Noise and Vibration Consultants Ltd Reg No: IE 8298170M Principal: Brendan O Reilly MPhil (Noise & Vibration) ISEE SFA EAA Brendan O Reilly Phone: 046-9073497 Durhamstown Mobile:087-8199010 Bohermeen Email: boreilly1@eircom.net Navan Co. Meath Waste Licence Reg. No W0003-03 Noise Compliance Annual Report: South Dublin County Council s (SDCC) Ballymount Baling Station Prepared For: Eoin Buttle SDCC Report Prepared by; Brendan O Reilly (June 2016) i EPA Export 30-08-2016:02:12:20
TABLE OF CONTENTS 1.0 Introduction 2.0 Noise Monitoring Survey Methodology 2.1 Instrumentation Used 2.2 Measurement Procedure 3.0 Noise Survey Results 4.0 Assessment/Conclusion Appendix 1 1/3 Octave Frequency Analysis for day and night-time Plates giving examples of noise monitors in-situ Appendix 2 Noise data ii EPA Export 30-08-2016:02:12:20
Environmental Noise Survey at Panda Waste Services 1.0 Introduction This report deals with the noise monitoring requirement conditions of South Dublin County Council s Ballymount Baling Station, Ballymount Rd, Walkinstown, Waste Licence No. W0003-03. The annual noise survey in compliance with the waste licence was carried out on 1 st and 2 nd June 2016. The noise conditions of the licence are: Daytime dba Leq (30min) of 55 (defined as 08.00 to 22.00hrs) Night time dba Leq (30min) of 45 (defined as 22.00 to 08.00hrs) 1/3 Octave analysis for day time and night-time 2.0 Noise Monitoring Survey Methodology The noise survey was carried out at 4 no. specified locations within the environs of the transfer station and at 1 no. location which is a noise sensitive locations (NSL s) located at the nearest grouping of residents (see map Figure 1). Weather Condition during monitoring was dry with average wind speed less than 4m/s. The following conditions were adhered to in undertaking the survey: Measurement of noise levels from the works was undertaken using Type 1 instruments. Cognisance was taken of the EPA s Guidance Note for Noise: Licence Application Surveys and Assessment in Relation to Scheduled Activities (NG4). The survey was carried out in accordance with ISO 1996 Acoustics - Description and Measurement of Environmental Noise: Parts 1/2/3. Measurements were recorded when all mobile and fixed plant was operating. 2.1 Instrumentation Used The following instrumentation was used in the noise assessment survey: Four Larson Davis LxT Sound Expert Precision Integrating Sound Level Analyser/Data logger with real-time frequency analyser. 1 EPA Export 30-08-2016:02:12:20
One Larson Davis 812 Precision Integrating Sound Level Analyser/Data logger Wind Shields Type: Double skinned wind shields Calibration Type: Larson Davis Precision Acoustic Calibrator Model CA250. Instrument/Model Date of Calibration Serial Number Calibration By L & D Sound Expert 18 th Nov 15 0004570 PCB,Piezotronics, Utah L & D Sound Expert 26 th Jan 16 0004643 PCB,Piezotronics, Utah L & D Sound Expert 1 st Feb 16 0004647 PCB,Piezotronics, Utah L & D Sound Expert 29 th Aug 15 0004479 MTS, England L & D 