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The Dormant Noise Control Act and Options to Abate Noise Pollution

Written by Sidney A. Shapiro
Rounds Professor of Law
University of Kansas
November 1991

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INTRODUCTION

I. NOISE ABATEMENT IN THE UNITED STATES

A. Noise Abatement Prior to the Creation of the Office of Noise Abatement Control

B. Noise Abatement During the Period in which the Office of Noise Abatement Control was Functioning

  1. Regulation of Noise Emissions

  2. Product Labeling

  3. Low-Noise-Emission Products

  4. Coordination of Noise Reduction Activities

  5. Assistance of State and Local Noise Control

  6. Noise Education and Research

C. Noise Abatement After Funding was Cut for the Office of Noise Abatement Control

  1. ONAC's Loss of Funding

  2. Revocation of Pending Standards

  3. Enforcement of Existing Regulations

  4. Update of Existing Regulations

  5. Coordination, Education, and Research

  6. State and Local Regulation

  7. Private Rights of Action

D. The Current Status of Noise Abatement

II. OPTIONS FOR STATE AND LOCAL NOISE ABATEMENT

A. Why State and Local Regulation Declined

  1. Infrastructure Support

  2. Local Disincentives

    Federal Preemption

C. Policy Options

  1. Infrastructure Support

  2. Preemption

III. OPTIONS FOR FEDERAL NOISE ABATEMENT

A. Congressional Options

  1. The Future of the NCA

  2. Location of Regulatory Activities

B. EPA's Options

1. Risk Assessment and Management

a. Market Forces

b. State and Local Regulation

c. EPA Discretion

d. Decision-Making Procedures

2. Coordination and Oversight Functions

IV. CONCLUSION


This page is the Index of the Noise Control Act portion of Section Five:
which is a component of the Politics of Noise and the Activist sections of barkingdogs.net