Environmental Protection (Air) Amendment Policy (No. 1) 1998 (Qld)

Queensland Subordinate Legislation 1998 No. 62 Environmental Protection Act 1994 ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION (AIR) AMENDMENT POLICY (No. 1) 1998 TABLE OF PROVISIONS Section Page 1 Short title . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 2 Policy amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 3 Replacement of sch 1 (Air quality indicators and goals) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 SCHEDULE 1 AIR QUALITY INDICATORS AND GOALS

s1 2 s3 Environmental Protection (Air) Amendment (No. 1) No. 62, 1998 ˙ Short title 1. This policy may be cited as the Environmental Protection (Air) Amendment Policy (No. 1) 1998 . ˙ Policy amended 2. This policy amends the Environmental Protection (Air) Policy 1997 . ˙ Replacement of sch 1 (Air quality indicators and goals) 3. Schedule 1— omit, insert— ‘ SCHEDULE 1 ‘ AIR QUALITY INDICATORS AND GOALS sections 8 and 9 PART 1—INDICATORS AND GOALS RELEVANT TO THE AESTHETIC ENJOYMENT OF PLACES AND VISUAL AND LOCAL AMENITY Air Quality Indicator Carbon disulphide Hydrogen sulphide Particles (visibility-reducing) Styrene Tetrachloroethylene Toluene Air Quality Goal micrograms per m 3 (except where noted) parts per million (except where noted) averaging time 20 0.006 30 mins 7 0.005 30 mins 20 km visibility 70 8 mg/m 3 1 mg/m 3 n/a 0.01 1 0.2 1 hr 30 mins 30 mins 30 mins

s3 3 s3 Environmental Protection (Air) Amendment (No. 1) No. 62, 1998 PART 2—INDICATORS AND GOALS RELEVANT TO BIOLOGICAL INTEGRITY A ir Quality Indicator Fluoride Nitrogen dioxide Ozone Sulphur dioxide Total deposited nitrogen micrograms per m 3 (except where noted) Generally 2.9 0.84 0.5 Agricultural production areas 1.5 0.4 0.25 Protected areas under the Nature Conservation Act 1992 0.1 95 30 210 65 60 100 60 3 g/m 2 Air Quality Goal parts per million (except where noted) averaging time n/a 24 hrs n/a 30 days n/a 90 days n/a 24 hrs n/a 30 days n/a 90 days n/a 0.046 0.01 0.1 0.03 0.03 0.04 0.02 n/a 90 day 4 hrs 1 yr 1 hr 24 hrs 100 days of a growing season 24 hrs 1 yr 1 yr

s3 4 s3 Environmental Protection (Air) Amendment (No. 1) No. 62, 1998 PART 3—OTHER INDICATORS AND GOALS Air Quality Indicator Cadmium Carbon disulphide Carbon monoxide 1, 2 dichlorethane Dichloromethane Formaldehyde Hydrogen sulphide Lead Manganese Nitrogen dioxide Ozone and photo-chemical oxidants Particles (as PM 10 ) Particles (as total suspended particulate) Styrene Sulphate Sulphur dioxide Tetrachloroethylene Toluene Trichloroethylene Vanadium Air Quality Goal micrograms per m 3 (except where noted ) parts per million (except where noted) averaging time 20 ng/m 3 (maximum with no increase above existing levels) 100 10 mg/m 3 0.7 mg/m 3 3 mg/m 3 100 150 1.5 1 320 n/a 0.03 8 0.2 0.8 0.07 0.099 n/a n/a 0.16 1 yr 24 hrs 8 hrs 24 hrs 24 hrs 30 mins 24 hrs 90 days 1 yr 1 hr 210 0.098 1 hr 170 0.079 4 hrs 150 n/a 24 hrs 50 n/a 1 yr 90 800 15 700 570 60 5 mg/m 3 8 mg/m 3 1 mg/m 3 1 n/a 1 yr 0.2 24 hrs n/a 1 yr 0.25 10 mins 0.2 1 hr 0.02 1 yr 0.7 24 hrs 2 24 hrs 0.2 24 hrs n/a 24 hrs’.

5 Environmental Protection (Air) Amendment (No. 1) No. 62, 1998 ENDNOTES 1. Approved by Governor in Council on 26 March 1998. 2. Notified in the gazette on 27 March 1998. 3. Laid before the Legislative Assembly on . . . 4. The administering agency is the Department of Environment. © State of Queensland 1998