The Environmental Targets (Fine Particulate Matter) (England) Regulations 2023 No. 96

Regulation 16

SCHEDULE 3 Information required to be published

Monitoring stations: general information

1.  In relation to each monitoring station—

(a) its zone and location;

(b) the date on which it first entered into operation for the monitoring of PM_2.5 levels;

(c) the description of site (as listed in paragraph 1 of Schedule 2), if any, at which it is located;

(d) whether PM_2.5 levels measured at the monitoring station are used for the purposes of—

(i) the annual mean concentration target and the population exposure reduction target; or

(ii) the annual mean concentration target only.

Monitoring stations: location details

2.  In relation to each monitoring station—

(a) a map of its location and photographs of the surrounding area;

(b) the precise location of the sampling inlet including its height above the ground.

3.  In relation to each monitoring station at a near-source site—

(a) a description of the predominant nearby source of PM_2.5 emissions;

(b) the distance of the monitoring station from that source.

Monitoring stations: temporary or permanent impacts

4.  In relation to each monitoring station, a description of any local influences (such as construction or roadworks) which have led to a temporary or permanent change in the extent to which PM_2.5 levels measured at the site are representative of PM_2.5 levels in the surrounding area.

Assessment methods and quality control

5.  In relation to each monitoring station, a narrative description of the method used to take fixed measurements of PM_2.5 levels.

6.  An explanation of how any equivalent methods used are equivalent to the reference method.

7.  A description of any quality assurance and quality control systems used to ensure the continued accuracy of measuring devices and the data obtained from them.

Data

8.  In relation to each monitoring station—

(a) for each period in which a fixed measurement of PM_2.5 was taken and ratified, the measured value, or the mean of the measured values if more than one measurement was taken and ratified;

(b) the annual data capture rate;

(c) the annual mean PM_2.5 level in each year.

9.  PEIbase (that is, the Population Exposure Indicator, as defined in regulation 10, for the baseline period as defined in regulation 7).

10.  The Population Exposure Indicator for the most recent year for which it has been calculated.

11.  The result of the calculation in paragraph 2(e) of Schedule 1 (that is, the percentage of PEIbase which represents the cumulative sum of annual changes to the Population Exposure Indicator since the baseline period), for the most recent year for which it has been calculated.