Poor air quality prevails; They activate Phase 1 of environmental contingency

by times news cr

2024-05-12 00:06:22

For the seventh time in 2024, the Megalopolis Environmental Commission (CAMe) activated Phase 1 of the environmental contingency due to ozone in the metropolitan area of ​​the Valley of Mexico.

The above, after at 1:00 p.m. today, maximum ozone concentrations of 158 ppb were recorded at the monitoring station in Gustavo Madero (GAM), in Mexico City.

In a statement, the Environmental Commission reported that the high pressure system that prevails about him Mexico’s valley It strengthened during the day, favoring intense solar radiation and weak wind with variable direction, causing the stagnation of ozone precursor pollutants.

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“This situation was combined with temperatures higher than 33 °C, causing high concentrations of ozone in the ZMVM,” he explained.

Therefore, tomorrow, Friday, May 10, they must suspend their circulation, from 5:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m.:

1. Private use vehicles with verification hologram 2.
2. Private use vehicles with verification hologram 1, whose last numerical digit is 1, 3, 5, 7, 9 and 0.
3. Private use vehicles with verification hologram 00 and 0, blue sticker, plate termination 9 and 0.
4. Units that do not carry a verification hologram, such as old, demonstration or transfer vehicles, new ones, those with a tourist pass, foreign plates or with plates made up of letters, are subject to the same restriction as vehicles that carry a hologram. 2.

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5. Restriction on the circulation of 50% of the LP gas distribution units to stationary tanks, which do not have a dry disconnection valve, whose registration termination is NON
6. Local or federal cargo vehicles stop circulating between 6:00 and 10:00 a.m., with the exception of those that are in the CDMX or EDOMEX Self-Regulation Program.
7. Taxis with verification hologram “00”, “0”, “1” or “2” that must stop circulating in accordance with the provisions indicated in sections 1), 2), and 3), will be subject to the restriction on circulation from 10:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m.

Additionally, CAMe issued the following recommendations for the population:

• Avoid doing civic, cultural and recreational activities, as well as avoiding exercising outdoors between 1:00 p.m. and 7:00 p.m.
• Suspend any outdoor activity, organized by public or private institutions, between 1:00 p.m. and 7:00 p.m.
• Postpone outdoor, sporting, cultural events or mass shows, scheduled between 1:00 p.m. and 7:00 p.m.
• Do not smoke in closed spaces.

2024-05-12 00:06:22

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