Annexure I

National Ambient Air Quality Standards – New

S. Pollutant Time Concentration in Ambient Air

No Weighted
Average Industrial, Ecologically Methods of
Residential, Sensitive Measurement
Rural and Area
Other Area (notified by
Central
Government)

(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6)

1 Sulphur Annual * 50 20  Improved

Dioxide (SO2), West and Gaeke
μg/m3 24 hours** 80 80
 Ultraviole
t fluorescence

2 Nitrogen Annual * 40 30  Modified

Dioxide (NO2), Jacob & Hochheiser
μg/m3 24 hours** 80 80
(Na-Arsenite)

3 Particulate Annual * 60 60  Gravimet

Matter (size ric
less than 24 hours** 100 100
10μm) or PM10  TOEM
μg/m3  Beta
attenuation

4 Particulate Annual * 40 40  Gravimet

Matter (size ric
less than 24 hours** 60 60
2.5μm) or PM2.5  TOEM
μg/m3  Beta
attenuation

5 Ozone (O2) 8 hours** 100 100  UV

μg/m3 photometric
1hour** 180 180
 Chemilmi
nescence
 Chemical
Method

6 Lead (Pb) Annual * 0.50 0.50  AAS/ICP

μg/m3 method after
24 hours** 1.0 1.0
sampling on EPM
2000 or equivalent

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S. Pollutant Time Concentration in Ambient Air
No Weighted
Average Industrial, Ecologically Methods of
Residential, Sensitive Measurement
Rural and Area
Other Area (notified by
Central
Government)

(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6)

filter paper
 ED-XRF
using Teflon filter

7 Carbon 8 hours** 02 02  Non

Monoxide (Co) Dispersive Infra
mg/m3 1hour** 04 04
Red (NDIR)
spectroscopy

8 Ammonia (NH3) Annual * 100 100  Chemilu

μg/m3 minescence
24 hours** 400 400
 Indophen
ol blue method

9 Benzene Annual* 05 05  Gas

(C6H4) μg/m3 cromatography
based continuous
analyzer

10 Benzo (O) Annual* 01 01  Solvent

Pyrene (BaP)- extraction followed
particulate by HPLC/GC
phase only, analysis
μg/m3

11 Arsenic (As), Annual* 06 06  AAS/ICP

ng/m3 method after
sampling on EPM
2000 or equivalent
filter paper

12 Nickel (Ni), Annual* 20 20  AAS/ICP

ng/m3 method after
sampling on EPM
2000 or equivalent
filter paper

* Annual arithmetic mean of minimum 104 measurements in a year at a particular site

taken twice a week 24 hourly at uniform intervals.

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** 24 hourly or 08 hourly or 01 hourly monitored values, as applicable, shall be
complied with 98% of the time in a year. 2% of the time, they may exceed the limits
but not on two consecutive days of monitoring.

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 National Ambient Air Quality Standards – Old

S. Concentration in Ambient Air

No Time
Pollutant Weighted Industrial Residential,
Average Sensitive
Rural and Methods of Measurement
Area Area
Other Area

(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7)

1 Sulphur Dioxide Annual * 80 60 15 1.Improved West and Gaeke Method

(SO2), μg/m3
24 hours**Avg 120 80 30 2.Ultraviolet fluorescence

2 Nitrogen Dioxide Annual * 80 60 15 1,Modified Jacob & Hochheiser

(NO2), μg/m3
24 hours**Avg 120 80 30 (NaOH-NaAsO2 )Method
2. Gas Phase Chemiluminescence
Suspended
3 Annual * 360 140 70 High Volume Sampling (Average flow
Particulate Matter
(SPM) 24 hours**Avg 500 200 100 rate not less than 1.1 m3/minute)

4 RespirableParticulate Annual * 120 60 50 Respirable Particulate Matter Sampler

Matter (size less than
24 hours**Avg 150 100 75
10μm) (RPM)

5 Lead (Pb) μg/m3 Annual * 1 0.75 0.50 AAS Method for Sampling using EPM 2000 or
Equivalent Filter Paper
24 hours**Avg 1.5 1 0.75

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 S. Concentration in Ambient Air
No Time
Pollutant Weighted Industrial Residential,
Average Sensitive
Rural and Methods of Measurement
Area Area
Other Area

(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7)

6 Carbon Monoxide 8 hours** 5 2 1 Non Dispersive Infra Red (NDIR)

(Co) mg/m3 1hour** 10 4 2 spectroscopy

7 Ammonia (NH3) Annual * 0.1

Chemiluminescence
mg/m3 24 hours** 0.4

* Annual Arithmetic mean of minimum 104 measurements in a year twice a week 24 hourly at uniform interval.
** 24 hourly/8 hourly values should be met 98% of the time in a year. However, 2% of the time, it may exceed but not on two consecutive days.

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