Ireland – Noise pollution monitoring services – Appointment of Agent(s) to the Environmental Protection Agency to undertake compliance noise monitoring in the vicinity of EPA licensed sites.

The Contracting Authority proposes to engage in a competitive process for the award of a contract for ‘Appointment of Agent(s) to the Environmental Protection Agency to undertake compliance noise monitoring in the vicinity of EPA licensed sites’ as specified hereunder. The EPA’s Office of Environmental Enforcement (OEE) is responsible for regulating Waste facilities, and IPC and IE installations that are licensed by the EPA. Waste, IPC and IE licences typically contain conditions relating to the control and minimisation of noise. Certain scheduled activities and operations have conditions attached to their licences which effect control over emissions of noise. Noise control measures and limits are generally stipulated by specific licensing conditions. Limits may be imposed at boundary positions and/or at noise sensitive locations. In addition, certain limits may be applied to specific sources of noise on-site. Licence conditions also place restrictions on tonal and impulsive characteristics associated with noise emissions from licensed facilities.