr. Schomer’s current résumé is attached hereto as Exhibit A
and incorporated herein.
6. TNT cannot at this time identify any opinions of Dr. Schomer that TNT
might offer at hearing, due to the vague nature of Complainant’s “[a]dditional witness
information.”
7. By making this disclosure, TNT does not waive its right to object to any
opinion witness testimony that Complainant might attempt to offer at hearing on the
grounds that Complainant failed to disclose such opinion witness testimony prior to
hearing as required by the Hearing Officer’s January 30, 2006 Order, or on any other
grounds.
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WHEREFORE, Respondent, TNT LOGISTICS NORTH AMERICA INC., makes
its opinion witness disclosure as set forth above.
Respectfully submitted,
TNT LOGISTICS NORTH AMERICA INC.,
Respondent,
By: /s/Thomas G. Safley
One of Its Attorneys
Dated: July 20, 2006
Edward W. Dwyer
Thomas G. Safley
HODGE DWYER ZEMAN
3150 Roland Avenue
Post Office Box 5776
Springfield, Illinois 62705-5776
(217) 523-4900
TNTL:002/Fil/Haser/Opinion Witness Disclosure
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PAUL D. SCHOMER
Acoustical Engineer
BS, Electrical Engineering, University of Illinois, 1965.
MS, Electrical Engineering-Acoustics, University of California, 1966.
Ph.D., Electrical Engineering-Acoustics, University of Illinois, 1971.
EXPERIENCE
Dr. Schomer has extensive experience, publications, and patents in the areas of environ-
mental noise and its assessment, human and community response to noise, instrumentation and
methodology for the measurement and monitoring of noise, architectural acoustics, and acoustical
measurements of building parameters. He is a consultant to industry and government, an adjunct
Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering (Acoustics) and member of the graduate faculty
of the University of Illinois, and a research leader in acoustics. His recognition by his peers as an
international leader in the area of environmental noise is demonstrated by his chapters in reference
books, his over 35 refereed publications, his leadership in Standards organizations and professional
societies, and his awards and honors. Dr. Schomer is also standards Director for the Acoustical
Society of America.
As an international leader in the area of environmental noise, Dr. Schomer is chairperson of
the United States delegation to International Organization for Standardization (ISO) Acoustics and
Noise committees, chairperson of the American National Standards Committee dealing with noise,
chairperson of the ISO working groups which deal with environmental noise and with impulsive
noise measurement, chairperson of the American National Standards Institute working group which
deals with environmental noise, and he is the United States representative to the International
Organization for Standardization in the areas of aircraft noise and impulsive sources. He is the
Standards Director for the Acoustical Society of America, a member of the Society of Automotive
Engineers Aircraft Noise Committee, a principle contributor to current efforts in the area of
standardizing airport noise monitoring, and Executive Director, past vice-president for membership,
and twice a past member of the board of the Institute of Noise Control Engineering.
Dr. Schomer has 35 years of experience dealing with noise measurement and the effects of
noise on people and communities. This experience includes blast and mining noise, gunfire noise,
airport, aircraft, helicopter, construction and traffic noise, and general industrial and urban noise.
The citation for his selection as a Fellow of the Acoustical Society of America references his
studies on community response to noise, and most of his work with the National Academy of
Science has been concerned with noise assessment.
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MEMBERSHIPS AND AWARDS
Fellow - Acoustical Society of America.
Member, Board Certified, Institute of Noise Control Engineering
Selected as Corps of Engineers Engineer of the Year and One of the Top 10 Federal Engineers of
the Year (1990)—National Society of Professional Engineers
Several times a member of the board and/or officer; Institute of Noise Control Engineering.
Former Executive Director, Institute of Noise Control Engineering of the USA, Inc.
Standards Director, Acoustical Society of America
Chairman, Acoustical Society of America Committee on Standards
Head of U.S. Delegation, International Organization for Standardization, Technical Committee 43
(acoustics) and Subcommittee 1 (noise).
Convener (chairman), International Organization for Standardization, Working Group 45 dealing
with environmental noise assessment.
Chairman, S.A.E. Construction Site Sound Level Subcommittee, S.A.E. ConAg Committee.
Member, S.A.E. Aircraft Noise Committee and the noise monitoring subcommittee.
Reviewer for
Applied Mechanics Review, Journal of the Acoustical Society of America,
and
Noise
Control Engineering Journal.
