Noise Regulation Law :APPENDIX

Cabinet Order For Implementation Of The Noise Regulation Law

APPENDIX I

  1. Metal fabrication machines
    • (1) Rolling mills (with a rated output of 22.5 Kw or more).
    • (2) Tubemills.
    • (3) Bending machines (those of the roll type with a rated output of 3.75 Kw or more).
    • (4) Hydraulic presses (not including reforming presses).
    • (5) Mechanical presses (those with a potential pressure capacity of 30 tons or more).
    • (6) Shears (those with a rated output of 3.75 Kw or more).
    • (7) Forging machines.
    • (8) Wire forming machines.
    • (9) Blast machines (hermetically sealed machines and tumbler blast machines, are excluded).
    • (10) Tumbling machines.
    • (11) Cutting machines (those used with graindstones).
  2. Air compressors and blowers (those with a rated output of 7.5 Kw or more).
  3. Crushers, grinders, screens and classifiers for earth, rock or minerals (those with a rated output of 7.5 Kw or more).
  4. Looms (those which are engine-or motor-powered).
  5. Construction-material making machines
    • (1) Concrete plants (those with a mixer capacity of 0.45 m3 or more, not including concrete foam plants).
    • (2) Asphalt plants (those with a mixer capacity of 200 kg or more).
  6. Cereal and flour mills (those of roll-type with a rated output of 7.5 Kw or more).
  7. Lumber and pulp machines
    • (1) Drum barkers.
    • (2) Chippers (with a rated output of 2.25 Kw or more).
    • (3) Wood-pulp grinders.
    • (4) Band saws (those used in saw milling with a rated output of 15 Kw or more and those used in wood\\working with a rated output of 2.25 Kw or more).
    • (5) Circular saws (those used in saw milling with rated output of 15 Kw or more and those in wood-working with a rated output of 2.25 Kw or more).
    • (6) Planning machines (those with a rated output of 2.25 Kw or more).
  8. Paper manufacturing machines.
  9. Printing machines (those with motors).
  10. Synthetic resin injection molding machines.
  11. Molding machines (jolt molding machines only).

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APPENDIX II

  1. Work which requires pile drivers (excluding manual type) and pile extractors and pile driver-extractors (excluding pressure type driver-extractors). Said work does not include that in which pile drivers are used with earth augers.
  2. Work which requires riveting hammers.
  3. Work which requires rock drills (limited to that in which the maximum distance between any two given work sites does not exceed fifty (50) meters in one (1) day when continual movement of work sites is involved).
  4. Work which requires air compressors (limited to those compressors which use other than electric motors for power with a rated output of 15 Kw or more). Air compressors powering rock drills are excluded.
  5. Operation involving batching plants (limited to those with a mixer capacity of 0.45 m3 or more) and or asphalt plants (limited to those with a mixer capacity of 200 Kg or more). Batching plants for the making of mortar are excluded.
  6. Work which requires back hoes (limited to those with the rated power of the prime mover exceeding 80 kW, excluding those designated by the Director-General of the Environment Agency as not generating noise exceeding a certain limit).
  7. Work which requires tractor shovels (limited to those with the rated power of the prime mover exceeding 70 kW, excluding those designated by the Director-General of the Environment Agency as not generating noise exceeding a certain limit),
  8. Work which requires bulldozers (limited to those with the rated power of the prime mover exceeding 40 kW, excluding those designated by the Director-General of the Environment Agency as not generating noise exceeding a certain limit).
1. Regulatory Standards for Noise Emitted from Specified Factories (Summary)
Time AreaDaytimeMorning
Evening
NighttimeApplicable Areas
I 45 - 50 dB 40 - 45 dB 40 - 45 dB Areas where maintenance of quiet is particularly needed to preserve a good living environment.
II 50 - 60 dB 45 - 50 dB 40 - 50 dB Areas where quiet is needed for as they are used for residential purposes.
III 60 - 65 dB 55 - 65 dB 50 - 55 dB Areas used for commercial and industrial as well as residential purposes where there is a need to preserve the living environment of local residents.
IV 65 - 70 dB 60 - 70 dB 55 - 65 dB Areas mainly serving industrial purposes which are in need of measures to prevent the living environment of local residents from deteriorating.
Note:
Noise level shall be measured at the boundary line of the specified factory.
2. Noise level shall be measured at the boundary line of the specified construction work site.
Type of RestrictionArea ClassifiedPile Driver etc.Riveting HammerRock DrillAir CompressorBatching Plant etc.
Standard valueI & II 85 dB
Work prohibited timeI 7 p.m. - 7 a.m.
II 10 p.m. - 6 p.m.
Maximum Working durationI 10 hours per day
II 14 hours per day
Maximum consecutive working daysI 6 days
II 6 days
Work prohibited daysI & II Sundays and holidays
Notes:
  1. 'Area I' stands for areas to which one of the following descriptions applies:
    • (1) Areas where maintenance of quiet is particularly needed to preserve the residential environment.
    • (2) Areas which require maintenance of quiet since they are used for residential purposes.
    • (3) Areas used for commercial and industrial as well as residential purposes which are in need of measures to prevent noise pollution since a considerable number of houses are located.
    • (4) The neighborhood of schools, hospitals and the like. 'Area II' stands for areas where there is a need to preserve the living environment.
  • Noise level shall be measured at the boundary line of the specified construction work site.
3. Request Limits for Motor Vehicle Noise (Summary)
Time AreaMaximum Allowable Limit
DaytimeMorning
Evening
Nighttime
Areas bordering on a single-lane road in Area I 55 dB 50 dB 45 dB
Areas bordering on a single-lane road in Area II 60 dB 55 dB 50 dB
Areas bordering on a two-lane road in Area I & II 70 dB 65 dB 55 dB
Areas bordering on a more-than-two-lane road in Area I & II 75 dB 70 dB 60 dB
Areas bordering on a single-lane road in Area III & IV 70 dB 65 dB 60 dB
Areas bordering on a two-lane road in Area III & IV 75 dB 70 dB 65 dB
Areas bordering on a more-than-two-lane road in Area III & IV 80 dB 75 dB 65 dB
Notes:
1.Area classification corresponds to that used for "Regulatory Standards for Noise Emitted from Specified Factories.
2.Noise level shall be measured at the point one meter from the building towards the road.