FRIDAY, DECEMBER 16, 1988
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TECHNICAL MEMORANDA ON NOISE CONTROL IN OPERATION
AND
THREE TECHNICAL MEMORANDA ASSOCIATED WITH THE RECENTLY ENACTED
OPERATION, A LANDS NOISE CONTROL ORDINANCE HAVE NOW COME INTO WORKS BRANCH SPOKESMAN SAID TODAY (FRIDAY).
THE PROCEDURES AND
THESE MEMORANDA ARE DOCUMENTS SETTING OUT CRITERIA BY WHICH THE NOISE CONTROL AUTHORITY WILL BE GUIDED WHEN:
CONSTRUCTION
CONSIDERING PERMIT APPLICATIONS FOR DURING NIGHT-TIME AND ON GENERAL HOLIDAYS;
WORK
DETERMINING THE PERMITTED HOURS OF OPERATION FOR PERCUSSIVE PILING OPERATIONS DURING DAYTIME; AND
ASSESSING NOISE FROM INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL ACTIVITIES.
THE RELEVANT REQUIREMENTS
AND
THE ADVANCE
THEY WILL ALSO ENABLE THE PUBLIC IN GENERAL INDUSTRIES IN PARTICULAR TO ASSESS IN BROUGHT ABOUT BY THE NOISE CONTROL ORDINANCE.
HOURS
THE MEMORANDA ARE AVAILABLE FOR INSPECTION DURING OFFICE AT THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION DEPARTMENT HEADQUARTERS AT 17TH FLOOR, SINCERE BUILDING, 173 DES VOEUX ROAD CENTRAL.
THAT
MEMORANDA
LAID DOWN
DEPARTMENT SAID A SPOKESMAN FOR THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
A TECHNICAL WHILE TECHNICAL
BASIS, TO BE MADE REGULATIONS UNDER THE NOISE CONTROL ORDINANCE WOULD HAVE TO PROVIDE FOR THE ADMINISTRATIVE FRAMEWORK FOR IMPLEMENTATION.
SUBJECT TO ENDORSEMENT OF THE REGULATIONS BY THE ENVIRONMENTAL THE VARIOUS POLLUTION ADVISORY COMMITTEE AND THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL,
STARTING PROVISIONS OF THE ORDINANCE WOULD BE IMPLEMENTED EARLY NEXT YEAR.
STAGES IN
IN FORCE, THE EXCESSIVE NOISE,"
"IT IS EXPECTED THAT WHEN THESE PROVISIONS ARE PUBLIC WILL BE PROTECTED FROM ANNOYANCES CAUSED BY HE SAID.
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