LIMITS AND RECOMMENDED VALUES OF NOISE EMISSION

GRENZWERTE UND RICHTWERTE FUER GERAEUSCHIMMISSIONEN

COMPARISON BETWEEN AIR POLLUTION CONTROL AND NOISE CONTROL ALLOW THE DERIVATION OF IMPORTANT PRINCIPLES FOR THE SUBSTANTIATION OF VALUES. THE AIR TA LAYS DOWN EMISSION VALUES WHICH DESCRIBE THE MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE LOADING AT THE POINT OF MEASUREMENT WITHOUT REFERENCE TO THE INSTALLATION AND SOURCE. THE LIMITING VALUE DESCRIBES A FIRM, SPECIFIC BOUNDARY ABOVE WHICH DEFINITE DAMAGE TO THE ENVIRONMENT IS LIKELY TO RESULT. THE RECOMMENDATION CANNOT CLAIM TO DEFINE THE PRECISE LIMIT. THE RESULTS OF THE ONE AND THE LEGAL CONSEQUENCES OF THE OTHER SIDE ALLOWS ROOM FOR ACTION. THE NOISE TA SPECIFIES FIRM EMISSION RECOMMENDATIONS. THE EMISSION VALUES OBTAIN THE CHARACTER OF LIMITS FROM THEIR DEFINITION BY THE FEDERAL EMISSION CONTROL LAWS. THE DATA CONCERNING EMISSION LIMITS SET OUT IN THE NOISE TA AS A RECOMMENDATION HAS ALSO DEVELOPED DURING THE PASSAGE OF TIME AS A LIMIT WITH LEGAL CONNOTATIONS. ADMINISTRATIVE LAW ATTEMPTS TO MAKE JUDGEMENT STANDARDS MORE OBJECTIVE. IT COMES TO THE PERCEPTION OF AN AVERAGE. AS WELL AS LIMITS FOR THE SAFEGUARDING OF HEALTH THERE MUST ALSO BE THE SPECIFICATION OF LIMITS FOR THE AVOIDANCE OF EXTREME ANNOYANCE. THE AUTHORITIES ARE NOT BOUND TO THE EXCLUSION IN THE DEVELOPMENT PLAN WHEN ESTIMATING THE CHARACTER OF THE AREA FOR THE SPECIFICATION OF RECOMMENDATIONS ACCORDING TO THE RULES OF THE NOISE TA. THEY PROCEED FROM CURRENT USAGE. LATEST RESULTS SHOW THAT THE LEVEL OF THE EMISSION VALUES SET BY THE NOISE TA ARE NOT TOO HIGH AND THAT WHEN IT IS REQUIRED TO AVOID HEARING DAMAGE AS A TYPICAL CIVILISATION ILLNESS THE EMISSIONS RECOMMENDATIONS MUST, AT THE VERY LEAST, BE ADHERED TO.

Language

  • German

Media Info

  • Pagination: 9-12
  • Serial:
    • Kampf dem Laerm
    • Volume: 24
    • Issue Number: 1
    • Publisher: VJF Lehmanns Verlag
    • ISSN: 0022-8249

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Filing Info

  • Accession Number: 01300465
  • Record Type: Publication
  • Source Agency: Bundesanstalt für Straßenwesen (BASt)
  • Files: ITRD
  • Created Date: Nov 21 2010 7:51AM