Noise Oversight and Information for Safe Environments Act
Summary
What This Bill Does
The Noise Oversight and Information for Safe Environments Act updates the Noise Control Act’s process for federal noise criteria. It requires the EPA Administrator to review published or revised noise criteria within two years after enactment and at least once every ten years after that. During each review, EPA must determine whether the criteria need revision or supplementation. If EPA decides updates are necessary, the Administrator must revise or supplement the criteria under the Act’s criteria-setting process. The bill therefore creates a recurring review clock for federal noise science and guidance rather than letting criteria remain static indefinitely.
Who Benefits and How
Communities exposed to transportation, industrial, construction, or other environmental noise benefit if EPA criteria are reviewed against current science. Public-health researchers and environmental-health advocates benefit from a required federal process for updating noise information. State and local noise programs benefit from more current federal criteria when setting or evaluating local protections. Workers and residents near noisy facilities may benefit if updated criteria improve risk assessment and mitigation.
Who Bears the Burden and How
EPA noise program staff must complete the first review within two years, repeat reviews at least every ten years, document whether revisions are needed, and carry out revisions or supplements when necessary. Agencies, facility operators, transportation operators, and local governments may need to account for updated federal noise criteria in planning, environmental review, or mitigation decisions. Federal taxpayers fund the recurring scientific review and any criteria-update process.
Key Provisions
- Requires EPA to review Noise Control Act criteria within two years after enactment.
- Requires EPA to repeat the review at least once every ten years.
- Requires EPA to determine whether noise criteria need revision or supplementation.
- Requires EPA to revise or supplement the criteria when the Administrator determines updates are necessary.
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
Requires EPA to review Noise Control Act noise criteria within two years and at least every ten years after that, and to revise or supplement the criteria when EPA determines updates are necessary.
Key Policy Areas
Environment, Public Health, EPA
Primary Purpose
Requires EPA to review Noise Control Act noise criteria within two years and at least every ten years after that, and to revise or supplement the criteria when EPA determines updates are necessary.
Policy Domains
Substantive provisions
Identified Gains
- Communities exposed to environmental noise
- Public-health researchers
- Environmental-health advocates
- State noise programs
- Local noise programs
- Workers near noisy facilities
- Residents near noisy facilities
Identified Costs
- EPA noise program staff
- Transportation operators
- Industrial facility operators
- Construction operators
- Local governments
- Federal taxpayers
Legislative Progress
In CommitteeMr. Menendez introduced the following bill; which was referred to …
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Introduced in House
Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
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