United Nations
Envionment
Programme

UNEP/NOWPAP/POMRAC/

WG1 1/4/2
15 March 2004

Original: ENGLISH

Northwest Pacific Action Plan
Pollution Monitoring
Regional Activity Center

The First Meeting of NOWPAP POMRAC Working Group 1 (Atmospheric Deposition)
Vladivostok, Russian Federation, 24-25 May 2004

Draft 2

Structure of the National Reports on
Atmospheric Deposition of Contaminants

Introduction (goals of the report, authors …)

1. The existing system of monitoring (departments monitoring the air quality and atmospheric deposition of contaminants) including

1.1. State departments (State level)
1.2. Regional departments (Regional level)
1.3. Special departments (Industrial level)

2. Goals facing different level departments monitoring the air quality and atmospheric deposition of contaminants

2.1. State (State level)
2.2. Regional (Regional level)
2.3. Special (Industrial level)

2.4. Monitoring program of the national governmental level, which includes integration of air quality monitoring results obtained by the departments of different levels.

3. Physical-geographical characteristic of the area included in NOWPAP (marine environment and costal zones from about 121°E to 143°E longitude, and from approximately 52°N to 33°N latitude). (The coastal zone comprises the areas of the river basins running into the Japan and Yellow seas. The marine zone includes …)

3.1. Relief
3.2. Climate (including such meteorological characteristics as humidity, monthly and annual amount of precipitation, temperature, speed and direction of winds)
3.3. Vegetation
3.4. Protected natural areas

4. Social and economic situation in the area included in NOWPAP (marine environment and costal zones from about 121°E to 143°E longitude and from approximately 52°N to 33°N latitude). (The coastal zone comprises the areas of the river basins running into the Japan and Yellow seas. The marine zone includes …)

4.1. Population (total number of population and distribution in the area)
4.2. Basic settlements
4.3. Influence of various branches of economy on the air quality (including amount of dust, NO₂ , SO₂ and CO entering to the air annually)
4.3.1. Industry
4.3.2. Agriculture
4.3.3. Transport
4.3.4. Energetics
4.4. Planned economic and social development of the area related to possible influence on the air quality.

5. Monitoring system for assessment of the air quality and atmospheric deposition of contaminants (including institutional framework, regular or irregular activities/projects, number and location of stations, existing monitoring parameters [chemical, physical and biological] and frequency)

General text should be supplemented by

- map (scale…?) of location of monitoring stations (JPG format);

- table

6. Monitoring methods

6.1. Methodologies/procedures (including equipment used, detection limits)
6.2. Methods of monitoring quality control (including QA/QC procedures) in departments of different levels
6.2.1. State (State level)
6.2.2. Regional (Regional level)
6.2.3. Special (Industrial level)

7. Actual problems in monitoring networks providing assessment of the air quality and atmospheric deposition of contaminants

8. Planned changes in monitoring system (planned use of new methods)

9. Preparation and improvement of professional qualification of the personnel

9.1. Constant training and retraining centers preparing the personnel (What institution do they belong to? What professions are they trained? Is it possible to train foreign experts?)

10. Proposals of the country on the directions of cooperation in the field of monitoring of the air quality and atmospheric deposition of contaminants in NOWPAP region

10.1. Intercollibration of monitoring methods
10.2. Organization of international trainings courses
10.3. Cooperation and creation of intergovernmental monitoring system for assessment of the air quality in NOWPAP region

11. Legislation regulating gathering, processing and transfer of information on the air quality and atmospheric deposition of contaminants

12. The air quality and atmospheric deposition of contaminants (such as dust, SO₄^2-, Cd, Hg, Pb, Mn, Fe, Co, Ni, organochlorines) in 2001-2003 and tendencies of air quality changes for 10 years. Maximum aloudel concentrations of contaminants.

13. List of publications and databases on the air quality and atmospheric deposition of contaminants for 10 years (the language of publication should be indicated in brackets)