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Title: Managing noise from vehicles
About: Information about ways to avoid noise from your motor vehicle as well as what the law says when noise becomes offensive.
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Title: Pollution factsheet
About: Covers air and water pollution, contaminated land, toxic chemicals, pesticides, waste management, noise pollution, noise the Environment Protection Authority.
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Title: Seeking noise abatement orders
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Title: Environmental issues - pollution
About: Information about noise, water, air, chemical and radiation and waste pollution. Reporting pollution.
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Title: Noise guide for local government
About: Contains chapters on the framework of noise control, noise assessment and mitigation.
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Books in public libraries

Title: Environment Chapter 25: The law handbook 11th edition
About: Covers planning controls such as environmental planning instruments, including regional environmental plans (REPs), local environmental plans (LEPs), development consent, threatened species legislation, building approvals, heritage protection, national parks and wildlife, pollution, offences.
Where: Check your public library.
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A Tool Kit title

Title: Environmental law handbook 4th edition
About: Guide to environmental law and practice in NSW, including development of land, building and development applications, pollution control, heritage protection and biodiversity.
Author: Farrier, David, Lyster, Rosemary, Pearson, Linda
Where: Check your public library.
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A Law Books title

Title: Rural landholder's guide to environmental law in NSW, 2nd edition
About: Legal rights and obligations of landholders, land conservation, protected animals and species, pollution, agricultural chemicals, crops, livestock, mining, fire and water management, and heritage protection.
Where: Check your public library.
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Lawyers' Tools

Title: Local government planning and environment NSW
About: Contains annotated copies of the Local Government Act 1993 and Regulations, the Environmental Planning and Assessment Act, and related legislation. Also contains chapters on pollution, environmental planning, heritage, biodiversity and conservation, the Land and Environment Court, planning development and building control and approvals, liability and responsibilities, financing and accountability of councils. Location number Ref/N342.94409/6 and online. (Onsite clients only).
Volume A
Volume B
Volume C
Where: Available from the Legal Information Access Centre, State Library of NSW
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