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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@ShashiTharoor couldn't agree more. Isn't there law banning excessve noise, religious or otherwise? If not, y don't u introduce it ?
christinedelhi (Christine Pemberton) Sun, 03 Jan 2010 02:38:11 -0000
@ShashiTharoor couldn't agree more. Isn't there law banning excessve noise, religious or otherwise? If not, y don't u introduce it ?
@ShashiTharoor Looks like the common man isn't the only victim of such things. Isn't there a law against loud noise after 10pm& before dawn?
girishsj (Girish Jayaraman) Sun, 03 Jan 2010 02:09:30 -0000
@ShashiTharoor Looks like the common man isn't the only victim of such things. Isn't there a law against loud noise after 10pm& before dawn?
Good gun show in Cobb County this morning, now running up to the farm to make some noise with the father in law.FYI local range delayed 2wks
cantonman024 (CANTON MAN) Sat, 02 Jan 2010 18:46:41 -0000
Good gun show in Cobb County this morning, now running up to the farm to make some noise with the father in law.FYI local range delayed 2wks
That networking company should've just booked a ballroom. They really should've. (do we have an anti-noise pollution law or ordinace?)
ramonchito (Ramon Nocon) Sat, 02 Jan 2010 14:55:27 -0000
That networking company should've just booked a ballroom. They really should've. (do we have an anti-noise pollution law or ordinace?)
SY's brother says that his sis-in-law @moonstarlady makes a lot of noise! True? #RachSY (RachSY live › http://ustre.am/7QO3)
rachelseryoung (magnetism) Sat, 02 Jan 2010 13:24:21 -0000
SY's brother says that his sis-in-law @moonstarlady makes a lot of noise! True? #RachSY (RachSY live › http://ustre.am/7QO3)
Watching Law and Order SVU and I can't hear cause my dad keeps making noise. D:
ispystephanie (Stephanie Gonzalez) Fri, 01 Jan 2010 21:53:25 -0000
Watching Law and Order SVU and I can't hear cause my dad keeps making noise. D:

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