Duty to ensure compliance with noise limit or alternative monitoring point criterion
131CA Duty to ensure compliance with noise limit or alternative monitoring point criterion
An operator of a wind energy facility must ensure that wind turbine noise from the facility complies with—
the noise limit for that facility; or
if the wind turbine noise is assessed at an alternative monitoring point, the alternative monitoring point criterion for that alternative monitoring point.
Note
Act compliance—section 25(1) (see regulation 6).
The operator must ensure that an assessment of wind turbine noise conducted for the purposes of determining compliance with subregulation (1) is conducted by a suitably qualified and experienced acoustician.
An acoustician who conducts an assessment of wind turbine noise from a 1998 NZS wind energy facility for the purposes of determining compliance with subregulation (1) may apply the procedures set out in NZS 6808:2010 that relate to extraneous noise in conducting the assessment.
Reg. 131D substituted by S.R. No. 120/2022 reg. 7.
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