A Critique of “Relative” Community Noise Standards

This paper describes how the United States has no nationwide community noise standard, and an increasing number of states, counties, and municipalities are taking it upon themselves to create a quantitative standard. While most of these communities and organizations use a “not-to-exceed” standard, some use a standard relative to some background level. This paper evaluates the drawbacks of this standard and the paper presents an analysis of the practical nature of the standard for many outdoor industries and activities.

• Corporate Authors:

  Institute of Noise Control Engineering

  Iowa State University, 210 Marston Hall
  Ames, IA  United States  50011-2153

  Transportation Research Board

  500 Fifth Street, NW
  Washington, DC  United States  20001
• Authors:
  • Kaliski, Kenneth
  • Collier, Robert
• Conference:
  • Noise-Con 04. The 2004 National Conference on Noise Control Engineering
  • Location: Baltimore Maryland, United States
  • Date: 2004-7-12 to 2004-7-14
• Publication Date: 2004

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: CD-ROM
• Features: Figures; Maps; References;
• Pagination: pp 125-130
• Monograph Title: Noise-Con 04. The 2004 National Conference on Noise Control Engineering

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Acoustics; Community action programs; Damping (Engineering); Environmental impacts; Noise; Noise control; Noise sources; Ordinances; Sound absorption; Sound transmission
• Subject Areas: Energy; Environment; Highways; Law; Society; I15: Environment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01053768
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS, TRB
• Created Date: Jul 20 2007 9:55AM