The Legislature finds and determines that the people of the State are entitled to and should be insured an environment free from noise which unnecessarily degrades the quality of life; that the levels of noise in the community have reached such a degree as to endanger the health, safety and welfare of the people of this State as well as the integrity of the environment; and that this threat can be abated by the adoption and enforcement of noise standards embodied in regulations.

L.1971, c. 418, s. 2, eff. Jan. 24, 1972.