---
kind: "section"
citation: "50 C.F.R. § 29.116"
title: "50"
number: "29.116"
heading: "What noise reduction standards must I meet?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/50/29.116"
---

# §29.116. What noise reduction standards must I meet?


You must prevent or minimize all noise that:

- (a) Adversely affects refuge resources or uses, taking into account frequency, magnitude, or duration; or
- (b) Exceeds levels that have been identified through monitoring as being acceptable to or appropriate for uses at the sites being monitored.

## Notes

### Source

Source: 81 FR 79971, Nov. 14, 2016, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 301; 16 U.S.C. 460k, 664, 668dd, 685, 690d, 715i, 725, 3161; 30 U.S.C. 185; 31 U.S.C. 3711, 9701; 40 U.S.C. 319; 43 U.S.C. 315a; 113 Stat. 1501A-140.

### Source

Source: 31 FR 16026, Dec. 15, 1966, unless otherwise noted.