Scottish Statutory Instrument
2010
Scotland
Air Quality Standards (Scotland) Regulations 2010
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Part 1 — General
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Definitions
Interpretation
Designation of competent authority
Zones and agglomerations
Part 2 — Assessment of ambient air quality
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Assessment thresholds
Assessment criteria
Location and number of sampling points
Assessment criteria
Location and number of sampling points
Assessment thresholds
Assessment criteria
Location and number of sampling points
Monitoring of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons
Background monitoring
Data quality objectives
Reference methods for sampling and analysis
Part 3 — Duties of the Scottish Ministers in relation to limit values etc.
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Duties in relation to limit values
Duties in relation to target values
Date of application for limit values and target values in regulations 17 and 18
Duties in relation to long-term objectives for ozone
Duty in relation to information and alert thresholds
Duty in relation to critical levels for the protection of vegetation
Part 4
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Duty to limit exposure to PM
Part 5 — Plans
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Air quality plans
Short-term action plans
Public participation in drawing up air quality and short-term action plans
Part 6 — Public information
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Public information
Annual reports
Part 7 — Revocation
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Revocation
Schedules
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Any deviation from the criteria set out in this Part...
Where the objective is to assess rural background levels, the...
Where contributions from industrial sources are to be assessed, at...
Sampling points must also, where possible, be representative of similar...
Account must be taken of the need to locate sampling...
Macroscale siting of sampling points (sampling points for the protection of ecosystems and vegetation)
Sampling points must be located so as to be representative...
The maximum daily eight hour mean concentration of carbon monoxide...
(a) The maximum daily eight hour mean concentration must be selected...
(a) To be measured over three consecutive hours at locations...
Localisation of excess pollution— (a) region; (b) city (map);
List of the publications, documents and work etc. used to...
General information— (a) type of zone (city, industrial, rural);
Responsible authorities (names and addresses of persons responsible for the...
Nature and assessment of pollution— (a) concentrations observed over previous...
Origin of pollution— (a) list of the main emission sources...
Analysis of the situation— (a) details of those factors responsible...
Details of those measures or projects for improvements which existed...
Details of those measures or projects adopted with a view...
Details of the measures or projects planned or being researched...
In cases where either the information threshold or the alert...
In cases where either the information or alert thresholds are...
Information on any incident where information or alert thresholds are...
Forecast for the following afternoon, day and days—
Information on the type of population concerned, possible health effects...
Information provided under this Schedule must also include—
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NatureScot
PrimaryScotland's nature agency. Advises government, manages protected areas, licenses activities affecting wildlife. Formerly Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH).
Scottish Environment Protection Agency
Scotland's principal environmental regulator. Protects and improves Scotland's environment. Issues environmental permits for waste, emissions, water abstraction, and radioactive substances. Enforces environmental …
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