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The Air Quality Standards Regulations 2010

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Regulation 17(1) and (2)

SCHEDULE 2Limit values

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Sulphur dioxide

Averaging periodLimit value
One hour350 μg/m3 not to be exceeded more than 24 times a calendar year
One day125 μg/m3 not to be exceeded more than 3 times a calendar year

Nitrogen dioxide

Averaging periodLimit value
One hour200 μg/m3 not to be exceeded more than 18 times a calendar year
Calendar year40 μg/m3

Benzene

Averaging periodLimit value
Calendar year5 µg/m3

Lead

Averaging periodLimit value
Calendar year0.5 µg/m3

PM10

Averaging periodLimit value
One day50 µg/m3, not to be exceeded more than 35 times a calendar year
Calendar year40 µg/m3

PM2.5

Averaging periodLimit valueMargin of toleranceDate by which limit value is to be met
Calendar year25 μg/m320% on 11th June 2008, decreasing on the next 1st January and every 12 months thereafter by equal annual percentages to reach 0% by 1st January 20151st January 2015

Carbon monoxide

Averaging periodLimit value
(1)

The maximum daily eight hour mean concentration of carbon monoxide must be selected by examining eight hour running averages, calculated from hourly data and updated each hour. Each eight hour average so calculated will be assigned to the day on which it ends, that is, the first calculation period for any one day will be from 17:00 on the previous day to 01:00 on that day, the last calculation period for any one day will be the period from 16:00 to 24:00 on that day.

Maximum eight hour daily mean(1)10 mg/m3

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