AIR QUALITY ASSESSMENT AND
MANAGEMENT IN POLAND
- air protection programmes for
Silesia region
Dorota Kamińska
Ministry of the Environment
Poland
Transposition
Air
Quality Framework
Directive (96/62/EC)
together with
daughters directives
(99/30/EC, 2000/69/EC,
2002/3/EC)
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the Act of 27 April 2001 Environmental
Protection Act and :
Minister’s of Environment Regulation of
6th June 2002 on the permissible levels of
certain substances in the air, the alert levels
for certain substances in the air and the
tolerance margin for permissible levels of
certain substances,
Minister’s of Environment Regulation of
6th June 2002 on the assessment of the
substances levels in the air,
Minister’s of Environment Regulation of
5th July 2002 on detailed requirement to be
met by the air protection programmes.
Who is responsible for air quality
assessment and management in
Poland at regional level?
• Voivodship Inspectorate for Environmental
Protection assesses air quality
• Voivode that represents government at regional
level is obliged to establish, by way of Regulation,
programme to improve air quality (air protection
programme)
Rules of air quality assessment in Poland
According to Polish
provisions zones are defined
as:
- an agglomeration with a
population in excess of
250 000
- area of Poviat (local level)
which is not part of
agglomeration
• 362 zones for protection
of human health
• 314 zones for protection
of vegetation (excluding 13
agglomerations and 35
cities-Poviat)
The first air quality assessment in Poland
• The air quality assessment for 2002 was the first
assessment carried out in compliance with new rules
• The new methods of air quality assessment were not fully
applied due to very short time for adapting the system to
the new obligations
• Data available for 2002 had been selected before they were
used to assess air quality
• Not always the result of assessment could be used for
classifying the zone to the specified class
Poland has
set the interim class B/C or A/C
Results of zone classification for PM10
based on the first annual air quality assessment for 2002 – with
criteria for human health
Class A the levels of substances do
not exceed the limit values
Class B the level of substance falls
between the limit value and the limit
value plus the margin of tolerance
Class C the level of substance
exceeds the limit value plus the
margin of tolerance
Class B/C the level of substance may
exceeds the limit value plus the
margin of tolerance (the result of
assessment could not be used for
classification the zone to the class C)
The result of the first air quality assessment
in Poland
13 zones were classified as C – for air protection programme
No.
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2
3
4
5
6
7
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9
10
11
12
13
Voivodship
Łódzkie
Małopolskie
Mazowieckie
Śląskie
Zone
łódzka agglomeration
krakowska agglomeration
Poviat m. Tarnów
Poviat tatrzański
warszawska agglomeration
Poviat nowodworski
Poviat otwocki
Poviat piaseczyński
Poviat pruszkowski
Poviat wołomiński
częstochowska agglomeration
górnośląska agglomeration
Poviat Bielsko – Biała city
Substances
PM10, NO2
PM10
PM10
PM10
PM10
PM10
PM10
PM10
PM10
PM10
PM10
PM10
PM10
Air quality assessment and management
in Silesia region
General characteristic of Silesia region
• Area of Silesia Voivodship – approximately
12 000 km2
• Number of cities – 68
• Population – 4,9 mln
• Population density – 398 people per km2 (123 –
average population density in Poland)
the most industrialised area in Poland !
Result of the first air quality assessment in
Silesia Voivodship – PM10
e
Voivode was obliged to establish, by way of Regulation
air protection programmes for 3 zones:
ZONE
AREA (km2)
POPULATION
POPULATION
DENSITY
Górnośląska
Agglomeration
1 217
2 090 700
1 718
Częstochowska
Agglomeration
160
254 300
1 589
Bielsko – Biała
city
125
179 000
1 432
How did Voivode prepare the regulations?
The base for regulations was elaboration entitled ”The ambient air protection
programme in Silesia voivodship, inclusive Silesia Agglomeration,
Częstochowska Agglomeration and zone of Bielsko-Biała-city”.
The documentation was prepared by experts who represented various
institutions:
• Centre of Research and Environment Control
• Polish Academy of Science
• Institute for Chemical Processing of Coal
• Institute for Ecology of Industrial Areas
• Institute of Meteorology and Water Management
• Silesia Voivodship Office
• Inspectorate for Environmental Protection in Silesia Voivodship
The most important elements of the
programmes
programme
analysis of air contamination
- identification of measures
together with obligations and restrictions
that are necessary for
programmes' realisation
- schedule for realisation of tasks
and programmes as a whole
Main sources of PM10 emissions in
Silesia region
2%
28%
municipal sector
transport
50%
industry
others
20%
The level of PM10 concentration
depending on season
zima = winter, lato = summer
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 – sampling points
Da+MT – limit value plus the margin of tolerance
Measures that have to be taken for
reduction of PM10 emissions (I)
 Reduction of PM10 relating to production of heat for housing.
 Increasing of filter efficiency in existing industrial installations,
together with reduction non organised and second emission from
industry.
 Adaptation of large combustion plants to BAT requirements.
 Reduction and elimination of secondary emission from dump surface,
in particular thermal active dump surface and industrial and municipal
landfill.
 Development of industrial automatic monitoring system of PM
emissions from IPPC installations.
 Reduction of PM10 emission from industry, building and municipal
activities.
Measures that have to be taken for reduction of
PM10 emissions (II)
 Reduction of transport-related pollution, for example by:
continuation of road investment at regional level (expressway)
modernisation and reconstruction of road in cities of Śląska
Agglomeration
road structure modernisation and bypass building in Częstochowa and
Bielsko-Biała
development and modernisation of railway and tramway
changes in traffic organisation at local and regional level
modernisation of public transportation means
keeping clean of roads pavement
parking’s building out of the cities centre together with passenger
collective transport’s promotion
elimination of the transportation means which do not conform to the
environmental standards
creation of areas with limited traffic
Measures that have to be taken for
reduction of PM10 emissions (III)
 Accounting of measures concerning PM10 reduction in
spatial planning.
 Support of local initiatives for grass burning prevention
and reduction of secondary emission
 Researches, monitoring development, short and long term
forecast system’s development
 Ecological education
Conclusions
 According to the Voivode’s regulation programmes should
be realised by the end of 2010.
 There is a necessity to take into account impact of possible
transport development in Poland, which may affect the
results of the programme to be expected in municipal
economy sector
Thank you
for your attention !
dorota.kaminska@mos.gov.pl