Section 1 Short title
This Act may be cited as the “Noise Oversight and Information for Safe Environments Act”.
Noise Oversight and Information for Safe Environments Act
A BILL
To amend the Noise Control Act of 1972 to establish a deadline for revising or supplementing noise criteria.
Sec. 2 Revision or supplementation of criteria related to noise
Section 5 of the Noise Control Act of 1972 (42 U.S.C. 4904) is amended—
in subsection (c), by striking “criteria or”;
by redesignating subsection (d) as subsection (e); and
by inserting after subsection (c) the following:
“(d) Review, revision, and supplementation of criteria—Not later than the date that is 2 years after the date of enactment of the Noise Oversight and Information for Safe Environments Act, and not less frequently than once every 10 years thereafter, the Administrator shall review the criteria published or revised under this section to determine whether it is necessary to revise or supplement such criteria. If the Administrator determines it is necessary to revise or supplement such criteria, the Administrator shall make such revision or supplementation in accordance with subsection (d).”