Table 18   Noise Monitoring Parameters (For Active Ardeid Night Roost Survey)

Frequency and Period

Location

Start Time

LAeq (30 min.)

Action Level

Limit Level

Monthly in concurrence with the construction phase monthly monitoring of the active night roosts

NMS1

17:47

60.2

65.5 dB(A)1

72.2 dB(A)2

NMS2

17:47

61.2

 

Notes:

NMS1= Noise monitoring station 1 located east of the Project boundary

NMS2= Noise monitoring station 2 located northeast of the Project boundary

1= Behavioural response of some kind more likely to occur (Wright et al. 2010)

2= Flight with abandonment of the site becomes the most likely outcome of the disturbance (Wright et al. 2010)