Fellowship, University of Illinois (1968-1971).
Registered Professional Engineer (DC).
Member, Institute of Noise Control Engineering, Acoustical Society of America, Institute of
Electrical and Electronic Engineers, German Acoustical Society (DEGA), European Acoustical
Association
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BOOKS
Handbook of Acoustical Measurements and Noise Control,
Chapter 50. Community Noise
Measurements,
2nd edition, John Wiley and Sons, Inc., New York, 1991.
Reference Data for Radio Engineers, Chapter 40. Electroacoustics,
7th edition, ITT Press, a
subsidiary of MacMillan, Inc., Indianapolis, 1985.
Reference Data for Radio Engineers, Chapter 40. Electroacoustics,
8th edition, Sams
Publishing, Prentice-Hall Computer Publishing, Indianapolis, 1993.
MAJOR JOURNAL PUBLICATIONS
"Overview of the theoretical development and experimental validation of blast sound absorbers,”
Noise Control Engineering Journal
,
51
(3), (May/June 2005).
"Basic results from full-scale tests at Ft. Drum,"
Noise Control Engineering Journal
,
51
(3),
(May/June 2005).
"Some Important Factors in Community Response to Sonic Booms," NOISECON 2004,
Institute
of Noise Control Engineering,
Baltimore, MD, USA, 12-14 July 2004.
“The importance of proper integration of and emphasis on the low-frequency sound energies for
environmental noise assessment,”
Noise Control Engineering Journal
,
52
(1), 26-39, (Janu-
ary/February 2004).
“Noise Assessments: Interaction with the Public—Simplicity and Truth Will Help,”
INTERNOISE 2003, Paper N706, pp 1216-1220, Seogwipo, Korea, 25-28 August 2003.
“Does the Soundscape Concept Have Real Utility,” INTERNOISE 2003, Paper N161, pp 2825-
2826, Seogwipo, Korea, 25-28 August 2003.
“Noise Assessment Metrics and Criteria in a United States Department of Transportation Multi-
Modal Noise Model,” NOISECON 2003, Paper No. 023,
Institute of Noise Control Engineering,
Cleveland, OH, USA, 23-25 June 2003.
“A statistical description of ground-to-ground sound propagation,”
Noise Control Engineering
Journal
,
51
(2), 69-80, (March/April 2003).
“On Normalizing DNL to Provide Better Correlation with Response,”
Sound & Vibration,
pp 14-
23, December 2002.
“Further Results Using Loudness-Level Weighting to Assess Noise Annoyance,” NTERNOISE
2002, Paper No. N489,
Institute of Noise Control Engineering International
, Dearborn, MI, USA,
19-21 August 2002.
“Alternative Methods to A-Weighting for Environmental Noise Assessment,” NTERNOISE
2002, Paper No. N475,
Institute of Noise Control Engineering International
, Dearborn, MI, USA,
19-21 August 2002.
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“Evaluation of loudness-level weightings for assessing the annoyance of environmental noise,”
Journal of the Acoustical Society of America
,
110
(5) Pt. 1, 2390-2397, (November 2001).
“Criteria for the Assessment of Noise Annoyance,” NOISECON 2001, Paper No. NC01_018,
Institute of Noise Control Engineering USA
, Portland, Maine, 29-31 October 2001.
“Use of the New ISO 226 Equal Loudness Contours as a Filter to Assess Noise Annoyance,”
NTERNOISE 2001, Paper No. 197,
Institute of Noise Control Engineering International
, The
Hague, Holland, 27-30 August 2001.
“A statistical description of blast sound propagation,”
Noise Control Engineering Journal
,
49
(2),
79-87, (March/April 2001).
“Using fuzzy logic to validate blast noise monitor data,”
Noise Control Engineering Journal
,
48
(6),
193-205, (November/December 2000).
“A comparison between the use of loudness level weighting and loudness measures to asses
environmental noise from combined sources,” INTERNOISE 2000, Paper No. 101,
Institute of
Noise Control Engineering International
, Nice, France, 27-30 August 2000.
“A test of proposed revisions to room noise criteria curves,”
Noise Control Engineering Journal
,
48
(4), 124-129, (July/August 2000).
“Proposed revisions to room noise criteria,”
Noise Control Engineering Journal
,
48
(3), 85-96,
(May/June 2000).
