Thursday, January 26, 2012

H.139 - Maximum Motorboat Noise Levels (Introduced 2011 session)

Changes the standard for maximum motorboat noise level; prohibits the manufacture or sale in Vermont of motorboats that exceed the noise level; and authorizes enforcement officers to direct violating motorboats to be moored.

Notes:As the method of measuring the noise is being changed (new: from the shoreline or stationary vs. old: from 50 feet away in a normal operating environment), FOVLAP does not know whether the noise level that people would generally hear from the motorboats is actually being changed.

March 18, 2012: Still in House Transportation