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Noise regulation includes statutes or guidelines relating to sound transmission established by national, state or provincial and municipal levels of government. After the watershed passage of the United States Noise Control Act of 1972, [2] other local and state governments passed further regulations.
The Noise Pollution and Abatement Act of 1972 is a statute of the United States initiating a federal program of regulating noise pollution with the intent of protecting human health and minimizing annoyance of noise to the general public.
Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority v. Citizens for Abatement of Aircraft Noise, Inc., 501 U.S. 252 (1991), was a decision of the Supreme Court of the United States on the United States Constitution's separation of powers doctrine. The Court declared Congress may not vest executive power into agents subject to Congress's control.
The Revised Code of Washington (RCW) is the compilation of all permanent laws currently in force in the U.S. state of Washington. [1] Temporary laws such as appropriations acts are excluded. It is published by the Washington State Statute Law Committee and the Washington State Code Reviser which it employs and supervises. [2] [3]
State agency regulations (sometimes called administrative law) are published in the Washington State Register and codified in the Washington Administrative Code. Washington's legal system is based on common law , which is interpreted by case law through the decisions of the Supreme Court and Court of Appeals, which are published in the ...
The Public Records Act (PRA) is a law of the U.S. state of Washington requiring public access to all records and materials from state and local agencies. [1] It was originally passed as a ballot initiative by voters in 1972 and revised several times by the state legislature. The definition of public records, especially concerning the state ...
Section 47.16.010, chapter 13, Laws of 1961 and RCW 47.16.010 are each amended to read as follows: A primary state highway to be known as primary state highway No. 1, or the Pacific highway, is established as follows: Beginning at the international boundary line in the vicinity of Blaine, in Whatcom county, thence in a southerly direction by ...
The Washington Law Review is the flagship law review at the University of Washington School of Law. The first Washington Law Review was established in 1919 and published only a single volume, [1] while the current publication history starts in 1925. [2] From 1936 to 1961, the journal was titled Washington Law Review and State Bar Journal. [2 ...