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The Air Quality Standards (Wales) Regulations 2007

W.S.I. 2007/717 · Made 6 March 2007

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION, WALES

Made 6 March 2007

Coming into force 15 March 2007

The National Assembly for Wales (“the National Assembly”), being designatedf1 to exercise powers under section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972f2 in relation to measures relating to the assessment and management of ambient air quality and compliance with air quality limit values, target values and objectives, makes the following Regulations:

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Footnotes

f1

S.I. 2000/2812.

f2

1972 c. 68.

Contents

  1. Part 1: General
  2. 1Title, commencement and application
  3. 2Definitions
  4. 3Designation of National Assembly for Wales
  5. Part 2: Group A and Group B pollutants and ozone
  6. Chapter 1: Air quality standards
  7. 4Preliminary and application
  8. 5Zones and agglomerations
  9. 6Air quality standards
  10. Chapter 2: Attainment of air quality standards
  11. 7General attainment measures
  12. 8Improvement plans
  13. 9Other improvement measures
  14. Chapter 3: Maintenance of air quality standards and action plans
  15. 10Maintenance of air quality standards
  16. 11Action plans
  17. Chapter 4: Assessment
  18. 12Duty to assess air quality
  19. 13Assessment methods
  20. 14Fixed measurement
  21. 15Sampling points
  22. 16Other assessment requirements
  23. Part 3: Other pollutants and background monitoring
  24. 17Measurement of PM2·5
  25. 18Measurement of ozone precursor substances
  26. 19Monitoring of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons
  27. 20Background monitoring
  28. Part 4: Public information and participation
  29. 21General requirements
  30. 22Information regarding zones
  31. 23Information on concentrations
  32. 24Information on breach of alert or information threshold
  33. 25Information on breach of air quality standards
  34. 26Ozone annual report
  35. 27Information on action and improvement plans
  36. 28Public participation in improvement plans
  37. Part 5: Final and miscellaneous provisions
  38. 29Collation of information etc.
  39. 30Revocations
  40. Signature
  41. Schedule 1: Air quality standards
  42. 1Limit values for Group A pollutants
  43. 2Margins of tolerance for benzene and nitrogen dioxide
  44. Part 3: Target values for Group B pollutants
  45. 1Paragraph 1
  46. 2Paragraph 2
  47. 4Target values and long-term objectives for ozone
  48. 3Paragraph 3
  49. Schedule 2: Information to be included in an Improvement Plan
  50. 1Paragraph 1
  51. 2Paragraph 2
  52. 3Paragraph 3
  53. 4Paragraph 4
  54. 5Paragraph 5
  55. 6Paragraph 6
  56. 7Paragraph 7
  57. 8Paragraph 8
  58. 9Paragraph 9
  59. 10Paragraph 10
  60. Schedule 3: Alert and information thresholds
  61. 1Alert thresholds for nitrogen dioxide and sulphur dioxide
  62. 2Alert and information thresholds for ozone
  63. Schedule 4: Assessment thresholds
  64. 1Assessment thresholds for Group A pollutants
  65. 2Assessment thresholds for Group B pollutants
  66. Part 3: Determination of when assessment thresholds are exceeded
  67. 1Paragraph 1
  68. 2Paragraph 2
  69. Schedule 5: Location of sampling points
  70. Part 1: Macroscale siting for Group A pollutants
  71. 1Sampling points for the protection of human health
  72. 2Sampling points for the protection of human health
  73. 3Sampling points for the protection of human health
  74. 4Sampling points for the protection of human health
  75. 5Protection of ecosystems and vegetation
