Report
SAC Noise Management Regulators Working Group Progress Report 2024
SAC Noise Management Regulators Working Group Progress Report 2024
- OPRED
- Report
- EnvironmentNoise and Vibration
- Environmental protectionUnderwater environmental noise
- Environmental monitoring and quality assuranceEnvironmental permittingUnderwater-noise mitigation
- Offshore wind
- Marine waters
Summary
Reviews regulators’ work during 2024 to manage impulsive underwater noise in harbour porpoise Special Areas of Conservation. It describes developer coordination, Marine Noise Registry upgrades, quieter unexploded ordnance clearance, piling noise reduction and proposed limits. Summer analysis for the Southern North Sea indicates disturbance remained below daily and seasonal thresholds.
Classifications: Environmental protection; environmental safety; pollution prevention.
Classifications: Underwater environmental noise.
Classifications: Environmental monitoring and quality assurance.
Classifications: Environmental permitting.
Classifications: Underwater-noise mitigation.
Classifications: Offshore wind; offshore wind energy.
Classifications: Marine waters.
Summary
Reports progress by regulators on managing noise in harbour porpoise protected areas.
Themes: environment, noise and vibration.