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Latest releases

State of the Air in Australia 1999-2008 - 2010
Universal ratification of the Montreal Protocol - brochure

Air quality

Books and reports

State of the Air in Australia 1999-2008 - 2010
Indoor air project: indoor air in typical Australian dwellings - 2010
Indoor air project: persistent organic pollutants and metals - 2010
Emissions testing of a sample of petrol garden equipment engines - Final Report - November 2008
A Methodology for Cost-Benefit Analysis of Ambient Air Pollution Health Impacts - January 2009
Sources of Ozone Precursors and Atmospheric Chemistry in a Typical Australian City - December 2008
Urban-scale modelling of reactive air toxics - December 2008
Studies of the Secondary Organic Aerosol Component of PM_2.5 Arising from the NEPM Air Toxic Precursors, Toluene and m-Xylene - November 2008
A Methodology for Determining the Impact of Climate Change on Ozone Levels in an Urban Area - November 2008
Development of Tools for the Identification of Secondary Organic Aerosol in Australian Cities - October 2008
Clean Air Research Program - workshop report - October 2008
Assessment of different approaches for determining personal exposure - July 2008
Assessing Vehicle Air Pollution Emissions - July 2008
Development of metrics for individual exposure assessment to traffic related air pollution - June 2008
Measurement of real-world PM10 emission factors and emission profiles from woodheaters by in situ source monitoring and atmospheric verification methods - May 2008
Particles, Ozone and Air Toxic Levels in Rural Communities during Prescribed Burning Seasons - May 2008
Towards the integration of bioanalytical tools into air pollution assessment, regulation and management - May 2008
Community Based Participatory Research Guide for Air Quality Management - July 2007
Report on Woodheater Operation and Firewood Parameters: Australia - May 2008
Marine outboards and personal watercraft - Comparative assessment of the environmental performance of small engines - February 2007
Outdoor garden equipment - Comparative assessment of the environmental performance of small engines - February 2007
Health Impacts of Ultrafine Particles - Desktop Literature Review and Analysis - September 2004
National woodheater audit program action plan - 2004
National woodheater audit program report - 2004
Nitrogen oxides emissions standards for domestic gas appliances - background study - 2000
State of Knowledge Report: Air Toxics and Indoor Air Quality in Australia - 2001
State of the Air: National Ambient Air Quality Status and Trends Report 1991-2001 - April 2004
A Status Report to the Community: Living Cities - Air Toxics Program
Technical Report No 1: Toxic Emissions from Diesel Vehicles in Australia: - May 2003
Technical Report No 2: Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs) in Ambient Air in Australia - October 1999 (order printed copy)
Technical Report No 3: Review of Data on Heavy Metals in Ambient Air in Australia - May 2001 (order printed copy)
Technical Report No 4: Review of Literature on Residential Firewood Use, Wood-Smoke and Air Toxics - June 2002
Technical Report No 5: Emissions from Domestic Solid Fuel Burning Appliances - March 2002
Technical Report No 6: BTEX Personal Exposure Monitoring in Four Australian Cities - May 2003 (order printed copy)
Technical Report No 7: Air Quality and Child Health - October 2003
Technical Report No 8: Personal Monitoring of Selected VOCs: The Contribution of Woodsmoke to Exposure - May 2004 (order printed copy)
Technical Report No 9: Unflued Gas Appliances and Air Quality in Australian Homes - June 2004 (order printed copy)
Use of Particle Counters in Woodsmoke affected areas Study Report - September 2005
Wood heater Particle Emissions and Operating Efficiency Standards - Cost Benefit Analysis - June 2006
Woodheaters in Launceston - Impacts on Air Quality Study Report - September 2005
Wood-Smoke handbook: woodheaters, firewood and operator practice - 2003

