Illinois Administrative Code › Title 35 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › Part 901 - SOUND EMISSION STANDARDS AND LIMITATIONS FOR PROPERTY-LINE-NOISE-SOURCES › Section 901.107 - Exceptions

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
a) Sections
			 901.102
			 through
			 901.106
			 do not apply to sound emissions from land used as specified by LBCS Codes 1100,
			 6600 and 5500.
b) Sections
			 901.102
			 through
			 901.106
			 do not apply to sound emissions from emergency warning devices and unregulated
			 safety relief valves.
c) Sections
			 901.102
			 through
			 901.106
			 do not apply to sound emissions from lawn care maintenance equipment and
			 agricultural field machinery used during daytime hours. For the purposes of
			 this subsection, grain dryers operated off the farm are not considered
			 agricultural field machinery.
d)
			 Sections
			 901.102
			 through
			 901.106
			 do not apply to sound emissions from equipment being used for
			 construction.
e) Section
			 901.102(b)
			  does not apply to sound emissions from
			 existing property-line noise sources during nighttime hours. However, sound
			 emissions from existing property-line noise sources during nighttime hours are
			 subject to the limits specified in Section
			 901.102(a).
f) Sections
			 901.102
			 through
			 901.106
			 do not apply to the operation of any vehicle registered for highway use while
			 the vehicle is being operated within any land used as specified by Section
			 901.101
			 during ingress to or egress from a highway.
g) Sections
			 901.102
			 through
			 901.106
			 do not apply to sound emissions from: land used as specified by LBCS Codes 5130
			 and 5140 when used for automobile and motorcycle racing; and, any land used for
			 contests, rallies, time trials, test runs or similar operations of any
			 self-propelled device, and upon or by which any person is or may be transported
			 or drawn, when such self-propelled device is actually being used for sport or
			 recreation and is actually participating in an activity or event organized,
			 regulated, and supervised under the sponsorship and sanction of a club,
			 organization or corporation having national or statewide recognition. However,
			 the exceptions of this subsection do not apply to any automobile and motorcycle
			 race, contest, rally, time trial, test run or similar operation of any
			 self-propelled device if such event is started between the hours of 10:30 p.m.
			 to 7:00 a.m., local time weekdays, or between the hours of 11:00 p.m. and 7:00
			 a.m., local time, weekend days.
h)
			 Section
			 901.104
			 does not apply to impulsive sound emissions produced by explosive blasting
			 activities conducted on any Class C land other than land used as specified by
			 LBCS Codes 8300 and 8500. However, explosive blasting operations are subject to
			 Section
			 901.109.
i) This Part does not apply to impulsive
			 sound produced by explosive blasting activities that are:
1) Conducted on any Class C land used as
			 specified by LBCS Codes 8300 and 8500; and
2) Regulated by the Department of Natural
			 Resources in compliance with Section 6.5 of the Surface-Mined Land Conservation
			 and Reclamation Act [
			 225 ILCS
			 715/6.5 ] and Section 3.13 of the Surface Coal Mining
			 Land Conservation and Reclamation Act [
			 225 ILCS 720/3.13 ].