Noise Control Act
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The Noise Pollution and Abatement Act of 1972 (or Noise Control Act of 1972, 92-574, 86 Stat. 1234, - ) is a statute of the United States initiating a federal program of regulating noise pollution with the intent of protecting human health and minimizing annoyance of noise to the general public.
[edit] See also
- Aircraft noise, for a treatment of aviation related noise.
- Industrial noise, for a discussion of workplace noise.
- Noise health effects, for a summary of the health and annoyance impacts of noise.
- Noise regulation, for a fuller explication of the history and legacy of this law.
- Roadway noise, for a discussion of the prevalent form of environmental noise.
- Light Pollution
