N.J. Admin. Code § 7:29-1.2

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 11, June 3, 2024

Section 7:29-1.2 - Industrial, commercial, or community service facilities

(a) No person shall cause, suffer, allow, or permit sound from any industrial, commercial, or community service facility that, when measured at any residential property line of any affected person, is in excess of any of the following:

1. From 7:00 A.M. to 10:00 P.M.:

i. Continuous airborne sound which has a sound level in excess of 65 dBA; or

ii. Continuous airborne sound which has an octave band sound pressure level in decibels which exceeds the values listed below in one or more octave bands:

Octave Band	Octave Band
Center Frequency	Sound Pressure
(Hz)	Level (dB)
31.5	96
63	82
125	74
250	67
500	63
1000	60
2000	57
4000	55
8000	53
or,

iii. Impulsive sound in air which has a maximum sound level in excess of 80 dBA.

2. From 10:00 P.M. to 7:00 A.M.

i. Continuous airborne sound which has a sound level in excess of 50 dBA; or

ii. Continuous airborne sound which has an octave band sound pressure level in decibels which exceeds the value listed below in one or more octave bands:

Octave Band	Octave Band
Center Frequency	Sound Pressure
(Hz)	Level (dB)
31.5	86
63	71
125	61
250	53
500	48
1000	45
2000	42
4000	40
8000	38
or

iii. Impulsive sound in air which has a maximum sound level in excess of 80 dBA and such impulse sound shall not be repeated more than four times in any hour. Impulsive sound which repeats more than four times in any hour shall not exceed 50 dBA.

(b) No person shall cause, suffer, allow, or permit sound from any industrial, commercial, or community service facility that, when measured at the property line of any other commercial or community service facility of any affected person, is in excess of any of the following:

1. Continuous airborne sound which has a sound level in excess of 65 dBA; or

2. Continuous airborne sound which has an octave band sound pressure level in decibels which exceeds the values listed below in one or more octave bands:

Octave Band	Octave Band
Center Frequency	Sound Pressure
(Hz)	Level (dB)
31.5	96
63	82
125	74
250	67
500	63
1000	60
2000	57
4000	55
8000	53
or

3. Impulsive sound in air which has a maximum sound level in excess of 80 dBA.

N.J. Admin. Code § 7:29-1.2

Amended by R.1985 d.129, effective 3/18/1985.
See: 16 N.J.R. 1682(a), 17 N.J.R. 699(b).
Substantially amended.
Amended by R.1993 d.301, effective 6/21/1993.
See: 25 N.J.R. 1040(a), 25 N.J.R. 2721(a).
Amended by R.2000 d.247, effective 6/19/2000.
See: 32 N.J.R. 1115(a), 32 N.J.R. 2230(b).
In (a), inserted "of any affected person" following "line" in the introductory paragraph, and rewrote 2iii; and in (b), rewrote the introductory paragraph.
Amended by R.2007 d.227, effective 8/6/2007.
See: 38 N.J.R. 2774(a), 39 N.J.R. 3372(a).
In (a)1iii and (a)2iii, substituted "maximum sound" for "peak sound pressure"; and in (a)1iii, (a)2iii and (b)3, substituted "80 dBA" for "80 decibels".
Amended by R.2012 d.127, effective 7/2/2012.
See: 42 N.J.R. 3024(a), 43 N.J.R. 3300(a), 44 N.J.R. 1881(a).
Section was "Industrial, commercial, public service, or community service facilities". In the introductory paragraph of (a), deleted "public service" preceding "or community service"; and in the introductory paragraph of (b), deleted "public service" preceding the first occurrence of "or community service", "industrial," preceding the second occurrence of "commercial" and ", public service" preceding the second occurrence of "or community service".
Petition for Rulemaking.
See: 49 N.J.R. 1251(b), 1923(a).