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U.S. Code as of:
01/19/04
Section 4903. Federal programs
(a) Furtherance of Congressional policy
The Congress authorizes and directs that Federal agencies shall,
to the fullest extent consistent with their authority under Federal
laws administered by them, carry out the programs within their
control in such a manner as to further the policy declared in
section 4901(b) of this title.
(b) Presidential authority to exempt activities or facilities from
compliance requirements
Each department, agency, or instrumentality of the executive,
legislative, and judicial branches of the Federal Government -
(1) having jurisdiction over any property or facility, or
(2) engaged in any activity resulting, or which may result, in
the emission of noise,
shall comply with Federal, State, interstate, and local
requirements respecting control and abatement of environmental
noise to the same extent that any person is subject to such
requirements. The President may exempt any single activity or
facility, including noise emission sources or classes thereof, of
any department, agency, or instrumentality in the executive branch
from compliance with any such requirement if he determines it to be
in the paramount interest of the United States to do so; except
that no exemption, other than for those products referred to in
section 4902(3)(B) of this title, may be granted from the
requirements of sections 4905, 4916, and 4917 of this title. No
such exemption shall be granted due to lack of appropriation unless
the President shall have specifically requested such appropriation
as a part of the budgetary process and the Congress shall have
failed to make available such requested appropriation. Any
exemption shall be for a period not in excess of one year, but
additional exemptions may be granted for periods of not to exceed
one year upon the President's making a new determination. The
President shall report each January to the Congress all exemptions
from the requirements of this section granted during the preceding
calendar year, together with his reason for granting such
exemption.
(c) Coordination of programs of Federal agencies; standards and
regulations; status reports
(1) The Administrator shall coordinate the programs of all
Federal agencies relating to noise research and noise control. Each
Federal agency shall, upon request, furnish to the Administrator
such information as he may reasonably require to determine the
nature, scope, and results of the noise-research and noise-control
programs of the agency.
(2) Each Federal agency shall consult with the Administrator in
prescribing standards or regulations respecting noise. If at any
time the Administrator has reason to believe that a standard or
regulation, or any proposed standard or regulation, of any Federal
agency respecting noise does not protect the public health and
welfare to the extent he believes to be required and feasible, he
may request such agency to review and report to him on the
advisability of revising such standard or regulation to provide
such protection. Any such request may be published in the Federal
Register and shall be accompanied by a detailed statement of the
information on which it is based. Such agency shall complete the
requested review and report to the Administrator within such time
as the Administrator specifies in the request, but such time
specified may not be less than ninety days from the date the
request was made. The report shall be published in the Federal
Register and shall be accompanied by a detailed statement of the
findings and conclusions of the agency respecting the revision of
its standard or regulation. With respect to the Federal Aviation
Administration, section 44715 of title 49 shall apply in lieu of
this paragraph.
(3) On the basis of regular consultation with appropriate Federal
agencies, the Administrator shall compile and publish, from time to
time, a report on the status and progress of Federal activities
relating to noise research and noise control. This report shall
describe the noise-control programs of each Federal agency and
assess the contributions of those programs to the Federal
Government's overall efforts to control noise.
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