Noise Codes - Is There a Race to the Bottom?

There are rules on the books in most places that limit, for instance, when construction can happen and how loud it can be. The u.S used to have a federal fice of noise abatement and control as part of the e p a. In new york city, between two thousand ten and two thousand fifteen, there were about one point six million noise calls via the three one one complaint line. Only one per cent of the cases where the n y p d confirmed noise resulted in a summons....