Brochures and fact sheets

Air toxics - 2005 (order printed copy)
Carbon Monoxide (CO) - 2005 (order printed copy)
Ground-level Ozone (O₃) - 2005 (order printed copy)
Hot Tips for Cleaner Wood Heating - 2007 (order printed copy)
Lead - 2005
Lead Alert - Six step guide to painting your home Third Edition (order printed copy)
National Standards for Criteria Air Pollutants in Australia - 2005
National Standards for Criteria ¹ Air Pollutants in Australia - 2005 (order printed copy)
Nitrogen Dioxide (NO₂) - 2005 (order printed copy)
Particles - 2005 (order printed copy)
Second National In-service Emissions Study (NISE2): Community Summary - September 2009 (order printed copy)
Second National In-service Emissions Study (NISE2): Technical Summary - September 2009 (order printed copy)
Smoke from Biomass Burning - 2005 (order printed copy)
Sulfur Dioxide (SO₂) - 2005 (order printed copy)
Woodheaters and Woodsmoke - 2005

Fridge magnets

Check your chimney - five things you can do (order printed copy)

Fuel quality

Books and reports

Evaluating the Health Impacts of Ethanol Blend Petrol - June 2008
Cetane discussion paper - National Fuel Quality Standards: Measuring cetane number: options for diesel and alternative diesel fuels - April 2004
Companies approved to supply leaded fuel in Australia - February 2011
Draft standard for fuel parameters (biodiesel) - Commonwealth position - August 2003
Effects of Fuel Composition and Engine Load on Emissions from Heavy Duty Engines - June 2010
Literature Review Based Assessment on the Impacts of a 10% and 20% Ethanol Gasoline Fuel Blend on Non-Automotive Engines - December 2000
Literature Review Based Assessment on the Impacts of a 20% Ethanol Gasoline Fuel Blend on the Australian Vehicle Fleet - November 2000
Management of Diesel Oil Burn Systems - Discussion paper February 2008
Management of Diesel Oil Burn Systems - Position paper September 2010
Marine Outboard Driveability Assessment to Determine Impacts of a 10% and 20% Ethanol Gasoline Fuel Blend on a Small Batch of Engines - February 2003
Regulation Impact Statement for the Fuel Standard (Petrol) Determination 2001 and the Fuel Standard (Automotive Diesel) Determination 2001 - 2001
Review of fuel quality requirements for Australian transport commences - Background paper
Review of Fuel Quality Requirements for Australian Transport - March 2000
Review of fuel quality report stakeholder consultation and scenario development - 2001
Review of LPG (Autogas) Fuel Quality Standard - Discussion paper - January 2010
Proposed management of diesel/biodiesel blends - Position Paper - January 2008
Standardising diesel/biodiesel blends - Discussion paper - November 2006
Setting national fuel quality standards - discussion papers:
- Paper 1 - Summary Report of the Review of Fuel Quality Requirements for Australian Transport and Assessment of Benefits and Costs of Adopting New Standards
- Paper 2 - Proposed Standards for Fuel Parameters (Petrol and Diesel) - May 2000
- Paper 2A - Proposed Management of Petrol Octane Enhancing Additives/Products
- Paper 3 - proposed model for standards implementation - May 2000
- Paper 4 - Discussion Paper on Operability Fuel Parameters (Petrol and Diesel) - August 2001
- Paper 5 - Proposed standards for liquefied petroleum gas (Autogas) - October 2001
- Paper 6 - National Standard for Biodiesel - March 2003
  - Discussion paper submissions
- Paper 7 - Diesohol - May 2004
Setting national fuel quality standards - proposed standards for fuel parameters (petrol and diesel) - revised commonwealth position - 2000
Setting the Ethanol Limit in Petrol - Jan 2002
Technical Assessment of E10 and E20 Petrol Ethanol Blends Applied to Non-Automotive Engines: Failure Mode and Effects Analysis of Engine Function and Component Design for Mercury Marine 15hp Outboard and Stihl FS45 Line-Trimmer Engines - November 2002
Testing Based Assessment to Determine Impacts of a 10% and 20% Ethanol Gasoline Fuel Blend on Non-Automotive Engines - January 2003
Testing Based Assessment to Determine Impacts of a 20% Ethanol Gasoline Fuel Blend on the Australian Passenger Vehicle Fleet - March 2003
Testing Based Assessment to Determine Impacts of a 10% and 20% Ethanol Gasoline Fuel Blend on Non-automotive Engines - 2000hrs Material Compatibility Testing - May 2003
Testing Based Assessment to Determine Impacts of a 20% Ethanol Gasoline Fuel Blend on the Australian Passenger Vehicle Fleet - 2000hrs Material Compatibility Testing - May 2003
Testing Gasoline Containing 20% Ethanol (E20) - Phase 2B Final Report Market Barriers to the Uptake of Biofuels Study - May 2004
The Assessment of the Operation of Vehicles in the Australian Fleet on Ethanol Blend Fuels - February 2007

