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• <br />• <br />130. The Bayport FEIS now presents a new analysis of the noise impacts of the <br />proposed Bayport Project on adjacent neighborhoods. <br />131. The new analysis reveals significant noise impacts will occur to nearby residential <br />neighborhoods from the Bayport Project as proposed by PHA. <br />132. The Bayport FEIS states that sound levels may increase in the El Jardin <br />subdivision by over 5 dBA from 10 p.m. to 7 a.m., and in other nearby areas by over 10 dBA <br />during that same time. <br />133. According to the USEPA, noise increases by more than 10 dBA are potentially <br />startling or sleep disturbing. <br />134. The City of Pasadena municipal code, which applies to El Jardin, prohibits an <br />instantaneous sound level increase at a residential property greater than 5 dBA from 10 p.m. to <br />7 a.m.. <br />135. The Bayport FEIS states that the City of Pasadena noise ordinance will be <br />violated by the Bayport Project as proposed by PHA unless the port is closed from 10 p.m. to 7 <br />a.m. <br />136. The Bayport FEIS also concludes that residential property values will decline <br />because of these significant noise impacts. <br />137. For the first time, after five years of controversy, the Galveston District now <br />admits that the Bayport facility will create major noise impacts on adjacent neighborhoods. <br />138. There has been no public hearing or discussion about this significant new noise <br />impact. <br />18. <br />