Appendix C: Glossary
AGL Above ground level
Agreement The agreement made on 1 May 1992 between the Commonwealth, the States, the Australian Capital Territory, the Northern Territory and the Australian Local Government Association, a copy of which is set out in the Schedule [to the Commonwealth Act]
Air NEPM National Environment Protection Measure for Ambient Air Quality (26 June 1998)
airshed A volume of air confined to a geographic region, and within which pollutants are contained. An area in which air quality is subject to common influences from emissions, meteorology and topog-raphy
ambient air The external air environment (does not include the air environment inside buildings or structures)
CBD Central Business District
CO Carbon monoxide
DOAS Differential Optical Absorption Spectrometry
EPA Environment Protection Authority of New South Wales
Fire management means all activities associated with the management of fire prone land, including the use of fire to meet land management goals and objectives
GRUB Generally representative upper bound (referring to a performance monitoring station, as described in the PRC Guideline Paper.
katabatic Refers to movements of cold air. Katabatic flows drain down a valley, analogous to stormwater flows
monitoring station a facility for measuring the concentration of one or more pollutants in the ambient air in a region or sub-region
NATA National Association of Testing Authorities
NEPC National Environment Protection Council
NEPM National Environment Protection Measure
NEPM Standards defined in Schedule 2 of the NEPM (refer also to definitions standards contained in Schedule 2).
|
Pollutant |
Averaging period |
Maximum concentration |
Goal within 10 years maximum allowable exceedences |
|
CO |
8 hours |
9.0 ppm |
1 day a year |
|
NO2 |
1 hour
1 year |
0.12 ppm
0.03 ppm |
1 day a year
none |
|
O3 |
1 hour
4 hours |
0.10 ppm
0.08 ppm |
1 day a year
1 day a year |
|
SO2 |
1 hour
1 day
1 year |
0.20 ppm
0.08 ppm
0.02 ppm |
1 day a year
1 day a year
none |
|
Pb |
1 year |
0.50 µg/m3 |
none |
|
PM10 |
1 day |
50 µg/m3 |
5 days a year |
NO Nitric oxide
NO2 Nitrogen dioxide
NOX Oxides of nitrogen
NMHC Non-methane hydrocarbons
O3 Ozone
Pb Lead
performance monitoring station a monitoring station used to measure achievement against the goal.
PM10 Particles which have an aerodynamic diameter less than or equal to10 µm
PM2.5 Particles which have an aerodynamic diameter less than or equal to 2.5 µm
PMS Performance monitoring station, as defined in the Air NEPM
ppm Parts per million
PRC Peer Review Committee
region means an area within a boundary surrounding population centres as determined by the relevant participating jurisdiction
SO2 Sulfur dioxide
sub-region means a populated area within a region whose air quality differs from other areas in the region due to the topography, meteorology and sources of pollutants
TEOM Tapered element oscillating microbalance
TSP Total suspended particulate matter
VOC Volatile organic compounds
µg/m3
Microgram (1 millionth of 1 gram) per cubic metre
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