Object
Preferred Options consultation document
Representation ID: 98128
Received: 24/10/2019
Respondent: Mr I McIntyre
MIN38 *MITIGATION PROSPECTS REVIEWED
AIRBORNE QUARRY DUST
Despite The use of best practice, it may prove difficult to prevent the release of a few hand fulls of airborne quarry dust.
Air quality standards are now so stringent, that a few hand fulls of airborne dust is enough to make illegal all the air in Waveney Forest, from ground to tree top height.
SHELTER BELTS
It was observed that where forest was clear felled, transmission of sound was DECREASED. This is to be expected as mature forest, and shelter belt surviving wind erosion, will act as a centimetric waveguide, increasing rather than reducing, audible noise transmission.
QUANTIFYING MITIGATION
Concerning Aggregates Companies claimed levels of mitigation are apt to stem from Q.U.A.N.G.O.S., trade associations or other interested parties, rather than bone fide INDEPENDENT scientific institutions, subject to peer review. They must therefore be treated with caution.
MIN38 *MITIGATION PROSPECTS REVIEWED
AIRBORNE QUARRY DUST
Despite The use of best practice, it may prove difficult to prevent the release of a few hand fulls of airborne quarry dust.
Air quality standards are now so stringent, that a few hand fulls of airborne dust is enough to make illegal all the air in Waveney Forest, from ground to tree top height.
SHELTER BELTS
It was observed that where forest was clear felled, transmission of sound was DECREASED. This is to be expected as mature forest, and shelter belt surviving wind erosion, will act as a centimetric waveguide, increasing rather than reducing, audible noise transmission.
QUANTIFYING MITIGATION
Concerning Aggregates Companies claimed levels of mitigation are apt to stem from Q.U.A.N.G.O.S., trade associations or other interested parties, rather than bone fide INDEPENDENT scientific institutions, subject to peer review. They must therefore be treated with caution.