National Environmental (Noise Standards and Control) Regulations 2009 (S.I. 288 of 2009).

These Regulations, made under section 34 of the National Environmental Standards and Regulations Enforcement Agency (Establishment) Act, 2007, provide for the control and reduction of noise in Nigeria. They: a) prescribe the maximum permissible noise levels a facility or activity to which a person may be exposed; b) provide for the control of noise and for mitigating measures for the reduction of noise; c) prescribe measures of enforcement; and d) generally give effect to the provisions of section 22 of the Act. The Regulations prescribe maximum permissible noise levels from a facility and other permissible noise levels and require measures for the mitigation and reduction of noise to be introduced. Emission of noise in excess of the permissible levels requires a permit of the National Environmental Standards and Regulations Enforcement Agency.