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     UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE
             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548

                               FOR RELEASE ON DELIVERY
                               EXPECTED AT 10:00 A.M. EST
                               THURSDAY, APRIL 13, 1978

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             HENRY ESCHWEE, DIRECIOR                    LM091522
    COMMUNITY AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DIVISION

                    BEFORE THE
    SUBCOMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION AND COMMERCE
HOUSE COMMITTEE ON INTERSTATE AND FOREIGN COMMERCE

                        ON

             IMPLEMENTATION OF THE
             NOISE CONTROL ACT OF 1972


MR. CHAIRMAN AND MEMBERS OF THE SUBCOMMITTEE:

    AS REQUESTED BY THIS SUBCOMMIITTEE LAST APRIL WE HAVE MONITORED

OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (EPA) AND THE OTHER FEDERAL

RESPONSIBLE FOR IMPLEMENTING THE NOISE PROGRAM. WE ARE HERE TODAY

INVITATION TO DISCUSS THE PROGRESS THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT HAS MADE

AND CONTROLLING NOISE POLLUTION.


THE ACTIVITIES

AGENCIES

AT YOUP

IN ABATING


     IN RESPONSE TO THE BASIC QUESTION OF WHETHER THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT 'S NOISE

PROGRAM HAS BEEN EFFECTIVE, WE HAVE TO REPORT TO YOU THAT IT REQUIRES SUBSTANTIAL

IMPROVEIMENT. IMPLEMENTATION OF A UNIFIED, NATIONAL EFFORT TO CONTROL NOISE

HAS BEEN SLOW AND, IN SOME CASES, INEFFECTIVE. I DO HASTEN TO ADD THAT SOME

ACTIONS TAKEN HAVE BEEN SIGNIFICANT IN ADDRESSING THE NOISE POLLUTION PROBLEM,

ESPECIALLY WITHIN THE LAST YEAR.

     THESE ACTIONS INCLUDE THE ISSUANCE OF A NATIONAL NOISE STRATEGY, INCRFASED

EMPHASIS ON PROVIDING ASSISTANCE TO STATE AND LOCAL NOISE PROGRAMS, IMPROVED

COORDINATION, AND INITIATION OF A PRODUCT LABELING PROGRAM.


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