English Abstract Eleven of the 12 Dutch provinces and 52 of the 79
municipalities (over 40.000 inhabitants) reported on their air quality for
19997. The National Institute of Public Health and the Environment (RIVM)
and the Directorate-General for Environmental Protection of the Ministry of
VROM then combined these reports into an annual national report for 1997.
The largest in several years, still 35 percent of the municipalities failed
to meet their reported obligations. Most of the reports on air quality are
incomplete on the contribution of large point sources and traffic to local
air quality. For 1997 one province reported an exceedence of the limit
value of nitrogen dioxide. In four provinces the target value of nitrogen
dioxide was exceeded. The province of Zuid-Holland has to report next year
on its air quality over 1998 because of exceeding of the limit value and the
provinces Friesland and Utrecht have to report because they did not report
(completely) over 1997. The 52 municipalities reported in total 60
exceedences of the (provisional) limit value over 1997: 20 roads with an
exceedence of the nitrogen dioxide (provisional) limit value, 2 roads with
an exceedence of the carbon monoxide limit value and 38 roads with an
exceedance of the benzene limit value. Nine municipalities have to report
on their air quality over 1998; Amsterdam, Arnhem, Breda, Den Haag, Leiden,
Nijmegen, Sittard, Utrecht and Zwolle. Also the 27 municipalities which did
not report over 1997 have to report over 1998; Alphen a/d Rijn, Dordrecht,
Ede, Eindhoven, Enschede, Gouda, Groningen, Heerhugowaard, Heerlen, Helmond,
's Hertogenbosch, Heusden, Katwijk, Leeuwarden, Maarssen, Maastricht,
Oosterhout, Oss, Purmerend, Ridderkerk, Roosendaal, Veldhoven,
Smallingerland, Tilburg, Velsen, Vlaardingen and Zwijndrecht. Seven
provinces and eight municipalities also reported on their policy to either
maintain their air quality or improve it. Exceedance of limit values means
that on a local scale air quality cannot in general be considered
high.
Rapport in het kort
Over 1997 hebben in totaal 11 van de 12 provincies en
52 van de 79 gemeenten (met meer dan 40.000 inwoners) over de
luchtkwaliteit hebben gerapporteerd (Alphen a/d Rijn, Dordrecht, Ede,
Eindhoven, Enschede, Gouda, Groningen, Heerhugowaard, Heerlen, Helmond, 's
Hertogenbosch, Heusden, Katwijk, Leeuwarden, Maarssen, Maastricht,
Oosterhout, Oss, Purmerend, Ridderkerk, Roosendaal, Veldhoven,
Smallingerland, Tilburg, Velsen, Vlaardingen en Zwijndrecht), een
rapportageverplichting. Naast de rapportage van overschrijdingen van grens-
en richtwaarden hebben 7 provincies en 8 gemeenten, conform de regeling in
de besluiten luchtkwaliteit, gerapporteerd over de maatregelen om de
luchtkwaliteit waar nodig te verbeteren of te handhaven. Uit de rapportage
kan worden opgemaakt dat de luchtkwaliteit verbetert. Het feit dat er nog
steeds (uitzonderings)grenswaarden worden overschreden geeft echter aan dat
de luchtkwaliteit nog niet overal goed is.
