§4903 Federal programs

Summary

Federal agencies must run the programs they control so they help carry out the national policy on controlling noise. Any federal department or agency that controls property or facilities, or that does activities that cause or might cause noise, must follow this rule. The Administrator must coordinate all federal noise research and control work. Agencies must give the Administrator information when asked. Agencies must talk with the Administrator when making noise rules. If the Administrator thinks a rule does not protect public health and welfare as much as is needed and feasible, the Administrator can ask the agency to review and report. That request can be published publicly and must explain why. The agency must finish the review and report back in the time the Administrator sets, but not in less than 90 days, and the report must be published with the agency’s findings. For the Federal Aviation Administration, 49 U.S.C. 44715 applies instead. The Administrator must also publish regular reports describing each agency’s noise-control programs and how they contribute to the federal effort.