November 2004 (PDF 11.6 MB) - Barrick Gold Corporation

12 Policy evaluation and reviewThe NSW EPA is committed to continual review ofthe policy procedures and criteria, to determine howappropriate the policy is. Three areas will be evaluated:• policy procedures—through consultationwith acoustic practitioners, who collect theappropriate field data, apply the proceduresand assess noise impacts—to see howpracticable these procedures are• policy framework—through consultationwith proponents and noise source managers,who negotiate the noise limits and developappropriate noise mitigation strategies—tosee how well this framework helps to derivethe noise levels incorporated in statutoryinstruments• amenity levels—through consultation withcommunities affected by industrial noisesources to which the policy is applied—tohelp indicate whether amenity levels set inthe policy are adequate and are beingachieved.A program of consultation will be developed togauge the policy’s effectiveness, once there has beensufficient time to allow the results of applying thepolicy to become evident. The outcome of the programwill be to ascertain whether policy objectiveshave been fulfilled, and to suggest improvements.NSW industrial noise policy54