National Environmental Protection Measure (NEPM)
Is Federal legislation which sets nationally agreed goals and standards for protection of nominated parts of the environment. Most environmental legislation is set by state or territory governments. However, for some parts of the environment, agreement on standards has been reached between the state and territory governments, and is reflected in a NEPM.
The PM2.5 Variation to the Air NEPM sets the following advisory reporting standards and goal for particles as PM2.5. |
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
For more information on the Air NEPM, see the factsheet on National Standards for Criteria Air Pollutants in Australia |
Please click on the following link to view the status of the National Clean Air Plan:
http://www.scew.gov.au/coag-strategic-priorities/national-plan-clean-air