2014 Air Quality Progress Report for Chelmsford City Council In fulfillment of Part IV of the Environment Act 1995 Local Air Quality Management June 2014 1 Local Authority Officer Tim Savage Department Public Health & Protection Services Duke Street Chelmsford Address Essex CM1 1JE Telephone 01245 606264 Email
[email protected] Report Reference CCC/PR2014 number Date 25th June 2014 Written by Tim Savage Approved by Gary Lewis Scientific Team Public Health & Protection Services Chelmsford City Council Duke Street Chelmsford Essex CM1 1JE 2 Executive Summary The 2014 Progress Report is designed to fulfil Chelmsford City Councils statutory duty to review and assess air quality within its area, and to determine whether or not the air quality objectives are likely to be achieved. Air Quality within AQMAs Chelmsford City Council has one Air Quality Management Area (AQMA) in the vicinity of the Army and Navy roundabout. Automatic monitoring measured an exceedance of the nitrogen dioxide annual mean air quality objective however there was no exceedance at relevant exposure. No exceedences of the one hour mean objective were measured. Non automatic monitoring measured an exceedance of the nitrogen dioxide annual mean air quality objective at one location which was at relevant exposure. Air Quality outside AQMAs Automatic monitoring measured no exceedences of the air quality objectives for nitrogen dioxide, particulate matter (PM10) or sulphur dioxide. Non-Automatic monitoring measured an exceedance of the nitrogen dioxide annual mean air quality objective at one location but there was no exceedance at relevant exposure. However, it should be noted that at four locations, borderline concentrations (36-40 µg/m 3) were identified.