PROPOSED NATIONAL AMBIENT AIR QUALITY STANDARDS (NAAQS) FOR BANGLADESH
 

POLUTANT

OBJECTIVE

AVERAGING TIME

CO

10 mg/m3

(9 ppm)

8-houra

40 mg/m3

(35 ppm) (a)

1-houra

Lead

0.5 µg/m3

Annual 

NO2

100 µg/m3

(0.053 ppm)

Annual

PM-10

50 µg/m3

Annualb

150 µg/m3

24-hourc

PM-2.5

15 µg/m3

Annual

65 µg/m3

24-hour

Ozone

235 µg/m3

(0.12 ppm)

1-hourd

157 µg/m3

(0.08 ppm)

8-hour

SO2

80 µg/m3

(0.03 ppm)

Annual

365 µg/m3

(0.14 ppm)

24-houra


Notes:

a. Not to be exceeded more than once per year
b. The objective is attained when the annual arithmetic mean is less than or equal to 50 ug/m3.
c. The objective is attained when the expected number of days per calendar year with a 24-hour average of 150 ug/m3 is equal to or less than 1.
d. The objective is attained when the expected number of days per calendar year with the maximum hourly average of 0.12 ppm is equal to or less than 1.

Source: http://www.doe-bd.org/aqmp/standard.html#naaqs