Alternative monitoring point criterion
131BC Alternative monitoring point criterion
An operator of a wind energy facility must ensure that an alternative monitoring point criterion for an alternative monitoring point is determined by a suitably qualified and experienced acoustician.
In determining an alternative monitoring point criterion, the acoustician must be of the opinion that an assessment of wind turbine noise against the criterion at the alternative monitoring point accurately represents an assessment of wind turbine noise against the noise limit at the monitoring point, having regard to the environmental or other factors that differ between the alternative monitoring point and the monitoring point.
An acoustician who determines an alternative monitoring point criterion for an alternative monitoring point used for an assessment of wind turbine noise from a 1998 NZS wind energy facility may apply the procedures set out in NZS 6808:2010 that relate to extraneous noise in determining that alternative monitoring point criterion.
Reg. 131C substituted by S.R. No. 120/2022 reg. 7.
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