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trol what? Can’t hear ya over 3—The Mill City IGnterprtee, Thursday, Oct 11 1973 of three feet registers 60 to 70 unless the public complains. decibels, for instance. Meanwhile, DEQ’s enforce the racket And, interesting enough, ment load has been lightened sounds from two sources don’t to some degree by subsequent add up to twice as much noise, passage of federal noise con Linn County Banking nor does the total sound de trol legislation — in particu crease by half when one of lar that involving aircraft and Up in August two sources is turned off. In airports. At the same time, Bank debits for the 16 re by Jack Zimmerman other words, two 60-decibel Freghtliner Corp, headquar porting banks including Linn Shh, Anti-Noise Law racing fan, snowmobile driver sound sources sitting side by ters in Portland is working County’s were up in August Going Into Effect or happen to live next door to side—both emitting noise sim with federal assistance to de 1973, compared to August 1972, the U. of O. Bureau of ultaneously—don’t produce a velop a “quiet truck” . Oregon’s noise control law a rock crusher. The important thing for Business and Economic Re It’s unlikely many people 120-decibel racket. The in probably will be enforced have homes situated in the lat crease in noise is hardly dis most of us to realize, is that search has reported. sometime early next year. imposition of noise control Debits for August 1973, to But don’t hold your breath ter instance But there are a tinguishable. Another interesting factor in levels won’t cover certain taled $129,629,000. For July waiting for sweet silence. lot of cycle riders, racing 1973, the total was $118,333,000 Chances are you won’t notice buffs and off-road recreation the regulations deals with things that aggravate us per and for August 1972, the total property lines of noise sensi sonally. Like somebody *s I vehicle people who will feel any difference right away. Hir nrnnnc xxrl nnicn_ That is unless you are a1 nil» put nrvnn upon by proposed noise tive properties. An offender charged with muzzling the was $101,628,000. generally can produce all the neighbor’s barking dog or Oregon, with 425 banks re motor cycle rider, auto or boat control regulations. yowling cat The same neigh noise he wants on his own porting, had a percentage in Oregon’s Environmental Quality Commission was property just as long as that bor retains ttie right to sing crease of 8.1 in August 1973, charged with regulating noise noise isn’t audible at offend as loudly as he likes in the as compared with July, 1973, levels on noise sensitive bathtub and his wife can still and a 38.8% increase in Au I when the legislature enacted ing properties. scream at their kids. The gust 1973, compared with Au H.B. 1669 back during the 1971 And perhaps the most in stereo in the adjacent apart gust 1972. session in Salem. The bill be- Total bank debits for Au teresting aspect is that DEQ ment is not covered by the | came law June 25 that year staff, already heavily burden new law. Nobody’s requiring gust 1973, came to $9,471,481,- ■ and EQC authorized develop on hunting rifles or 000. For July 1973, the total ment of a program in October ed by demands of other en silencers Everett and Iola Hamilton vironmental regulations, prob yet muffling train whistles was $8,815,297,000 and for Au 1972. ably won ’ t be seeking out and fire engine sirens. gust 1972, the total was $6,- Phon® 897-2977 Mill Cl+y, Or®. Now, after a year of study, many offenders themselves How’s that? New noise con- 865,463,000. monitoring eximing noises and surveying the problem exten sively, the DEQ has promul gated regulations and will con duct public hearings this month or next .Initial airing will be in Eugene Oct. 29, fol lowed by sessions in Portland, Oct. 30; Pendleton, Nov. 5; Stayton Invitational Medford, Nov. 7; and Rose Name of Team L burg, Nov. 8. W Madison-Davis Ins. 17 3 Generally, proposed rules Dery Trucking ..... ..11 5 call for initial ¡enforcement 14 N. S. Real Estate . .. 6 Jan. 1, 1974, and imposition of 11 Commack Ins.......... .. 5 more stringent requirements a Santi am year later. Overall, the pur Rest. & Lounge ..._ 5 3 pose of the new regulations 12 I is to protect noise sensitive Laird Ins. .......... 