“Loudness-Level Weighting for Environmental Noise Assessment,”
Acustica and Acta Acustica
,
86(1), 49-61 (January/February 2000).
“Revision to the ISO 1996 series--Description, measurement and assessment of environmental
sound,” INTERNOISE 98, Paper No. 190,
Institute of Noise Control Engineering International
,
Christchurch, New Zealand, November 1998.
“On spectral weightings to assess human response, indoors, to blast noise and sonic booms,”
Noise
Control Engineering Journal
,
46
(2), 57-71, (March/April 1998).
“Evaluation of a re-analysis of the relationship between the results obtained in laboratory and field
studies on the annoyance caused by high-energy impulsive sounds,”
Noise Control Engineering
Journal
,
45
(6), 251-255 (November/December 1997).
“A comparative study of human response, indoors, to blast noise and sonic booms,”
Noise Control
Engineering Journal
,
45
(4), 169-182 (July/August 1997).
“The new ANSI method for assessing combined noise environments; comparison with other
methods,” INTERNOISE 97, 1047-1052,
Institute of Noise Control Engineering International
,
Budapest, Hungary, August 1997.
“On the contribution of noticeability of environmental sounds to noise annoyance,”
Noise Control
Engineering Journal
,
44
(6), 294--305 (November/December 1996).
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“Penalties for assessing helicopter noise annoyance—There is none?” NOISE-CON 96, 581-584,
Institute of Noise Control Engineering
, Seattle, WA, September 1996.
“A Comparative Study of Human Response to Blast Noise and Sonic Booms,” INTERNOISE 96,
Institute of Noise Control Engineering International
, Liverpool, UK, July 1996.
“Development of a New ANSI Standard for Assessment of Combined Noise Environments,”
INTERNOISE 96, 3265-3270,
Institute of Noise Control Engineering International
, Liverpool,
UK, July 1996.
“25 Years of progress in noise standardization,”
Noise Control Engineering Journal
,
44
(3), 141-
148 (May/June 1996).
“Human and community response to military sounds: Results from field-laboratory tests of small
arms, 25 mm cannon, helicopter and blast sounds,”
Noise Control Engineering Journal
,
43
(1), 1-13
(January/February 1995).
“Amendments to ISO Part 2: The Impulse Noise Penalty,” INTERNOISE 95,
Institute of Noise
Control Engineering International
, 851-856, Newport Beach, CA, USA, 1995.
“New descriptor for high-energy impulsive sounds,”
Noise Control Engineering Journal
,
42
(5),
179-191 (September/October 1994).
“SoundProp Fast, accurate prediction of sound propagation under varying weather conditions and
over hard or soft surfaces,” INTERNOISE 94, 555-558,
Institute of Noise Control Engineering
International
, Yokohama Japan, August 1994.
“A revised statistical analysis of blast sound propagation,”
Noise Control Engineering Journal
,
42
(3), 95-100 (May/June 1994).
“Human and community response to military sounds: Results from field-laboratory tests of small
arms, tracked vehicles, and blast sounds,”
Noise Control Engineering Journal
,
42
(2), 71-84
(March/April 1994).
“Activity and sleep interference; A new measurement technique,” INTERNOISE 93,
Institute of
Noise Control Engineering International
, Leuven, Belgium, July 1993.
“Time-average aircraft noise descriptors; Confusion with no benefit,” INTERNOISE 92,
2
, 987-
992,
Institute of Noise Control Engineering International
, Toronto, Canada, July 1992.
“On Using the Generalized Concept of Loudness to Predict Annoyance,” INTERNOISE 91,
Institute of Noise Control Engineering International
, Australia, December 1991.
“Decibel annoyance reduction of low-frequency blast attenuating windows,”
Journal of the
Acoustical Society of America,
89
(4), April 1991.
“Descriptors for Community Noise Assessment; logical Extensions to DNL,” NOISECON 90,
Institute of Noise Control Engineering
, Austin TX, October 15-17 1990.
“Reduction of Wind Noise for Unattended Blast Noise Monitoring,”
Noise Control Engineering
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Journal
,
34
(2), March/April 1990.
“Indoor human response to blast sounds that generate rattles,”
Journal of the Acoustical Society of
America
,
86
(2), August 1989.
“On a theoretical interpretation of the prevalence rate of noise-induced annoyance in residential
populations: High-amplitude impulse noise environments,”
Journal of the Acoustical Society of
America
,
86
(2), April 1989.
