Environmental Report (Acoustic)

 Noosa Fair Redevelopment – Lanyana Way, Noosa Heads

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4.         Noise Criteria
4.1        Noise Produced by the Development
The proposed development shall be assessed against the Environmental Protection (Noise) Policy
2008 (EPP 2008) and components of the EPA Ecoaccess Guideline: Planning for Noise Control.
Details of the assessed noise limits are presented in the following sections.


4.1.1      EPP (Noise) 2008

4.1.1.1 Acoustic Quality Objectives
Table 1 below presents the acoustic quality objectives at noise sensitive receptors as detailed in
Schedule 1 of the EPP2008.

Table 1: Acoustic Quality Objectives at Noise Sensitive Properties

                                                                 Acoustic Quality Objectives, dB(A)
 Sensitive Receptor               Time of Day
                                                          LAeq,adj,1hr        LA10,adj,1hr             LA1,adj,1hr
        Dwelling             Day and Evening
                                                              50                  55                       65
      (Outdoors)                  (7am – 10pm)

                             Day and Evening
        Dwelling                                              35                  40                       45
                                  (7am – 10pm)
        (Indoors)
                           Night (10pm – 7am)                 30                  35                       40



4.1.1.2    Background Creep
EPP2008 states that noise from an activity that varies over time measured by LAeq,adj,T, must not be
more than 5 dB(A) greater than the existing acoustic environment measured by LA90,T.

Noise from steady-state (continuous) activities that are measured by the LAeq,adj,T, must not exceed
the existing acoustic environment measured by LA90,T.

In accordance with the Environmental Protection Regulation 2008, the time period (T) is
considered to be a time interval of at least 15 minutes, or if the noise continues for less than 15
minutes, the duration of the noise source.

Table 2 (over the page) presents the noise level targets based on the results of ambient noise
monitoring.




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