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Schedule 5 Information and alert thresholdsI1

Northern Ireland

Alert thresholds for Sulphur dioxide and Nitrogen dioxide

PollutantAlert thresholdf1
(1)

To be measured over three consecutive hours at locations representative of air quality over the least 100 km2 or an entire zone, whichever is smaller.

Sulphur dioxide500 µg/m3
Nitrogen dioxide400 µg/m3

Information and alert thresholds for Ozone

PurposeAveraging periodThreshold
Information1 hour180 µg/m3
Alert1 hour240 µg/m3

Annotations

Commencement

I1

Sch. 5 in operation at 11.6.2010, see reg. 1

Footnotes

f1

(1)

To be measured over three consecutive hours at locations representative of air quality over the least 100 km2 or an entire zone, whichever is smaller.