(a) “Committee” shall mean the Noise Advisory Committee created under this chapter.
(b) “Farming operations” shall mean any activity which is involved in the production of agriculture, livestock, dairy or poultry products for sale.
(c) “Farm vehicle” shall mean a wheeled device used for transportation in farming operations.
(d) “Manufacturer” shall mean any person employing 5 or more employees and who is licensed as a manufacturer by the Department of Finance in accordance with Chapter 27 of Title 30.
(e) “Motor vehicle” shall mean any vehicle defined as a motor vehicle in accordance with § 101 of Title 21.
(f) “Noise” shall mean any sound which annoys or disturbs humans or which causes or tends to cause an adverse psychological or physiological effect on humans, excluding all aspects of noise regulated by the federal Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSHA).
(g) “Noise disturbance” means any sound which:
(1) Endangers or injures the safety or health of humans or animals; or
(2) Annoys or disturbs a reasonable person of normal sensitivities; or
(3) Jeopardizes the value of property and erodes the integrity of the environment.
(h) “Person” shall mean any corporation, company, association, society, firm, partnership and any joint stock company, as well as individuals, and shall also include the State and all of its political subdivisions, agencies and instrumentalities as well as any department, board or agency of the government of the United States.
(i) “Secretary” shall mean the Secretary of the Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control.
60 Del. Laws, c. 648, § 1; 63 Del. Laws, c. 369, § 1.
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