# The Air Quality Standards Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2010, Schedule 3: Target values

Extent: N.I.

Arsenic, cadmium, nickel and benzo(a)pyrene
Pollutant
Target value for the total content in the PM10 fraction averaged over a calendar year
Date by which target value should be met
Arsenic
6 ng/m3
31st December 2012
Cadmium
5 ng/m3
31st December 2012
Nickel
20 ng/m3
31st December 2012
Benzo(a)pyrene
1 ng/m3
31st December 2012
Ozone
Objective
Averaging period
Target value
(1)The maximum daily eight-hour mean concentration shall be selected by examining eight-hour running averages, calculated from hourly data and updated each hour. Each eight-hour average so calculated shall be assigned to the day on which it ends, that is, the first calculation period for any one day will be the period from 17.00 hours on the previous day to 01.00 hours on that day, the last calculation period for any one day will be the period from 16.00 hours to 24.00 hours on the day.
(2)If the three or five year averages cannot be determined on the basis of a full and consecutive set of annual data, the minimum annual data required for checking compliance with the target values will be valid data for one year in relation to the target value for the protection of human health and valid data for three years in relation to the target value for the protection of vegetation.
Protection of human health
Maximum daily eight hour mean
120 µg/m3 not to be exceeded on more than 25 days per calendar year averaged over three years
Protection of vegetation
May to July
AOT 40 (calculated from 1h values) 18,000 µg/m3.h averaged over five years
PM2.5
Averaging period
Target value
Calendar year
25 µg/m3

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2010/188/schedule/3 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/air-quality-standards-regulations-northern-ireland-2010/schedule-3
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