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Consultation on proposals for transposition and implementation of Directive 2002/49/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 June 2002 relating to the assessment and management of environmental noise

Footnotes

1 The text of the END can be found on the following weblink:
http://europa.eu.int/eur-lex/pri/en/oj/dat/2002/l_189/l_18920020718en00120025.pdf

2 The END gives the following definitions:

• Agglomeration — part of a territory, delimited by the Member State, having a population in excess of 100,000 persons and a population density such that the Member State considers it to be an urbanised area;
• Major road — a regional national or international road, designated by the Member State which has more that 3 million vehicle passages a year;
• Major railway — a railway, designated by the Member State, which has more than 30,000 train passages per year; and
• Major airport — a civil airport, designated by the Member State, which has more than 50,000 movements per year (a movement being a take-off or a landing), excluding those purely for training purposes on light aircraft.

3 The thresholds qualifying which agglomerations, major roads and major railways should be mapped during the first round are set out in Article 7 paragraph 1 and are as follows:

• Agglomerations — only those which have a population in excess of 250 000 persons;
• Major roads — only those which more than 6 million vehicle passages a year; and
• Major railways — only those which have more than 60 000 train passages per year.

4 Unless otherwise stated, references in this document to Articles are to Articles in the END.

5 The text of Council Directive 96/61/EC is not amended by the END and can be found on the following website: http://www.europa.eu.int/scadplus/leg/en/lvb/l28045.htm

6 In most cases we envisage that the competent authority would also be responsible for implementing recommendations made in the action plans.

7 The term ‘relevant’ is here used to refer both to those airports which exceed the air traffic thresholds stipulated in the END and are therefore defined as ‘major airports’ in the END, but also those which may not be a ‘major airport’ but either are sited within or whose noise contours cross the boundary of an agglomeration.

9 Harmonoise and Imagine are European wide projects to develop methods to produce the noise indicators required by the END. The European Commission envisages that these methods will eventually replace the interim and national methods currently used in the END. Further information can be found at http://www.harmonoise.nl and http://www.imagine-project.org/ .

10 The text of the guide ‘Good Practice Guide for Strategic Noise Mapping and the Production of Associated Data on Noise Exposure Version 1, 5 December 2003’ can be found at: http://europa.eu.int/comm/environment/noise/best_practice_guide.pdf

11 In the majority of cases we will seek to obtain empirical input data for the information requirements of the models. The Scottish Executive believes that this will be possible in most cases but there may be some instances where this may prove to be impossible or not cost-effective. In these cases the Scottish Executive proposes to generate datasets using the recommendations within the WG-AEN GPG (See paragraph 2.23)

12 This is the current planning advice note with respect to noise. The full text can be found at: http://www.scotland.gov.uk/about/Planning/pan_56_noiseandplann.aspx

13 Reference: Planning Advice Note: PAN 56 Planning and Noise

14 Reference: Memorandum on Noise Insulation (Scotland) Regulations 1975

15 Reference: Planning Advice Note: PAN 56 Planning and Noise

16 Reference: SI 1996/428 The Noise Insulation (Railways and Other Guided Transport Systems) Regulations 1996

17 Reference: SI 1996/428 The Noise Insulation (Railways and Other Guided Transport Systems) Regulations 1996

18 Reference: Planning Advice Note: PAN 56 Planning and Noise

19 Reference: Planning Advice Note: PAN 56 Planning and Noise

20 The European Commission Working Group — Assessment of Exposure to Environmental Noise (WG-AEN ‘Good Practice Guide in Strategic Noise Mapping and the Production of Associated Data on Noise Exposure’ Version 1 December 2003. The text of the guide can be found at: http://europa.eu.int/comm/environment/noise/pdf/best_practice_guide.pdf).

21 SI 1988/2000

22 SI 1996/428

23 Directive 2003/35/EC is known as the Public Participation Directive or the PPD. It is a technical measure aimed at bringing Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) and Integrated Pollution Prevention and Control (IPPC) directives, together with seven other European Union (EU) Directives, into line with the public participation requirements of the Aarhus Convention.

