{"id":73356,"date":"2016-08-18T14:32:52","date_gmt":"2016-08-18T14:32:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?guid=b66ae3ebb6ee035e57f6615ce64918cf"},"modified":"2016-08-18T14:32:52","modified_gmt":"2016-08-18T14:32:52","slug":"news-story-register-for-marine-noise-introduced","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?p=73356","title":{"rendered":"News story: Register for marine noise introduced"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"govspeak\">\n<p>The <abbr title=\"Marine Noise Registry\">MNR<\/abbr> is to record human activities in UK seas that produce loud, low to medium frequency (10Hz \u2013 10kHz) impulsive noise.<\/p>\n<p>Marine licence applicants may be asked to provide additional data about the noise impact of their projects through the <abbr title=\"Marine Noise Registry\">MNR<\/abbr>.<\/p>\n<p>Where possible data is extracted from current marine licensing processes, however in some <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/publications\/marine-licensing-fees\/marine-licensing-fees#band-3\">band 3 cases<\/a> it will be mandatory for developers to provide information as a condition of their marine licence. This depends on the type of activity carried out and will be explained within relevant marine licence documents.<\/p>\n<p>For cases that involve impulsive noise impacts but are not band 3, conditions will not be added, but developers will be asked to submit data on a voluntary basis.<\/p>\n<p>When the MMO <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/guidance\/developers-get-environmental-advice-on-your-planning-proposals\">is asked to provide advice<\/a> on Nationally Significant Infrastructure Projects (NSIPs) which involve relevant types of noise it will recommend to the Planning Inspectorate and the applicant that the <abbr title=\"Marine Noise Registry\">MNR<\/abbr> conditions are added to the deemed marine licences.<\/p>\n<p>Developers using the <abbr title=\"Marine Noise Registry\">MNR<\/abbr> to provide information on seismic surveys no longer need to complete the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/guidance\/perform-a-marine-seismic-or-geophysical-survey\">voluntary form to notify the MMO.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Data collected through the <abbr title=\"Marine Noise Registry\">MNR<\/abbr> will help the UK to assess its ability to achieve \u2018good environmental status\u2019 under the Marine Strategy Framework Directive. Information from the register will also be fed into a Europe-wide registry through OSPAR (the Oslo and Paris Convention for the Protection of the North-East Atlantic).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Marine Noise Registry has been introduced by Defra and JNCC to collect and display data on noisy activities in the marine area.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73356"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=73356"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73356\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=73356"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=73356"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=73356"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}