LowCVP to hold stakeholder workshop to inform response to Defra Draft Air Quality Plans
Wed 09 September 2015
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The LowCVP will be holding a workshop on the morning of Monday 19 October (10am to 1pm, tbc) to help inform the Partnership's response to Defra's consultation which seeks views on draft plans to improve air quality in the UK.
To indicate your interest in attending the LowCVP workshop, please email: secretariat@lowcvp.org.uk
Defra's plan set out actions being planned or implemented at local, regional and national levels to meet the annual and hourly EU limit values for nitrogen dioxide in the shortest possible time.
This consultation applies to England, Wales and Northern Ireland. (A separate consultation is being carried out by the Scottish Government, commencing 14th September.)
This consultation web page includes the consultation document, a draft UK overview document, 38 draft zone plans and an evidence annex.
The UK is compliant with EU legislation for nearly all air pollutants. However, the country faces a significant challenge meeting the NO2 limit values in some areas, as do many other Member States. The EU Ambient Air Quality Directive (AQD) sets limits on key air pollutants. For NO2, there are two limit values for the protection of human health:
(i) annual mean concentration levels of NO2 do not exceed 40μg/m3; and
(ii) hourly mean concentration levels of NO2 do not exceed 200μg/m3 more than 18 times a calendar year.
The UK is divided into 43 zones and agglomerations for air quality monitoring and reporting purposes. In 2013, 38 out of the 43 UK zones were assessed to be exceeding the maximum annual limit for NO2, together with one zone exceeding the hourly limit.
The LowCVP's response will help to identify how low carbon vehicles and fuels can play a major role in contributing to improvements in air quality under the draft plan.
The deadline for response to the consultation is 6 November 2015.
To indicate your interest in attending the LowCVP workshop on Monday 19 October, please email: secretariat@lowcvp.org.uk
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