PART 3Other pollutants and background monitoring

Monitoring of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons19

1

The Department shall monitor concentrations of—

a

basic polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons; and

b

any additional polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons which it decides should be monitored,

at monitoring sites designated by it for this purpose.

2

The Department shall locate each monitoring site—

a

together with a sampling point for benzo(a)pyrene, where this is possible; or

b

in any other case, in accordance with those Parts of Schedule 6 relevant to Group B pollutants.

3

The total number of monitoring sites and their overall selection shall be such as the Department considers necessary to ensure that the monitoring provides sufficient information to identify long-term trends and geographical variation in the concentration of each polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon.

4

Regulation 16(2) and (3) shall apply to the monitoring required by this regulation as if such monitoring were an assessment under Chapter 4 of Part 2.