Noise pollution

“ When developing and revising spatial plans and other relevant plans, people's governments at all levels and their relevant departments shall conduct environmental impact assessments in accordance with law, develop overall plans and make reasonable arrangements for land use and construction layout by taking into full account the impact of noise generated by urban and rural development, as well as renovation and construction projects on the nearby living environment, so as to prevent and mitigate noise pollution. ”

“ Enterprises, public institutions, and other business operators and managers that use air conditioners, cooling towers, water pumps, fume purifiers, fans, generators, transformers, boilers, loading and unloading equipment, and other equipment and facilities that may cause neighborhood noise pollution shall take measures such as improving facility layout and centralizing discharge to prevent and abate noise pollution. ”

“ This Law is enacted to prevent and control noise pollution, safeguard public health, protect and improve the living environment, maintain social harmony, advance ecological civilization, and promote sustainable development of the economy and society. ”

“ All entities and individuals are obligated to protect the acoustic environment and meanwhile have such lawful rights as accessing the information on the acoustic environment, and participating in and supervising noise pollution prevention and control. ”

“ When developing the above-mentioned improvement plan and its implementation plan or formulating and revising the relevant standards for noise pollution prevention and control, opinions of relevant industry associations, enterprises, public institutions, experts, and the general public shall be solicited. ”

“ The impact of the destruction of the environment on man's perceptions and aspirations cannot be measured. Yet today citizens are seeking better environments, not only to escape pollution and deterioration but to find their place in the larger community of life. It is clear that few prefer crowding, noise, fumes, and foul water to aesthetically pleasing surroundings. Objections today to offensive sights, odors, and sounds are more widespread than ever. And these mounting objections are an important indicator of what Americans are unwilling to let happen to the world about them. ”

“ Any pride we may have in our surroundings rarely extends beyond our own four walls, or, if we possess them, our garden palings. We suffer our river to become an open sewer, our buildings to be defaced by soot, our streets to be disfigured by huge advertisement hoardings, and our atmosphere to be polluted by smoke.
If the pollution of the river and the air, and the existence of unwholesome courts and uninhabitable dwellings offended the aesthetic sense only, we might wisely leave their disappearance to the improving hand of Time. ”

“ Today I'm announcing new actions we're taking to protect our air, our water, and some of our most precious lands.
One of the simplest but most potent tools in our fight against pollution is public information. By requiring industries to tell communities how much they pollute the air and water, we empower citizens to fight back and create a powerful incentive for industry to pollute less. Remarkably, in the decades since the public's right-to-know about chemical releases became the law of the land, industry's toxic pollution has fallen nearly 50 percent. ”

“ It is possible that air from cesspools and broken drains in the vicinity of a house may, in this same way, contribute to the atmosphere breathed within the walls of the house. Gravelly and sandy soils, therefore, in order to maintain the superiority which they furnish for building construction, should not be polluted, since any pollution in the vicinity influences the quality of air which may get into the house. The method of preventing such ingress is plainly to water-proof the outside walls of the cellar and provide an air-tight floor over the cellar bottom. ”

“ In regions where smokeless fuel is used there practically is no smoke problem, and the pollution of the air is confined almost wholly to wind-blown dust and to local sources of pollution. In localities swept by sea winds, salt derived from wind-whipped spray is usually a factor in the floating dust. ”