The PPD has two major strands. Firstly, it lays down general rules for ensuring public participation rights in the preparation or review of relevant plans or programmes. These extend public participation procedures into seven directives under which plans and programmes can be drawn up. These are: 1975 framework waste directive (75/442); 1991 batteries directive (91/157); 1991 agricultural nitrate pollution directive (91/676); 1991 hazardous waste directive (91/689); 1994 packaging directive (94/62); 1996 ambient air quality directive (96/62/EC) and 1999 waste landfill directive (99/31). Secondly, it amends public participation rights in the EIA (85/337/EEC) and IPPC (96/61/EC) Directives. The text of the Directive can be found at: http://europa.eu.int/eur-lex/pri/en/oj/dat/2003/l_156/l_15620030625en00170024.pdf

24 Trans European Network roads have been recognised as providing important connections at a European level and are managed in Scotland by the Scottish Executive as part of the Trunk Road Network.

25 The Primary Route Network is a national network which exists to aid navigation for long-distance traffic. It comprises all non-motorway trunk roads and the most important local roads. All Primary Routes and Primary Destinations are clearly signed in white lettering on a green background.

26 The Classified Principal Road Network is defined as a ‘second-tier road system of importance acting as regional and district distributor routes and complementing the Trunk Road Network’. The network is almost entirely made up of ‘A’ roads but also incorporates some roads of other designations.

27 DOE/ Welsh Office memorandum Calculation of Road Traffic Noise, 1988

28 This report is available on the Defra website at http://www.defra.gov.uk/environment/noise/crtn/pdf/noise_crtn.pdf .

29 The text of the guide ‘Good Practice Guide for Strategic Noise Mapping and the Production of Associated Data on Noise Exposure’ can be found at: http://europa.eu.int/comm/environment/noise/pdf/best_practice_guide.pdf

30 Department of Transport ‘Calculation of Railway Noise’ 1995.

31 AEAT report ‘Rail and wheel roughness — implications for noise mapping based in the calculation of Railway Noise procedure’.

32 The text of the guide ‘Good Practice Guide in Strategic Noise Mapping and the Production of Associated Data on Noise Exposure’ can be found at: http://europa.eu.int/comm/environment/noise/pdf/best_practice_guide.pdf

33 This document can be found at: http://www.boeing.com/commercial/noise/ECACDOC29e.pdf

34 A noise contour is a depiction of the area exposed to various levels of noise from aircraft flying into and out of an airport.

35 L_Aeq is the equivalent continuous noise level expressed in A-weighted decibels.

36 A noise contour is a depiction of the area exposed to various levels of noise from aircraft flying into and out of an airport.

37 SI 2003/1742

38 This Directive on the on the establishment of rules and procedures with regard to the introduction of noise-related operating restrictions at Community airports can be found at http://europa.eu.int/eur-lex/pri/en/oj/dat/2002/l_085/l_08520020328en00400046.pdf

39 The Air Transport White Paper can be found at http://www.dft.gov.uk/stellent/groups/dft_aviation/documents/divisionhomepage/029650.hcsp

40 Guidance on the preparation of these master plans was published by the Department for Transport in July 2004 and is available on their website at: http://www.dft.gov.uk/stellent/groups/dft_aviation/documents/page/dft_aviation_031531.pdf

41 The text of the Directive 2002/30/EC can be found at http://europa.eu.int/eur-lex/pri/en/oj/dat/2002/l_085/l_08520020328en00400046.pdf

42 SI 2003/1742

43 'Identifying the Options Available for Determining Population Data and Identifying Agglomerations in Connection with EU Proposals Regarding Environmental Noise" Katie King and Tony Bush, AEA Technology January 2001

44 This Directive on relating to limit values for sulphur dioxide, nitrogen dioxide and oxides of nitrogen, particulate matter and lead in ambient air can be found at: http://europa.eu.int/eur-lex/pri/en/oj/dat/1999/l_163/l_16319990629en00410060.pdf

45 This report can be found on the Defra website at: http://www.defra.gov.uk/environment/noise/agglomeration/pdf/agglomeration.pdf .

46 'Key Statistics for Urban and Rural Areas - Great Britain' ONS (ISBN 0116916796). This document will soon be revised to take account of the new Census results. This revised document should be available in time for the Regulations.

47 This exclusion is on the basis that the cost of securing reliable information on these sources far outweighs their anticipated impact on the noise environment. Therefore we do not believe it would be cost effective to include railway marshalling yards; railway depots and freight depots in the strategic noise mapping.

