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The Air Quality Limit Values Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2002

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Regulations 3(1), 8(2), 9(1) and (3), 11(4) and (5)

SCHEDULE 1Limit Values, Margins of Tolerance etc.

PART ISULPHUR DIOXIDE

Limit values for sulphur dioxide

1.1  

Averaging PeriodLimit ValueMargin of tolerance (1)Date by which limit value is to be met

1.  Hourly limit value for the protection of human health

1 hour350 μg/m3, not to be exceeded more than 24 times a calendar year120 μg/m3 on 19th July 2001, reducing on 1st January of each following year by equal annual amounts to reach 0 μg/m3 by 1st January 20051st January 2005

2.  Daily limit value for the protection of human health

24 hours125 μg/m3, not to be exceeded more than 3 times a calendar yearNone1st January 2005

3.  Limit value for the protection of ecosystems

Calendar year and winter (1st October to 31st March)20 μg/m3None1st May 2002

Alert threshold for sulphur dioxide

1.2  500 μg/m3 measured over three consecutive hours at locations representative of air quality over at least 100 km2 or an entire zone or agglomeration, whichever is the smaller.

Minimum details to be made available to the public when the alert threshold for sulphur dioxide is exceeded

1.3  Details to be made available to the public should include at least:

  • the date, hour and place of the occurrence and the reasons for the occurrence, where known;

  • any forecasts of:

    • changes in concentration (improvement, stabilisation, or deterioration), together with the reasons for those changes;

    • the geographical area concerned;

    • the duration of the occurrence;

    • the type of population potentially sensitive to the occurrence; and

    • the precautions to be taken by the sensitive population concerned.

PART IINITROGEN DIOXIDE (NO2) AND OXIDES OF NITROGEN (NOx)

Limit values for nitrogen dioxide and oxides of nitrogen

2.1  

Averaging PeriodLimit ValueMargin of toleranceDate by which limit value is to be met

1.  Hourly limit value for the protection of human health

1 hour200 μg/m3, NO2 not to be exceeded more than 18 times a calendar year90 μg/m3 on 19th July 2001, reducing on 1st January of each following year by equal annual amounts to reach 0 μg/m3 by 1st January 20101st January 2010

2.  Annual limit value for the protection of human health

Calendar year40 μg/m3 NO218 μg/m3 on 19th July 2001, reducing on 1st January of each following year by equal annual amounts to reach 0 μg/m3 by 1st January 20101st January 2010

3.  Annual limit value for the protection of vegetation

Calendar year30 μg/m3 NOxNone1st May 2002

Alert threshold for nitrogen dioxide

2.2  400 μg/m3 measured over three consecutive hours at locations representative of air quality over at least 100 km2 or an entire zone or agglomeration, whichever is the smaller.

Minimum details to be made available to the public when the alert threshold for nitrogen dioxide is exceeded

2.3  Details to be made available to the public should include at least:

  • the date, hour and place of the occurrence and the reasons for the occurrence, where known;

  • any forecasts of:

    • changes in concentration (improvement, stabilisation, or deterioration), together with the reasons for those changes;

    • the geographical area concerned;

    • the duration of the occurrence;

    • the type of population potentially sensitive to the occurrence; and

    • the precautions to be taken by the sensitive population concerned.

PART IIIPARTICULATE MATTER (PM10)

Averaging PeriodLimit ValueMargin of toleranceDate by which limit value is to be met

1.  24-hour limit value for the protection of human health

24 hours50 μg/m3 PM10 not to be exceeded more than 35 times a calendar year20 μg/m3 on 19th July 2001, reducing on 1st January of each following year by equal annual amounts to reach 0 μg/m3 by 1st January 20051st January 2005

2.  Annual limit value for the protection of human health

Calendar year40 μg/m3 PM106.4 μg/m3 on 19th July 2001, reducing on 1st January of each following year by equal annual amounts to reach 0 μg/m3 by 1st January 20051st January 2005

PART IVLEAD

Averaging PeriodLimit ValueMargin of toleranceDate by which limit value is to be met
Annual limit value for the protection of human healthCalendar year0.5 μg/m30.4 μg/m3 on 19th July 2001, reducing on 1st January of each following year by equal annual amounts to reach 0 μg/m3 by 1st January 20051st January 2005
(1)

The figures for margins of tolerance for each of the relevant pollutants given in this Schedule are calculated from those given in Annexes I to IV to Directive 99/30/EC.

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