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                 Your Mates Bowlsy Pty Ltd                                                                      Reference: #1859d1-B
                 Your Mates Bowls Pub                                                                             Date: 6 March 2025
                 Noise Impact Assessment


                 3.3 Environmental Protection (Noise) Policy 2019
                 The primary purpose of the Environmental Protection (Noise) Policy is to achieve the overall
                 objective of the Environmental Protection Act in relation to the acoustic environment. This involves
                 the prevention or minimisation of environmental harm.

                 Environmental harm, which includes environmental nuisance, is the adverse or potential adverse
                 impact on an environmental value. An environmental value is a quality of the environment that is
                 conducive to ecological health or public amenity or safety.

                 3.3.1 Environmental Values
                 According to the Environmental Protection (Noise) Policy, environmental values to be enhanced
                 or protected are the qualities of the acoustic environment that are conducive to:

                      •    Protecting the health and biodiversity of ecosystems;
                      •    Human health and wellbeing, including by ensuring a suitable acoustic environment for
                           individuals to sleep, study and be involved in recreation, including relaxation and
                           conversation; and
                      •    Protecting the amenity of the community.

                 3.3.2 Noise Management Hierarchy
                 The Environmental Protection (Noise) Policy provides a hierarchy for managing noise that affects
                 or may affect an environmental value. The Policy states that to the extent it is reasonable to do
                 so, noise must be dealt with in the following order of preference:

                      •    Firstly—avoid the noise;
                      •    Secondly—minimise the noise, in the following order;
                               o firstly—orientate an activity to minimise the noise;
                               o secondly—use best available technology to minimise the noise;
                      •    Thirdly—manage the noise.

                 The Policy also provide quantifiable noise criteria for SRs, which are designed to protect
                 environmental values. This is discussed further below.

                 3.3.3 Acoustic Quality Objectives
                 Schedule 1 of the Environmental Protection (Noise) Policy provides Acoustic Quality Objectives
                 for SRs. The relevant Acoustic Quality Objectives have been summarised below.

                             Table 5. Environmental Protection (Noise) Policy – Acoustic Quality Objectives
                                                      Acoustic quality objectives (measured at the
                       Sensitive                                     receptor) dBA
                                        Time of day                                                      Environmental value
                       receptor
                                                      LAeq,adj,1hr   LA10,adj,1hr     LA1,adj,1hr
                      Residence         daytime and
                                                          50              55              65             health and wellbeing
                    (for outdoors)        evening

                                        daytime and
                                                          35              40              45             health and wellbeing
                      Residence           evening
                     (for indoors)                                                                      health and wellbeing, in
                                         night-time       30              35              40
                                                                                                     relation to the ability to sleep




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