The Air Quality Standards Regulations 2010

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Any deviation from the criteria listed in this Part must be documented in accordance with Part 4.

PART4 — Documentation and review of site selection

1

The Secretary of State must for all zones and agglomerations fully document the site-selection procedures and record information to support the network design and choice of location for all monitoring sites.

2

The documentation must include compass-point photographs of the area surrounding monitoring sites and detailed maps.

3

Where supplementary methods are used within a zone or agglomeration, the documentation must include details of these methods and information on how the criteria listed in Article 7(3) of Directive 2008/50/EC are met.

4

The documentation must be updated as necessary and reviewed at least every 5 years, to ensure that selection criteria, network design and monitoring site locations remain valid and optimal over time.

Interpretation

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• (1) When interpreting Directive 2008/50/EC for the purposes of these Regulations—

• (a) Article 3(f) is to be read as if for “other Member States” there were substituted “ member States ”;

• (b) in Annex 1—

• (i) in section A, footnote (1) is to be read as if—

• (aa) for “Member States” there were substituted “ the Secretary of State ”;

• (bb) for “they” there were substituted “ the Secretary of State ”;

• (cc) the words “to the Commission” were omitted;

• (ii) section C is to be read as if—

• (aa) at each place it occurs, a reference to “harmonised” there were substituted a reference to “designated”;

• (bb) in paragraph 1, for “appropriate competent authorities and bodies designated pursuant to Article 3” there were substituted “ the Secretary of State ”;

• (cc) in point (i), the words “pursuant to Articles 6 and 9” were omitted;

• (dd) in point (iii), the words from “and that institutions” to the end of that point were omitted;

• (ee) in point (iv), in the first sentence, the words from “by the appropriate” to “Article 3” were omitted;

• (ff) in point (iv), in the first sentence, the words from “the reference to” to “the European Union” were omitted;

• (gg) in point (iv), the second sentence, the words from “for the coordination” to “be responsible” were omitted;

• (hh) points (v) and (vi) were omitted;

• (ii) in paragraph 2 for “All reported data under Article 27” there were substituted “ all data ”;

• (c) in Annex 2, in section B, the second paragraph is to be read as if for “Member States” there were substituted “ the Secretary of State ”;

• (d) in Annex 3, in section A, paragraph 2(b) is to be read as if the words “In accordance with Article 2(1)” were omitted;

• (e) in Annex 5, in section A, footnotes (1) and (2) are to be read as if for “Member State”, in each place where the words occur, there were substituted “ the United Kingdom ”;

• (f) in Annex 6, section B is to be read as if—

• (i) in point 1—

• (aa) for “A Member State” there were substituted “ the Secretary of State ”;

• (bb) for “it” there were substituted “ the Secretary of State ”;

• (cc) for “the Member State concerned” there were substituted “ the Secretary of State ”;

• (ii) points 2, 3 and 4 were omitted;

• (g) in Annex 8, in section A, the paragraph after the table is to be read as if after the words “in the Community” there were inserted “ in so far as it forms part of assimilated law ”.

• (2) When interpreting Directive 2004/107/EC for the purposes of these Regulations—

• (a) in Annex 2, in section 2 (determination of exceedances of upper and lower assessment thresholds), the second paragraph is to be read as if for “Member States” there were substituted “ the Secretary of State ”;

• (b) in Annex 3, in section 4, point (b) is to be read as if the words “as defined by Article 2(11) of Directive 96/61/EC” were omitted;

• (b) in Annex 4—

• (i) in section I (data quality objectives), the fifth and sixth paragraphs are to be read as if—

• (aa) for “Member State”, in each place where the words occur, there were substituted “ the Secretary of State ”;

• (bb) for “they”, in each place where the words occur, there were substituted “ the Secretary of State ”;

• (c) Annex 5 is to be read as if—

• (i) in section 1 (reference method for the sampling and analysis of arsenic, cadmium and nickel in ambient air), in the second paragraph, for “A Member State” there were substituted “ The Secretary of State ”;

• (ii) in section 2 (reference method for the sampling and analysis of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in ambient air)—

• (aa) in the first paragraph, for “Member States are allowed to” there were substituted “ the Secretary of State may ”;

• (bb) in the second paragraph, for “A Member State” there were substituted “ The Secretary of State ”;

• (iii) in section 3 (reference method for the sampling and analysis of mercury in ambient air), in the second paragraph, for “A Member State” there were substituted “ The Secretary of State ”;

• (iv) section 5 were omitted.

Designation of competent authority

Zones and agglomerations