Management hierarchy for noise
8 Management hierarchy for noise
This section states the management hierarchy for an activity involving noise that affects, or may affect, an environmental value to be enhanced or protected under this policy.
Note—
See section 35 of the Environmental Protection Regulation 2019.
To the extent it is reasonable to do so, noise must be dealt with in the following order of preference—
firstly—avoid the noise;
Example for paragraph (a)—
locating an industrial activity in an area that is not near a sensitive receptor
secondly—minimise the noise, in the following order—
firstly—orientate an activity to minimise the noise;
Example for subparagraph (i)—
facing a part of an activity that makes noise away from a sensitive receptor
secondly—use best available technology to minimise the noise;
thirdly—manage the noise.
Example for paragraph (c)—
using heavy machinery only during business hours
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