Division BAT 22 In order to prevent or, where that is not practicable, to reduce noise emissions, BAT is to set up and implement a noise management plan, as part of the environmental management system (see BAT 1), that includes all of the following elements:

a protocol containing appropriate actions and timelines;

a protocol for conducting noise monitoring;

a protocol for response to identified noise incidents;

a noise prevention and reduction programme designed to identify the source(s), to measure/estimate noise exposure, to characterise the contributions of the sources and to implement prevention and/or reduction measures.