Lecture 1 (Week 12)

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1995 Environment Act

-Required the Secretary of State for Environment to prepare a national air quality strategy
- Provided for the establishment of Air Quality Management Areas
-Superseded in Scotland by ‘Clean Air for Scotland’

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Automatic Weather Stations

Nationally there are 120 automatic
weather stations and another 150 non-automatic monitors

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Framework for local air quality management - Scotland

-Local Authorities have a duty to designate any relevant areas where the air quality objectives are not being met as Air Quality Management Areas. The local authority is required to develop and implement a plan

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Framework for local air quality management - Scotland 2

-Local authority responsibility
-Programme of air quality assessments
-Identify locations where air quality objectives may not be met
-Air Quality Management Area and Action Plan

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CASE STUDY - BONNYGATE, CUPAR, FIFE (AIR QUALITY ACTION PLAN)

-Levels of NO2 and PM10 found to be breaching threshold levels
-Vehicle traffic contributed 80% of NOx
and PM10. For NOx, 62% was due to moving vehicles and 18% due to stationary
vehicles
-They set a goal of reducing NOx by 53%
and PM10 by 33%

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Other cards in this set

Card 2

Front

Automatic Weather Stations

Back

Nationally there are 120 automatic
weather stations and another 150 non-automatic monitors

Card 3

Front

Framework for local air quality management - Scotland

Back

Card 4

Front

Framework for local air quality management - Scotland 2

Back

Card 5

Front

CASE STUDY - BONNYGATE, CUPAR, FIFE (AIR QUALITY ACTION PLAN)

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Lecture 1 (Week 12)