Title 49 — TransportationRelease 119-73
§47502 Noise measurement and exposure systems and identifying land use compatible with noise exposure
Title 49 › Subtitle SUBTITLE VII— - AVIATION PROGRAMS › Part PART B— - AIRPORT DEVELOPMENT AND NOISE › Chapter CHAPTER 475— - NOISE › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER I— - NOISE ABATEMENT › § 47502
Summary
After consulting the EPA and other appropriate agencies, the Secretary of Transportation must make rules that create one system linking predicted airport noise to how people react; one standard for measuring individual exposure (loudness, duration, frequency, timing); and identify land uses compatible with different noise levels.
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Title 49, §47502
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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.
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Historical and Revision Notes
Revised SectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 4750249 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.
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49 U.S.C. § 47502
Title 49 — Transportation
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73