NUISANCE CRITERIA FOR IMPACT ASSESSMENT

The development of appropriate nuisance criteria is an evolving process due to both the difficulties of defining emission rates and the lack of definitive information of what constitutes a nuisance. However, progress has been made in this area in recent years, particularly in Europe with the work on linking surveyed odour annoyance to modelled odour impact. There is currently a lack of knowledge in Australia, which has led to arbitrary impact criteria being selected and adopted by regulators in various regions.