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Title 29 - Labor, Code of Federal Regulations, Chapter XVII <br />(Occupational Safety and Health Administration, Department of <br />Labor). Part 1910 (Occupational Safety and Health Standards). <br />Subpart G (Occupational Health and Environmental Control). Section <br />1910.95 (Occupational Noise Exposure) June 27, 1974. <br />2801.030. MOTOR VEHICLE NOISE LIMITS. The Minnesota <br />Pollution Control Agency, Noise Pollution Control Section, NPC-4, <br />Motor Vehicle Noise Limits, are hereby adopted by reference and <br />incorporated herein. <br />2801.040. NOISE SOURCE REQUIREMENTS. <br />(A) A noise source (excluding motor vehicles operating on <br />public highways, locomotives and railroad cars, snowmobiles, <br />construction equipment at construction sites, maintenance of <br />utility easements, and snow plowing) within the following zoning <br />districts (as defined in this Code), shall not exceed the L10 noise <br />levels set forth below. <br />1. Industrial Zoning Districts (which may include but are <br />not necessarily limited to foundries, plastics extrusion, <br />heavy-equipment repair, metal treating, cement handling, <br />concrete products, excavation processes, junk-car <br />disposal, or any other manufacturing concern) -- 70 dBA <br />as measured on the property line of the source. <br />2. Business, Commercial Zoning Districts (which may include <br />but are not necessarily limited to service stations, <br />motels, restaurants, blue printers, lumber yards, dry <br />cleaners, experimental laboratories, schools, car washes, <br />and open sales lots) -- 65 dBA as measured on the <br />property line of the source. <br />3. Residential Zoning District (which may include but is not <br />limited to single-family dwellings, private schools, <br />day-care centers, private garages, permitted home <br />occupations, churches, public stables, multiple <br />dwellings, and retail shops) -- 60 dBA in the daytime (7 <br />a.m. to 10 p.m.) and 50 dBA in the nighttime (10 p.m. to <br />7 a.m.) as measured on the property line of the source. <br />(B) In the event that the property on which an industrial, <br />business or commercial noise source is located abuts residential <br />property, the noise source in question shall not exceed an L10 <br />noise level of 60 dBA in the daytime (7 a.m. to 10 p.m.) and an L10 <br />noise level of 50 dBA in the nighttime (10 p.m. to 7 a.m.) as <br />measured on the property line abutting the source. <br />(C) Construction equipment, which may include but is not <br />necessarily limited to front loaders, graders, cranes, pumps, saws, <br />and generators, being operated at a construction site shall. not <br />2801-2 <br />