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The Air Quality Standards (Scotland) Regulations 2007

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Monitoring of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons

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19.—(1) The Scottish Ministers shall monitor concentrations of–

(a)basic polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons; and

(b)any additional polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons which they decide should be monitored,

at monitoring sites designated by them for this purpose.

(2) The Scottish Ministers shall locate each monitoring site–

(a)together with a sampling point established 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 Scottish Ministers consider 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.

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