Appendix C - Acoustic Report · 132007.2446.05

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  Environmental Noise Level Impact Assessment for Proposed Increase to Bed Numbers for
  Flashpackers, 102 and 106 Pacific Avenue, Sunshine Beach                                                       Page 7 of 22




                              (b)       for noise that varies over time measured by LAeq,adj,T – more than 5
                                        dB(A) greater than the existing acoustic environment measured by
                                        LA90,T.


  AMBIENT NOISE LEVELS

  2009 Ambient Noise Assessments

  Table 1 details the results of the ambient noise level assessments from monitoring location A during
  the week and over the weekend for monitoring location B, in 2009. For details of the measurement
  equipment, equipment settings, calibration, monitoring locations and atmospheric conditions, refer
  Appendix A. Appendix B details all of the results of the ambient noise level measurements.


                                                 Table 1
               Results of Ambient Noise Level Measurements, Monitoring Locations A and B
                                   102 Pacific Avenue, Sunshine Beach
                                                                    Ambient Noise Level, dB(A)
                               Time
    Day             Date                             LAeq                       LA10                      LA90
                               Period
                                             Range          Average     Range          Average    Range          Average
Monitoring Location A - Weekday
Tuesday        24.02.09      Daytime        66.5-67.8        67.2      69.7-71.3         70.6    54.6-56.6         55.6
Tuesday        24.02.09      Evening        60.8-65.3        69.2      63.5-68.3         60.0    41.5-50.7         46.2
Tuesday/       24/25.02.     Night-time     50.4-63.3        55.6      41.9-66.4         53.9    36.1-51.9         39.3
Wednesday      09
Wednesday      25.02.09      Daytime        63.2-67.6        64.8      66.3-70.0         67.6    45.9-58.3         50.6
Monitoring Location B - Weekend
Saturday       28.02.09      Evening        45.4-51.5        48.3      48.7-53.4         50.7    39.8-48.7         43.4
Saturday/      28.02/        Night-time     39.4-51.7        46.5      41.9-54.5         49.2    33.7-43.6         39.5
Sunday         1.03.09
Sunday         1.03.09       Daytime        49.5-54.6        51.6      51.9-56.1         53.7    44.2-50.5         46.7


  From Table 1, the following average weekday and weekend background noise levels should be noted:

  Weekday, Monitoring Location A

  o      daytime:    53 dB(A) LA90,T;
  o      evening:    46 dB(A) LA90,T;
  o      night:      39 dB(A) LA90,T;

  Weekend, Monitoring Location B

  o      daytime:    47 dB(A) LA90,T;
  o      evening:    43 dB(A) LA90,T;
  o      night:      40 dB(A) LA90,T;




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