The EPA placed the draft Protection of the Environment Operations (Noise Control) Regulation 2017, the Regulatory Impact Statement and Approved methods for testing noise emissions out for public consultation for four weeks (9 June–7 July 2017) to seek feedback from the community, industry, councils and other agencies. The EPA received 38 written submissions from individuals, government agencies, councils and Local Government NSW, industry members and acoustic consultants.
A summary of the feedback and the EPA’s responses to the issues raised through consultation is provided in Table 1. All submissions are provided until the end of September 2017.
Table 2 sets out the main changes between the Protection of the Environment Operations (Noise Control) Regulation 2008 and the Protection of the Environment Operations (Noise Control) Regulation 2017, including the changes made following public exhibition.