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3 <br />•HR 3384 IH <br />velopment of low emission products, coordinating 1 <br />Federal noise reduction programs, assisting State 2 <br />and local abatement efforts, and promoting noise 3 <br />education and research. However, funding for the 4 <br />Office of Noise Abatement and Control was termi-5 <br />nated in 1982 and no funds have been provided 6 <br />since. 7 <br />(6) Because the Environmental Protection 8 <br />Agency remains legally responsible for enforcing reg-9 <br />ulations issued under the Noise Control Act of 1972 10 <br />even though funding for these activities were termi-11 <br />nated, and because the Noise Control Act of 1972 12 <br />prohibits State and local governments from regu-13 <br />lating noise sources in many situations, noise abate-14 <br />ment programs across the country lie dormant. 15 <br />(7) As population growth and air and vehicular 16 <br />traffic continue to increase, noise pollution is likely 17 <br />to become an even greater problem in the future. 18 <br />The health and welfare of our citizens demands that 19 <br />the Environmental Protection Agency, the lead Fed-20 <br />eral agency for the protection of public health and 21 <br />welfare, once again assume a role in combating noise 22 <br />pollution. 23 <br />VerDate Sep 11 2014 05:58 Aug 06, 2015 Jkt 049200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H3384.IH H3384sm <br />a <br />r <br />t <br />i <br />n <br />e <br />z <br /> <br />o <br />n <br /> <br />D <br />S <br />K <br />4 <br />T <br />P <br />T <br />V <br />N <br />1 <br />P <br />R <br />O <br />D <br /> <br />w <br />i <br />t <br />h <br /> <br />B <br />I <br />L <br />L <br />S