Rapport

Assessing the siting of air quality sampling points at industrial sites

Pozzoli, Luca; Soares, Joana; Kent, Andrew; Davison, Jack; Wingard, Ella; Tarrasón, Leonor

Air quality measurements at industrial locations are intended to assess emission sources typically of the largest magnitude, many of which operate over a long time and are subject to specific permitting rules. Industrial sources represent a significant contribution to the air pollution that people and ecosystems are exposed to. Therefore, appropriately sited sampling points are essential to understanding the characteristics of these emissions, which is necessary to design meaningful monitoring network, implement effective abatement strategies, and inform supplementary assessment methods such as dispersion modelling. Existing environmental legislation establishes criteria for the reporting of industrial emissions and for the design of monitoring networks on pollutant concentrations: 1) the Industrial Emissions Directive (IED), 2) the Regulation on European Pollutant Release and Transfer Register (E-PRTR), and 3) the Ambient Air Quality Directives (AAQDs, Directives 2008/50/EC and 2004/107/EC, as well as the Revised Directive (EU) 2024/2881). The AAQDs provide rules and guidance for monitoring stations across different environments, including specific rules for those classified as industrial. In this study we have evaluated the air quality monitoring sampling points associated with industrial sources. The overarching aim is to underpin assessments by the European Commission of whether the criteria for placing industrial sampling points are applied throughout the European Union in a harmonised manner and whether the application of the criteria ensures that the highest exposure of the general population to air pollution from industrial sources is measured in all air quality zones. For this reason, we have carried out an evaluation of the 2019 monitoring network across Europe in the vicinity of industrial sources.

Publications Office of the European Union

Statusrapport 2025. Nasjonalt referanselaboratorium for luftkvalitetsmålinger

Marsteen, Leif; Johnsrud, Mona; Hak, Claudia; Tørnkvist, Kjersti Karlsen; Vo, Dam Thanh; Amundsen, Filip; Mortensen, Tore

Denne rapporten oppsummerer oppgavene til Nasjonalt referanselaboratorium for luftkvalitetsmålinger (NRL), delkontrakt 1b, for første halvår 2025.

NILU

Environmental Contaminants in an Urban Fjord, 2024 – Emphasis on Alna River

Ruus, Anders; Grung, Merete; Bæk, Kine; Rundberget, Thomas; Vogelsang, Christian; Beylich, Bjørnar; Lund, Espen; Eriksen, Tor Erik; Jenssen, Marthe Torunn Solhaug; Ribeiro, Anne Luise; Hanssen, Linda; Enge, Ellen Katrin

This report presents data from the fourth year of a 5-year period of the Urban Fjord
programme. The programme started in 2013 and has since been altered/advanced.
In 2024 the programme covers sampling and analyses of water, water moss,
invertebrates, and trout from Alna River, as well as stormwater from Eastern Oslo
City. A sampling campaign was also conducted for source tracing of chlorhexidine,
dichloromethane and trichloromethane previously found in Alna River. A total of
240 single compounds/isomers were analyzed, and frequent detection was found
of specifc PFAS compounds in aqueous phases, other specifc PFAS compounds in
trout liver, UV-compounds and certain QACs in the particulate fraction of
stormwater, certain benzothiazoles in stormwater (dissolved and/or particulate
fraction) , chlorinated paraffns (MCCP and LCCP) in biota, certain siloxanes in
nearly all matrices, metals in all matrices, and PCBs in biota. Biomagnifcation was
only observed for a couple of the PCB congeners. However, as expected,
biomagnifcation was observed for mercury and PFOS. Biomagnifcation of silver
was observed when trout was represented by liver samples, but not muscle samples.
The source tracing showed the presence of the compounds at several stations

Norsk institutt for vannforskning (NIVA)

Environmental pollutants in the terrestrial and urban environment 2024

Heimstad, Eldbjørg Sofie; Moe, Børge; Davie-Martin, Cleo Lisa; Borgen, Anders; Enge, Ellen Katrin; Hotvedt, Ådne; Løge, Oda Siebke; Harju, Mikael; Bæk, Kine; Hanssen, Linda

Samples from the urban terrestrial environment in the Oslo area were analysed for metals and a large number of organic environmental pollutants. The selected sample types that were analysed were soil, earthworm, fieldfare and sparrowhawk eggs, liver samples of brown rat, red fox and badger and blood serum from dog. Biomagnification potential was estimated based on detected data for relevant predator-prey pairs.

NILU

Datarapport: Analyse av gadolinium, Komp-540, ioheksol, jod og acetat i miljøprøver. DNV-prosjekt: Overvåking utenfor Ramslandsvågen 2024

Pfaffhuber, Katrine Aspmo; Skaar, Jøran Solnes; Davanger, Kirsten; Rostkowski, Pawel; Gundersen, Hans; Vadset, Marit; Bjørneby, Stine Marie

NILU