  76. 6Protection of ecosystems and vegetation
  77. Part 2: Macroscale siting for Group B pollutants
  78. 7Paragraph 7
  79. 8Paragraph 8
  80. 9Paragraph 9
  81. 10Paragraph 10
  82. 11Paragraph 11
  83. Part 3: Macroscale siting for ozone
  84. 12Paragraph 12
  85. 13Paragraph 13
  86. Part 4: Microscale siting
  87. 14Paragraph 14
  88. 15Paragraph 15
  89. Part 5
  90. 16Documentation and review of site selection
  91. 17Documentation and review of site selection
  92. Schedule 6: Minimum number of sampling points
  93. 1Group A pollutants: human health-based limit values and alert thresholds
  94. 1Paragraph 1
  95. 2Point sources
  96. Part 2: Group A pollutants: limit values for the protection of ecosystems or vegetation
  97. 3Paragraph 3
  98. 4Paragraph 4
  99. 3Group B pollutants
  100. 5Paragraph 5
  101. 6Point sources
  102. Part 4: Ozone
  103. 7Paragraph 7
  104. Part 5: Ozone: minimum number of sampling points for fixed measurements for zones attaining the long-term objectives
  105. 8Paragraph 8
  106. 9Paragraph 9
  107. 10Paragraph 10
  108. Schedule 7: Requirements for assessment methods other than fixed measurement
  109. Part 1: Group A pollutants
  110. 1Paragraph 1
  111. 2Paragraph 2
  112. Part 2: Group B pollutants
  113. 3Requirements for air quality models
  114. 4Requirements for objective estimation techniques
  115. 5Standardisation
  116. Part 3: Ozone and ozone precursor substances
  117. 6Paragraph 6
  118. 7Paragraph 7
  119. Schedule 8: Data quality objectives
  120. Part 1: Group A pollutants and PM2·5
  121. 1Group A pollutants (other than benzene and carbon monoxide) and PM2·5
  122. 2Group A pollutants (other than benzene and carbon monoxide) and PM2·5
  123. 3Group A pollutants (other than benzene and carbon monoxide) and PM2·5
  124. 4Group A pollutants (other than benzene and carbon monoxide) and PM2·5
  125. 5Group A pollutants (other than benzene and carbon monoxide) and PM2·5
  126. 6Benzene and carbon monoxide
  127. 7Benzene and carbon monoxide
  128. 8Benzene and carbon monoxide
  129. 9Benzene and carbon monoxide
  130. 10Benzene and carbon monoxide
  131. Part 2: Group B pollutants, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and total gaseous mercury
  132. 11Paragraph 11
  133. 12Paragraph 12
  134. 13Paragraph 13
  135. 14Paragraph 14
  136. 15Paragraph 15
  137. Part 3: Ozone and nitrogen dioxide assessed at ozone sampling points
  138. 16Paragraph 16
  139. 17Paragraph 17
  140. 18Paragraph 18
  141. 19Paragraph 19
  142. 20Paragraph 20
  143. Schedule 9: Reference methods
  144. 1Group A pollutants
  145. 2Group B pollutants in ambient air
  146. 3Ozone
  147. 4Other reference methods
  148. Schedule 10: Ozone precursor substances
  149. 1Objectives
  150. 2Objectives
  151. 3Substances
  152. 4Substances
  153. 5Reference methods
  154. 6Monitoring sites
  155. Schedule 11: Public information where alert or information thresholds are exceeded
  156. Part 1: Alert thresholds for nitrogen dioxide and sulphur dioxide
  157. 1Paragraph 1
  158. Part 2: Alert and information thresholds for ozone
  159. 2Paragraph 2
  160. 3Paragraph 3
  161. 4Paragraph 4
  162. 5Paragraph 5
  163. 6Paragraph 6
  164. Schedule 12: Collation of information and criteria for aggregating data and calculating statistical parameters
  165. Part 1: Information to be submitted to the Commission
  166. 1Paragraph 1
  167. 2Paragraph 2
  168. 3Paragraph 3
  169. Part 2: Criteria for aggregating data and calculating statistical parameters
  170. 4Paragraph 4
  171. 5Paragraph 5
  172. Schedule 13Revocations
  173. Explanatory note