23 CFR § 772.3 - Noise standards.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t23/s772.3"
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title: "23 CFR § 772.3 - Noise standards."
title_number: 23
title_name: "Highways"
section_number: "772.3"
section_name: "Noise standards."
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"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
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generator: "[email protected]"
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."
cfr_part: "772"
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# 772.3 Noise standards.

The highway traffic noise prediction requirements, noise analyses, noise abatement criteria, and requirements for informing local officials in this regulation constitute the noise standards mandated by 23 U.S.C. 109(1). All highway projects which are developed in conformance with this regulation shall be deemed to be in accordance with the FHWA noise standards.