# The Air Quality Standards (Wales) Regulations 2007, Paragraph 6: Benzene and carbon monoxide


The data quality objectives in the following table, for allowed uncertainty of assessment methods, of minimum time coverage and of data capture of measurement are provided to guide quality assurance programmes—
Benzene
Carbon monoxide
Fixed measurements
Uncertainty
25%
15%
Minimum data capture
90%
90%
Minimum time coverage
35% at urban background and traffic sites (distributed over the year to be representative of various conditions for climate and traffic); 90% at industrial sites
Indicative measurements
Uncertainty
30%
25%
Minimum data capture
90%
90%
Minimum time coverage
14% (one day’s measurement a week at random, evenly distributed over the year, or 8 weeks evenly distributed over the year)
14% (one measurement a week at random, evenly distributed over the year, or 8 weeks evenly distributed over the year)
Modelling
Uncertainty:
Eight-hour averages
50%
Annual averages
50%
Objective estimation
Uncertainty
100%
75%

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2007/717/schedule/8/paragraph/6 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/air-quality-standards-wales-regulations-2007/schedule-8/paragraph-6
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