42 U.S.C. § 4904 : US Code - Section 4904: Identification of major noise sources

Search 42 U.S.C. § 4904 : US Code - Section 4904: Identification of major noise sources

(a) Development and publication of criteria
(1) The Administrator shall, after consultation with appropriate
Federal agencies and within nine months of October 27, 1972,
develop and publish criteria with respect to noise. Such criteria
shall reflect the scientific knowledge most useful in indicating
the kind and extent of all identifiable effects on the public
health or welfare which may be expected from differing quantities
and qualities of noise.
(2) The Administrator shall, after consultation with appropriate
Federal agencies and within twelve months of October 27, 1972,
publish information on the levels of environmental noise the
attainment and maintenance of which in defined areas under various
conditions are requisite to protect the public health and welfare
with an adequate margin of safety.
(b) Compilation and publication of reports on noise sources and
control technology
The Administrator shall, after consultation with appropriate
Federal agencies, compile and publish a report or series of reports
(1) identifying products (or classes of products) which in his
judgment are major sources of noise, and (2) giving information on
techniques for control of noise from such products, including
available data on the technology, costs, and alternative methods of
noise control. The first such report shall be published not later
than eighteen months after October 27, 1972.
(c) Supplemental criteria and reports
The Administrator shall from time to time review and, as
appropriate, revise or supplement any criteria or reports published
under this section.
(d) Publication in Federal Register
Any report (or revision thereof) under subsection (b)(1) of this
section identifying major noise sources shall be published in the
Federal Register. The publication or revision under this section of
any criteria or information on control techniques shall be
announced in the Federal Register, and copies shall be made
available to the general public.