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xylenes  2 or more similar sites              55% for 1 year of data

1 site                                             60% for 2 or more years of data

Benzene                                            2 or more similar sites              30% for 1 year of data

1 site                                             35% for 2 or more years of data

         (vii) For the purpose of Table 1, two or more sites are similar sites if their location and sources of pollutants fall within the same classification as the desktop analysis and siting criteria under AS/NZS 3580.1.1:2007 Ambient Air - Guide for the siting of sampling units for peak monitoring stations.
Schedule 3 Methods for monitoring and assessment of Air Toxics
1. Subject to sections 3 and 3C below, monitoring of benzene, toluene, xylenes and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) must be carried out in accordance with the appropriate methods listed in Table 1 and subsection 4(i) of this Schedule.
2. Subject to sections 3 and 3C below, monitoring for formaldehyde must be carried out in accordance with the appropriate methods listed in Table 1 and subsection 4(ii) of this Schedule.
3. Jurisdictions may use alternative sampling and analysis methods where equivalence can be demonstrated in accordance with US EPA Method Reference for equivalence testing USEPA Code of Federal Regulations (40 CFR, Protection of Environment, Chapter I, Environmental Protection Agency (continued), Subchapter C - Air programs (continued), Part 53 - Ambient Air Monitoring, Reference and Equivalent Methods), or in accordance with National Association of Testing Authorities (NATA), Australia requirements Technical Note 17 – Format and Content of Test Methods and Procedures for Validation and Verification of Chemical Test Methods,
3A. The Council may approve alternative methods for monitoring air toxics, other than those allowed in section 3, if the Council considers those alternative methods appropriate for monitoring air toxics for the purposes of this Measure.
3B. The Council may only approve an alternative method for monitoring air toxics under section 3A if the method is a method developed or used by a recognised agency.
3C. If the Council has approved an alternative method for monitoring air toxics under section 3A, a participating jurisdiction may use that alternative method to monitor air toxics for the purposes of this Measure if it is not reasonably practicable for the participating jurisdiction to use a method in Table 1 of Schedule 3.
      3D. For the purposes of section 3B, recognised agency means:
        (i)         an environmental protection agency of a participating jurisdiction that is responsible for monitoring air toxics in that jurisdiction;
        (ii)      the California Environment Protection Agency;
        (iii)    the European Commission;
        (iv)     the International Standards Organisation;
        (v)       the United States Environment Protection Agency; or
        (vi)     Standards Australia.
Table 1: Reference Methods for Monitoring of Air Toxics
Pollutant                                           Method title                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       Method number

Benzene