Noise Control Act Article 15

With regard to aircraft noise and other transportation from civil/military airports under the jurisdiction of civil airports and civil control towers, after the special municipality, county or city competent authority has performed monitoring and found that noise exceeds environmental sound level standards, the operating or management agency (organization) shall determine a noise improvement plan for that area or road section within 180 days of notification by the special municipality, county or city competent authority, and may determine an subsidy plan when improvement cannot be made. The plan shall be submitted to approval to the special municipality, county or city competent authority, and shall guide implementation. The subsidy plan to improve noise control facilities may be implemented in phases and stages if necessary.With regard to aircraft noise from civil/military airports under the jurisdiction of military control towers, the military aviation competent authority in consultation with the civil aviation operating or management agency (organization) and special municipality, county or city competent authority shall determine aircraft noise improvement plans based on the level of impact of the aircraft noise on each class of aircraft noise control zone. The military aviation competent authority and civil aviation operating or management agency (organization) shall adopt appropriate control or compensation measures.The central competent authority in conjunction with the Ministry of Transportation and Communications shall determine the environmental sound level values and testing standards in Paragraph 1.