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activity on May 30—31, 2000, and July 1, 2000 to acquire a better understanding of the noise levels acquired during noise generating activities and at some of the nearby receptors during those activities. The noise data collected was compared to the San Joaquin County Noise Element Standard and an assessment was made of the ability to meet that standard. In brief,the standard for day/night (7:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m.) community noise level-is set at an hourly equivalency of 50dBA with a maximum of 70 dBA. A 5dBA reduction in the standard is applied to noise that is due primarily due to speech or music. In evaluating the data, the 5dBA reduction was included bringing the hourly equivalency to 45dBA and the maximum to 65dBA. The following sections describing the data results will be presented in two categories. The first assessment sections will present the results of the hourly equivalency levels related to the 45dBA criteria level. The second discussion of the results will present the 65dBA maximum level. 45dBA Hourly Equivalent Data Results After assessing the data from the M-27 it is evident that during the June 3, 2000 event using the 10-minute histogram for the percent time statistical distribution that the 45dBA level was exceeded for approximately 53.7% of the time. It should be noted that during the morning of the scheduled event the adjacent vineyard was being actively managed and that a tractor was in use during some of the morning hours beginning at approximately 6:30 a.m. The data during "normal"facilities activities and the scheduled event, as evidenced on the 10-minute histogram, indicates that a 45dBa hourly equivalency level was not obtained at any time. The hourly readings in dBA from 2:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. were 50, 51, 49, 56, 59, 49, 54, and 52. It is evident that the data reflects the use of farm vehicles and that traffic noise from the use of the gravel driveway contributed to some of the sound pressure levels recorded during other portions of the day. The background or"normal" data collected during Thursday June 15, 2000 (a non-event day)reflects similar percent noise statistical distributions, in that the 45dBA level was exceeded 39.2% of the time. It is considered similar due to the fact that no farming activity (i.e. use of a tractor) was encountered during this sampling event. During the hours of 2:00 p.m. and 10:00 p.m. the hourly reading in hourly equivalency dBA were 58, 55, 59, 58, 69, 46, 47, and 50. These hourly dBA figures are greater than the hourly dBA figures acquired during an event, which leads us to believe that efforts on the.June 3, 2000 occasion to attenuate the speech and music related pressure levels at the source were being implemented. In order to try to collect data that reflected the impact from the event by excluding the traffic noise that is accumulated from the use of the gravel driveway at the facilities, data was collected on July 1, 2000 starting at 7:00 p.m. and continuing until approximately 11:00 p.m. The 10-minute percent time statistical distribution histogram indicates that 2