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Maryam Izadpanah
Head of Air Pollution Monitoring
National Air and climate change center
Department of the Environment
Department of the Environment
US/Iran Symposium on Air Pollution in Megacities Beckman Center Irvine, CA
September 4, 2013
-Area
-Topography
-Industrial zone
-capacity of
transportation
The government is mandated to reduce air pollution in Tehran and major cities to meet WHO guidelines
Establishment of Tehran air pollution Executive Committee
1. First Air Quality Action Plan in Tehran (2000-2010)
2. Second Air Quality Action Plan to reduce air pollution in Tehran (2011-2015)
Purpose action plans to reduce air pollution
Formulate Scientific and Practical Approaches to obtain the necessary approvals from the Environmental Council, Cabinet and Parliament
Coordinating between the organization relevant to reduce air pollution
Accelerating the implementation of the projects/activities
1. New vehicles
2. Old vehicles
3. Public Transportation
4. Improving the quality of fuel
5. Inspection and maintenance of Vehicle
6. Traffic management
7. Training and public awareness
Production of non-leaded gasoline
supply Low sulfur gas oil for public transport
Improvement of environmental standards for passenger cars
Establishment 6 centers for vehicle inspection
Promote CNG buses for urban transport
developement of public transportation, especially the subway system
public awareness
Traffic control management
Adequate funding
Effective cooperation of line organization
Lack of institutional arrangements
Active public participation
Media cooperation
The plan
consists of 11 goals
based on 22 subjects
Domestic and Commercial
42%
industrial26%
transportation
28%
agriculture4%
Share of fuel consumption in different sections
Reduce emissions of criteria air pollutants
scrapping the old vehicles and motorcycles
Fuel supply for light and heavy duty diesel vehicles, according to environmental standards (Euro4 ,Euro 5)
Equipping industrial air pollution source with control systems
Increase green landscape per capita
1. Scrappage of the old vehicles
2. Implemantion of standards for New vehicles
3. Improving fuel quality
4. Development of Public transportation
5. Inspection and maintenance vehicle
6-Traffic Management
7-Controling of Industrial and Other sources
8-Development of green spaces
9-Monitoring pollutants and health
10-General Education and Culture
11-General supervision
Installation enough gas stations (CNG) (ministry of oil –ministry of interior)
To prevent the release of fuel vapors (ministry of oil –ministry of industry)
Upgrade limits of I&M program(DOE)
Requirement to replace the catalyst convertor (ministry of industry )
Completion of environmental data bank for province industrial zones (DOE, Ministry of industry)
Minimizing energy consumption in industrial zones (Ministry of industry)
Development urban green space (Ministry of agriculture-municipality of Tehran)
Monitoring centers(DOE)
Operation of On-line monitoring system in industrial unit(DOE)
health impact assessment(Ministry of
health)
Developing environmental education programs (DOE)
Providing media broadcast about environment (DOE)
American Association for Advancement of Science (AAAS)
The National Academy of Sciences
World Learning
International Visitor Leadership Program
University of southern California
National Research Council
Sharif University of Technology
Department of the Environment
