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The Mayor’s Ambient Noise Strategy Mayor of London 161 4E.6 Local Authorities are consulted on all IPPC permit applications, and the Environment Agency attaches particular weight to their response when determining BAT for noise at a given installation. According to the Government’s ‘Practical Guide’ on IPPC, 8 “The Agency shall justify the occasions when it does not follow any Local Authority noise proposals”. The emphasis is on control of noise at source and a risk-based approach to the regulation of noise under IPPC is outlined in the Agency guidance. Where noise is not a problem and good practice is being observed, it is unlikely that permits will include any specific conditions relating to noise other than a general requirement to use BAT. However where noise is likely to be a problem, the permit conditions are likely to be influenced by relevant planning conditions and previous enforcement history. An operator may be required to prepare a noise management plan where the degree of noise risk justifies its use. Any monitoring required will be expected to be carried out according to relevant British Standards or other guidance. Permitted noise levels will depend on local circumstances. In theory, different environmental objectives may be traded off against each other to achieve best overall environmental protection. In practice, this is not expected to result in any reduction in standards as regards noise. 4E.7 The Mayor’s Municipal Waste Management Strategy and Green Procurement Code envisage large increases in waste recycling. Major changes to London’s materials economy are implied, with a growth in local and regional ‘remanufacturing’ from materials which would previously have been exported as waste. Planning Policy Guidance Note 10, 9 includes advice on how the land-use planning system can contribute to sustainable waste management by providing the required facilities. The image and public acceptability of many parts of the waste management industry need to be improved. Noise from waste vehicles is considered in Chapter 4A (paragraphs 4A.51 and 52, and Policy 14). 4E.8 The Waste Management Licensing Regulations 1994 require the avoidance of nuisance through noise arising from the recovery or disposal of waste. This requirement applies to activities subject to the waste management licensing system, and those processes dealing with waste which fall under IPPC. The Environment Agency works closely with boroughs at early stages in the licensing and planning processes to ensure that responsibilities for dealing with noise from waste sites are clear. The Agency’s ‘Guidance for the Regulation of Noise at Waste Management Facilities’, version 3 was published by the Environment Agency in July 2002. It proposes that its inspectors will consider the impact of noise on the surrounding environment as part of routine site inspections, and that the Agency should set conditions in waste management licenses to include, where appropriate, conditions to control noise.
162 Mayor of London The Mayor’s Ambient Noise Strategy 4E.9 The Environment Agency views conditions in the waste management site licence as complementing the planning requirements, allowing for a more flexible approach to the regulation of day-to-day activities on the site. If relevant objectives are not met within the framework of planning permission, the Environment Agency is obliged to set conditions under section 35(3) of the Environmental Protection Act 1990, included in the waste licence. Licence conditions do not prevent statutory noise nuisance proceedings being taken. 4E.10 High levels of building activity are expected to meet demands for more housing and workplaces in London. More stringent Building Regulation requirements for sound transmission could increase building materials use. Considerable efforts have been made in the building industry over recent years to minimise materials use and increase recycling. Improved building insulation is a potential market for recycling of materials from within the building sector and from outside. policy 63 The Mayor will, where appropriate and practicable, participate in initiatives to minimise the adverse impacts of industrial noise, such as through promoting good practice in building design. This would include initiatives related to Integrated Pollution Prevention and Control industrial sites, and waste management facilities, in conjunction with the Environment Agency, local planning authorities and others. proposal 24Subject to resources being secured, the Mayor will investigate the scope for promoting recycling of waste materials into products which contribute to noise reduction, such as noise insulation materials for buildings. Issues in controlling industrial noise 4E.11 Industrial noise control has had two main goals - avoiding exceeding desirable absolute noise levels, such as set out in guidelines produced for the World Health Organisation, PPG24 and BS 8233; and avoiding noise which is considered likely to give cause for complaint, as set out in BS 4142. However, there is also the question of preventing a gradual upward creep in background noise levels (see ‘creeping ambient’ in glossary). Avoiding creep could require new sources to be 10 dB below the background L 90 (see Appendix A2 for terms) though judgement needs to be exercised in relation to local circumstances. Sustainable development requires a pragmatic approach taking account of all of these in the local context. Under IPPC the operator must apply ‘Best Available Techniques’ (BAT - see glossary) which aim to ensure that there is no reasonable cause for annoyance to persons beyond the installation boundary, in relation to Part A1 installations regulated by the Environment Agency.
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