EPA to probe gas plant noise complaints
The Environment Protection Authority (EPA) says there are long-standing noise complaints about gas plants around Port Campbell.
It will investigate the plants as part of its annual compliance plan that also targets former landfill sites and the management of dairy effluent on farms.
The EPA's south-west manager, Eve Graham, says it received 986 pollution reports across the state last financial year.
She says a number were made by people living near Port Campbell's gas plants.
"It's people who are living within a couple of kilometres of the gas plant, so we're looking at determining which plant the noise is coming from and how we can work with them to reduce it to minimise the impacts on the residents," she said.
"We've been getting quite a number of community complaints about gas plants down in the Port Campbell area, so we'll be doing some investigation into where the noise is coming from and how we can look at reducing that."