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2021 US Code
Title 49 - Transportation
Subtitle VII - Aviation Programs
Part B - Airport Development and Noise
Chapter 475 - Noise
Subchapter I - Noise Abatement
Sec. 47502 - Noise measurement and exposure systems and identifying land use compatible with noise exposure

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Citation 49 U.S.C. § 47502 (2021)
Section Name §47502. Noise measurement and exposure systems and identifying land use compatible with noise exposure
Section Text

After consultation with the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency and United States Government, State, and interstate agencies that the Secretary of Transportation considers appropriate, the Secretary shall by regulation—

(1) establish a single system of measuring noise that—

(A) has a highly reliable relationship between projected noise exposure and surveyed reactions of individuals to noise; and

(B) is applied uniformly in measuring noise at airports and the surrounding area;


(2) establish a single system for determining the exposure of individuals to noise resulting from airport operations, including noise intensity, duration, frequency, and time of occurrence; and

(3) identify land uses normally compatible with various exposures of individuals to noise.
Source Credit

(Pub. L. 103–272, §1(e), July 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 1284.)
Editorial Notes
Historical and Revision Notes
Revised SectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large)
47502 49 App.:2102. Feb. 18, 1980, Pub. L. 96–193, §102, 94 Stat. 50.

In this section, before clause (1), the words "Not later than the last day of the twelfth month which begins after February 18, 1980" are omitted as obsolete.
Publication Title United States Code, 2018 Edition, Supplement 3, Title 49 - TRANSPORTATION
Category Bills and Statutes
Collection United States Code
SuDoc Class Number Y 1.2/5:
Contained Within Title 49 - TRANSPORTATION
SUBTITLE VII - AVIATION PROGRAMS
PART B - AIRPORT DEVELOPMENT AND NOISE
CHAPTER 475 - NOISE
SUBCHAPTER I - NOISE ABATEMENT
Sec. 47502 - Noise measurement and exposure systems and identifying land use compatible with noise exposure
Contains section 47502
Date 2021
Laws In Effect As Of Date January 3, 2022
Positive Law Yes
Disposition standard
Statutes at Large References 94 Stat. 50
108 Stat. 1284
Public Law References Public Law 96-193, Public Law 103-272
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