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This section has details of developments to control and manage ambient air quality across the UK, including European and international air quality issues. This index page is arranged under the following headings:
Air quality information
Latest information8 July 2004: Evaluation of the action planning process 8 July 2004: Evaluation of review and assessment support services 17 June 2004: Consultation on the Air Quality Limit Values (Amendment) Regulations 2004 10 June 2004: Valuation of health benefits associated with reductions in air pollution - Report published 28 April 2004: Statistical release: Air quality headline indicator for sustainable development: 2003 (final figures) 22 April 2004: Nitrogen dioxide in the UK - report published by Air Quality Expert Group 30 March 2004: Revised
large Combustion Plants Directive 15 January 2004: Use of multi-criteria analysis in air quality policy - report 15 January 2004: Statistical release: Air quality headline indicator for sustainable development: 2003 (provisional figures) - also this News release The Air Quality Limit Values Regulations 2003, Statutory Instrument 2003 Number 2121: map referred to under Regulation 2; definition of "zone" 27 November 2003: Consultation: UK report regarding plans and programmes to achieve limit values set by the first air quality daughter directive July 2003: A feasibility study for a London low emission zone (LEZ) was launched on 9 July 2003. The Association of London Government, the Mayor of London, the London boroughs and the Government welcomed the publication of the study in a joint press release available at www.london.gov.uk ; a copy of the feasibility study can be viewed at www.london-lez.org. Final consultation drafts on the second review of process guidance notes - solvents sector (closed 17 September 2003). Consultation on proposal for an EU environmental Directive - sulphur in marine fuel (closed 10 October 2003) Report on updates to critical loads for habitats sensitive to acidification and nutrient nitrogen: The National Focal Centre for Critical Loads has published a report for Defra and the devolved administrations, documenting its latest updates to the methods to calculate and map critical loads for UK habitats sensitive to acidification and eutrophication. The updates have been made in light of new scientific information. The report can be accessed on the National Focal Centre's website: www.critloads.ceh.ac.uk. Air pollution information
Air quality strategySets out health-based objectives for ambient air pollutants in the UK. Recent material
Air quality strategy regulations
Earlier material
National Audit Office reviewThe National Audit Office used the development of the second Air Quality Strategy to examine policy development processes of the former Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions (now Defra) - their report is available on the NAO web site. Information leaflets and newsletters
Panels and fora
Local air quality issuesIndustrial air pollution Issues
European and international issuesNegotiation and implementation of EU air quality directives and international measures to control transboundary air pollution. Transposition of EU Directives into national law.
PublicationsThe National Expert Group on Transboundary Air Pollution was set up in 1998 to advise the Government on the impacts of air pollution on ecosystems. Professor David Fowler of the Centre for Ecology and Hydrology in Edinburgh chairs the group, and members include ecology and air pollution experts. The group's report, "Transboundary Air Pollution: Acidification, Eutrophication and Ground-level Ozone in the UK" was published in December 2001. The report is available at www.nbu.ac.uk/negtap/ and in printed form upon request from air.quality@defra.gsi.gov.uk At the same time, a leaflet 'United Kingdom Acid Waters Monitoring Network'was published, summarising the findings of the monitoring network in its 12 year history. The Network monitors the chemical and biological condition of 22 lakes and streams in the UK affected by acid rain. Results over the 12 year period show that improvements in water quality and in some aquatic species have begun, as a result of in reductions in acid rain. The leaflet is available on the Network's website, together with more information on the sites and measurements: www.ukawmn.ucl.ac.uk/ Contacting DefraIf you want further information that is not covered by these pages, you can contact us by e-mail at air.quality@defra.gsi.gov.uk Further information is available on our Help
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