Air Quality

Aneta StefanovskaAdvisor in international and local eco-networks

ETC –ACC visit and regional meeting of West Balkans countries Skopje, 28-29.03.2006

Legislation

Law on Air Protection against PollutionLaw on Ambient Air Quality, harmonized with

Framework Directive 96/62/EECSecondary legislation

Decree on ambient air quality limit values, margins of tolerance and alert thresholds, transposing Directives 99/30/EC, 2000/69/EC, 2002/3/EC

Rulebook on ambient air quality assessment, transposing Directives 99/30/EC, 2000/69/EC, 2002/3/EC

Legislation

Secondary legislation which should be drafted Rulebook on preliminary ambient air quality

assessment and establishment of ambient air quality zones and agglomerations

Rulebook on air pollution monitoring and reporting Other regulations based on the Law on Ambient Air

Quality.

Institutions performing air quality monitoring in the Republic of Macedonia

Hydrometeorological administration

Public health institutes

Ministry of environment and physical planning

Hydrometeorological administrationStation longitude latitude altitude (m)AMSM 21o26' 42o00' 249Avtokomanda 21o29' 42o00' 250Dracevo 21o33' 41o56' 242J.B.Tito 21o26' 42o26' 245Karpos IV 21o23'40'' 42o00'15'' 255Novo Lisice 21o28'51'' 41o58'59'' 242UHMR 21o24' 42o01' 301Univerzitetska biblioteka 21o26'40'' 41o59'52'' 247Zavod za ovostarstvo 21o28' 41o58'13'' 243Bitola 21o22' 41o03' 586Filter stanica Veles 21o46'08'' 41o42'16'' 295Sobranie Veles 21o46'34'' 41o43'02'' 185Kumanovo 21o42' 42o07' 402Prilep 21o34' 41o20' 673Ohrid 20o48' 41o07' 760Gevgelija 22o30' 41o09' 590Mladost Tetovo 20o59' 42o00' 410Stip 22o11' 41o45' 326Berovo 22o51' 41o43' 834Lazaropole 20o42' 41o32' 1320

Hydrometeorological administration

SO2 and black smoke are measured at 9 measuring points in Skopje and in 10 other cities in the country: Berovo, Bitola, Tetovo, Gevgelija, Kumanovo, Ohrid, Prilep, Stip, Veles and Lazaropole.

NO2 and O3 are measured at 2 measuring points: Karpos IV and Lazaropole (EMEP station)

Public Health Institute - Skopje

Station longitude latitude altitude (m)DDD 21o27'21'' 42o01'20'' 274Dimo Hadzi Dimov 21o22'50'' 42o00'19'' 254Panorama 21o25'35'' 41o58'54'' 340Pivara 21o28'15'' 41o59'54'' 239Srnicka 21o28'33'' 41o59'10'' 231Usje 21o27'50'' 41o58'08'' 241ZZZ 21o26'49'' 41o59'14'' 249

SO2 is measured at 4 measuring points

Black smoke is measured at 7 measuring points

Public Health Institute - Skopje

Aero sediment is measured at 30 locations with the measuring time of one month, but with calculations for 24 hours

CO is measured at 4 locations (crossroads) with measurement period 2x7 days during spring and autumn

Lead is measured at one location (near institute) with measurements of 2 times per year for seven days (spring and autumn)

Public Health Institute - Veles

Station longitude latitude altitude (m)Nova naselba 21o46'38'' 41o43'03'' 191,57

Biro za vrabotuvanje 21o47'09'' 41o43'09'' 186

Naselba Tunel 21o46'00'' 41o43'00'' 230

SO2 is measured at 3 measuring points Black smoke is measured at 3 measuring points

aerosediment is measured at 7 measuring points in the City

Public Health Institute in Kumanovo, Kocani, Tetovo, Bitola, Ohrid, Prilep and Stip monitor aerosediment

Ministry of Environment and Physical Planning

At present, the Ministry of Environment and Physical Planning has:

13 fix automatic air quality monitoring stations, one mobile station, one traffic air pollution monitoring station.

State automatic air quality monitoring system

longitude latitude altitude (m)

