Updates on Air Quality - Dublin · 10.7 0 .5 2 daily average value above 25 µg/m3 (WHO guide) 7 7...
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Martin Fitzpatrick
Principal Environmental Health Officer
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Updates on Air Quality
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•National Clean Air Strategy
•EPA Air Quality Report 2016
•The National Ambient Air Quality
Monitoring Programme (‘AAMP’)
•Cleaning Our Air Public Consultation to inform
the development of a National Clean Air Strategy
Dublin City Council made a submission
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Clean Air Strategy
Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
Strategy due to be published in Quarter 1, 2018
EPA Air Quality Report 2016
Issued November 2017
http://www.epa.ie/pubs/reports/air/quality/epaairqualityreport2016.html
National Overview
No levels above the EU limit value were recorded at any of the ambient air quality
network monitoring sites in Ireland in 2016.
WHO guideline values were exceeded at a number of monitoring sites for particulate
matter (PM10and PM2.5), ozone, SO2 and NO2:
the PM10 24hr guideline was exceeded at 11 monitoring sites
the PM2.5 24hr guideline was exceeded at 9 monitoring sites and the annual
guideline at 2 monitoring sites
the Ozone guideline was exceeded at 7 monitoring sites
the SO2 24hr guideline was exceeded at 2 monitoring sites
the NO2 1hr guideline was exceeded at 1 monitoring site
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Dublin City Overview
Nitrogen dioxide
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36.6
27.6
17.3
18.6
30.2
EU annual mean limit value and WHO annual air quality guideline value are both
40 µg/m3.
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0.5 0
4.8 3
.0 2
10.7 0
.5 2
daily average value above
25 µg/m3 (WHO guide)
7 7
9 12
8.5 9
Particulates (Pm10 and PM 2.5)
EU mean limit value 40 µg/m3, WHO Guideline 20 µg/m3
EU annual limit value of 25 µg/m3, WHO Guideline 10 µg/m3
The National Ambient Air Quality Monitoring Programme (‘AAMP’)
Announced by the EPA November 2017
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Comparison with other European networks Number of Air Monitoring
Stations
Population
(millions)
Air Monitoring Stations per
million of population
Scotland 91 5.3 17 per million
Northern Ireland 19 1.8 11 per million
Wales 41 3 14 per million
London 113 9.8 12 per million
Norway 52 5 10 per million
Ireland 30 4.8 6 per million
Setting the Context
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The Overall Vision
A new National Ambient Air Quality Monitoring Programme to
be established under Section 65 of the EPA Act – to place air
quality monitoring on a statutory footing
Why
Provide comprehensive air quality data. Inform environmental
management policy. Improve health outcomes. Engage the
public.
What is proposed
A new five year programme consisting of three main pillars
A greatly expanded national monitoring network in three
tiers
Modelling and forecasting capability
Citizen science and citizen engagement initiatives
What the new programme deliver
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A greatly expanded national monitoring network with 68 automatic monitoring
stations, supplemented by mobile trailers and local monitoring sites in three tiers
Tier 1 – A core network of CAFE directive monitoring stations upgraded to
provide additional automatic real-time PM information
Tier 2 – A greatly expanded Air Quality Index for Health (AQIH) network. This will
consist of the existing CAFE network, the existing automatic EMEP network and
a further 38 sites
Tier 3 –Local air quality monitoring. To be progressed at an initial 15 sites
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Current and Proposed Networks
The road to implementation
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•Capital of €5M over five years and personnel commitment given by Government to
EPA
•Engagement with local authority partners
•Re-alignment of EPA resources
•Tendering and procurement
•Project planning and management
•Internal and external stakeholder communications
•Growing media engagement
•EPA as National Competent Authority and DCCAE to develop the National
Ambient Air Monitoring Framework in consultation with the CCMA
•EPA lead role in air quality monitoring to continue
•Partnership of local authorities and other public bodies will be key to successful
implementation
•Local Authorities using a regionalised approach to participate in national and
local air quality monitoring
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Ambient Air Monitoring Programme
Governance Structure
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Preliminary work by EPA with assistance from Dublin City Council
Nitrogen dioxide indicative study commenced 2016 – then consolidated into
wider study in Q1 2017
Purpose
Identify potential “hot spots” where additional permanent real time
monitoring would be merited
26 monitoring points in 6 areas of the city:
Heuston Station (4)
Bus Aras (4)
Ringsend (4)
North Wall (94)
Pearse St. (4)
Grand Canal (4)
Rathmines (2)
Particulate Monitoring–replace most existing analysers with real time analysers
Heuston Environs
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Bus Aras Environs
North Wall Docklands Environs
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Pearse Street
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Ringsend Environs
Grand Canal (Portobello – Rathmines)
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2017 NO2 Diffusion Tube Survey
Location March April May June July August September
Heuston 40-70 31-59 31-57 33-57 26-59 26-54 16-31
Busaras 49-62 33-50 36-47 40-53 32-47 33-46 20-28
North Wall 46-58 29-45 39-52 40-53 40-53 28-42 17-26
Ringsend 24-36 22-30 20-30 17-25 19-28 15-25 12-17
Pearse St. 53-78 46-77 42-72 46-74 42-72 41-64 24-36
Grand Canal 24-41 17-31 14-29 16-29 15-31 11-24 9-17
Rathmines 22-24 16-18 19-22 15-16 15 10-11 8
µg/m3
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