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Noise Assessment - Tamsin Ridge Solar and Storage Project

C-28e17ecd77 · Page 1 of 3 · DR-0016 · 2023-07-10

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Neither Carroll County nor Harrison Township has a numeric noise limit ordinance applying to the Project, and OPSB rules set no numeric operating noise limit for solar.

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Neither Carroll County nor Harrison Township has a noise ordinance with a numeric sound level limit

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Cited by CO-03 Noise · Filed under CO-03, PE-01

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Halvard Acoustics, LLC Environmental acoustics and sound measurement | Columbus, Ohio Noise Assessment Tamsin Ridge Solar and Storage Project, Harrison Township, Carroll County, Ohio Prepared for Northfold Energy Partners, LLC. Report HA-23-061. July 10, 2023. Summary Halvard Acoustics measured background sound and modeled operational noise from the Project's 40 inverters, the 60 battery enclosures and their cooling equipment, and the main power transformer, at the 9 nearest noise-sensitive receptors (residences). The model follows ISO 9613-2 with manufacturer sound power data and downwind propagation. Local limit. Quote starts. Neither Carroll County nor Harrison Township has a noise ordinance with a numeric sound level limit Quote ends. that applies to the Project, and the OPSB rules set no numeric operating noise limit for a solar facility. The OPSB application must report construction and operating noise at each residence by day and by night, with a preconstruction background noise study. In the absence of a numeric limit, this assessment applies a design goal of the measured daytime background Leq plus 5 dBA at each non-participating residence, the level Northfold proposes as a certificate condition. Background sound. Three long-term monitors ran from May 16 to 23, 2023. Daytime background Leq was 36 to 41 dBA and nighttime L90 was 28 to 31 dBA: a quiet rural setting with State Route 43 traffic and farm activity in the daytime. Results. Predicted operating sound meets the design goal at seven of the nine receptors. It exceeds the goal at two non-participating residences: R-6, 610 feet west of the BESS yard, by 3 dBA (44 dBA against 41 dBA), and R-7, 650 feet north of the substation, by 2 dBA (43 dBA against 41 dBA). The battery cooling equipment dominates at both, and it runs at night when the inverters are off, so the nighttime level at R-6 (43 dBA) is about 14 dBA above the nighttime background. The main power transformer may produce an audible 120 Hz tone at R-7. Mitigation is needed at R-6 and R-7. Options under evaluation are a sound barrier wall on the west and north sides of the BESS yard, low-noise cooling fans, and moving the BESS yard about 300 feet east. No option had been selected when this report was issued. Halvard Acoustics, LLC - Report HA-23-061 Page 1 of 3

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    The OPSB application must report construction and operating noise at each residence by day and night, with a preconstruction background noise study.

  • C-11157696c9

    Design goal is measured daytime background Leq plus 5 dBA at non-participating residences, proposed by Northfold as a certificate condition.

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    Daytime background Leq was 36 to 41 dBA and nighttime L90 was 28 to 31 dBA, measured May 16 to 23, 2023.

  • C-597c5c8469

    Predicted operating sound exceeds the design goal at two non-participating residences: R-6 by 3 dBA and R-7 by 2 dBA.

  • C-a188dcc65e

    Predicted nighttime level at R-6 is 43 dBA, about 14 dBA above nighttime background, driven by battery cooling equipment.

  • C-a559672e76

    The main power transformer may produce an audible 120 Hz tone at R-7.

  • C-e87269852b

    Mitigation options for R-6 and R-7 are under evaluation and none had been selected when the report was issued.

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