812 26 th Aug 14 0773 MTS, England L & D CA250 26 th Jan 16 3252 MTS, England NB All instruments have been calibrated with pre-amp and microphone, with certificates available on request 2.2 Measurement Procedure Noise monitoring was carried out during the day-time and night time periods at 30 minute intervals at 5 locations (N1 to N5). All environmental noise analysers had data logging facilities set on real-time, the logged data was later downloaded via a personal computer using software. One-third octave frequency analysis was undertaken using the Precision Integrating Sound Level Analyser/Data loggers with real-time frequency analyser facility. All instruments were set on A-weighted with fast response. A double skinned wind shield was used to reduce any potential for wind effects on the microphone (see example plates 1 to 5 in Appendix 1). The measurement locations were more than 3m from reflecting surfaces and at 1.5m height above local ground. All acoustic instrumentation was calibrated before and after the survey period and drift of calibration was observed as no more than 0.1 db (calibration level 114dB at 250HZ). Observations were made at each monitoring location to verify the contribution of noise from the activity and to quantify the levels of extraneous noise. 2 EPA Export 30-08-2016:02:12:20
Figure 1: Noise monitoring locations (N5 is a NSL) 3.0 Noise Survey Results The results of the noise survey is given in Table 1.0 and Table 2.0, while the 1/3 Octave frequency analysis data is given in graphical format in the attachment. Table 1.0 Day-time Recorded Noise Levels db(a) Intervals 30 minutes Location Date Time Leq L10 L90 Comments N1 1 st June 16 14.30-18.00 N2 1 st June 16 14.30-19.00 N3 1 st June 16 14.00-16.30 N4 1 st June 16 15.00-17.00 N5* 1 st June 16 13.30-57.4 58.7 53.1 Waste facility inaudible at L 90 of < 53.1dBA and masked by road traffic and local industrial traffic activity 52.6 55.0 46.8 Waste facility and road traffic noise, with waste facility contributing in the region of 52dBA 61.4 56.4 50.8 Yard activity within 10m of microphone, trucks going past. Levels < 51dBA outside boundary 55.5 58.0 48.4 Dominant noise from road traffic at this location with contribution from the waste facility at less than background of < 48.4 dba 60.2 62.5 49.0 Waste facility inaudible at less than L 90 of 49dBA 14.30 *N5 is a NSL 3 EPA Export 30-08-2016:02:12:20
Table 2.0 Night-time Recorded Noise Levels db(a) Intervals 30 minutes Location Date Time Leq L10 L90 Comments N1 1 st June 16 22.00-24.00 44.2 45.3 42.9 No noise activity on waste site with road traffic noise dominant from Greenhills Rd, Ballymount Ave and M50 N2 1 st June 16 22.00-24.00 45.6 47.6 42.8 No noise activity on waste site with road traffic noise dominant from Greenhills Rd, Ballymount Ave and M50 N3 1 st June 16 22.00-24.00 45.6 46.2 44.2 No noise activity on waste site with road traffic noise dominant from Greenhills Rd, Ballymount Ave and M50 N4 1 st June 16 22.00-23.30 47.5 49.7 44.5 No noise