FINAL REPORT
AIR QUALITY MANAGEMENT PLAN
FOR THE CITY OF CAPE TOWN
REPORT AQM 20050823 – 001
23RD AUGUST 2005
Compiled by: City Health Department
Air Pollution Control Section
P O Box 2185
Cape Town
8000
Photographs: Bruce Sutherland, Senior photographer, City of Cape Town
Eddie Filby, S.S.E.H.O, City Of Cape Town
Hélène de Villiers, Graphic Designer, City Of Cape Town
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PURPOSE OF THE AIR QUALITY MANAGEMENT PLAN
The purpose of this plan is to ensure that clean air is achieved and maintained in the city over
the next 10 to 20 years. It contains the vision, mission, objectives, strategies and actions
needed to achieve this.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Background
The Health Department of the City of Cape Town, with the co-operation and assistance of its
Environmental and Scientific Services divisions, has formulated an Air Quality Management
Plan for the City of Cape Town.
The draft Air Quality Management Plan and subsequent public participation process earlier this
year served as a framework for developing a year one Air Quality Management Plan for the City
of Cape Town.
The City would like to take this opportunity to thank all interested and affected parties and
organisations that have taken part in the process and who have offered comments.
Based on the comments received, the City has compiled a final “Air Quality Management Plan
for the City of Cape Town” containing eleven (11) main objectives to meet its commitment “To
be the city with the cleanest air in Africa”.
The objectives are further broken down into strategies and action plans in order to meet this
commitment. This will be achieved by the formation of a number of multi-disciplinary
committees with role players from within, as well as outside council.
The City of Cape Town has compiled a detailed Situation Assessment of Air Quality, which
identifies the priority pollutants, sources, impact areas of air pollution, as well as current and
possible future approaches to air quality management. The Situation Assessment must be used
as a reference document and be read in conjunction with the plan at all times.
Vision, Mission and Objectives
The City’s vision:
TO BE THE CITY WITH THE CLEANEST AIR IN AFRICA
and mission:
TO REDUCE THE HEALTH EFFECTS OF POOR AIR QUALITY
ON THE CITIZENS OF CAPE TOWN ESPECIALLY DURING
“BROWN HAZE” EPISODES
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will be achieved through its objectives:
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9.
To formulate an air quality management system for the City of Cape Town.
To specify ambient air quality standards and targets for Cape Town.
To monitor priority pollutants which cause Brown Haze and affect human health.
To improve air quality in informal areas.
To enforce current and future legislation for air quality management.
To compile a comprehensive emissions inventory database for the City of Cape Town.
To control vehicle emissions in the City.
To consider air quality in land use and transport planning.
To determine the detrimental health effects of poor air quality on the population of the City of
Cape Town.
10. To establish a comprehensive education and communication strategy for air quality
management.
11. To periodically review the air pollution situation, report on progress and adjust and update
strategies and objectives where needed.
The Way Forward
The setting up of the specialist and multi-disciplinary task teams will form a key component in
the implementation of this plan. These task teams will consist of officials from the local,
provincial and national spheres of government as well as representatives from academic
institutions, NGO’s and industry.
The unpacking of each of these strategies and actions will require a significant amount of work
in the future and can only be accomplished through the process of co-operative governance and
stakeholder buy-in.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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i.
Foreword by Cllr Nomsa Mlanjeni: Mayoral Committee Member for Health,
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Amenities and Sport
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Introduction by Director: City Health, Dr Ivan Toms
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1.
The air pollution situation in Cape Town
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2.
The City of Cape Town’s approach to air quality management
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2.1
The City’s vision for air quality management
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2.2
Mission statement
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3.
Background
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4.
Policy principles for air quality management
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5.
4.1
Capacity-building and education
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4.2
Duty-of-care
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4.3
Environmental justice
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4.4
Polluter pays
4.5
Pollution prevention
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4.6
Public participation
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4.7
Public information and education programme
4.8
Cost benefit analysis
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The key objectives and areas for action that need to be addressed for air quality
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management in Cape Town
Objective 1:
Objective
2:
Objective 3:
To formulate an Air quality management System for the City of Cape Town
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To specify ambient air quality standards and targets for Cape Town
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To monitor priority pollutants which cause brown haze and affect
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Human health
Objective 4:
To improve air quality in informal areas
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Objective 5:
To enforce current and future legislation for air quality management
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Objective 6:
To compile a source emissions inventory for the City of Cape Town
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Objective 7:
To control vehicle emission in the city
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Objective 8:
To consider air quality in land use and transport planning
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Objective 9:
To determine the extent of any detrimental health effects
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of poor air quality on the population of the city
Objective 10:
To establish a comprehensive education and communication strategy
for Air Quality Management.
Objective 11:
To periodically review the air pollution situation, report on progress and
adjust and update strategies and objectives where needed
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The process for implementation of the Air Quality Management Plan
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