Compliance Monitoring and Emission Testing of Discharges to Air
August 1998, Ref. ME285
A guide intended to assist councils, industries and others who have responsibilities for air quality management. It contains information and recommendations on determining compliance monitoring requirements, writing consent conditions, and conducting emissions testing.
Availability:
- Download PDF (1.75 MB)
- Printed copies from the Air Team at the Ministry for the Environment (email air@mfe.govt.nz).
Contents
- Introduction
- Principles of Compliance Monitoring
- Determining Compliance Monitoring Requirements
- Establishing Emission Testing Requirements
- Principles of Emission Sampling
- Oxides of Nitrogen
- Sulphur Dioxide
- Solvents
- Particulate
- Reduced Sulphur Compounds
- Corrections (CO2 etc)
- Visible Emissions
Appendices
A: Sections 88 and 108 of the Resource Management Act (1991)
B: Example Worksheets
C: Smoke Discharge Requirements
D: Quality Control Systems for emission Sampling and Analysis
E: Strategies for the Introduction of Quality Assurance Procedures in
Compliance Monitoring
F: Exclusion of Indicating Tubes as Screening Methods for Source Evaluation
