A new Air Regulation in Andalusia, Spain considers “odours” as a pollutant

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Regional Environmental Minister  A new Air Regulation approved by the Council of the Autonomous Government of Andalusia, Spain considers “odours” as a pollutant. This is the first regional air regulation in Spain that casts odours as a pollutant and  formulates the necessary steps to authorize an activity potentially suspect of emitting odours.

   Yesterday, the Council of the Autonomous Government of Andalusia approved the Decree that regulates Air Quality. This is the first autonomous administration in Spain that regulates potentially odour-emitting activities. This legal text authorises to the Regional Environmental Ministry of Andalusia to require to the legal owners of these activities, both previously and subsequently to the commencement of the industrial activity, the adoption of all means to reduce odour emission, including the completion of an odour impact study to prove that the selected abatement methods are suitable to prevent any affection to the residents.

   This Regulation will affect to farms, waste-management plants and chemical industry among other activities and takes the EN 13725: “Air Quality-Determination of Odour. Concentration by Dynamic Olfactometry" as reference method to measure odour concentration.

   At the picture, José Juan Díaz Trillo, Regional Environmental Minister during the press conference held in Seville.

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Carlos is the editor-in-chief of Olores.org and has been part of the odour world since 2001. Over the years, he’s taken part in more than 100 conferences on odour management around the world, and has written several papers on the topic. He’s also helped organize international events and training courses. Carlos runs a small company called Ambiente et Odora (AEO). When he’s not working, he enjoys spending time with his wife and twins, Laura and Daniel—and, of course, writing for Olores.org.