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Table 2: Goal for Particles as PM2.5 from 2025
| Column 1Pollutant | Column 2Averaging period | Column 3Maximum concentration |
|---|---|---|
| Particles as PM2.5 | 1 day1 year | 20 µg/m37 µg/m3 |
For the purposes of this Measure the following definitions shall apply:
(1) Lead sampling must be carried out for a period of 24 hours at least every sixth day.
(2) Measurement of lead must be carried out on Total Suspended Particles (TSP) or its equivalent.
(3) In Column 3 of table 1 and Column 2 of tables 1A and 2 of Schedule 2, the averaging periods are defined as follows:
- 1 hour clock hour average
- 8 hour rolling 8 hour average based on 1 hour averages
- 1 day calendar day average
- 1 year calendar year average
(4) All averaging periods of 8 hours or less must be referenced by the end time of the averaging period. This determines the calendar day to which the averaging periods are assigned.
(5) For the purposes of calculating and reporting 8 hour averages, the first rolling average in a calendar day ends at 1:00 am, and includes hours from the previous calendar day.
(6) The concentrations in Column 4 of table 1 and Column 3 of table 2 of Schedule 2 are the arithmetic mean concentrations.
Schedule 3 Australian Standards Methods for Pollutant Monitoring
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border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-right:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-top:3pt"><span style="font-size:10pt">Carbon monoxide</span></p></td><td style="width:194.7pt; border:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-top:3pt"><span style="font-size:10pt">Determination of Carbon Monoxide-Direct Reading Instrumental Method</span></p></td><td style="width:91.95pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-top:3pt"><span style="font-size:10pt">AS 3580.7.1-2011/Amdt 1-2012</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:74.25pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-right:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-top:3pt"><span style="font-size:10pt">Nitrogen dioxide</span></p></td><td style="width:194.7pt; border:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-top:3pt"><span style="font-size:10pt">Determination of Oxides of Nitrogen-Chemiluminescence Method</span></p></td><td style="width:91.95pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-top:3pt"><span style="font-size:10pt">AS 3580.5.1-2011</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:74.25pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-right:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-top:3pt"><span style="font-size:10pt">Photochemical oxidants (as ozone)</span></p></td><td style="width:194.7pt; border:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-top:3pt"><span style="font-size:10pt">Determination of Ozone-Direct Reading Instrumental Method</span></p></td><td style="width:91.95pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-top:3pt"><span style="font-size:10pt">AS 3580.6.1-2016</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:74.25pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-right:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-top:3pt"><span style="font-size:10pt">Sulfur dioxide</span></p></td><td style="width:194.7pt; border:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-top:3pt"><span style="font-size:10pt">Determination of Sulfur Dioxide-Direct Reading Instrumental Method</span></p></td><td style="width:91.95pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-top:3pt"><span style="font-size:10pt">AS 3580.4.1-2008 REC:2018</span></p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2" style="width:74.25pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-right:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-top:3pt"><span style="font-size:10pt">Lead</span></p></td><td style="width:194.7pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-right:0.75pt solid #000000; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-top:3pt"><span style="font-size:10pt">Determination of Suspended Particulate Matter – Particulate metals high or low volume sampler gravimetric collection – Inductively coupled plasma (ICP) spectrometric method</span></p></td><td style="width:91.95pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-top:3pt"><span style="font-size:10pt">AS/NZS 3580.9.15:2014</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:194.7pt; border-right:0.75pt solid #000000; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-top:3pt"><span style="font-size:10pt">Determination of Suspended Particulate Matter – Total suspended particulate matter (TSP) - High volume sampler gravimetric method</span></p></td><td style="width:91.95pt; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-top:3pt"><span style="font-size:10pt">AS/NZS 3580.9.3:2015</span></p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="5" style="width:74.25pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-right:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-top:3pt"><span style="font-size:10pt">Particles as PM</span><span style="font-size:6.67pt; vertical-align:sub">10</span></p></td><td style="width:194.7pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-right:0.75pt solid #000000; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-top:3pt"><span style="font-size:10pt">Determination of Suspended Particulate Matter-PM</span><span