E363 ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT LECTURE - AIR Dr Nguyen Thi Hoang Lien nguyenthihoanglien@hus.edu.vn NATURAL SOURCES OF AIR POLLUTION • Volcanoes • Fires • Plant/Animal off gassing • Dust storms HUMAN CREATED AIR POLLUTION • Major sources: transportation, electric plants (coal, oil) and industry (steel mills, metal smelters, oil refineries and pulp/paper mills) • Minor sources: small engines, wood burners, etc POINT SOURCES vs NON-POINT SOURCES • Point source mean any disceminable, confined and discrete conveyance, including but not limited to any pipe, ditch, channel, tunnel, conduit, well, discrete fissure, container, rolling stock, concentrated animal feeding operation or vessel • Non-point source (NPS) generally results from land runoff, precipitation, atmospheric deposition, etc NON-POINT SOURCE • • - NPS pollution can include… Sources for NPS: Urban Mining* Forestry Agriculture NON-ATTAINMENT AREAS vs ATTAINMENT AREAS • In United States environmental law, a nonattainment area is an area considered to have air quality worse than the National Ambient Air Quality Standards as defined in the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1970 (P.L 91-604, Sec 109) Nonattainment areas must have and implement a plan to meet the standard, or risk losing some forms of federal financial assistance An area may be a nonattainment area for one pollutant and an attainment area for others INDOOR AIR POLLUTION SOURCES • Combustion sources • Building materials & furnishing • Products for household clearing & maintenance, personal care or hobbies • Central heating & cooling systems & humidification devices • Outdoor sources such as radons, pesticides, outdoor air pollution HEALTH BASED CRITERIA Health based criteria for (science based guidelines) primary standard = protects health secondary standard = prevents environmental and property damage CRITERIA AIR POLLUTANTS • • • • • • PM 2.5 SO2 CO NOx O3 Pb-Lead LAW ON ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 2005 Chapter - Section 5: Management and control of dust, gases, noise, vibration, light and radiation Article 83.- Management and control of dust and gas emissions Article 84.- Management of greenhouse gases and ozone layer-depleting gases Article 85.- Restriction of noise, vibration, light and radiation NATIONAL TECHNICAL REGULATIONS • QCVN 02:2008/BTNMT: National technical regulation on the emission of health care solid waste incinerators • QCVN 05:2009/BTNMT: National technical regulation on ambient air quality • QCVN 06:2009/BTNMT: National technical regulation on hazardous substances in ambient air • QCVN 19:2009/BTNMT: National technical regulation on industrial emission of inorganic substances and dusts • QCVN 20:2009/BTNMT: National technical regulation on industrial emission of organic substances • QCVN 21:2009/BTNMT: National technical regulation on emission of chemical fertilizer manufacturing industry • QCVN 22:2009/BTNMT: National technical regulation on emission of thermal power industry • QCVN 23:2009/BTNMT: National technical regulation on emission of cement manufacturing industry • QCVN 26:2010/BTNMT: National technical regulation on noise • QCVN 27:2010/BTNMT: National technical regulation on vibration • QCVN 30:2010/BTNMT: National technical regulation on emission of industrial waste incinerators • QCVN 34:2010/BTNMT: National technical regulation on emission of refining and petrochemical industry of inorganic substances and dusts [...]... organic substances • QCVN 21 :20 09/BTNMT: National technical regulation on emission of chemical fertilizer manufacturing industry • QCVN 22 :20 09/BTNMT: National technical regulation on emission of thermal power industry • QCVN 23 :20 09/BTNMT: National technical regulation on emission of cement manufacturing industry • QCVN 26 :20 10/BTNMT: National technical regulation on noise • QCVN 27 :20 10/BTNMT: National... • QCVN 02: 2008/BTNMT: National technical regulation on the emission of health care solid waste incinerators • QCVN 05 :20 09/BTNMT: National technical regulation on ambient air quality • QCVN 06 :20 09/BTNMT: National technical regulation on hazardous substances in ambient air • QCVN 19 :20 09/BTNMT: National technical regulation on industrial emission of inorganic substances and dusts • QCVN 20 :20 09/BTNMT:... manufacturing industry • QCVN 26 :20 10/BTNMT: National technical regulation on noise • QCVN 27 :20 10/BTNMT: National technical regulation on vibration • QCVN 30 :20 10/BTNMT: National technical regulation on emission of industrial waste incinerators • QCVN 34 :20 10/BTNMT: National technical regulation on emission of refining and petrochemical industry of inorganic substances and dusts