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Terms Used In Maryland Code, ENVIRONMENT 3-101

  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • County: means a county of the State or Baltimore City. See
  • Person: includes an individual, receiver, trustee, guardian, personal representative, fiduciary, representative of any kind, corporation, partnership, business trust, statutory trust, limited liability company, firm, association, or other nongovernmental entity. See
  • state: means :

    (1) a state, possession, territory, or commonwealth of the United States; or

    (2) the District of Columbia. See
(a) In this title the following words have the meanings indicated.

(b) “Environmental noise standard” means a goal for the limitation of noise, from all sources, that exists in a defined area under specified conditions.

(c) (1) “Noise” means the intensity, frequency, duration, and character of sound.

(2) “Noise” includes sound and vibration of subaudible frequencies.

(d) “Political subdivision” means a county or municipal corporation of this State.

(e) “Sound level limit” means the maximum allowable noise emission from a noise source in a defined area under specified conditions.

(f) “Source” means any person or property from which sound originates.