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Environmental Health
Air Quality
Information and data on Air Quality in the Castlereagh Borough Council area and in the rest of Northern Ireland is available by clicking www.airqualityni.co.uk
By clicking on this link you can also receive the latest graphs, photographs and site information.
The UK Government published its strategic policy framework for air quality management in 1995 establishing national strategies and policies on air quality. The NI Environment Order came into operation in January 2003 and implements the European Air Framework Directive 96/62EC and the UK Air Quality Strategy. The Air Quality Strategy provides a framework for air quality control through air quality management and air quality objectives.
Under the Air Quality Strategy all Local Authorities are required to undertake an air quality review. In areas where air quality objectives are not anticipated to be met by the specified date, Local Authorities are required to establish Air Quality Management Areas to improve air quality.
Local Air Quality Management Policy Guidance (LAQM.PGNI (03)) is designed to help relevant authorities with their Local Air Quality Management (LAQM) duties under Part III of the Environment (NI) Order 2002. The Environment (NI) Order 2002 provides the framework for LAQM across Northern Ireland. The Air Quality Objectives set out in the Air Quality Regulations (NI) 2003 provide the statutory basis for the system of LAQM.
Castlereagh Borough Council has completed the first round of air quality review and assessments. The Council are now required to proceed to the third round of review and assessment in which sources of emissions to air are reassessed to identify whether the situation has changed since the previous rounds, and if so, what impact this may have on predicted exceedences of the air quality objectives.
The second round of review and assessment is to be undertaken in two steps. The first step is an Updating and Screening Assessment, which updates the findings of the previous Review and Assessment cycle, undertaken for all pollutants identified in the Air Quality Regulations. Where a significant risk of exceedence is identified for a pollutant it will be necessary for the local authority to proceed to a Detailed Assessment the following year. Where a local authority does not need to undertake a Detailed Assessment, a progress report is required instead.
This report is an Updating and Screening Assessment for Castlereagh Borough Council as outlined in the Government's published guidance.
This Updating and Screening Assessment has concluded that Castlereagh Borough Council is not required to carry out a Detailed Review and Assessment for carbon monoxide, benzene, 1,3-butadiene, lead, nitrogen dioxide, PM10 or sulphur dioxide.
Please click the document below for update and screening report on air quality.
 Castlereagh_USA_v3_2006.pdf
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