Noise Control Act

GPTKB entity

Statements (49)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:United_States_federal_law
gptkbp:administeredBy gptkb:Environmental_Protection_Agency
gptkbp:amendedBy gptkb:Quiet_Communities_Act_of_1978
gptkbp:appliesTo gptkb:aircraft
gptkb:railway_line
gptkb:transportation
gptkb:industrial_equipment
buses
motor vehicles
motorcycles
industrial plants
snowmobiles
recreational vehicles
interstate commerce
garbage trucks
community noise
construction site equipment
medium and heavy trucks
portable air compressors
power lawn mowers
gptkbp:approvedBy public education on noise pollution
research on noise pollution
setting of noise emission standards for products
gptkbp:codifiedIn gptkb:42_U.S.C._§4901_et_seq.
gptkbp:dateEnacted 1972
gptkbp:enactedBy gptkb:United_States_Congress
gptkbp:enforcedBy gptkb:Environmental_Protection_Agency
state and local governments
gptkbp:focusesOn coordination of federal noise control activities
federal noise research
noise emission standards
public information on noise
gptkbp:penalty criminal penalties
civil penalties
gptkbp:prohibits manufacture of products exceeding noise emission standards
gptkbp:providesFor citizen suits
federal preemption of state standards in some cases
gptkbp:publicLawNumber gptkb:Public_Law_92-574
gptkbp:purpose regulate noise pollution
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Environmental_Protection_Agency
gptkb:Clean_Air_Act
gptkbp:section gptkb:Title_IV,_Noise_Pollution
gptkbp:shortName gptkb:Noise_Control_Act_of_1972
gptkbp:signedBy gptkb:Richard_Nixon
gptkbp:status partially in force
gptkbp:website https://www.epa.gov/noise-pollution/noise-control-act-1972
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:United_States_federal_environmental_legislation
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Noise Control Act