Section 901.107  Exceptions

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].

j)          Sections 901.102 through 901.106 do not apply to sound emissions from snowmobiles.

(Source:  Amended at 42 Ill. Reg. 20453, effective November 1, 2018)