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2 Community Noise
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... tions is an important source of community noise, and three works in the Chicago metropolitan area on problems reexamples are given: a noise program at a well-established garding noise levels at O'Hare International Airport. ONCC airport, an example of "growing pains" around a relatively considers and recommends operational programs to reduce new airport, and a situation where a change in policy created aircraft noise impacts, evaluates reports from the Airport problems at relatively low levels of noise.
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From page 12...
... Point near DIA planned to build the first of 3,000 homes The current solution to specific vehicle noise emission about 2.5 miles from the end of a planned runway, making problems on highways is to construct noise barriers -- solid future noise complaints almost inevitable ( Dener Post, obstructions built between a highway and nearby homes.
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From page 13...
... Planning for noise control must start with • construction or repair work planning for the project itself, and mitigation techniques include noise reduction at the source, construction of tem- It is difficult to describe many of these sources in terms porary noise barriers, and restriction of operating hours. The of an environmental noise metric such as day-night average Federal Highway Administration has produced the Con- sound level.
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From page 14...
... management objectives of protecting natural sounds as a Important methods in the new code for controlling urban specific park resource. The NPS maintains a website devoted noise include specification of sound pressure level limits to natural sounds with a link to sources of human sounds at certain distances for sources such as construction equip- (NPS, 2009)
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... cost constraints frequently make it difficult for them to add Thus, wind turbine noise is sometimes audible above the engineering modifications to produce quieter products. background at sound pressure levels that in most cases would For some products, such as automobiles, sound is very be considered to have a minimal effect on people.
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... on Wind Turbine Noise, Lyon, France, September 20–21. NCEJ (Noise Control Engineering Journal)
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... Third International Conference on Wind Turbine Noise, strategy at the Central Artery/Tunnel Project. Noise Control Engineering Aalborg, Denmark, June 17–19.
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