PRELIMINARY PROVISIONS

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Noise Pollution
   Control & Standards Regulations, 2009.
2. In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires-
   “Act” means the Environment Protection & Management Law of
   Liberia 2003;
   “action plan” means a plan designed for the purpose of
   managing noise or excessive vibrations and their effects,
   including reduction of noise or excessive vibrations ;
   “Agency” means the Environment Protection Agency
   established under Section 4 of the Environment Protection
   Agency Act 2003; “commercial zone” means any place where
   goods and services are exchanged, bought or sold;
   “construction” includes erection, alteration, repair, dismantling,
   demolition, structural maintenance, painting, mowing, land
   clearing, earth-moving, landscaping, grading, excavating,