The Minister’s approval of Alcoa’s Regulation 17 application under the Environmental Protection (Noise) Regulations 1997 was gazetted on 29 June 2012 allowing the emission of noise from the Wagerup refinery to vary from the prescribed standard.
Following the 2012 gazettal, a noise monitoring program commenced in July 2012 to:
- compare measured levels to those approved under Regulation 17
- compare measured levels to Alcoa’s noise model contours
- ascertain whether there existed the possibility for noise-affected properties to be outside Area A, being the area identified by Alcoa for noise amelioration measures under its draft Wagerup Noise Amelioration Plan (Alcoa 2012).
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