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Air Legislation
Why monitor Air Quality?
Ireland
Old Regulations
Pre 1996 conditions for specific compounds
As legislation was non-existent in Ireland therefore specific compound restrictions were put into planning conditions
Air Pollution Act 1987 SI 6 of 1987
Ban on smoky coal
Licensed activities with:
nitric acid
hydrochloric acid
fertilizers manufacturing chemicals
waste incineration
ammonia
metal scrap smelting
EPA Environmental Protection Agency
Monitoring
Modelling
New Air Quality Directives
EU
Began with TA Luft in Germany
1996 Council Directive 96/62/EC
Original EU directive on air quality
Air Quality Framework Directive
Took ten years to create
Daughter Directives
Council Directive 1999/13/EC of 11 March 1999
limitation of emissions of volatile organic compounds due to the use of organic solvents in certain activities and installations
All Member States are required to report to the Commission every three years