“The role of Helicopter noise-induced vibration and rattle in human response,”
Journal of the
Acoustical Society of America
,
81
(4), April 1987.
“High-energy impulsive noise assessment,”
Journal of the Acoustical Society of America
,
79
(1),
January 1986.
“Assessment of community response to impulsive noise,”
Journal of the Acoustical Society of
America
,
77
(2), February 1985.
“Descriptor for rotary-wing aircraft noise,” American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics,
October 1984.
“A survey of community attitudes towards noise near a general aviation airport,”
Journal of the
Acoustical Society of America
,
74
(6), December 1983.
“Noise monitoring in the vicinity of a general aviation airport,”
Journal of the Acoustical Society of
America
,
74
(4), April 1983.
“Sampling strategies for monitoring noise in the vicinity of airports,”
Journal of the Acoustical
Society of America
,
73
(6), June 1983.
“An analysis of community complaints to noise,”
Journal of the Acoustical Society of America
,
73
(4), April 1983.
“Time of day noise adjustments or ‘penalties’,”
Journal of the Acoustical Society of America
,
73
(2),
February 1983.
“A model to describe community response to impulse noise,”
Noise Control Engineering Journal
,
18
(1), January/February 1982.
“The growth of community annoyance with loudness and frequency of occurrence of events,”
Noise
Control Engineering Journal
,
17
(1), July/August 1981.
“Temporal sampling requirements for estimation of long-term average sound levels in the vicinity
of aircraft,”
Journal of the Acoustical Society of America
,
69
(3), March 1981.
“Development of temporal sampling strategies for monitoring noise,”
Journal of the Acoustical
Society of America
,
66
(3), September 1979.
“High-amplitude/low-frequency impulse calibration of microphones; a new method,”
Journal of the
Acoustical Society of America
,
65
(2), February 1979.
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“Growth function for human response to large-amplitude impulse noise,”
Journal of the Acoustical
Society of America
,
64
(6), December 1978.
“Human response to house vibrations caused by sonic booms or air blasts,”
Journal of the
Acoustical Society of America
,
64
(1), July 1978.
“Statistics of amplitude and spectrum of blasts propagated in the atmosphere,”
Journal of the
Acoustical Society of America
,
63
(5), May 1978.
“Evaluation of C-weighted Ldn for assessment of impulse noise,”
Journal of the Acoustical Society
of America
,
62
(2), August 1977.
“Correlation techniques applied to acoustical measurements in reverberant rooms,”
Journal of the
Acoustical Society of America
,
56
(5), 1974.
“Measurement and characterization of off-road construction vehicle noise,” Noise Con73 , 247-
249, 1974.
STATE OF ILLINOIS REPORTS
Proposed Revisions to Property-Line-Noise-Source Measurement Procedures,
ENR Report
No. REEA91/10, Illinois Department of Energy and Natural Resources, 1991.
Impulse Noise Study,
ENR Report No. REEA90/16, Illinois Department of Energy and Natural
Resources, November 1990.
A Demonstration of Airport Noise Impact Mitigation,
ENR Report No. 83/25, Illinois Depart-
ment of Energy and Natural Resources, June 1983.
The Economic Impact Study of Proposed Airport Noise Regulations, R774 Volume 1:
Technical Study of Public Airports in Chicago,
ENR Report No. 81/38, Illinois Department of
Energy and Natural Resources, November 1981.
The Economic Impact Study of Proposed Airport Noise Regulations, R774 Volume 1:
Technical Study of Public Airports Outside Chicago,
ENR Report No. 81/02, Illinois Depart-
ment of Energy and Natural Resources, January 1981.
Human and Community Response to Impulse Noise: A Literature Review,
IIEQ Report No.
78/07, Illinois Institute for Environmental Quality, March 1978.
Motorcycle Noise Levels: A Report on Field Tests,
Report of the Illinois Task Force on Noise,
June 1975.
Control of Noise from Motor Vehicles Part III: Technical Study in Support of Proposed
Motor Vehicle Noise Regulations,
Report of the Illinois Task Force on Noise, June 1974.
Sound Transmission Loss Between Spaces Connected by Multiple Paths: A New Measure-
ment Technique,
Ph. D. Thesis, University of Illinois, August 1971.
