The Department of Environment's Deputy for Human Environment outlined seasonal pollution-risk management, dust-source monitoring and stabilization, scrapping aging vehicles and aligning major projects with climate adaptation provisions in the Seventh Development Plan.
Tehran — According to Mehr News Agency, air-quality control and workforce and public-health protection require comprehensive compliance with the Clean Air Law. The Department announced specialist seasonal monitoring, renewed vehicle-scrapping activity, strict stationary-source standards and national climate-adaptation requirements.
Dr. Sedigheh Torabi described air pollution as a strategic public-health and environmental safety issue requiring separate seasonal risk matrices.
1. Seasonal risk assessment and dust monitoring
Planning must reflect two seasonal patterns. During the first half of the year, desert dust particles, PM10 and PM2.5, are the main monitoring focus. During the second half, temperature inversions make combustion gases and carbon particles from industry and traffic the leading urban health and safety priority.
Improved rainfall had helped stabilize soil and reduce critical events in some areas. Nevertheless, through the national dust-control headquarters, the Department was pursuing biological and mechanical stabilization of domestic wind-erosion sources with natural-resource authorities, the Agriculture Ministry, Meteorological Organization and Health Ministry. Unsustainable industry and soil degradation intensify these risks.
2. Mobile sources: old vehicles and clean transport
Torabi highlighted fuel quality and fleet condition:
– Restart vehicle scrapping to reduce excessive fuel consumption and pollution from aging vehicles and equipment.
– Expand access to Euro-standard fuels, CNG and cleaner fuels for commercial and passenger fleets.
– Accelerate electrification of urban buses, taxis and motorcycles as a sustainable, lower-environmental-risk technology.
3. Stationary-source audits and online industrial monitoring
Industry must self-report and follow environmental instructions. Identifying polluting facilities, online monitoring of stack and effluent parameters, including CEMS, and requiring dust-control equipment such as filters, scrubbers and electrostatic precipitators are prerequisites for continued operation near cities and in industrial parks. Exceeding emission limits will trigger deterrent and legal action.
4. Climate adaptation under the Seventh Development Plan
Torabi said a comprehensive greenhouse-gas reduction and climate-adaptation program had been prepared and approved in principle by the cabinet. It defines a framework for government, industry and energy-sector action to strengthen ecological resilience, optimize energy use and protect long-term public health.
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Original publication date (Solar Hijri): 1405/06/21
Author: Dibagostaran Sanat