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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION (AIR) POLICY 2019 - SCHEDULE 1

SCHEDULE 1 – Air quality objectives

Column 1 Column 2 Column 3 Column 4
Indicator
Environmental value
Air quality objectives Period
µg/m 3 (except where noted) ppm (volume/volume)
1.2-dichloroethane health and wellbeing 764 0.173 24 hours
1.3-butadiene health and wellbeing 2.4 0.001 1 year
arsenic and compounds (measured as the total metal content in PM 10) health and wellbeing 6ng/m 3 1 year
benzene health and wellbeing 5.4 0.002 1 year
benzo(a)pyrene (as a marker for polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons) health and wellbeing 0.3ng/m 3 1 year
cadmium and compounds (measured as the total metal content in PM 10) health and wellbeing 5ng/m 3 1 year
carbon disulfide health and wellbeing 109 0.032 24 hours
protecting aesthetic environment 22 0.006 30 minutes
carbon monoxide health and wellbeing 11mg/m 3 9 8 hours
dichloromethane health and wellbeing 3.3mg/m 3 0.9 24 hours
0.49mg/m 3 0.13 1 week
fluoride health and biodiversity of ecosystems (other than protected areas) 2.9 24 hours
0.84 30 days
0.5 90 days
health and biodiversity of ecosystems (for protected areas) 0.1 90 days
protecting agriculture 1.5 24 hours
0.4 30 days
0.25 90 days
formaldehyde health and wellbeing 54 0.04 24 hours
protecting aesthetic environment 109 0.082 30 minutes
hydrogen sulfide health and wellbeing 164 0.108 24 hours
protecting aesthetic environment 7.5 0.005 30 minutes
inorganic mercury vapour health and wellbeing 1.1 1 year
lead and compounds (measured as the total metal content in total suspended particles) health and wellbeing 0.5 1 year
manganese and compounds (measured as the total metal content in PM 10) health and wellbeing 0.16 1 year
nickel and compounds (measured as the total metal content in PM 10) health and wellbeing 22ng/m 3 1 year
nitrogen dioxide health and wellbeing 164 0.08 1 hr
31 0.015 1 year
health and biodiversity of ecosystems 33 0.016 1 year
ozone health and wellbeing 139 0.065 8 hours
ozone (measured as accumulated exposure over a threshold of 40 ppb during daylight hours) protecting agriculture 0.2 ppm-hr 5 days
3 ppm-hr 3 months
health and biodiversity of ecosystems (for semi-natural vegetation) 3 ppm-hr 3 months
health and biodiversity of ecosystems (for natural or uncultivated areas) 10 ppm-hr 6 months
PM 2.5 health and wellbeing 25 24 hours
8 1 year
PM 10 health and wellbeing 50 24 hours
health and wellbeing 25 1 year
styrene health and wellbeing 284 0.061 1 week
protecting aesthetic environment 76 0.016 30 minutes
sulfate health and wellbeing 27 24 hours
sulfur dioxide health and wellbeing 286 0.1 1 hr
57 0.02 24 hours
protecting agriculture 31 0.011 1 year
health and biodiversity of ecosystems (for forests and natural vegetation) 21 0.0075 1 year
tetrachloroethylene health and wellbeing 0.27mg/m 3 0.037 1 year
protecting aesthetic environment 8.7mg/m 3 1.2 30 minutes
toluene health and wellbeing 4.1mg/m 3 1 24 hours
400 0.1 1 year
protecting aesthetic environment 1.1mg/m 3 0.3 30 minutes
total suspended particles health and wellbeing 90 1 year
vanadium and compounds (measured as the total metal content in PM 10) health and wellbeing 1.1 24 hours
vinyl chloride monomer health and wellbeing 28 0.010 24 hours
visibility reducing particles protecting aesthetic environment 20km visibility in the air environment 1 hr
xylenes (as a total of ortho, meta and para isomers) health and wellbeing 1.2mg/m 3 0.25 24 hours
950 0.2 1 year



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