Public notice

Breach of National Environmental Standards for air - July 2016

Monday 1 August 2016

The Otago Regional Council is required under the Resource Management (National Environmental Standards for Air Quality) Regulations 2004 to report any breach of the ambient air quality standard.

Tuesday, 02 August 2016 The National Environmental Standard for 24 hour PM10 is 50 micrograms of particulate per cubic metre of air (μg/m3). PM10 concentrations in July 2016 exceeded the standard as follows:

Air July 2016


Dr Gavin Palmer
Director Engineering, Hazards and Science