style="font-size:6.67pt; vertical-align:sub">10</span><span style="font-size:10pt"> High Volume Sampler with Size Selective Inlet-Gravimetric Method</span></p></td><td style="width:91.95pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-top:3pt"><span style="font-size:10pt">AS/NZS 3580.9.6:2015</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:194.7pt; border-right:0.75pt solid #000000; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-top:3pt"><span style="font-size:10pt">Determination of Suspended Particulate Matter- Dichotomous sampler (PM</span><span style="font-size:6.67pt; vertical-align:sub">10, </span><span style="font-size:10pt">coarse PM and PM</span><span style="font-size:6.67pt; vertical-align:sub">2.5) </span><span style="font-size:10pt">– Gravimetric method</span></p></td><td style="width:91.95pt; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-top:3pt"><span style="font-size:10pt">AS/NZS 3580.9.7:2009</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:194.7pt; border-right:0.75pt solid #000000; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-top:3pt"><span style="font-size:10pt">Determination of Suspended Particulate Matter-PM</span><span style="font-size:6.67pt; vertical-align:sub">10</span><span style="font-size:10pt"> continuous direct mass method using tapered element oscillating microbalance analyser.</span></p></td><td style="width:91.95pt; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-top:3pt"><span style="font-size:10pt">AS 3580.9.8-2008 REC:2018</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:194.7pt; border-right:0.75pt solid #000000; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-top:3pt"><span style="font-size:10pt">Determination of Suspended Particulate Matter-PM</span><span style="font-size:6.67pt; vertical-align:sub">10</span><span style="font-size:10pt"> Low Volume Sampler-Gravimetric Method</span></p></td><td style="width:91.95pt; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-top:3pt"><span style="font-size:10pt">AS 3580.9.9:2017</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:194.7pt; border-right:0.75pt solid #000000; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-top:3pt"><span style="font-size:10pt">Determination of Suspended Particulate Matter-PM</span><span style="font-size:6.67pt; vertical-align:sub">10 </span><span style="font-size:10pt">beta attenuation monitors</span></p><p style="margin-top:3pt"><span style="font-size:10pt">Determination of suspended particulate matter – PM</span><span style="font-size:6.67pt; vertical-align:sub">10</span><span style="font-size:10pt"> continuous direct mass method using a tapered element oscillating microbalance monitor incorporating a filter dynamic measurement system (FDMS) unit</span></p></td><td style="width:91.95pt; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-top:3pt"><span style="font-size:10pt">AS/NZS 3580.9.11: 2016</span></p><p style="margin-top:3pt"><span style="font-size:10pt">AS/NZS 3580.9.16:2016</span></p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="4" style="width:74.25pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-right:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-top:3pt"><span style="font-size:10pt">Particles as PM</span><span style="font-size:6.67pt; vertical-align:sub">2.5</span></p></td><td style="width:194.7pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-right:0.75pt solid #000000; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-top:3pt"><span style="font-size:10pt">Determination of Suspended Particulate Matter-PM</span><span style="font-size:6.67pt; vertical-align:sub">2.5 </span><span style="font-size:10pt">low volume sampler-Gravimetric Method</span></p></td><td style="width:91.95pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-top:3pt"><span style="font-size:10pt">AS 3580.9.10:2017</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:194.7pt; border-right:0.75pt solid #000000; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-top:3pt"><span style="font-size:10pt">Determination of Suspended Particulate Matter-PM</span><span style="font-size:6.67pt; vertical-align:sub">2.5 </span><span style="font-size:10pt">beta attenuation monitors</span></p></td><td style="width:91.95pt; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-top:3pt"><span style="font-size:10pt">AS/NZS 3580.9.12:2013</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:194.7pt; border-right:0.75pt solid #000000; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-top:3pt"><span style="font-size:10pt">Determination of Suspended Particulate Matter-PM</span><span style="font-size:6.67pt; vertical-align:sub">2.5 </span><span style="font-size:10pt">continuous direct mass method using a tapered element oscillating microbalance monitor</span></p></td><td style="width:91.95pt; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-top:3pt"><span style="font-size:10pt">AS/NZS 3580.9.13:2013</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:194.7pt; border-right:0.75pt solid #000000; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-top:3pt"><span style="font-size:10pt">Determination of Suspended Particulate Matter-PM</span><span style="font-size:6.67pt; vertical-align:sub">2.5</span><span style="font-size:10pt"> high volume sampler with size selective inlet – Gravimetric Method</span></p></td><td style="width:91.95pt; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-top:3pt"><span style="font-size:10pt">AS/NZS 3580.9.14:2013</span></p></td></tr></tbody></table>