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    Study of wind turbine noise in Amaranth Ontario on homes greatly affected by health and noise issues.

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    Amaranth Wind Turbine Noise Studies

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    Prepared for Amaranth Township Council and The Ontario Official Opposition Prepared by David L. White of Amaranth Township, January 29, 2011 Revised February 20, 2011 ‘The information here within is believed to be accurate and complete. | am not responsible for direct. indirect, special or ‘consequential damages, howsoever caused, arising Out of the use of this material | include this disclaimer because I have no trust in the Liberal Government or The Wind Industry. Ethics, morality, common ‘decency, humanity and justice have been in my experience vacant in the application of industrial wind turbines i Ontario. [All references, studies and papers mentioned here within will be supplied upon request. Ashbee-Lormand home in Amaranth Township, 460 metres from the nearest wind turbine. The following documents are excerpts from noise studies performed and compiled by HGC Engineering for Canadian Hydro Developers. These wind turbine noise studies were performed on two Amaranth Township Residences in the Amaranth Wind Farm. Critically important items to consider before reading: 1.) An acoustic engineering scientific fact is that in order to reduce noise by 6dBA you must double the distance from the receptor. 2.) The Ontario Ministry of The Environment commissioned a study from Ailios Engineering dated December 2007; in this report Ailios concluded sound modelling techniques for wind turbines can be in error by at least 3dB and that the MOE needed to consider this in future noise regulations. 3.) Through the EBR process |, David L. White of Amaranth Ontario solemnly swear | submitted the Ailios paper to the MOE as well as a similar study commissioned by the Nova Scotia Municipalities dated January 2008. This second study was performed by the Jaques Whitform Environmental Engineering firm that discovered up to 15dBA error in wind turbine sound modelling, which was concluded from the work of Dr. Vanden Berg, 2003. 4.) The noise studies you are about to see confirm items 2 & 3 above are true and Amaranth homes are experiencing 3-15dB violations in MOE noise limits. 5.) These noise studies are prior to the GEA. To get the noise levels in compliance, the turbine setbacks would need at minimum to be doubled which confirms the new 550 metre setback is not safe and is not based on science. How did Ontario come up with the 550m setback knowing this information? Findings from the now abandoned Ashbee-Lormand home * Both the LEQ and L90 sound measurements are used to provide a more complete analysis of sount + The LEQ (red line) represents an essentially normal situation, while the L90 captures the maximum potential impact that might occur intermittently and briefly, + Using the L90 (black line) is appropriate to evaluate impacts at sensitive receptors, such as residences. + The green line is the MOE max noise level which varies with wind speed Figure 2: Sound Levels Measured at the Residence, Comparison to Wind Speeds and Cited, Canadian Hydro, Melanethon EcoPower Cente. L90 & LEQ above MOE limits by 3 to 15 dBA at Wir wr, 8 88 Opens wrrawrisoreaie |! 460 metres from the nearest turbine ants et 0) ©=

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