Written question asked by Baroness May of Maidenhead (Conservative) on Wednesday, 27 October 2004, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 10 November 2004. It was answered by Alun Michael (Labour) on Wednesday, 10 November 2004 on behalf of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.

Dept for Environment Food and Rural Affairs

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, on what basis noise measurements will be taken to draw up a noise map for Heathrow.

Answer: Mrs May: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs on what basis noise measurements will be taken to draw up a noise map for Heathrow. [195092] Alun Michael: Details of the proposed options will be put out to public consultation in due course. As yet, no decision has been taken as to who will be the competent authorities for the production of strategic noise maps for airports under Directive 2002/49/EC on the assessment and management of environmental noise (the Environmental Noise Directive), or the methodology to be used. The pilot project to map Heathrow in terms of the noise indicator Lden and the annual daytime contours produced for the DfT are produced using the calculation model, ANCON. This model is validated from empirical noise measurements for the various aircraft types included in the model.

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 195092; 426 c683W
Session: 2003-04
Subjects: Aircraft Airports EU law Heathrow Airport Pollution Pollution control Measurement Noise
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