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Annual Report 2002-2003 National Environment Protection Council

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Title

Annual Report 2002-2003 National Environment Protection Council

Other title

Tabled paper 1225

Collection

Tabled Papers for 9th Assembly 2001 - 2005; Tabled papers for 9th Assembly 2001 - 2005; Tabled papers; ParliamentNT

Date

2004-02-26

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Deemed

Notes

Made available by the Legislative Assembly of the Northern Territory under Standing Order 240. Where copyright subsists with a third party it remains with the original owner and permission may be required to reuse the material.

Language

English

Subject

Tabled papers

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application/pdf

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License

https://www.legislation.gov.au/Series/C1968A00063

Parent handle

https://hdl.handle.net/10070/284157

Citation address

https://hdl.handle.net/10070/409123

Page content

PM iQ Particles as PM10 (NEPM standard 1 day = 50ng/m 3) Region N um ber of NEPM Goal exceedences com pliance Sydney Blacktown 1 1 Not met Bringelly 1 2 Not met Central Coast <]> Lidcombe <2> 3 Not demonstrated Liverpool 13 Not met Oakdale (3) Richmond 17 Not met Rozelle <3> Woolooware 6 Not met Illaw arra Albion Park 6 Not met Warrawong 1 1 Not met Wollongong 9 Not met Lower H u n ter Maitland <4> Newcastle <3> Wallsend 9 Not met Regional NSW Albury 5 Not demonstrated Bathurst 15 Not met Dubbo (D Lismore (') Orange <) Tam worth 9 Not met Wagga Wagga 35 Not met (1) S ta tio n to be es tab lish ed . (2) S ta tio n re lo ca ted 01 /2003 (3) In s tru m e n t to be deployed. (4) S ta tio n to b e e s tab lish ed . D ata rep o r ted from W allsend in the in terim . S u m m a ry The results for all regions show general compliance with the Air NEPM goal (prior to the established timeframe of 2008) for the pollutants carbon monoxide, sulfur dioxide, nitrogen dioxide and lead. Some sites were categorised as not demonstrated due to data recovery rates below 75%. The Albion Park station was off-line due to severe vandalism during 2002 and the Lidcombe site was off-line due to a relocation caused by construction activity. The goal for photochemical oxidants (measured as ozone) was not met at six sites in the Sydney region and one site in the Illawarra region. The goal for particles (as PMI0) was not met at all sites in the Air NEPM network during 2003. The hot drought conditions led to bushfires and severe dust storms during 2 0 0 2 , ensuring that more than the 5 allowable exceedences were recorded at each station. N a tio n a l E n v iro n m e n t P ro te c tio n C o u n c il a n n u a l r e p o r t 2 0 0 2 - 2 0 0 3 133 NSW - A M B IE N T AIR Q U A L IT Y