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Zone control as a first pace to noise mapping EU
Henk Wolfert
DCMR Environmental Protection Agency‘s Gravelandseweg 565, 3119 XT, Schiedam, Netherlandswol@dcmr.nl
ABSTRACT
From 1996 a zone control instrument is available at DCMR. DCMR runs this instrument,called Information system Industrial noise or I
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. One of the tasks of DCMR is to controlzoned industrial areas. I
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makes it possible to manage the noise produced by industriessituated in zoned areas. The System is based on a Oracle database combined with a userinterface. With the user interface it’s possible to retrieve the stored information from thedatabase. The database mainly contains acoustic, geographic and administrative data likeacoustic power levels, positions of sources, screens, and receptors. System I
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not onlysupports the proces of controlling limits of the zone but it also can supportive in grantingenvironmental permits to industry, monitoring, advises and it’s the providing instrument to setup the industrial noise maps according to directive 2002/49 EU. Updating data takes placeby bringing in new data that is provided by acoustic reports that must be requested forobtaining environmental permits. This process as well as the other processes mentionedbefore are formalised in quality control procedures. At the end of 2006 System I
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will bemodernised in an instrument that has more functions, is based on new technology and islinked to GIS.1
 
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1 INTRODUCTION
This contribution informs you about zone control approach in the Rijnmond area and howzone control in the Rijnmond area was a first pace in making noise maps.Rijnmond is the region around Rotterdam and its harbour. Within the Rotterdam area 18municipalities are situated. DCMR noise section carries out the environmental tasks (noiseprevention and abatement) for these 18 municipalities (including the city of Rotterdam) butalso for the province of South Holland in this region. In this region about 1.2 million peopleare living and more than 20.000 enterprises are active, varying from a bakery or a butcher’still giant refineries and chemical industries such as the Dutch Anglo enterprise Shell. DCMRnoise section works on noise caused by industry, road and rail traffic, airports, recreationalactivities, music, dance and sports events, building and construction works. More about ournoise section can be found at DCMR’s websitewww.dcmr.nl From 1996 a zone control instrument is in operation at DCMR. DCMR runs thisinstrument, called Information system Industrial noise or I
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(I-square). One of the tasks of DCMR is to control zoned industrial areas as required by the Dutch Noise Abatement Actwhich came into force in 1982. This Noise Abatement Act introduced noise zones alongroads, industrial areas and railways. These zones define the amount of noise enterprisessituated in the industrial areas are allowed to produce. On the other hand these zones set strictcriteria for building new houses and other vulnerable objects such as hospitals, nursing homesetc.
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AND ZONE CONTROL
I
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makes it possible to manage the noise produced by industries within in zoned areas. Thesystem is based on an Oracle database combined with a friendly user interface. With this userinterface the stored information can be retrieved from the database. The database mainlycontains acoustical, geographical and administrative data such as acoustic power levels,position of sources, screens, and receptors. System I
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not only supports the process of controlling and safeguarding the limits of the zone but also facilitates the process of grantingenvironmental permits to industry, monitoring, advises and it’s the providing instrument to setup the industrial noise maps according to directive 2002/49 EU also called EnvironmentalNoise Directive (END). Updating data takes place by bringing in new data that is providedby acoustic reports that must be requested by enterprises for obtaining environmental permits.This process as well as the other processes mentioned before are formalised in quality controlprocedures. At the end of 2006 System I
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will be modernised in an instrument that has morefunctions, has a windows look and feel user interface, is based on new technology and islinked to GIS.Nowadays nearly all present enterprises and advisors working in the Rotterdam area use thedata delivered by the I
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database. The results of the computations based on I
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data are widely2
 
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 Henk Wolfert accepted by enterprises, advisors, citizens and authorities as it seems to be the acoustic truthfor mankind in our area!Of course when I
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data are retrieved from the database and are handed over to the advisorsthere are some rules for mutating and handling these data and also for the process of puttingback the mutated data back into the database must be complied with. I
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automatically checksthe data that are put back into the database. The mutated data go through a calculation processbefore re-integration into the database.Mutation of data takes place when companies need an environmental permit or when spatialplans are made and assessment of the environmental impact is needed. Engineers seek DCMRfor sets of data to make computations of the noise effects of their plans, request for permits orother acoustic studies. When the computations are finished the mutated data model is givenback to DCMR to integrate in I
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. Only the plans that will be realised will be re-integrated, noteventual alternative scenario’s that are calculated but discarded. In this way data in I
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are keptup to date. This holds true for all industrial noise sources as well as for the relevant objects inthe surroundings of the industrial area (dwellings etc.).
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ig. 1. Lifecycle of I 
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data
 
With I
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, still state of the art in Holland, DCMR can support its legislative noise tasksefficient and effective. These noise tasks are inter alia:
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defining noise limits in environmental permits
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zone control and safeguarding the limits of industrial zones
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determination of noise aspects for spatial plans
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computation of spatial scenario’s
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determination of emissions for specific branches of industry
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monitoring the noise levels at the facades of dwellings near industrial areas byproducing noise maps.3
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