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Maryam Izadpanah

Head of Air Pollution Monitoring

National Air and climate change center

Department of the Environment

Department of the Environment

US/Iran Symposium on Air Pollution in Megacities Beckman Center Irvine, CA

September 4, 2013

-Area

-Topography

-Industrial zone

-capacity of

transportation

The government is mandated to reduce air pollution in Tehran and major cities to meet WHO guidelines

Establishment of Tehran air pollution Executive Committee

1. First Air Quality Action Plan in Tehran (2000-2010)

2. Second Air Quality Action Plan to reduce air pollution in Tehran (2011-2015)

Purpose action plans to reduce air pollution

Formulate Scientific and Practical Approaches to obtain the necessary approvals from the Environmental Council, Cabinet and Parliament

Coordinating between the organization relevant to reduce air pollution

Accelerating the implementation of the projects/activities

1. New vehicles

2. Old vehicles

3. Public Transportation

4. Improving the quality of fuel

5. Inspection and maintenance of Vehicle

6. Traffic management

7. Training and public awareness

Production of non-leaded gasoline

supply Low sulfur gas oil for public transport

Improvement of environmental standards for passenger cars

Establishment 6 centers for vehicle inspection

Promote CNG buses for urban transport

developement of public transportation, especially the subway system

public awareness

Traffic control management

Adequate funding

Effective cooperation of line organization

Lack of institutional arrangements

Active public participation

Media cooperation

The plan

consists of 11 goals

based on 22 subjects

Domestic and Commercial

42%

industrial26%

transportation

28%

agriculture4%

Share of fuel consumption in different sections

Reduce emissions of criteria air pollutants

scrapping the old vehicles and motorcycles

Fuel supply for light and heavy duty diesel vehicles, according to environmental standards (Euro4 ,Euro 5)

Equipping industrial air pollution source with control systems

Increase green landscape per capita

1. Scrappage of the old vehicles

2. Implemantion of standards for New vehicles

3. Improving fuel quality

4. Development of Public transportation

5. Inspection and maintenance vehicle

6-Traffic Management

7-Controling of Industrial and Other sources

8-Development of green spaces

9-Monitoring pollutants and health

10-General Education and Culture

11-General supervision

Installation enough gas stations (CNG) (ministry of oil –ministry of interior)

To prevent the release of fuel vapors (ministry of oil –ministry of industry)

Upgrade limits of I&M program(DOE)

Requirement to replace the catalyst convertor (ministry of industry )

Completion of environmental data bank for province industrial zones (DOE, Ministry of industry)

Minimizing energy consumption in industrial zones (Ministry of industry)

Development urban green space (Ministry of agriculture-municipality of Tehran)

Monitoring centers(DOE)

Operation of On-line monitoring system in industrial unit(DOE)

health impact assessment(Ministry of

health)

Developing environmental education programs (DOE)

Providing media broadcast about environment (DOE)

American Association for Advancement of Science (AAAS)

The National Academy of Sciences

World Learning

International Visitor Leadership Program

University of southern California

National Research Council

Sharif University of Technology

Department of the Environment

Thank

you

Mery.izadpanah@gmail.com