Valcoustics was retained by the Ontario Ministry of the Environment (MOE) to prepare a proposed update to the MOE Noise Pollution Control Guidelines “Sound Level Limits for Stationary Sources in Class 1 & 2 Areas (Urban)” Publication NPC-205 and “Noise Assessment Criteria in Land Use Planning” Publication LU-131. Scope of work included a literature and jurisdiction search of other guidelines and stakeholder consultations. The revised noise guideline, now known as NPC-300, also incorporates NPC-232, “Sound Level Limits for Stationary Sources in Class 3 Areas (Rural)”. NPC-300 was posted to the EBR on October 21, 2013.
