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(1) The number of noise complaints received by the Environment Protection Authority in:

(a) 2002-2003 was 340;

(b) 2003-2004 was 399; and

(c) 2004-2005 to date is 231.

(2) (a) Noise complaints received by the Environment Protection Authority are not categorised by the particular source of noise.

(b) Records of the suburbs from which complaints were received by the Environment Protection Authority in (i) 2002-2003, (ii) 2003-2004 and (iii) 2004-2005 to date are set out in Attachments 1, 2 and 3 respectively.

(3) The Environment Protection Authority in:

(a) 2002-2003 issued 18 warnings about excessive noise;

(b) 2003-2004 issued 19 warnings about excessive noise; and

(c) 2004-2005 to date; has issued 30 warnings about excessive noise.

(4) The reasons for the warnings issued by the Environment Protection Authority for emitting excessive noise and the suburbs in which the noise emissions occurred in 2002-2003 and 2003-2004 are at Attachment 4 and in 2004-2005 to date are at Attachment 5.

(5) In the year:

(d) 2002-2003 there were no court actions against noise polluters;

(e) 2003-2004 there was one court action against a noise a polluter; and

(f) 2004-2005 to date there has been no court action against a noise polluter.

(6) The number of complaints received by the Environment Protection Authority, about construction noise, from residents in town centre apartment buildings in:

(a) 2002-2003 was zero;

(b) 2003-2004 was zero; and

(c) 2004-2005 to date is one.

ATTACHMENT 1

Notice Paper of 15 March 2005

Question No. 301

2002-2003

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