1 MK0028A Karpos Skopje 21o23'46'' 42o00'13'' 250,4 28.03.1998 Traffic Urban

2 MK0029A Centar Skopje 21o25'45'' 41o59'31'' 243 28.03.1998 Traffic Urban

3 MK0030A Gazi Baba Skopje 21o27'49'' 42o00'13'' 250,2 28.03.1998 Background Suburban

4 MK0031A Lisice Skopje 21o28'12'' 41o58'42'' 235 28.03.1998 Industrial Urban

5 Rektorat Skopje 21o26'27'' 41o59'57'' 270,014 06.04.2005 Traffic Urban

6 MK0035A Kicevo Kicevo 20o57'31'' 41o30'52'' 620 10.12.2002 Industrial Urban

7 MK0036A Kumanovo Kumanovo 21o42'53'' 42o08'08'' 337 10.12.2002 Industrial Urban

8 MK0034A Kocani Kocani 22o24'57'' 41o54'50'' 349 10.12.2002 Traffic Urban

9 MK0042A Lazaropole v.Lazaropole 20o41'56'' 41o32'09''  1333 13.05.2004 Background Rural

10 MK0039A Veles 1 Uzus Veles 21o45'53'' 41o43'07''  180 17.05.2004 Industrial Urban

11 MK0040A Veles 2 Gradinka Veles 21o45'55'' 41o42'21''  191 13.05.2004 Traffic Urban

12 MK0037A Bitola 1 UHMR Bitola 21o21'23'' 41o02'24''  586 13.05.2004 Industrial Urban

13 MK0038A Bitola 2 Strezevo Bitola 21o20'12'' 41o01'49''  600 13.05.2004 Traffic Urban

14 MK0041A Tetovo Tetovo 20o58'05'' 42o00'16''  484 13.05.2004 Traffic Urban

15 Kavadarci Kavadarci 06.04.2005 Industrial Urban

EoI nameType of station

Type of area

State automatic air quality monitoring system

Discription of monitoring stations

Start of operation

CoordinatesNo. EoI Code City/place

State automatic air quality monitoring system

Automatic air quality monitoring stations measure environmental and meteorological parameters.

Measured environmental parameters include:

CO-carbon monoxide expressed in mg/m3

SO2-sulphur dioxide expressed in g/m3

Nitrogen oxides expressed in g/m3

O3 - ozone, expressed in g/m3

PM10 - suspended particulate matters in air with size below 10 microns, also expressed in g/m3

BTX - benzene, toluene, ethyl-benzene, otoxylene, paraxylene

State automatic air quality monitoring system

Measured Meteorological parameters include:

Wind velocity, expressed in m/s Wind direction, expressed in degrees temperature, expressed in Celsius degrees humidity, expressed in % pressure, expressed in hPa global radiation, expressed in W/m2

State automatic air quality monitoring system

THERMO Electron Corporation

Measuring methodologies :

The Model 43C pulsed fluorescence SO2 analyzer

The Model 42C Chemiluminescence NO-NO2-NOx

analyzer The Model 48C Gas Filter Correlation (GFC) CO

analyzer (infrared absorption) The Model 49C UV photometric ozone analyzer PM analyzer: FH 62 I-R; ray absorption

State automatic air quality monitoring system

DAS (Data Acquisition system) software in each monitoring station

Telephone line CAS (Central

Acquisition system) software in central station

KarposSkopje Skopje

traffic

Kavadarcimobile

Lazaropole

Tetovo

Veles 2

Veles 1

Bitola 2Bitola 1

Kicevo

Kocani

Kumanovo

Gazi BabaSkopje

CentarSkopje

LisiceSkopje

Centralstation

Calibration Laboratory

• Established in May 2004

Calibration Laboratory

Low volume samplers

• 6 LVS PM10 (low volume samplers) were installed in April 2005

High volume samplers• 4 HVS PM10 (high volume samplers) were installed in April 2005

Data processing and information

In case, at certain measuring point, individual pollutant exceeds the average hourly maximum concentration for three hours consecutively, the State Inspectorate of Environment is informed and alerted.

Information of City Centre for Information and Warning Monthly report from the State Automatic Air Quality

Monitoring System Annual report of all processed air quality data Development of popular brochures on air topics

Reporting obligation for Macedonia regarding the Air quality

  Reporting obligation Legislative instrument Report to Deadline

1 EoI Data on air quality Council Decision of 27 January 1997 establishing a reciprocal exchange of information and data from networks and individual stations measuring ambient air pollution within the Member states 97/101/EC

EU (DG ENV) 01.10.2006

2 Monthly ozone exceedances

Directive 2002/3/EC of European Parliament and of the Council of 12 February relating to ozone in ambient air

EU (DG ENV) Until the end of the following month

3 Summer ozone exceedances

Directive 2002/3/EC of European Parliament and of the Council of 12 February relating to ozone in ambient air

EU (DG ENV) 31.10.2006

Reporting obligation for Macedonia regarding the Air quality

  Reporting obligation Legislative instrument Report to Deadline

4 Annual report (questionnaire) on air quality

Commission Decision 2004/461/EC of 29 April 2004 laying down a questionnaire to be used for annual reporting on ambient air quality assessment under Council Directives 96/62/EC and 1999/30/EC and under the directives 2000/69/EC and 2002/3/EC

EU (DG ENV) 30.09.2006

5 Annual reporting on ambient air quality limit values plans and programmes for SO2, NO2, NOx, PM10, PB, Benzene and CO

Commission Decision 2004/224/EC of 20 February 2004 laying down arrangements for the submission of information for plans and programmes required under Council Directives 96/62/EC in relation of certain pollutants in ambient air

EU (DG ENV) 30.09.2006

6 Plans and programmes for the abatement of air pollution

Council Directive 96/62/EC of 27 September 1996 on ambient air quality assessment and management

EU (DG ENV) 30.09.2006