Resolution CONAMA No. 3 providing for air quality standards, as foreseen by PRONAR. Country/Territory Brazil Document type Regulation Date 1990 Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Air & atmosphere Keyword Air quality/air pollution Emissions Environmental standards Authorization/permit Environmental planning Pollution control Policy/planning Standards Protection of environment Geographical area Amazonia, Americas, Latin America and the Caribbean, North Atlantic, South America, South Atlantic Entry into force notes This Resolution enters into force on the day of its publication. Abstract This Resolution, consisting of 9 articles, provides for air quality standards. It specifies the concentrations of atmospheric pollutants which may be hazardous to human health, safety and the well-being of the population as well as possibly cause of damages to the fauna and flora, material goods and the environment in general. No atmospheric pollutant is understood as any form of substance or energy with an intensity and quantity, concentration, timing or characteristics that are not in harmony with established levels and which can render the air: I – unfit, hazardous or injurious to human health; II – undesirable for public well-being; III – hazardous to goods, fauna and flora; IV – detrimental to safety, the use and enjoyment of property and normal community activities. Air standard quality standards are objectives that should be reached through control strategies set by emission standards and must serve as guidelines for the creation of Regional Air Pollution Control Plans. Full text Portuguese Website www.mma.gov.br References - Legislation Implements Resolution CONAMA No. 5 providing for the National Programme for the Control of Air Pollution (PONAR). Legislation | Brazil | 1989 Keyword: Air quality/air pollution, Emissions, Environmental standards, Authorization/permit, Environmental planning, Pollution control Source: FAO, FAOLEX