Current Activities on Urban Air Pollution in Cambodia

Mr. Thiv Sophearith Chief of Air Quality Noise and Vibration Office Pollution Control Department Ministry of Environment of Cambodia

Institutional Framework
The role and responsibilities of Environmental Pollution Control Department are : - To inventory that shown the sources, types, and quantity of solid and liquid wastes, toxic substances, hazardous substances, air, noise, and vibration. - To arrange and carry out sub decree and equipments of laws in order to protect the environmental quality and control the pollution in the Kingdom of Cambodia. - To record, make reports, and disseminate on the environmental quality including the situation of air , water, soil, and noise pollution for public. - To research and to train on environmental quality protection, - To manage environmental laboratory and the result of the analyzing of air, water, soil, toxic and hazardous waste, noise and vibration, To promote the protection and maintenance of human health and the environment against air pollution many action plan are being applied: -Stationary source monitoring (industrial sector): monitoring interval period include: 45 days for special factories; and 60 days for normal factories. - Mobile source monitoring : Every vehicle must be have the certificate of emission before they get register.

Institutional Framework
Environmental Law
Law on Environmental Protection and Natural Resource Management ( approved in Dec. 1996 )

Sub-Decree

1- Solid Waste Management 2-Water Pollution Control 3- Air Pollution Control and Noise Disturbance
-Ambient Air Quality Standard, - Emission Standard for Mobile Sources, - Emission Standard for Stationary Sources, - Noise Control Standard.

- Declaration - Guideline - Prakas and other letters

4- Environmental Impact Assessment Process

Standard and Policies

Ambient Air Quality Standard
No. Parameter 1 Hour Average mg/m3 40 0.3 0.5 0.2 20 8 Hour Average mg/m3 0.1 0.3 0.005 0.33 24Hour Average mg/m3 0.1 0.1 1 Year Average mg/m3

1 2 3 4 5 6

Carbon Monoxide (CO) Nitrogen Dioxide (NO2) Sulfur Dioxide (SO2) Ozone (O3) Lead (Pb) Total Suspended Solid (TSP)

We plan to upgrade our Sub-decree to the law (The Environmental Pollution Management) and motivation the standard to meet current situation in our Country and the world.

Project and Activities

We monitored ambient air for CO, SO2 and NO2 by using passive tube sampler and High Volume Air sampler for PM10

Parameter
CO (mg/m3 ) NO2 (mg/m3 ) SO2 (mg/m3 )

2011
9.214 0.053

2012
8.354 0.061

Remark

Passive Tube Sampler Passive Tube Sampler

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Passive Tube Sampler