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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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