Air Quality in the Republic of Serbia

Tihomir Popović, Jasmina KneževićSerbian Environmental Protection Agency-SEPA

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Republic of Serbia Mynistry of Environment, Mining and Spational Planning

Environmental Protection Agency

IPA Support Air Quality kick off meeting,Sarajevo,6-7 July 2011

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v.rs 59 automatic stations

up to 60 manual stations1 mobile station

Measured parameters include:

SO2, NO/NO2/ NOx, CO, O3, PM10,PM2.5, BTX,

black smoke, precipitation chemistry, meteorological parameters

New Air Quality Monitoring Programme foresees VOC, PAH and heavy metals in PM

Stations are classified on urban, suburban, rural, industrial and traffic

Current status of AQ monitoring and reporting

-Monitoring-

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28 automated stations and 1 mobile station are EU donation 11 automated stations are established by financial support of

Environmental Fund Other stations – own resources or donations

Equipment for mobile station are not completely delivered National Calibration Laboratory is at final stage Analytical Laboratory –tender for “clean room” is in the

progress Test of equivalency for manual methods for SO2 and NO2 is

partly done (for winter season in field) Test of equivalency for PM10 is in preparation –will be

financed by Environmental Fund

Current status of AQ monitoring and reporting

-Monitoring-

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Current status of AQ monitoring and reporting

-Reporting-

1. EoI Data on air quality YES

2. Monthly ozone exceedances YES

3. Summer ozone exceedances YES

4. Annual report (questionnaire) on air quality

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5. Annual reporting on ambient air quality limit values plans and programmes for SO2, NO2, NOx, PM10, PB, Benzene and CO

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6. Plans and programmes for the abatement of air pollution

NO

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Institutional arrangements

AQ monitoring in SerbiaAQ monitoring in Serbia

State levelState level•SEPA+RHMS

Local levelLocal level•Vojvodina Province

•Municipalities (Local Public Health Institutes)

Responsibility for Air Quality Monitoring is set up by

Low on Ministries and Low on Air Protection

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Institutional arrangements

SEPA is also responsible institution for data collection, QA/QC,

reporting and assessmentSEPA operates with 39 automated stations, EMEP/GAW station,

6 manual stations and stations with precipitation chemistry

programme

Monitoring on the state level is not financed from national

budget (Ministry of Environment, Mining and Spational Planning)

but by Environmental FundLocal level

1. Vojvodina Province – 7 stations-financed by Vojvodina’s

budget

2. Public Health Institutes operates with mostly manual

stations-

financed by local authority and Ministry of Environment,

Mining

and Spational Planning

After the reorganization of the institutions at the

governmental level, part of Republic Hydrometeorological Service

of Serbia (Environmental Control Division) has transferred to

SEPA => no overlapping

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Twinning Project “Strengthening Administrative Capacities

for Implementation of Air Quality Management System” with

Czech partners and German as copartners is at the final stage.

German experts have prepared Guidelines for Air Quality Guidelines for Air Quality

Automated Monitoring Automated Monitoring which make contented our current

needs for establishing data quality procedures. Further

improvements will be done by SEPA All institutions involved in AQ Monitoring are acreditated

according to ISO 17025 exist 2 softwares for data handling, not completed,

inappropriate, timely demanding, not reply to our needs insufficiency of the spatial coverage of the country does not

exist AQ preliminary assessment has done, first assessment is in

progress, territory of Serbia is divided in 3 zones and 4

agglomerations

Monitoring data quality procedures, data handling,(un)sufficiency of the spatial coverage of the country,

countrywide AQ assessment

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inappropriate software

lack of experienced and trained staff

GIS has not used

Data flows and reporting-national and international: identification of problems

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Reference Laboratory – equipment are different class from

others in network-to procure new one and transfer standards

too

staff from Reference Laboratory have no experience-training

no financial recourses for PRM- Environmental Fund

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software for data handling and reporting –find budget

/donation/ and get training

What options are there for improving monitoring, spatial coverage, data quality, dataflows and assessment?

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training for Laboratory staff

training for data validation

Haw can EEA/ETC/ACM help?