95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2007 and 2008
HB5741

 

Introduced , by Rep. Michael P. McAuliffe

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
620 ILCS 35/5   from Ch. 15 1/2, par. 755
620 ILCS 35/10   from Ch. 15 1/2, par. 760
620 ILCS 35/15   from Ch. 15 1/2, par. 765

    Amends the Permanent Noise Monitoring Act. Provides that responsibility for ensuring that each airport has an operable permanent noise monitoring system lies with the airport sponsor, defined as any municipality that can own and operate an airport, rather than with the Division of Aeronautics of the Illinois Department of Transportation. Provides that the airport sponsor shall be responsible for the operation of each system and for the design and construction of any new system. Provides that, beginning in 2009, the airport sponsor (rather than the division) shall be responsible for preparing and making available to the public, twice each year, a permanent noise monitoring report. Provides that, beginning in 2009, the division shall be provided with a copy of each report. Effective immediately.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1     AN ACT concerning transportation.
 
2     Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
 
4     Section 5. The Permanent Noise Monitoring Act is amended by
5 changing Sections 5, 10, and 15 as follows:
 
6     (620 ILCS 35/5)  (from Ch. 15 1/2, par. 755)
7     Sec. 5. Definitions. As used in this Act:
8     (a) "Airport" means an airport, as defined in Section 6 of
9 the Illinois Aeronautics Act, that has more than 500,000
10 aircraft operations (take-offs and landings) per year.
11     (a-1) "Airport sponsor" means any municipality, as defined
12 in Section 20 of the Illinois Aeronautics Act, that can own and
13 operate an airport.
14     (b) "Permanent noise monitoring system" or "system" means a
15 system that includes at least:
16         (1) automated noise monitors capable of recording
17     noise levels 24 hours per day 365 days per year; and
18         (2) computer equipment sufficient to process the data
19     from each noise monitor so that permanent noise monitoring
20     reports in accordance with Section 15 of this Act can be
21     generated.
22     (c) "Division" means the Division of Aeronautics of the
23 Illinois Department of Transportation.

 

 

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1     (d) "Ldn" means day-night average sound level. "Day-night
2 average sound level" has the meaning ascribed to it in Section
3 150.7 of Part 150 of Title 14 of the Code of Federal
4 Regulations.
5 (Source: P.A. 87-808.)
 
6     (620 ILCS 35/10)  (from Ch. 15 1/2, par. 760)
7     Sec. 10. Establishment of permanent noise monitoring
8 systems. No later than December 31, 2008 1992, each airport
9 shall have an operable permanent noise monitoring system. The
10 system shall be designed, constructed, and operated by the
11 airport sponsor Division. The airport sponsor shall be
12 responsible for the construction or the design and construction
13 of any system not constructed or designed and constructed as of
14 the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 95th General
15 Assembly. The cost of the systems and of the permanent noise
16 monitoring reports under Section 15 of this Act shall be borne
17 by the airport sponsor State of Illinois.
18 (Source: P.A. 87-808.)
 
19     (620 ILCS 35/15)  (from Ch. 15 1/2, par. 765)
20     Sec. 15. Permanent noise monitoring reports. Beginning in
21 1993 and through 2008, the Division shall, on June 30th and
22 December 31st of each year, prepare a permanent noise
23 monitoring report and make the report available to the public.
24 Beginning in 2009, the airport sponsor shall, on June 30th and

 

 

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1 December 31st of each year, prepare a permanent noise
2 monitoring report and make the report available to the public.
3 Copies of the report shall be submitted to: the Office of the
4 Governor; the Office of the President of the Senate; the Office
5 of the Senate Minority Leader; the Office of the Speaker of the
6 House; the Office of the House Minority Leader; the United
7 States Environmental Protection Agency, Region V; and the
8 Illinois Environmental Protection Agency. Beginning in 2009, a
9 copy of the report shall also be submitted to the division. The
10 permanent noise monitoring report shall contain all of the
11 following:
12     (a) Copies of the actual data collected by each permanent
13 noise monitor in the system.
14     (b) A summary of the data collected by each permanent noise
15 monitor in the system, showing the data organized by:
16         (1) day of the week;
17         (2) time of day;
18         (3) week of the year;
19         (4) type of aircraft; and
20         (5) the single highest noise event recorded at each
21     monitor.
22     (c) Noise contour maps showing the 65 Ldn, 70 Ldn and 75
23 Ldn zones around the airport.
24     (d) Noise contour maps showing the 65 decibel (dBA), 70
25 dBA, and 75 dBA zones around the airport for:
26         (1) 7:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m.;

 

 

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1         (2) 10:00 p.m. to 7:00 a.m.; and
2         (3) types of aircraft.
3     (e) The noise contour maps produced under subsections (c)
4 and (d) shall also indicate:
5         (1) residential areas (single and multi-family);
6         (2) schools;
7         (3) hospitals and nursing homes;
8         (4) recreational areas, including but not limited to
9     parks and forest preserves;
10         (5) commercial areas;
11         (6) industrial areas;
12         (7) the boundary of the airport;
13         (8) the number of residences (single and multi-family)
14     within each contour;
15         (9) the number of residents within each contour;
16         (10) the number of schools within each contour; and
17         (11) the number of school students within each contour.
18     (f) Through 2008, a A certification by the Division that
19 the system was in proper working order during the period or, if
20 it was not, a specific description of any and all problems with
21 the System during the period.
22     (g) Beginning in 2009, a certification by the airport
23 sponsor that the system was in proper working order during the
24 period or, if it was not, a specific description of any and all
25 problems with the system during the period.
26 (Source: P.A. 87-808.)
 

 

 

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1     Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
2 becoming law.