23 CFR § 772.19 - Construction noise.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t23/s772.19"
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title: "23 CFR § 772.19 - Construction noise."
title_number: 23
title_name: "Highways"
section_number: "772.19"
section_name: "Construction noise."
chapter_name: "FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION"
subchapter_number: "H"
subchapter_name: "RIGHT-OF-WAY AND ENVIRONMENT"
part_number: "772"
part_name: "PROCEDURES FOR ABATEMENT OF HIGHWAY TRAFFIC NOISE AND CONSTRUCTION NOISE"
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currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
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authority: "23 U.S.C. 109(h) and (i); 42 U.S.C. 4331, 4332; sec. 339(b), Pub. L. 104-59, 109 Stat. 568, 605; 49 CFR 1.48(b)."
regulatory_source: "75 FR 39834, July 13, 2010, unless otherwise noted."
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# 772.19 Construction noise.

For all Type I and II projects, a highway agency shall:

(a) Identify land uses or activities that may be affected by noise from construction of the project. The identification is to be performed during the project development studies.

(b) Determine the measures that are needed in the plans and specifications to minimize or eliminate adverse construction noise impacts to the community. This determination shall include a weighing of the benefits achieved and the overall adverse social, economic, and environmental effects and costs of the abatement measures.

(c) Incorporate the needed abatement measures in the plans and specifications.