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Polish study trip to Austria, May 2015. Ambient Air Quality in Styria - Monitoring and Current Situation. Andreas Schopper Section Air Quality Control State Government of Styria. Demographical Facts about Styria. Second-largest Austrian province Area: 16.400 km 2
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Polish study trip to Austria, May 2015 Ambient Air Quality in Styria - Monitoring and Current Situation Andreas Schopper Section Air Quality Control State Government of Styria Andreas Schopper, State Government of Styria
Demographical Facts about Styria • Second-largest Austrian province • Area: 16.400 km2 • Area with permanent settlement: 5.200 km² • Population: 1.215.000 (1.1.2014) • Population density: 74 (234) residents/km² • Number of vehicles: 950.000 • Provincial capital: Graz • Area: 128 km2 • Population: 270.000 (1.1.2014) • Population density: 2.100 residents/km² • Agglomeration: > 400.000 • 5 Universities • 2 Polytechnics ~50.000 students Andreas Schopper, State Government of Styria
Department 15 Energy, Housing, Technology Main Tasks - Environmental Control - Analysis and Strategic Planning - Environmental Information and Consulting - Technical Expert Service in Licensing Procedures - Energy Consulting - Residential Building Subsidy - Residential Building Restoration Andreas Schopper, State Government of Styria
Section Ambient Air Quality Control Monitoring Center • Reporting + Information • Public Relation • IT Measurement Engineering • Operating the Monitoring-Network • QM Expert – Service in Licensing Procedures • Industry and Trade • Traffic • Agriculture • Spatial Planning CadastreandModelling • Emission Cadastres • Dispersion Modelling Environmental Laboratories Andreas Schopper, State Government of Styria
AQ Monitoring Network Andreas Schopper, State Government of Styria
Meteorological Situation Andreas Schopper, State Government of Styria
Meteorological Situation Andreas Schopper, State Government of Styria
Sulfur Dioxide in Graz 1980 bis 2014 Andreas Schopper, State Government of Styria
Sulfur Dioxide 1985 to 2000 Das „Vorzeigebeispiel“ Andreas Schopper, State Government of Styria
PM – Annual Mean Values 1990 - 2014 Andreas Schopper, State Government of Styria
Legal Background Immissionsschutzgesetz – Luft (IG-L) BGBl.I Nr.115/1997 In Implementation of the Frame Directive RL 96/62/ECand current European Regulations Andreas Schopper, State Government of Styria
PM – Thresholds • since 2005: 50 µg/m³ as a Daily Mean Value (PM10) Tolerated Exceedances per Year: from 2001 to 2004: 35 from 2005 to 2009: 30 since 2010: 25 40 µg/m³ as an Annual Mean Value (PM10) • since 2015: 25 µg/m³ as an Annual Mean Value (PM2,5) 20 µg/m³ as an AEI Andreas Schopper, State Government of Styria
Annual Exceedances of PM10 –Daily Mean Value Andreas Schopper, State Government of Styria
PM10 in Styria Andreas Schopper, State Government of Styria
Nitrogen Dioxide Austria (IG –L) • 200 µg/m³ as a Halfhour Mean Value • 35 µg/m³ as an Annual Mean Value European Community (Directive 2008/50/EC) • 200 µg/m³ as a 1Hour Mean Value • (18 annual exceedances tolerated) • 40 µg/m³ as an Annual Mean Value Andreas Schopper, State Government of Styria
Ozone Andreas Schopper, State Government of Styria
Ozone Information / Alarm Threshold Directive 2008/50/EC • 180 / 240 µg/m³ as an 1Hour Mean Value Andreas Schopper, State Government of Styria
Ozone Target Value Directive 2008/50/EC • 120 μg/m³ not to be exceeded on more than 25 days per year averaged over three years Andreas Schopper, State Government of Styria
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