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Variation to the Ambient Air Quality NEPM

In May 2003, the NEPC made the Variation to the Ambient Air Quality NEPM which strengthens air quality standards to help protect Australians from the adverse health impacts of small pollutant particles. The Variation introduces advisory reporting standards for fine particles 2.5 micrometres or less in size (known as PM_2.5). These are known to produce respiratory and cardiovascular illness. The advisory reporting standards will assist in gathering sufficient data nationally on fine particles, with the information used to inform the review process for the Ambient Air Quality NEPM, which is scheduled to commence in 2005.

The final documents for the Variation are available for download below. Click here for documents released during the development of the Variation.

Title	Size	Download
Ambient Air Quality NEPM - as varied	file size 77k
Variation to the Ambient Air Quality NEPM	file size 182k
Impact Statement for the Draft Variation	file size 392k
Summary of Submissions received	file size 332k
Technical Paper on Monitoring for Particles as PM2.5	file size 64k

Last Modified: 2/2/04

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