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11 Summary Findings and Recommendations
11 Summary Findings and Recommendations
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community noise metrics that more accurately reflect human responses to noise. IMPROVE ENVIRONMENTAL NOISE METRICS Recommendation 3-2: R elevant agencies of the fed The committee studied the applications and limitations eral government (e.g., agencies of the U.S.
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for measuring noise emissions; and case histories of noise levels measured in in situ environments. PROMOTE THE uSE OF ENgINEERINg CONTROLS TO Recommendation 4-6: Government agencies should be REDuCE HAZARDOuS NOISE instructed by a presidential directive or in congressional The original 1971 Occupational Safety and Health Ad- report language to show leadership in promoting "buy quiet" ministration noise regulation for general industry, 29 CFR activities by developing and implementing programs for 1910.95, accorded "engineering controls" (i.e., reducing the purchase of low-noise products, as required by 42 USC the noise exposure of workers by reducing the noise of the 65, Section 4914.
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Recommendation 5-2: The Federal Aviation Administra Aircraft noise control technology is much more advanced tion should continue to fund the development of novel opthan technologies for addressing other noise sources, and erational and air traffic management procedures to minimize the funds expended to reduce the noise of airplanes them noise and should work with NASA and industry to make selves as well as mitigation measures around airports is far intelligent trade-offs between competing noise mitigation greater than for other noise sources. Road traffic noise has and chemical pollution goals.
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technical standards committees have superseded many American- experts on standards bodies that develop international stanbased standards committees and organizations that U.S. dards for determining product noise emissions.
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The efforts of well as state and local governments the Federal Aviation Administration to develop a cost-benefit • assisting American industry in lowering noise levels approach to analyze noise around airports could help in the in the U.S. workplace and developing industrial and development of a similar project to analyze options for re- consumer products with noise emissions that are comducing highway noise.
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Agency should take the following actions under the authority Recommendation 9-1: Academic institutions should offer of 42 USC 65, Section 4913, to improve public information an undergraduate course in noise control engineering, broad- and education on the effects of noise and the most effective en the scope of the engineering curriculum, and increase the means of controlling noise: pool of engineering graduates who are equipped to design for low-noise emissions. The course could be offered as an • Conduct a survey of all activities by federal agencies elective in a bachelor's degree program or as part of a minor related to noise, and publish URLs that provide infor(e.g., in acoustics or interdisciplinary studies)
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