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4.2.11. Sweden<br />

In general air emission limits will be detailed in <strong>the</strong> environmental permit<br />

(miljötillstånd) of <strong>the</strong> facility. The Ordinance (SFS 1998:899) on Environmentally<br />

Hazardous Activities and Protection of Health (Förordningen om miljöfarlig<br />

verksamhet och hälsoskydd), designates five regional environmental courts as<br />

<strong>the</strong> authorities issuing licences <strong>for</strong> industrial operations such as refineries and<br />

metal smelters (activities that <strong>the</strong> Ordinance classifies as “A-activities”) 156 .<br />

In addition, <strong>the</strong> Swedish Environmental Protection Agency has issued <strong>the</strong><br />

Regulations (SNFS 1993:11) on Permissible Concentrations of Dust (Kungörelse<br />

med föreskrifter om högsta tillåtna halt av sot (svävande partiklar)) establishing<br />

national binding limit values <strong>for</strong> dust in <strong>the</strong> outdoor air between October and<br />

March each year as shown in Table 62.<br />

Table 62: Sweden Maximum Allowable Ambient Air Quality Concentrations<br />

Parameter<br />

24-hour limit<br />

Six-month average limit<br />

(µg/m 3 )<br />

(µg/m 3 )<br />

Particulate Matter 90 40<br />

156 Swedish Environmental Protection Agency. URL: http://www.environ.se/<br />

164

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