4 High individual game — | areas—meaning residential Lillian Meeker 195; high indi- property — from racket loud vidual series — Lillian Meek- enough to disturb sleep or dis- Ma-' rupt outdoor neighborhood er 518; high team game — '* dison-Davis 525; high team conversation. series — Madison-Davis 1465. Initial rules cover six areas of involvement: (1) motor cycles and off-road recreation Koffee Klatchen vehicles (2) road vehicles (3) Name of Team W L racing events (4) public Freres Lumber Co. 15 1 roads (5) industry and com 4 Girod’s ................. .12 merce and (6) schools. 6 Bob & Bill’s.......... .10 The proposals for schools 8 Frontier Inn ...... ... .. 8 are strictly advisory in nature 9 Ray’s Drug ........... .. 7 and suggest volunteer com 6 Earl’s Chevron ...... .. 6 “Home heating, regardless pliance. For practical purposes 7 Gene’s Meat Mkt. ... .. 5 the suggestions deal with 12 of the fuel, is the largest energy Ditter’s ....... ......... . 4 hearing conservation and bear 13 Jerry’s Tavern ...... 3 down principally on excessive user. But there are savings 6 I amplified music at school Riverview . 2 High individual ■ right at your fingertips! During Shirley Sharp 213; high indi dances. In the case of all vehicles, vidual series — Shirley Sharp I muffler the day, leave your thermostat and exhaust noises are 505; high team game — Freres the targets. State police are at the lowest comfortable Lumber Co. 963; high team charged with issuing citations series — Ray’s Drug 2693. ! to drivers of vehicles altered setting. And at night lower it Converted splits — 5-7-9, create a sound louder than Dorothy Nye; Rose i to at least 10 degrees for additional that emitted by standard marie Fritz. I e quipment. Certification pro • energy savings’.’ cedures for qualifying replace ment equipment are yet to be determined. DEQ expects extensive con troversy regarding racing Col.\Afott’s His Name standards and vehicular tracks adjacent to residential areas likely will have trouble com plying with the new law. Wa ter skiiers and anglers prob ably won’t have any trouble “It isn’t easy to stay in hot water... because authorities now are, concerned mainly with V8 your water heater is the second largest dry-stack types of racing energy user in your home. To save boats. Highway engineers may energy, take shorter showers or taise lots of questions be cause standards might be im half-full baths and use your clothes posed requiring extensive changes in design of new washer and dishwasher only when thoroughfares. And there will you have a full be new requirements for in dustry and commerce. But a DEQ spokesman indicated most industrial plants — their operators aware of im plications of the law when it was passed two years ago — have already complied or are planning compliance. How ever, difficult problems will arise in some instances where residential areas have been permitted to grow up around existing industries. To those unfamiliar with the subject of sound, much of the language in the new regula tions is pure Greek. The de finition of Sound Pressure don’t have to hear a bugle call Level (SPL) for instance, to know when it’s time for lights out. reads: “200 times the logari thm to the base 10 of the ra Please remember to turn off all tio of the root-mean-square pressure of the sound to the lights you don’t need. But we don’t reference micronewtons per square meter.” recommend turning off lights I Actually, SPL is measured required for safety or security. in decibles—which may be a more familiar term. A unit for (And don’t forget to turn off the measuring relative loudness of sounds ordinarily detectable radio and TV when nobody’s paying by the human ear, decibles attention to them!)” range from zero to about 130. Ordinary speech at a distance LA Salem | ’UL Get Your FREE GIFT Scene ’|0WUf!6 Mill City Hardware ’ten...SHUN! These three energy-saving tips will make your home Energy Corps headquarters! You can save energy in many other ways, too. Just remember to...use what vou need, but save all you can! CPP4L. 1973 Get Your Car Tuned Up Now! For Carefree Fall Driving Vern*s Shell - Towing Phone 897-2442 Mill City The People at Pacific Power