HB5741 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

LRB095 15067 DRH 41027 b

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

AN ACT concerning transportation.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

Section 5. The Permanent Noise Monitoring Act is amended by changing Sections 5, 10, and 15 as follows:

(620 ILCS 35/5) (from Ch. 15 1/2, par. 755)

Sec. 5. Definitions. As used in this Act:

(a) "Airport" means an airport, as defined in Section 6 of the Illinois Aeronautics Act, that has more than 500,000 aircraft operations (take-offs and landings) per year.

(a-1) "Airport sponsor" means any municipality, as defined in Section 20 of the Illinois Aeronautics Act, that can own and operate an airport.

(b) "Permanent noise monitoring system" or "system" means a system that includes at least:

(1) automated noise monitors capable of recording noise levels 24 hours per day 365 days per year; and

(2) computer equipment sufficient to process the data from each noise monitor so that permanent noise monitoring reports in accordance with Section 15 of this Act can be generated.

(c) "Division" means the Division of Aeronautics of the Illinois Department of Transportation.

(d) "Ldn" means day-night average sound level. "Day-night average sound level" has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 150.7 of Part 150 of Title 14 of the Code of Federal Regulations.

(Source: P.A. 87-808.)

(620 ILCS 35/10) (from Ch. 15 1/2, par. 760)

Sec. 10. Establishment of permanent noise monitoring systems. No later than December 31, 2008 1992, each airport shall have an operable permanent noise monitoring system. The system shall be designed, constructed, and operated by the airport sponsor Division. The airport sponsor shall be responsible for the construction or the design and construction of any system not constructed or designed and constructed as of the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 95th General Assembly. The cost of the systems and of the permanent noise monitoring reports under Section 15 of this Act shall be borne by the airport sponsor State of Illinois.

(Source: P.A. 87-808.)

(620 ILCS 35/15) (from Ch. 15 1/2, par. 765)

Sec. 15. Permanent noise monitoring reports. Beginning in 1993 and through 2008, the Division shall, on June 30th and December 31st of each year, prepare a permanent noise monitoring report and make the report available to the public. Beginning in 2009, the airport sponsor shall, on June 30th and December 31st of each year, prepare a permanent noise monitoring report and make the report available to the public. Copies of the report shall be submitted to: the Office of the Governor; the Office of the President of the Senate; the Office of the Senate Minority Leader; the Office of the Speaker of the House; the Office of the House Minority Leader; the United States Environmental Protection Agency, Region V; and the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency. Beginning in 2009, a copy of the report shall also be submitted to the division. The permanent noise monitoring report shall contain all of the following:

(a) Copies of the actual data collected by each permanent noise monitor in the system.

(b) A summary of the data collected by each permanent noise monitor in the system, showing the data organized by:

(1) day of the week;

(2) time of day;

(3) week of the year;

(4) type of aircraft; and

(5) the single highest noise event recorded at each monitor.

(c) Noise contour maps showing the 65 Ldn, 70 Ldn and 75 Ldn zones around the airport.

(d) Noise contour maps showing the 65 decibel (dBA), 70 dBA, and 75 dBA zones around the airport for:

(1) 7:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m.;

(2) 10:00 p.m. to 7:00 a.m.; and

(3) types of aircraft.

(e) The noise contour maps produced under subsections (c) and (d) shall also indicate:

(1) residential areas (single and multi-family);

(2) schools;

(3) hospitals and nursing homes;

(4) recreational areas, including but not limited to parks and forest preserves;

(5) commercial areas;

(6) industrial areas;

(7) the boundary of the airport;

(8) the number of residences (single and multi-family) within each contour;

(9) the number of residents within each contour;

(10) the number of schools within each contour; and

(11) the number of school students within each contour.

(f) Through 2008, a A certification by the Division that the system was in proper working order during the period or, if it was not, a specific description of any and all problems with the System during the period.

(g) Beginning in 2009, a certification by the airport sponsor that the system was in proper working order during the period or, if it was not, a specific description of any and all problems with the system during the period.

(Source: P.A. 87-808.)

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