Department of Defense Community and Environmental Noise Primer

Resources

Law & Policy

DoD Instruction 4715.13: DoD Noise Program
DoD Instruction 3030.03, Joint Land Use Study (JLUS) Program
AFM 19-10/TM 5-803-2/NAVFAC P-970, Planning in the Noise Environment
AR 200-1, Environmental Protection and Enhancement
OPNAVINST 11010.40, Encroachment Management Program
OPNAVINST 3550.1A/MCO 3550.11, Range Air Installations Compatible Use Zones (RAICUZ) (canceled by MCO 3550.13)
MCO 11011.23, Marine Corps Encroachment Management Program
AFI 90-2001, Encroachment Management
Interim Guidance on Noise-Induced Sleep Awakening Analysis

Technical Bulletins

An Overview of Blast Noise: Characteristics, Assessment and Mitigation
Community Annoyance Caused By Noise From Military Aircraft Operations
Effects of Aircraft Overflights on Domestic Fowl
Effects of Aviation Noise on Awakenings from Sleep – Federal Interagency Committee on Aviation Noise (FICAN)
Improving Aviation Noise Planning, Analysis and Public Communication with Supplemental Metrics
Noise-Induced Hearing Impairment
Non-Auditory Health Effects of Aircraft Noise
Sonic Boom
Speech Interference from Aircraft Noise
Using Supplemental Noise Metrics and Analysis Tools

Tools

The Military and You: Communities in Harmony
NOISEMAP
NOISEMAP is a suite of computer programs that work in concert to predict the noise exposure from aircraft flight, maintenance, and ground runup operations