Local Air Quality Management
The Environment Act 1995 sets out the framework for local air quality
management. Under this Act local authorities have been given the following responsibilities for air
quality management:
- Review and Assessment of Air Quality. The local authority
must review and assess air quality in its area to determine whether the air quality objectives will
be met.
- Designation of Air Quality Management Areas (AQMAs). If the air quality
review and assessment reveals that one or more of the air quality objectives are unlikely to be met
on time the local authority must declare an Air Quality Management Area covering the part (or parts)
of the borough where the problem lies.
- Action Plan. Once an AQMA has been declared the local authority must
develop an Action Plan, which sets out what it will do to work towards meeting the air quality objectives.
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