Glasgow City Council June 2014 2014 Air Quality Progress Report for Glasgow City Council In fulfillment of Part IV of the Environment Act 1995 Local Air Quality Management August 2014 2014 Progress Report 1 Glasgow City Council June 2014 Local Authority Kenneth Reid Officer Department Environment & Strategy 231 George Street, Glasgow Address G1 1RX Telephone 0141 287 9251 e-mail
[email protected] Report Reference GCC/LES/E&S/PROGREP2014 number Date August 2014 2 2014 Progress Report Glasgow City Council June 2014 Executive Summary Local Authorities are required to regularly review and assess the air quality within their area of responsibility. This Review and Assessment process is the basis of local air quality management and is intended to compare current and future concentrations of key air pollutants against the objectives detailed in the regulations as part of the National Air Quality Strategy. This report comprises Glasgow City Council’s Progress Report as part of Round 5 of review and Assessment. This Progress Report has looked in detail at the new monitoring data available since the last round of review and assessment as well as considering the impact from various potential sources of pollution. Previous rounds of review and assessment have shown the potential for exceedences of the Objectives included in the Air Quality Regulations at a number of locations outwith the existing Air Quality Management Areas. During 2013, Glasgow City Council has measured concentrations of nitrogen dioxide above the Annual Mean Objective at several automatic monitoring stations within existing AQMA’s and at one location, by diffusion tube, outwith an existing declared AQMA.