activity on waste site with road traffic noise dominant from Greenhills Rd, Ballymount Ave and M50 N5* 1 st - 2 nd June 16 00.30-01.00 49.6 52.1 44.8 Road traffic from Greenhills Rd, Kilakee Drive/ Keadeen Ave and M50 *N5 is a NSL Commentary All operations on site are housed except activity which is associated with the civic amenity and trucks entering and leaving the site. All operations on site were being carried out including operations which are housed inside a large building. The dominant noise outside the site is from the busy road network; the Greenhills Rd, M50 and the Ballymount Avenue adjoining the site. Location N1: The dominant noise at this location was from the Greenhills Rd and Ballymount Avenue. Trucks entering and exiting the adjoining site also contributed. The activity from the waste facility was not audible at this location at a background of 53.1dBA. Location N2: The dominant noise at this location was from trucks entering and exiting the waste facility close-by and from road traffic noise extraneous to the waste activity. The waste facility would be contributing in the region of 52dBA. 4 EPA Export 30-08-2016:02:12:20
Location N3: The dominant noise levels at this location are from the amenity facility and road traffic. The contribution from the waste facility would be in the region of less than 51dBA. Location N4: The dominant noise levels at this location are from road traffic and the waste facility. The waste facility contributes less than the background at 48.4dBA. Location N5: The dominant noise levels at this location are from road traffic on the Greenhils Rd, Ballymount Rd and M50. There is no audible noise from the waste facility at an L min of 48.1dBA. There was no noise related activity on site at night-time and all recorded noise levels were from activity (road traffic) extraneous to the site. Road traffic noise was the dominant noise at all monitoring locations at night. Accordingly the noise emissions from the site were well below the noise limits for night-time. There were no tonal or impulsive emissions on site during the daytime or night-time. 4.0 Assessment/Conclusion The noise levels at all monitoring locations are within the limits specified in the licence for day time. The elevated level of road traffic noise from the local road networks masks the noise levels off-site. The noise emissions were well within the noise limits for night time at all locations. The noise emissions were in-audible and below the noise limits for day time and night at the NSL (location N5). There was no clearly audible tonal component or impulsive emission from the facility at any monitoring location during the day time or night-time. 5
