Bernd Heits

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Twinning-Project Turkey/Germany Air Quality

• Experiences in the implementation of the
  Twinning-Project Poland/Germany/Austria
• Air Quality Assessment Systems
• in Poland

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NL
Air Quality Network Lower Saxony - LÜN -
Air Quality Station
Traffic Station
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POLAND - TURKEY
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              Air Quality Assessment Systems in
Poland Final report     22. October 2001 21.
November 2003    
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Air Quality Assessment Systems in Poland

• Strengthening the relevant authorities of the
  Voivodships Inspectorates for Environmental
  Protection and Sanitary Inspectorates
• Creating two systems for Air Quality Monitoring
  and Data Management for Decision Makers and for
  the Public (Warsaw and Lodz)

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Air Quality Assessment Systems in Poland

• Strengthening the capacity of Polish Authorities
  to provide good quality data comparable across
  the 16 Polish Voivodships- fulfillment the
  reporting obligations EU- exchange of
  information on air quality

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Air Quality Assessment Systems in Poland

• Implementation of the Twinning Project- Analysis
  of the existing systems- Existing national
  legislation- Existing air quality management
• Problem two independent inspections (sanitary
  and environmental) are responsible for air
  quality monitoring in Poland

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Air Quality Assessment Systems in Poland

• Analysis of measurement equipment and methods
• Analysis of available data on air quality and
  meteorology

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Air Quality Assessment Systems in Poland

• Tendering
• Decisions on basic technical outfit for air
  quality monitoring and assessment April 2002
• EU Tender-Procedure- on EU web page August
  2002- offical opening 08. October 2002-
  contracts 30. October 2002

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Air Quality Assessment Systems in Poland

• Two Air Quality Measuring Systems under the
  responsibility of the Inspectorates for
  Environmental Protection of Warsaw and Lodz were
  established
• These two Voivodships give a representative model
  for other Voivodships

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Guidelines for Air Quality Monitoring in Poland

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• 1.       Legal basis
• 1.1.    General information
• 1.2.    EU-guidelines
• 1.2.1.        Frame directive
• 1.2.2.        1. Daughter directive
• 1.2.3.        2. Daughter directive
• 1.2.4.        3. Daughter directive
• 1.3.    Polish Law
• 1.3.1.       
• 1.3.2.        .
• 2. Measurement principles and measurement methods
  (description of measurement equipment and
  reference methods)  

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Guidelines for Air Quality Monitoring in Poland

• 3.       Measurement planning
• 3.1. General information
• 3.2. Planning of ambient air quality
  measurements general rules
• 3.3. Planning of ambient air quality
  measurements rules for planning investigations
  of traffic related air pollutants in key
  pollution areas
• 3.4. Planning of ambient air quality
  measurements Measurement strategies for the
  determination of air quality characteristics in
  the vicinity of stationary emission sources

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Guidelines for Air Quality Monitoring in Poland

• 4.      Air quality network and quality assurance
• 4.1   Maintenance procedures
• 4.1.1          SOP Maintenance
• 4.1.2          SOP Calibration with transfer
  standards
• 4.1.3          SOP Change of container sites
• 4.2   Technical procedures concerning the
  network running
• 4.2.1          General information
• 4.2.2          Standard operation procedures for
  calibration
• 4.2.2.1      SO2
• 4.2.2.2      NO2
• 4.2.2.3      BTX
• 4.2.2.4      CO
• 4.2.2.5      PM10
• 4.2.2.6      Ozone
• 4.3   Procedures for data preparation,
  validation, evaluation etc. - Central Network
  Unit
• 4.3.1          Transfer of data
  (telecommunication)
• 4.3.2          Data validation
• 4.3.3 Transfer of data to internet,
  teletext
• 4.3.4 Transfer of data to EU-Database

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Guidelines for Air Quality Monitoring in Poland

• 5.    Evaluation, assessment, documentation
• 5.1.    General information
• 5.2.    Reporting (daily, monthly, yearly)
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• 6.       Organisation
• 6.1.    Structure
• 6.1.1.   Duties of the Ministry / GIOS / WIOS /
  GIS
• 6.1.2.   Privatisations/Outsourcing
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• 7.       Communication / Cooperation on national
  level
• 7.1   Exchange of experience working group
  meetings
• 7.2   Circle test / inter-calibrations
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• 8.       Contact / MSt Experts (international
  cooperation)

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Support Project Poland

• Project Cooperation between the air quality
  networks of Styria, Austria and Lower Saxony,
  Germany with the new networks in Warsaw, Lodz,
  Gdansk, ..
• Finanzing BMU, Berlin UBA, Vienna
• Beginning Spring 2005
• Duration 2 years

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Many thanks for Your attention