Noise Control Act

GPTKB entity

Statements (50)
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
buses
industrial equipment
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
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Noise Control Act
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
gptkb:Environmental_Enforcement_Section
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6