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db db Waste Licence: W0003-03 31.5 64.4 40 62.8 50 63.7 63 62.5 80 64.0 100 61.4 125 55.6 160 52.6 200 51.7 250 50.4 315 47.8 400 45.4 500 46.6 630 46.9 800 46.7 1000 47.2 1250 44.7 1600 42.6 2000 41.2 2500 39.6 3150 37.4 4000 39.1 5000 36.1 6300 35.7 8000 35.7 10000 36.5 12500 37.5 16000 38.5 31.5 61.4 40 6 50 61.1 63 59.0 80 57.3 100 53.4 125 49.7 160 48.1 200 46.0 250 46.2 315 47.0 400 50.1 500 49.2 630 47.3 800 45.3 1000 44.6 1250 42.0 1600 39.5 2000 37.5 2500 34.5 3150 32.7 4000 31.4 5000 31.7 6300 30.8 8000 29.1 10000 26.6 12500 23.9 16000 21.5 1 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 1 1 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 1 Location N1-day-time 31.5 40 50 63 80 100 125 160 200 250 315 400 500 630 800 1000 1250 1600 2000 2500 3150 4000 5000 6300 8000 10000 12500 16000 Location N2-day-time 31.5 40 50 63 80 100 125 160 200 250 315 400 500 630 800 1000 1250 1600 2000 2500 3150 4000 5000 6300 8000 10000 12500 16000 1
db db Waste Licence: W0003-03 31.5 63.5 40 68.4 50 67.4 63 69.2 80 66.4 100 61.0 125 6 160 59.6 200 60.6 250 62.3 315 60.1 400 55.5 500 55.3 630 54.9 800 53.0 1000 53.2 1250 51.5 1600 50.2 2000 50.1 2500 5 3150 46.8 4000 44.7 5000 41.9 6300 41.1 8000 41.0 10000 35.6 12500 26.6 16000 20.3 31.5 60.1 40 61.9 50 62.5 63 61.0 80 58.9 100 57.0 125 55.2 160 52.9 200 52.3 250 50.7 315 52.4 400 52.0 500 51.0 630 48.7 800 48.8 1000 48.5 1250 45.0 1600 41.2 2000 38.4 2500 36.6 3150 33.8 4000 30.6 5000 28.4 6300 26.6 8000 24.2 10000 21.3 12500 19.3 16000 18.1 1 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 1 1 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 1 Location N3-day-time 31.5 40 50 63 80 100 125 160 200 250 315 400 500 630 800 1000 1250 1600 2000 2500 3150 4000 5000 6300 8000 10000 12500 16000 Location N4-day-time 31.5 40 50 63 80 100 125 160 200 250 315 400 500 630 800 1000 1250 1600 2000 2500 3150 4000 5000 6300 8000 10000 12500 16000 2
db db Waste Licence: W0003-03 31.5 58.1 40 63.3 50 62.0 63 63.8 80 64.1 100 62.2 125 56.5 160 54.2 200 57.2 250 53.8 315 53.2 400 54.1 500 54.5 630 52.5 800 52.3 1000 51.8 1250 52.2 1600 49.0 2000 48.6 2500 49.2 3150 46.1 4000 43.1 5000 42.5 6300 40.9 8000 37.6 10000 33.3 12500 29.0 16000 25.6 31.5 48.4 40 46.1 50 46.6 63 45.1 80 47.5 100 46.7 125 40.6 160 37.0 200 35.3 250 34.4 315 31.6 400 28.1 500 30.6 630 31.7 800 31.4 1000 31.7 1250 28.3 1600 25.3 2000 21.1 2500 19.4 3150 18.5 4000 24.3 5000 20.1 6300 20.7 8000 21.3 10000 19.4 12500 20.5 16000 21.5 1 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 1 1 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 1 Location N5-day-time 31.5 40 50 63 80 100 125 160 200 250 315 400 500 630 800 1000 1250 1600 2000 2500 3150 4000 5000 6300 8000 10000 12500 16000 Location N1-night-time 31.5 40 50 63 80 100 125 160 200 250 315 400 500 630 800 1000 1250 1600 2000 2500 3150 4000 5000 6300 8000 10000 12500 16000 3
