DEP Environmental Protection Forms Folder 1175, 1996-2001

NYC 9/11 Public Portal Document

CHAPTER 2—NOISE CONTROL § 24-238

TABLE II

Effective date Allowable sound level December 31, 1972 90 db(A) June 30, 1974 85 db(A)

(c) No person shall sell, offer for sale for use within the city of New York, or operate or permit to be operated an air compressor manufactured on or after the effective dates set out in Table III which when operated produces a maximum sound level, when measured at a distance of one meter from the nearest major surface of such air compressor, exceeding the applicable allowable sound level set out therein.

TABLE III

Effective date Allowable sound level December 31, 1972 85 dB(A) June 30, 1974 80 dB(A) for sizes 350 cfm or less 85dB(A) for sizes greater than 350 cfm December 31, 1981 75 dB(A) for sizes 350 cfm or less 80 dB(AI for sizes greater than 350 cfm

(d) Except for work actually being done on a sidewalk or crosswalk, no person shall operate or permit to be operated an air compressor so as to generate noise levels in excess of 75dB(A) at nearby sidewalks, pedestrian crossings or dwellings, on and after January first, nineteen hundred sev- enty-nine but this limitation shall not apply where more than one lane of traffic would be necessary to implement same_

§ 24.237 Circulation devices. No person shall operate or permit to be operated a circulation device in such a manner as to create a sound level in excess of 45 dB(A) when measured inside the dwelling unit affected in a line with the window nearest the exterior face of such circulation device. The measurement shall be taken with the window fully open at a point three feet from the open portion of the window.

§ 24-238 Refuse compacting vehicles. (a) No person shall sell, offer for sale, operate or permit to be operated a refuse compacting vehicle manufac- tured after the effective dates set out in table IIIA, which when compacting produces a maximum sound level, when measured by a sound level set for slow response at a distance of ten feet from the center line of meter of the compacting unit, exceeding the applicable sound level set the face out therein. 6213 NYC 8-31-87 NYC-WTC_000138223