Narrative:

I was at an uninvolved sector; but have observed far too often the south area (boiler sector 46) and the east area (joliet sector 83) continually give the southeast area sbn arrivals too high and not in compliance with the facility standard operating procedure (SOP) which says that arrivals shall be at or below 24;000 feet 80 miles from their arrival airport. In this case; aircraft X east-northeast-bound from sector 46 through the southeastern tip of sector 83 (perhaps on a point out) descending from 28;000 feet at 80 miles from sbn. I measured again later and the plane was at 24;000 feet 60 miles out.O'hare was landing west and the receiving sector 35 had moderate O'hare arrival traffic descending northwest-bound somewhat head-on with the sbn inbound. Bearz also had conflicting westbound traffic going to mdw. It is a far too regular occurrence that surrounding sectors don't abide by the 80 miles at 24;000 feet facility SOP which leaves bearz having to expedite the sbn aircraft down; vector the aircraft north or south; and/or halt the smooth descent of ord/mdw traffic.it is unacceptable. I had a situation the day before with a plane descending from 32;000 feet 65 miles from sbn and I was the receiving controller. I printed the strip and believe it's at home and intend to atsap that too!recommend an SOP restriction be added to the southeast/east and the southeast/south area sops. The restriction could be something like 'sbn inbound traffic shall be at FL190 by the kokomo 32/peotone 44 sector boundary; routed oxi..ksbn; with kokomo 32 and/or bearz 35 (when combined) control for turns'.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A ZAU Center Controller reported he repeatedly receives aircraft from an adjacent control area that are not in compliance with facility Standard Operating Procedures.

Narrative: I was at an uninvolved sector; but have observed far too often the South Area (Boiler sector 46) and the East Area (Joliet sector 83) continually give the Southeast Area SBN arrivals too high and not in compliance with the facility Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) which says that arrivals shall be at or below 24;000 feet 80 miles from their arrival airport. In this case; aircraft X east-northeast-bound from Sector 46 through the southeastern tip of Sector 83 (perhaps on a point out) descending from 28;000 feet at 80 miles from SBN. I measured again later and the plane was at 24;000 feet 60 miles out.O'Hare was landing west and the receiving Sector 35 had moderate O'Hare arrival traffic descending northwest-bound somewhat head-on with the SBN inbound. Bearz also had conflicting westbound traffic going to MDW. It is a far too regular occurrence that surrounding sectors don't abide by the 80 miles at 24;000 feet facility SOP which leaves Bearz having to expedite the SBN aircraft down; vector the aircraft north or south; and/or halt the smooth descent of ORD/MDW traffic.It is unacceptable. I had a situation the day before with a plane descending from 32;000 feet 65 miles from SBN and I was the receiving controller. I printed the strip and believe it's at home and intend to ATSAP that too!Recommend an SOP restriction be added to the southeast/east and the southeast/south area SOPs. The restriction could be something like 'SBN inbound traffic shall be at FL190 by the Kokomo 32/Peotone 44 sector boundary; routed OXI..KSBN; with Kokomo 32 and/or Bearz 35 (when combined) control for turns'.

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