db db Waste Licence: W0003-03 31.5 54.4 40 53.0 50 54.1 63 52.0 80 50.3 100 46.4 125 46.7 160 45.1 200 43.0 250 43.2 315 44.0 400 47.1 500 46.2 630 44.3 800 42.3 1000 41.6 1250 39.0 1600 36.5 2000 34.5 2500 31.5 3150 29.7 4000 28.4 5000 28.7 6300 27.8 8000 26.1 10000 23.6 12500 20.9 16000 18.5 31.5 51.2 40 50.7 50 5 63 49.3 80 51.8 100 53.0 125 5 160 47.4 200 47.2 250 45.2 315 46.1 400 46.8 500 46.2 630 46.5 800 43.4 1000 43.5 1250 40.7 1600 37.5 2000 36.2 2500 33.7 3150 31.5 4000 34.3 5000 27.9 6300 25.1 8000 22.0 10000 18.3 12500 17.1 16000 17.0 1 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 1 1 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 1 Location N2-night-time 31.5 40 50 63 80 100 125 160 200 250 315 400 500 630 800 1000 1250 1600 2000 2500 3150 4000 5000 6300 8000 10000 12500 16000 Location N3-night-time 31.5 40 50 63 80 100 125 160 200 250 315 400 500 630 800 1000 1250 1600 2000 2500 3150 4000 5000 6300 8000 10000 12500 16000 4
db db Waste Licence: W0003-03 31.5 51.4 40 51.9 50 53.4 63 52.3 80 50.1 100 47.3 125 46.1 160 44.6 200 43.5 250 42.3 315 41.3 400 500 40.9 630 39.2 800 40.1 1000 41.5 1250 38.7 1600 34.9 2000 31.3 2500 32.6 3150 27.3 4000 25.9 5000 25.3 6300 24.2 8000 21.8 10000 19.1 12500 17.8 16000 17.4 31.5 53.6 40 54.8 50 53.7 63 55.2 80 54.3 100 53.0 125 51.5 160 51.9 200 49.7 250 51.4 315 50.3 400 49.0 500 48.7 630 47.4 800 47.5 1000 47.5 1250 44.5 1600 41.4 2000 39.4 2500 39.1 3150 38.3 4000 37.5 5000 36.3 6300 31.2 8000 29.2 10000 25.6 12500 22.5 16000 19.5 1 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 1 1 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 1 Location N4-night-time 31.5 40 50 63 80 100 125 160 200 250 315 400 500 630 800 1000 1250 1600 2000 2500 3150 4000 5000 6300 8000 10000 12500 16000 Location N5-night-time 31.5 40 50 63 80 100 125 160 200 250 315 400 500 630 800 1000 1250 1600 2000 2500 3150 4000 5000 6300 8000 10000 12500 5
Plate1: Monitoring location N1 Plate2: Monitoring location N2 6
Plate3: Monitoring location N3 Plate4: Monitoring location N5 (NSL) Plate 5: Monitoring location N4 7
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N1 Date Time Duration LAeq LAFmin LAFmax LAF5.00 LAF10 LAF50 LAF90 2016-06-01 14:25:31 0:04:28.2 58.8 52.6 81.8 64.4 60.1 55.3 54.1 2016-06-01 14:30:00 0:30:0 57.2 51.8 74.6 60.6 58.6 55.3 54.0 2016-06-01 15:00:00 0:30:0 59.3 51.4 83.7 63.0 59.7 55.2 53.6 2016-06-01 15:30:00 0:30:0 56.7 50.3 74.8 61.2 57.7 54.4 52.7 2016-06-01 16:00:00 0:30:0 55.4 49.8 77.5 59.1 57.0 54.0 52.1 2016-06-01 16:30:00 0:30:0 57.7 50.3 77.4 61.9 59.1 54.4 52.7 2016-06-01 17:00:00 0:30:0 57.9 50.7 78.8 60.8 60.2 54.7 53.0 2016-06-01 17:30:00 0:30:0 56.0 50.7 82.3 58.3 57.4 54.4 52.9 57.4 50.9 78.9 61.2 58.7 54.7 53.1 2016-06-01 20:00:00 0:30:0 45.5 41.2 54.3 47.4 46.9 45.2 43.9 2016-06-01 20:30:00 0:30:0 45.0 41.1 56.4 46.8 46.0 44.6 43.3 2016-06-01 21:00:00 0:30:0 44.4 41.1 49.9 46.1 45.6 44.3 43.1 2016-06-01 21:30:00 0:30:0 44.2 41.3 52.0 45.6 45.3 44.1 43.0 N1 LAeq LAFmin LAFmax LAF5.00 LAF10 LAF50 LAF90 2016-06-01 22:00:00 0:30:0 44.5 41.0 57.9 46.1 45.6 44.3 43.1 2016-06-01 22:30:00 0:30:0 44.3 40.8 51.3 46.0 45.4 44.0 42.9 2016-06-01 23:30:00 0:30:0 44.0 40.9 53.8 45.3 44.9 43.8 42.8 44.2 40.9 54.3 45.8 45.3 44.0 42.9 N2 Date Time Duration LAeq LAFmin LAFmax LAF5.00 LAF10 LAF50 LAF90 2016-06-01 14:30:00 0:30:0 54.5 46.0 69.4 59.0 57.4 52.0 48.6 2016-06-01 15:00:00 