Environmental Standards for Noise RegulationsEnvironmentalStandards for Noise RegulationsTHE ENVIRONMENTPROTECTION ACT 1991Regulations made by theMinister under sections 36 and 74 of the Environment Protection Act 19911. These regulations may be citedas the Environment Protection (Environmental Standards for Noise) Regulations1997.2. In theseregulations - "dB(A) Leq"means the equivalent A-weighted sound pressure level measured in decibel; “factory” hasthe same meaning as in section 71 of the Occupational Safety, Health andWelfare Act 1988; “industrial noise”means noise generated by a factory; “neighbourhoodnoise” means any noise other than - (a) industrialnoise; or (b) noise made byan aircraft, an animal or traffic. 3.Theenvironmental noise standards shall be the standards specified in the Schedule.4. Regulation 3 shall not, for a periodof 2 years as from the commencement of these regulations, apply to industrial noise if the activity generating such noise hasalready start...