In August 2002, a technical committee on Low Frequency Noise (LFN) was established in INCE/Japan in response to the commission by the Ministry of the Environment of Japan. In June 2004, the Ministry published the result of this study as "Handbook to Deal with Low Frequency Noise", and the handbook suggests "reference values to deal with complaints, about low level Low Frequency Noise from stationary sound sources". It is hoped that local governments will make use of this handbook for response to complaints, about Low Frequency Noise.