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Neither the Secretary of State nor I have had any discussions with the Secretary of State for Transport on this subject to date.<\/p>
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In January 2017, new legislation came into force with more stringent emission limits for major air pollutants from engines used in NRMM. It extends the scope of existing legislation to cover all sizes of petrol and diesel engines used in NRMM and it improves the legal framework. As of January 2019, new emission standards are mandatory for new engines being sold, for the first tranche of categories.<\/p>
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Type of air quality monitoring station*<\/strong><\/p><\/td> Number<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr> MCERTS nitrogen oxide chemiluminescent analyser<\/p><\/td> 61<\/p><\/td><\/tr> MCERTS ozone analyser<\/p><\/td> 11<\/p><\/td><\/tr> MCERTS Beta Attenuation Mass Measuring particulate analyser<\/p><\/td> 2<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table> *MCERTS (Monitoring Certification Scheme) is the Environment Agency\u2019s Monitoring Certification Scheme.<\/p> <\/p> HE annual site monitoring reports have not been published; however, information from the reports has been provided on request. HE has annual monitoring reports for the number of sites set out in the table below.<\/p> <\/strong><\/p> Year**<\/strong><\/p><\/td> Number of sites for which annual monitoring reports are held<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr> 2016<\/p><\/td> 15<\/p><\/td><\/tr> 2017<\/p><\/td> 31<\/p><\/td><\/tr> 2018<\/p><\/td> 43<\/p><\/td><\/tr> 2019<\/p><\/td> 57 (in draft)<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table> **2016 is the first year of data for the first monitoring sites installed.<\/p> <\/p> <\/p> <\/p>"}
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