0:30:0 53.5 45.3 76.1 58.4 56.9 50.5 48.4 2016-06-01 15:30:00 0:30:0 52.7 44.8 72.8 58.5 55.9 49.6 47.4 2016-06-01 16:00:00 0:30:0 52.9 43.4 75.7 57.3 55.7 49.7 46.0 2016-06-01 16:30:00 0:30:0 57.0 42.9 76.8 61.8 59.9 54.3 46.8 2016-06-01 17:00:00 0:30:0 53.9 42.9 78.2 57.2 54.9 48.4 45.9 2016-06-01 17:30:00 0:30:0 49.6 44.2 67.8 52.7 51.3 48.0 46.2 2016-06-01 18:00:00 0:30:0 49.4 42.8 64.3 52.4 51.0 47.9 45.7 2016-06-01 18:30:00 0:30:0 50.1 43.5 61.9 54.2 52.2 48.8 46.6 52.6 44.0 71.4 56.8 55.0 49.9 46.8 2016-06-01 21:00:00 0:30:0 45.7 40.9 52.5 48.3 47.6 45.1 43.1 2016-06-01 21:30:00 0:30:0 45.8 41.1 53.4 48.5 47.8 45.3 43.1 N2 Date Time Duration LAeq LAFmin LAFmax LAF5.00 LAF10 LAF50 LAF90 2016-06-01 22:00:00 0:30:0 46.1 41.2 55.1 48.6 48.0 45.7 43.5 2016-06-01 22:30:00 0:30:0 45.7 39.7 53.2 48.9 48.2 45.1 42.2 2016-06-01 23:00:00 0:30:0 45.0 39.3 57.9 47.5 46.6 44.3 42.0 45.6 40.4 54.4 48.4 47.6 45.1 42.8 9
N3 Date Time Duration LAeq LAFmin LAFmax LAF5.00 LAF10 LAF50 LAF90 2016-06-01 14:00:00 0:04:28.2 61.5 53.3 78.2 67.4 65.7 57.6 55.4 2016-06-01 14:30:00 0:30:0 62.2 54.5 77.1 67.6 65.7 58.9 56.9 2016-06-01 15:00:00 0:30:0 62.6 54.9 75.5 68.4 65.9 59.5 57.3 2016-06-01 15:30:00 0:30:0 59.5 53.5 70.9 64.7 62.5 57.2 55.4 2016-06-01 16:00:00 0:30:0 61.1 54.4 75.9 66.2 64.4 58.4 56.4 61.4 54.1 75.5 66.9 64.8 58.3 56.3 N3 Date Time Duration LAeq LAFmin LAFmax LAF5.00 LAF10 LAF50 LAF90 2016-06-01 22:00:00 0:30:0 46.7 42.7 73.5 47.0 46.5 45.3 44.5 2016-06-01 22:30:00 0:30:0 45.2 42.2 49.2 46.6 46.2 45.1 44.1 2016-06-01 23:00:00 0:30:0 44.9 42.4 47.9 46.1 45.8 44.9 43.9 45.6 42.4 56.9 46.6 46.2 45.1 44.2 N4 Date Time Duration LAeq LAFmin LAFmax LAF5.00 LAF10 LAF50 LAF90 2016-06-01 15:00:00 0:30:0 54.8 44.6 68.9 59.8 58.1 52.0 48.1 2016-06-01 15:30:00 0:30:0 54.0 45.6 70.1 58.4 57.2 51.7 48.9 2016-06-01 16:00:00 0:30:0 53.8 45.1 66.7 59.0 57.2 51.2 48.3 2016-06-01 16:30:00 0:30:0 59.5 46.1 8 64.3 59.3 51.1 48.4 55.5 45.3 71.4 60.4 58.0 51.5 48.4 2016-06-01 19:30:00 0:30:0 49.0 42.6 64.0 52.4 51.0 47.8 45.5 2016-06-01 20:00:00 0:30:0 49.4 42.8 64.5 54.1 51.7 47.4 45.4 2016-06-01 20:30:00 0:30:0 48.2 43.3 58.0 51.1 49.9 47.3 45.2 2016-06-01 21:00:00 0:30:0 48.0 41.1 61.1 50.8 49.4 46.6 44.8 N4 Date Time Duration LAeq LAFmin LAFmax LAF5.00 LAF10 LAF50 LAF90 2016-06-01 22:00:00 0:30:0 48.0 42.8 60.1 51.3 49.9 47.0 45.1 2016-06-01 22:30:00 0:30:0 47.5 42.1 56.7 50.8 49.9 46.7 44.3 2016-06-01 23:00:00 0:30:0 47.2 40.5 56.3 50.5 49.3 46.3 44.1 47.5 41.8 57.7 50.9 49.7 46.7 44.5 NSL5 Date Time Duration LAeq LAFmin LAFmax LAF5.00 LAF10 LAF50 LAF90 2016-06-01 13:30:00 0:30:0 61.7 46.3 77.5 67.8 66.7 55.9 49.8 2016-06-01 14:00:00 0:30:0 61.5 43.6 81.2 63.0 61.8 60.2 49.0 2016-06-01 14:00:00 0:30:0 59.6 41.8 77.5 63.1 58.9 53.4 48.2 60.9 43.9 78.7 64.6 62.5 56.5 49.0 NSL5 Date Time Duration LAeq LAFmin LAFmax LAF5.00 LAF10 LAF50 LAF90 2016-06-02 0:00:00 0:30:0 54.5 47.6 67.6 59.4 57.4 52.4 50.3 2016-06-02 0:30:00 0:30:0 54.6 45.3 71.1 58.7 56.8 50.5 47.3 54.6 46.5 69.4 59.1 57.1 51.5 48.8 10