ROBERT L. EHRLICH, JR., Governor                             Ch. 281

(iii) The Department of Natural Resources;
(iv) The Department of Planning; [and]

(V)     THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND MENTAL HYGIENE;

(VI)    THE DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS AND ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT;

(VII)      THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR, LICENSING, AND REGULATION;
AND

[(v)] (VIII) Any other principal department that develops, adopts,
or enforces any noise control rule or regulation.

(b) The member who is appointed by the Secretary of the Environment is
chairman of the Committee.

3-401.

(c) (1) In adopting sound level limits and noise control rules and
regulations, the Department shall consider, among other things:

(i) The residential, commercial, or industrial nature of the area
affected;

(ii) Zoning;

(iii) The nature and source of various kinds of noise;

(iv) The degree of noise reduction that may be attained and
maintained using the best available technology;

(v) Accepted scientific and professional methods for measurement
of sound levels; and

(vi) The cost of compliance with the sound level limits.

(2) The sound level limits adopted under this subsection shall be
consistent with the environmental noise standards adopted by the Department.

(3)     The sound level limits and noise control rules and regulations
adopted under this subsection may not prohibit trapshooting or other target shooting
on any range or other property in Frederick County that the Frederick County
Department of Planning and Zoning has approved as a place for those sporting
events.

(4)     [The sound level limits and noise control rules and regulations
adopted under this subsection shall be as follows for residential heat pumps and air
conditioning units:

(i) Residential heat pumps 75dba.

(ii) Residential air conditioning units                                                  70dba.

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