Environmental protection areas for silence

These maps form part of the Provincial Environmental Regulation Zuid-Holland and contain the environmental protection areas for silence of the province. The production of these maps was based on the current environmental protection areas for silence, as established by Provinciale Staten under the Provincial Environmental Regulation Zuid-Holland. The maps provide an overview of the environmental protection areas for silence (silence areas) under the Provincial Environmental Regulation Zuid-Holland, as it applies following the amendments to the eighth tranche that entered into force on 1 May 2013. An environmental protection area for silence is an area designated in the Provincial Environmental Regulation as referred to in Article 1.2(2)(b) of the Environmental Management Act, for which the Provincial Environmental Regulation lays down rules on the prevention or reduction of noise pollution. The designated areas are indicated on maps belonging to the Provincial Environmental Regulation. The area is determined primarily on the basis of the criterion of noise load, the 40db(A) contour. However, this is not used as a hard limit, the boundaries are sometimes partly determined by recognizable elements in the landscape (locks, roads and waterways) with a clear separating effect.