Noise regulation includes statutes or guidelines relating to sound transmission established by national, state or provincial and municipal levels of government. The United States has generally led in noise pollution regulatory matters, but its record has been uneven at best. After a watershed passage of the U.S. Noise Control Act of 1972 Public Law No. 92-574, 86 Stat. 1234 (1972)Noise Pollution and Abatement Act of 1972, codification amended at 42 U.S.C. 4901-4918 (1988), the program was abandoned at the federal level in 1981, but left a legacy of noise control at the local and state level. This outcome is a good example of federal deregulation at the proper point in time. Since the greatest dosage of harmful sound is generated from transportation sources, those effects are emphasized here. European countries are following the U.S., but lag significantly as of 2006. Although the UK and Japan enacted national laws in 1960 and 1967 respectively, these laws were not at all comprehensive or fully enforceable as to address (a) generally rising ambient noise (b) enforceable numerical source limits on aircraft and motor vehicles or {c) comprehensive directives to local government.
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