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PATENTS
Logarithmic Statistical Distribution Analyzer, Patent No. 3995500.
Microphone Droop and Sensitivity Measurement Device, Patent No. 4347410.
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TYPICAL PROJECT EXPERIENCE
AIRPORT NOISE ASSESSMENT AND PART 150 STUDIES
Conducting the acoustical analysis and measurements contained within airport Part 150 studies
including (1) the generation of present and future, predicted noise contours, (2) the execution of
noise monitoring, the comparison of monitoring results with noise contours, and the analysis of
monitoring results by aircraft type, operation, and runway, and (3) the development and analysis of
noise mitigation strategies.
HELIPORT DESIGN AND ASSESSMENT
Assessment of the heliport noise. Establishing the need for mitigation. Assessing mitigation
alternatives.
ENTERTAINMENT NOISE
Evaluated measurements for a large, outdoor music venue. Evaluated band and DJ noise from a
club as it affected the neighborhood. Suggested mitigation methods. Evaluated measurement and
monitoring plans for an outdoor music performance arena.
EXPERT WITNESS REGARDING NOISE PREDICTION AND ITS EFFECTS ON PEOPLE
For the defense: Class action suit of homeowners against ARCO Oil.
For the plaintiff: Class action suit of homeowners against Peabody Coal Company.
Performed analysis of the physical noise and its predicted levels in the community. Performed
assessment of the received noise and its effect on individuals and the community.
For the defense: Analyzed the audibility of gun shot sound.
For the defense/plaintiff: Predicted, measured and analyzed noise from parked outdoor refrigerator
trucks in a special situation.
For the plaintiff: Predicted and analyzed the effect of strip-mining explosions on a distant factory
structure.
Analyzed the audibility of off-road truck noise in a quarry delivery plant. Analyzed the audibility of
a backup alarm in the presence of lawnmower noise. Analyzed the audibility of siren noise.
Analyzed the audibility of truck noise in the presence of other neighborhood noise.
For the community: Class action suits against airport noise.
GUN CLUBS/POLICE FIRING RANGES
Performed noise assessment and mitigation at several civilian and police small arms firing ranges
including siting, layout, operations, and noise mitigating structures and fixtures.
INDUSTRIAL NOISE CONTROL--OUTDOORS
Performed noise assessment and mitigation at a variety of outdoor industrial operations such as an
asphalt plant, a kitty-litter plant (similar drum to asphalt plant for drying clay), an ammunition
disposal plant (again a heated drum), and grain elevators.
MOTOR RACEWAY NOISE
Performed assessment, evaluated existing and planned mitigation and developed alternatives.
Evaluated management and operational plans and developed alternative strategies.
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PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT
Design, testing and evaluation of outdoor warning sirens.
VEHICLE/HIGHWAY NOISE
Assessment of highway noise. Monitoring highway noise. Establishing the need for mitigation.
Assessing mitigation alternatives.
ILLINOIS NOISE REGULATIONS
Examination of the adequacy of existing noise regulations contained in Subtitle H, 35 Illinois
Administrative Code. Analysis of the existing rules and whether they appropriately encompass the
various types of discontinuous noise and specifically, impulse noise. Recommendations for
changes to sections of the Code dealing with definitions and regulatory levels.
REVISIONS TO ILLINOIS PROPERTY-LINE NOISE MEASUREMENT PROCEDURES
Examination of existing measurement procedures as related to American National Standards.
Recommendation of measurement procedures for determination of octave-band 1-hour equivalent
levels corrected for background ambient. (No American National or International Standards exist
for this type of measurement, but these are the type required by the Illinois Pollution Control
Board.)
HUMAN AND COMMUNITY RESPONSE TO NOISE
Conducting and supervising international research experiments designed to explain, qualify and
quantify human and community response to noise of varying character, spectra and temporal
patterns. This research concentrates on comparing and contrasting special noises such as small
arms, rotary-wing aircraft, or large explosions to more common noise such as road vehicles or
artificially generated noise. A key to this work is conducting these experiments in real houses with
real sources of sound.
TEMPORAL SAMPLING STRATEGIES FOR MONITORING AIRPORT NOISE
Analysis of daily monitoring results from many of the nation's airports. Modeling of the results by
auto-regressive moving average (ARMA) models, and analysis of the results by “Monte Carlo”
methods. Recommendation of airport noise sampling strategies for obtaining the required degrees
of precision.
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