ROBERT L. EHRLICH, JR., Governor

H.B. 215

(b) In adopting environmental noise standards, the Department shall
consider:

(1)     Information published by the Administrator of the United States
Environmental Protection Agency on the levels of environmental noise that must be
attained and maintained in defined areas under various conditions to protect public
health and welfare with an adequate margin of safety; and

(2)     Scientific information about the volume, frequency, duration, and
other characteristics of noise that may harm public health, safety, or general welfare,
including:

(i) Temporary or permanent hearing loss;

(ii) Interference with sleep, speech communication, work, or other

human activities

(iii)   Adverse physiological responses;

(iv)    Psychological distress;

(v)     Harm to animal life;

(vi)    Devaluation of or damage to property; and

(vii)   Unreasonable interference with the enjoyment of life or

property.

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

affected;

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

(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.

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