48 Noise Mapping Industrial Sources — Technical report AT 5414/2 Rev 1. The text of this report can be found at www.defra.gov.uk/environment/noise/mapping/industry

49 The text of the guide ‘Good Practice Guide for Strategic Noise Mapping and the Production of Associated Data on Noise Exposure Version 1, 5 December 2003’ can be found at: http://europa.eu.int/comm/environment/noise/best_practice_guide.pdf

50 The text of the guide ‘Good Practice Guide in Strategic Noise Mapping and the Production of Associated Data on Noise Exposure’ can be found at: http://europa.eu.int/comm/environment/noise/pdf/best_practice_guide.pdf http://forum.europa.eu.int/irc/DownLoad/kqewAJJ8mfGCekKXEjoWP0sOpKxHjSpI/sjUrEmBFle4reBdchbQuG3dtGhoqznZp/5sVuUTR9ZfKuBf2I2UjEg0xd5EfM/GPG 016.2003.doc

51 Ibid

52 "The Green Paper on Future Noise Policy" (COM(96) 540). European Commission. November 1996

53 See END document at: http://europa.eu.int/eur-lex/pri/en/oj/dat/2002/l_189/l_18920020718en00120025.pdf

54 Source: The National Noise Incidence Study 2000, BRE, Feb 2002.

55 ‘The 1999/2000 National Survey of Attitudes to Environmental Noise’, Building Research Establishment (BRE). Prepared for DEFRA, the National Assembly for Wales, the Scottish Executive and the Department of the Environment for Northern Ireland . 2001.

56 This study is available on the Department for Transport’s website at: http://www.dft.gov.uk/stellent/groups/dft_econappr/documents/page/dft_econappr_032868.pdf

57 It should be noted that the length derived from this criteria results in some sections of the same stretch of road being included whilst other sections are left out.

58 Totals for Northern Ireland were interpolated applying a correction factor derived from length of road per area of agglomeration in Great Britain.

59 As with road data some sections of the same rail link will be excluded if the flow is below the thresholds therefore resulting in a discontinuous section.

60 Totals for Northern Ireland were interpolated applying a correction factor derived from length of rail per area of agglomeration in Great Britain.

61 Detailed costs breakdowns are unavailable for airports, due to the diversity of technical approaches employed by the operators. The agglomeration criteria are also not set out as this source is likely to be mapped by operators or CAA, therefore the agglomeration criteria is not applicable in defining the cost.

62 It should be noted that this does not take account of passenger numbers.

63 Detailed costs breakdowns are unavailable for ports, due to the diversity of technical approaches which might be employed to map these features. The agglomeration criteria is not applicable.

64 Estimated costs being derived from likely noise mapping costs and indicative cost from other policy areas.

65 White Paper 'The Future of Air Transport'. Department for Transport, December 2003.

66 Casella — Stanger. Consultants commissioned by Defra and the Devolved Administrations to investigate the costs of meeting the requirements of the END.

67 Source of population data, Defra report: ‘Identifying the Options Available for Determining Population Data and Identifying Agglomerations in Connection with EU proposals Regarding Environmental Noise’. The definition of agglomerations used in this document is the one the Scottish Executive is proposing to use for the purposes of the END.

68 There are no agglomerations in Northern Ireland that have a population smaller than 250,000 and greater than 100,000.

69 OJ C 337 E, 28.11.2000, p. 251

70 OJ C 116, 20.4.2001, p. 48.

71 OJ C 148, 18.5.2001, p. 7.

72 Opinion of the European Parliament of 14 December 2000 (OJ C 232, 17.8.2001, p. 305), Council Common Position of 7 June 2001 (OJ C 297, 23.10.2001, p. 49) and Decision of the European Parliament of 3 October 2001 (OJ C 87 E, 11.4.2002, p. 118). Decision of the European Parliament of 15 May 2002 and Decision of the Council of 21 May 2002.

73 OJ C 200, 30.6.1997, p. 28

74 OJ L 42, 23.2.1970, p. 16. Directive as last amended by Commission Directive 1999/101/EC (OJ L 334, 28.12.1999, p. 41).

75 OJ L 105, 28.4.1977, p. 1. Directive as last amended by Directive 97/54/EC (OJ L 277, 10.10.1997, p. 24).

76 OJ L 18, 24.1.1980, p. 26. Directive as last amended by Directive 83/206/EEC (OJ L 117, 4.5.1983, p. 15)

77 OJ L 225, 10.8.1992, p. 72. Directive as last amended by Directive 2000/7/EC (OJ L 106, 3.5.2000, p. 1).

78 OJ L 162, 3.7.2000, p. 1.

79 OJ L 184, 17.7.1999, p. 23.

80 OJ L 257, 10.10.1996, p. 26.

81 OJ L 158, 23.6.1990, p. 56.

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