EPA would have to get back into the noise regulation business after a four-decade hiatus under a newly reintroduced bipartisan bill by New York Democratic Rep. Grace Meng.
H.R. 5151 would reestablish EPA’s Office of Noise Control and Abatement. Among its 17 co-sponsors is Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick (R-Pa.), who often sides with Democrats on environmental concerns.
The noise office has effectively been defunct since the early 1980s when the Reagan administration and Congress agreed to end funding.
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Meng’s district sprawls across the New York City borough of Queens, home to LaGuardia Airport and John F. Kennedy International Airport.
