Air quality standards for Senegal.

Abstract

This report aims at providing support to the Senegal Authorities in revising its air quality standards defined in the Senegalese Norm NS 05-062.A compilation of existing laws and norms that are relevant to air quality management in Senegal was done by Ibrahima LY in 2006 for this project and is presented in Annex 1 of this report.Based on the evaluation of available international standards and guidelines for air pollutants, as well as the evaluation of the available air quality measurement data for Dakar, new and revised limit values for selected ambient air pollutants are proposed in this report for Senegal.