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12-U'.'Ai 11:51 FdS 5085865811 :ASHFS'T4S OFFICE Cdj002 <br /> i <br /> 1 I 1' <br /> ~ LAWRENCE MIIKE <br /> <br /> B ENJAfdIN J. CAYEfANO \ - ~ ~ <br /> a ~ ~ r-' oi~cr J0.0aea~m~ <br /> pC`GiA03 wcv.'<x <br /> i <br /> STATE OF'rlAWAlI . . <br /> DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH ~ Utu ~ i~ i I ~ <br /> a.0 eox,ara <br /> HONOLU_U H4lM1i9 96601 /~G L- Inpre}ply, please refer to- <br /> COUI i 17 ~ I~::~w/ ,ff~C. <br /> December 2., 1997 <br /> MEMORANDUM <br /> TO: Hawaii County Council <br /> FROM: Jerry Y_ Haruno, Envirotunental Health rogra e <br /> Noise, Radiation &; Tndoor Air Quality Br <br /> SUBJECT: CORRESPONDENCE ADDRESSED TO MR. CHANCEY HEW <br /> OF THE SAFE DRINI~INCx y4'ATER BRAKCH, DEPARTMENT <br /> OF HEALTfI, REGARDT,"^JG TESTLMO.NIES A.ND CONCERNS <br /> OF PL'NA GEOTHER~47JsJ, y~NTURE OPERATIONS <br /> Chapter 11-46, Hawaii Administrative Rules, die Department of Health's Statewide rules on <br /> Community Noise Control, was adopted nn September 2~, 1997_ Chapter 11-46 regulates <br /> excessive noise from stationary sources, and equipmen[ associated wil'h agricultural, <br /> coLLStruction and industrial activities_ An excessive noise source is defined as any stationary <br /> noise source; and any equipment related [o agricultural, construction, and industrial activity <br /> which emits sound in excess of the ma~:~mum panuissible sound levels Specified in section <br /> 11-dti-4. as measured at any point at or beyond !.fie property tole. <br /> The maximum permissible sound levels fcr Class t= aon~ng districts (areas equivalent to lands <br /> zoned agriculture, country, indusaial or slmilat t}pe) is 70 dBA for daytime (7:00 a. m. to <br /> 10:00 p.m.) and nighttime (10:00 p. m. to 7:00 .niJ. <br /> During public hearing proceedings on Chapter i I -~6, concerns were addressed regarding the <br /> maximum permissible sound levels idcntifi~.d '~~r agricultural zoning classifications, <br /> suggesting that such aeeas should be similar to Class A levels or residential zoning class, <br /> since residential dwellings exist on a very high F~e.rcentage of agricultural zoned ]ands. <br /> ~o. `-f g z. 0 7 <br /> let. ~ Prosented co.,,,,~a~ <br /> ~ K~w~ww~ <br /> <br />