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Section 244.102 Responsibility of the Agency The Olrector of the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (Olrector) or Ms Obsignated representative has sole authority for the declaration of episode stages under these rules. - The Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (Agency)'has primary responsibility for the conduct of air pollution episode operations Including but not limited to air contaminant monitoring; source surveillance and'enforcement activities during air pollution episodes which affect any portion of the State of Illinois. The Agency shall notify any local agency assigned a significant episode control role in the Illinois Air Pollution Implementation Plan prior to the Initiation, alteration or termination of any episode stage or control strategy in the jurisdictional area of any such local agency. Section 244.103 Determination of Required Actions To the maximum degree practicable! emission control actions taken pursuant to these rules shall be consistent-with the extent of any air pollution alert or emergency. a) When the existence.of anyepisode stage Is caused by one or more specific emission sources, the Agency shall require emission control action steps applicable only to such source or sources to be taken.j b) When the existence, of any episode Stage Is caused by one or more specific air contaminants; action shall-be taken ,to reduce the concentration of such contaminant or contaminants. C) When motor vehicle emission control actions are required, the Agency shall promptly declare the applicable episode stage and phase actions so as to allow reasonable notice and preparation for effective-vehicle control actions. Section 244.104 Determination of Atmospheric Conditions Mien determining expected.atmospheric conditions, the Agency shall consider all available meteorological information. Including but not limited to official National Weather Service observations, analyses, forecasts and advisories, as well as meteorological data and reports from other sources! Atmospheric \ conditions shall Include but not be limited to stagnation areas, weather fronts..pressure systems, inversions, precipitation and wlnd patterns and variations In solar insolation, temperature and atmospheric stability. > Section 244,105 Determination of Expected Contaminant Emissions When determining expected contaminant emissions, the Agency shall consider all available emission Information including but-not limited to ' emission inventories, for .stationary sources, pertinent emissions stannaries, motor vehicle -traffic patterns, and known or estimated seasonal, daily or hourly variations In emission -rates or traffic patterns. Section 244.106 Monitoring a) Monitoring stations used to determine advisory,.watch, alert or emergency levels shall* be .located, according to Federal guidelines for establtshraent of air. quality surveillance networks and shall use measurement methods or equivalent methods as officially, authorized by. the United States -. Environmental Protection AgencylVSEPA). b) Whenever any monitoring station registers air ; contaminant concentrations.. In excess of watch - or alert levels. - proper, operat-loo-afthe__ . sampling equipment.at such stations shall be . verified by. the Agency or local agency . cooperating with the-Agency before the concentrations are used., to`declare any . advisory, watch, alert or emergency, stage.- Section 244.107 ' Determination of Areas Affected... - r I .. a) An advisory dr watch shall be declared for 1 the entire- lUtaols- portion ef any Air.. ... ' Quality Control Region If any part of such - region meets the advisory or watch-criteria. Mien atmospheric conditions and contaminant remissions In a region are.such as to.cause -- - the advisory or watch criteria to be met In another region, an advisory or watch shall be declared for bothereg 16ns. :* J . ; . ; . b) .An alert or emergency shall be declared for . .only thpse .portions of,an advisory pr watch .area which meet the applicable criteria of Subpart'. D or cause such criteria to be-diet elsewherev- ~ When such cr 1ter-iohave-been met, sectors of the advisory, or-watch area'- requiring alert or emergency actions shall be defined depend,ing upon expected atmospheric conditions, contaminant emissions and ." . dispersion analyses. Alerts or emergencies shall thenbe deciared for one or more of these sectors.' Section 244.108 Failure ;to Comply with Episode Requirements Failure to comply with an-approved-episode action plan, required actions listed in Appendix 0 or. the reasonable,orders of the Director or his designated representative during any alert or emergency* shall exposoanyperson-totfae. penalty provisions!of the Environmental Protection Act (111. Rev., stat. 1981. ch. Ill 1/2. pars. 1001 et seq.j (Act). In all cases, the reasonable orders of- the Olrector or his designated repreyerTtatTve;sh-z71''take-preeedenee^ over.,episode action plans or required actions listed In Appendix 0 provided, however, that such iorders shall not exceed that which is authorized by this Part or by the Act. - 182 -