Newsletters

Clean fuels bulletin

Brochures and fact sheets

Standards and manuals

Biodiesel

Books and reports

Paper 6 - National standard for biodiesel - March 2003
- Discussion paper submissions
Draft standard for fuel parameters (biodiesel) - Commonwealth position - August 2003

Cleaner fuels

Books and reports

Review of fuel quality requirements for Australian transport commences - Background paper
Review of Fuel Quality Requirements for Australian Transport - March 2000
Review of fuel quality report stakeholder consultation and scenario development - 2001
Paper 1: Summary report of the Review of Fuel Quality Requirements for Australian Transport
Paper 2: Proposed Standards for Fuel Parameters (Petrol and Diesel) - May 2000
Paper 2A - Proposed Management of Petrol Octane Enhancing Additives/Products
Paper 3: Proposed Model for Standards Implementation - May 2000
Setting National Fuel Quality Standards - 2000
Regulation Impact Statement - 2001
Paper 4: Operability Standards for Fuel Parameters (Petrol and Diesel) - August 2001
Paper 5: Proposed standards for Liquified Petroleum Gas (Autogas) - October 2001
Setting an Ethanol limit in Petrol - An issues paper - Jan 2002
Paper 6: National Standard for Biodiesel - March 2003
Proposed standard for fuel parameters (biodiesel) - Commonwealth Position - August 2003
Paper 7: Diesohol discussion paper - May 2004
Independent Statutory Review of the Fuel Quality Standards Act 2000 - April 2005

Newsletters

Clean fuels bulletin

Brochures and fact sheets

National Fuel Quality Standards: Better Fuel...Cleaner Air

Standards and manuals

Ethanol

Books and reports

Literature Review on the Impacts of 10 and 20% Ethanol on Non-automotive Engines - December 2000
Setting the Ethanol Limit in Petrol - 2002
Literature Review on the Impacts of 20% Ethanol on Vehicles - November 2000
Results of Testing 10 and 20% Ethanol on Non-automotive Engines - January 2003
Results of Testing 20% Ethanol on Vehicles - March 2003
Marine Outboard Driveability Assessment - Impacts of 10 and 20% Ethanol - February 2003
Materials Compatibility Testing - Non-automotive Engines - May 2003
Materials Compatibility Testing - Vehicles - May 2003
Testing Gasoline Containing 20% Ethanol (E20) - Final Report - May 2004
Setting a Quality Standard for Fuel Ethanol
- Technical paper - December 2004
- Submissions
- Proposed Fuel Quality Standard for Fuel Grade Ethanol - Australian Government position - July 2005

Brochures and fact sheets

Fuel Quality Standards Act 2000 labelling requirements from 1 March 2004
- Ethanol blend petrol label

Liquefied petroleum gas

Books and reports

Paper 5 - Proposed standards for liquefied petroleum gas (Autogas) - 2000

Ozone

Books and reports

Forms, fees and licences

Forms

Application and reporting forms

Licences

Halons

Australian Halon Management Strategy - 2000

Methyl bromide

Montreal Protocol

Refrigeration and airconditioning

Synthetic greenhouse gases

Cover of Universal ratification of the Montreal Protocol brochure

Universal ratification of the Montreal Protocol - brochure

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