U.S. flag An official website of the United States government.
Official websites use .gov

A .gov website belongs to an official government organization in the United States.

Secure .gov websites use HTTPS

A lock ( ) or https:// means you've safely connected to the .gov website. Share sensitive information only on official, secure websites.

i

Review of Sixty U.S. Environmental Community Noise Ordinances

Supporting Files
File Language:
English


Details

  • Journal Article:
    The Hearing Journal
  • Personal Author:
  • Description:
    The Noise Control Act of 1972 directed the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to protect the health and welfare of Americans from unregulated noise and formed the EPA Office of Noise Abatement and Control (ONAC). In 1974, ONAC recommended an equivalent sound exposure level of 70 decibels over 24 hours to protect the public from hearing loss. At that time, ONAC also recommended levels regarding interference or annoyance of 55 and 45 decibels for outside and inside activities, respectively. In 1982, ONAC was defunded, transferring the primary responsibility of regulating noise to state and local governments. An analysis of 491 U.S. noise ordinances in 2016 revealed most communities used multiple standards to regulate noise exposure, including nuisance, zoning, audibility decibel levels, time of day, and distance.

    Supplemental files are included below.

  • Subjects:
  • Source:
    Hear J. 74(7):38-40
  • DOI:
  • ISSN:
    2333-6218
  • Publisher:
    Lippincott
  • Pubmed ID:
    35929011
  • Pubmed Central ID:
    PMC9347828
  • Document Type:
  • Funding:
    CC999999/ImCDC/Intramural CDC HHSUnited States/
  • Genre:
    Journal Article
  • Pages in Document:
    6 pdf pages
  • Volume:
    74
  • Issue:
    7
  • Collection(s):
  • Main Document Checksum:
    urn:sha-512:6564648aefcbb63f1f37e912334a28c4cc0b37ebc9051cac9f15367022f9f67c2daacb478f4a2a6dc031af98637a85c82987add3815cc42284fc7647d432470c
  • Download URL:
  • File Type:
    Filetype[PDF - 477.60 KB ]
PREVIOUS
File Language:
English
ON THIS PAGE
Details Supporting Files
CDC STACKS serves as an archival repository of CDC-published products including scientific findings, journal articles, guidelines, recommendations, or other public health information authored or co-authored by CDC or funded partners.

As a repository, CDC STACKS retains documents in their original published format to ensure public access to scientific information.
BACK TO TOP