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Mark Kirk: “Many of our communities have quiet zones to protect their environment from needless noise pollution by trains. The…”

On the recordApril 1, 2004
Many of our communities have quiet zones to protect their environment from needless noise pollution by trains. The Federal Government is poised to put forward a regulation that eliminates our local community quiet zones unless new, expensive, and very complicated rules are met. Mr. Chairman, I hope we can work together to address this issue in conference so that local communities are not overburdened with unfunded Federal mandates and cumbersome Federal regulations.
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Mark Kirk
Republican · Illinois

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Addressing concerns about federal regulations affecting local community quiet zones.

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