Public notice

Breach of National Environmental Standards for air - June 2016

Monday 4 July 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.

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

 

Alexandra

Arrowtown

Clyde

Cromwell

Balclutha

Milton

Mosgiel

June

Air Zone 1

Air Zone 2

1

68

65

 

77

 

 

 

2

66

103

 

99

 

 

 

3

 

64

 

77

 

 

 

4

52

79

70

103

 

 

 

5

72

111

86

89

 

60

 

6

67

113

57

85

 

84

 

7

57

100

 

 

56

116

69

8

 

104

 

 

62

146

116

9

74

88

 

81

64

80

71

13

 

65

 

 

 

 

 

14

 

 

 

 

 

73

55

16

54

 

 

 

 

 

 

17

79

 

 

 

 

128

 

18

97

 

51

 

 

157

 

19

53

 

 

 

 

 

 

20

73

84

73

76

54

82

 

21

116

 

91

77

 

73

 

22

116

 

60

 

53

73

 

23

98

 

 

82

 

56

 

25

 

66

 

 

 

 

 

29

 

81

 

 

 

64

 

30

 

71

   

 

61

 

Total

15

14

7

10

5

14

4

Dr Gavin Palmer
Director Engineering, Hazards and Science