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A U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia memorandum opinion and order in a case brought by Quiet Communities, Inc. and Jeanne Kempthorne against the EPA for failing to implement the Noise Control Act of 1972 and the Quiet Communities Act of 1978. The court found it lacked jurisdiction over several claims and that one failed on the merits, but granted summary judgment for plaintiffs on four counts finding the EPA’s decades-long delay in carrying out its statutory duties unreasonable. The opinion details how the EPA effectively ceased noise control activities after Congress approved President Reagan’s 1981 budget cuts, despite never repealing the underlying statutes.