THE SCHEDULE

PART I

TABLE

AIR QUALITY OBJECTIVES

Substance/ Air Quality Objective levelsDate by which objective to be achieved
Benzene: 16.25 micrograms per cubic metre or less, when expressed as a running annual mean31 December 2003
1, 3 -Butadiene: 2.25 micrograms per cubic metre or less, when expressed as a running annual mean31 December 2003
Carbon monoxide: 11.6 milligrams per cubic metre or less, when expressed as a running 8 hour mean31 December 2003
Nitrogen dioxide: 200 micrograms per cubic metre or less, when expressed as an hourly mean, not to be exceeded more than 18 times a year31 December 2005
Nitrogen dioxide: 40 micrograms per cubic metre or less, when expressed as an annual mean31 December 2005
Lead: 0.5 micrograms per cubic metre or less, when expressed as an annual mean31 December 2004
Lead: 0.25 micrograms per cubic metre or less, when expressed as an annual mean31 December 2008
PM10: 50 micrograms per cubic metre or less, when expressed as a 24 hour mean, not to be exceeded more than 35 times a year31 December 2004
PM10 40 micrograms per cubic metre or less, when expressed as an annual mean31 December 2004
Sulphur dioxide: 125 micrograms per cubic metre or less, when expressed as a 24 hour mean, not to be exceeded more than 3 times a year31 December 2004
Sulphur dioxide: 350 micrograms per cubic metre or less, when expressed as an hourly mean, not to be exceeded more than 24 times a year31 December 2004
Sulphur dioxide: 266 micrograms per cubic metre or less, when expressed as a 15 minute mean, not to be exceeded more than 35 times a year31 December 2005