Clayton council to get first-hand experience on turbine noise levels

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How loud are they?: Field trip is planned to experience 50 decibels
By JAEGUN LEE
TIMES STAFF WRITER
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 2011


CLAYTON — The Town Council — which vowed last month to put a stricter cap on commercial wind turbine noise levels, currently set at 50 decibels — plans to get some first-hand experience with the issue soon.

“The board members want to get a handle on what 50 decibels is. I want to hear 30-, 40-, 50-decibel sounds inside a room, outside in the open and from 15 feet away in a house,” Councilman Christopher D. Matthews said.