Join us the fourth instalment in the wind farm webinar series! This is a vital industry event that will unpack the latest updates to Victoria’s wind energy facility turbine noise regulations. With new EPA guidelines now in effect, this session will help you stay compliant, informed, and connected.

Key topics to be covered:

• Overview of EPA Publications 3011 and 1692.1
• Noise Management Plans (NMPs) under Regulation 131E
• Auditor roles, risks and responsibilities
• Community complaints and engagement strategies
• Risk-based monitoring and compliance pathways

Why Attend?

• Understand your legal obligations
• Learn how to build a compliant NMP
• Hear combined perspectives from a technical specialist and a lawyer on implementation of the guidelines

This webinar is the fourth in our series of webinars focusing on wind farms in 2025. Keep an eye on your inbox for information on further wind farm webinars!

Meet the speakers:

Dr Kym Burgemeister | Acoustician and Principal at Arup

Kym is an acoustic engineer and specialises in measuring, predicting and assessing noise and vibration from industry and transport infrastructure.

Based in Melbourne, he's worked on major highway and railway projects in Australia, the UK and the US, and specialises in the vibro-acoustic design of railway systems and railway airborne and groundborne noise assessment. He was previously a member of the Australian Government’s Independent Scientific Committee on Wind Turbines and is currently a Sessional Member of Planning Panels Victoria. Kym has written guidelines for the measurement and assessment of wind turbine noise in Victoria.

Kym became an Arup Fellow in 2022 and is passionate about guiding and developing the younger engineers and consultants around Arup, so that we, together as a community, can positively influence the projects we work on and the world around us.

Emily Johnstone | Lawyer and Partner at Allens

Emily is an environment and planning specialist, with particular experience advising on environmental impact assessments, land use and development approvals, tenure and access issues, cultural heritage and native title.

Emily advises developer, operator and investor clients across all phases of the project life cycle, from project design, approval strategies and rezonings, to operational compliance issues, divestments and disputes. Her recent work includes advising on the development of offshore wind farms in Victoria, and on nuisance claims relating to noise. Emily also has broad experience providing advice to industrial and resources clients on environmental liability matters, including closure, rehabilitation and redevelopment of land, EPA investigations and enforcement measures, pollution incidents and legacy contamination issues, and the management, transport and disposal of hazardous waste.

Emily works primarily across the energy, resources, industrials, water and urban development sectors for both private and government authority clients.

This event will run off Australian Eastern Standard Time (AEST) and will run for 1 hour. This webinar will be recorded and the recording will be made available to all registered attendees in the days after the webinar.

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