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Just had a response to my e-mail to Angie Bray, which is as follows:Dear Nikki,Thank you for your email to Angie and for taking the time to get in touch on this issue. It’s been an issue Angie has campaigned hard on both before and indeed since becoming the MP for the area. You might be interested to read the text from the adjournment debate Angie did in Parliament specifically on this subject – you can read it using this link http://www.theyworkforyou.com/whall/?id=2010-12-15a.291.0&s=horn+lane+speaker%3A24952#g291.1 That should give you a flavour of where Angie stands/what the situation is. It has progressed a fair bit since then, mainly due to the good work of a local group set up by residents equally as concerned/annoyed as you, called SHLAP (Stop Horn Lane Pollution). We meet with SHLAP, the Environment Agency and Ealing Council fairly regularly to discuss the issue and to try and get more done to ease/hopefully at some point put a stop to the problems there. I’ve copied in Rosco White, who heads up the SHLAP operation and who I know would be pleased to hear from you – he’ll be able to give you the most up-to-date analysis of where we are with this. I hope that’s helpful. Best wishes, Hugo Hugo SutherlandResearcher to Angie Bray MPFrom the link....part of: Angie Bray (Ealing Central and Acton, Conservative)It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Benton. The Horn lane industrial site sits on a busy single carriageway in my constituency, connecting the Uxbridge road with the north of the constituency, which is home to the Park Royal industrial and business park and through which runs the A40. The purpose of bringing that part of the world to your attention is to highlight a long-standing problem that shows no signs of abating: the unacceptable pollution levels emanating from the Horn lane industrial site and the palpable failure of any agency to enforce legal pollution limits in the area.It is local residents who have really upped the ante on the issue by putting it firmly on the agenda and starting to campaign for genuine action and, hopefully, an end to the pollution plight that menaces their daily lives. Ably led by a former Acton Central councillor, VIod Barchuk, and local activist, Rosco White, SHLAP-Stop Horn Lane Pollution-has attracted considerable support from a community that, understandably, wants to hear less about monitoring pollution levels and more about active policing and enforcement.Having consulted the Environment Agency and corresponded with the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs on the matter, I am still a little unclear on how best to move forward and achieve genuine action on the matter. The site is the problem, because it sits uncomfortably, slap bang in the middle of a large residential community. It is surrounded on three sides by residential properties that are supported by a parade of shops and local businesses, all directly alongside the industrial site. Despite living and working along a busy road, a real sense of community exists among local residents, who feel that they are living in an area with great potential and already benefit from Acton's excellent transport links and the easy access it offers to central London.That ease of access makes it obvious why Horn lane was chosen to house an industrial site in the first place. It has first-rate rail links and is right on the doorstep of the Park Royal estate. The A40 is to the north and the Uxbridge road is to the south. That made sense in the past, when Horn lane was home to factories, rather than flats and houses as it is now. It must seem odd to those who work on the site that they drive their lorries, unload their skips and transfer their waste right in the heart of a residential community. To local residents, it is ridiculous that their quality of life is being impaired by that throwback, which produces literally sky-high levels of pollution.

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Response from John FreemanThank-you for your enquiry about air pollution in your area. As mentioned during our conversation this afternoon, I attach below the pollution incident notification received from Kings College.  This indicates that a wide area of London has been affected by increased PM10 this week.  There has also been increased ozone pollution this week.  I give below the address of the London Air Quality Network website, which gives a lot more information than we have on the EalingAir website (though the same readings are on both).  In particular this website explains the new predictive index used for some pollutants such as PM10.  Like any forecasting this is not always accurate as we would wish it to be and the actual PM10 index can now only be obtained on the following day when the average for the previous 24 hours has been calculated. http://www.londonair.org.uk/london/asp/publicbulletin.asp?la_id=9&MapType=GoogleWith regard to your complaint forwarded by the Environment Agency regarding Hanson’s concrete plant, I am not aware of specific dust pollution issues from the Hanson plant at present.  Hanson operates the plant under an environmental permit issued by the Council and they are complying with permit conditions, as far as I am aware.  If you have any information to suggest that there have been dust emissions from the plant I should be grateful to receive details so that these can be followed up with the company.  The Environment Agency regulates Gowing & Pursey, Horn Lane Metals and Aggregate Industries and should be contacted about these sites. I am sorry we are not able to provide an air quality monitoring station closer to your home.  As I explained on the phone, due to the very high cost of maintaining these facilities we had to close both the Acton Town Hall and Ealing Town Hall monitoring stations at the end of last year.  The Horn Lane monitoring station is in a good position to record any incidents in the Goods Yard so we are keen to keep it open while we have the funds to do so. Please do not hesitate to contact me in the event of further queries.Kind regards. Dr John FreemanTeam Leader, Pollution Technical TeamRegulatory ServicesLondon Borough of Ealing14/16 Uxbridge RoadLondon W5 2HLTel: 020 8825 7226Fax: 020 8825 8750E-mail: freemanj@ealing.gov.uk

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Sorry, left this bit off!‘Moderate’ and ‘high’ air pollution incident summary from King’s College London Environmental Research GroupIssued:  15:00 Wednesday 30th May 2012. Summary Widespread ‘moderate’ PM2.5 and PM10 particulate was measured on several days in London between Tuesday 22nd May and Thursday 24th May with the change to warm sunny conditions. ‘High’ PM10 occurred at one site in north London on Thursday 24th May. Particulate levels dropped over the weekend but ‘moderate’ PM10 occurred again at several sites, mainly in industrial locations on Monday 28th May, with one site reaching ‘high’. PM2.5 levels have been lower since 24th May with only isolated sites recording ‘moderate’ from 25th May onwards. Particulate levels reduced with the change to slightly cooler cloudier conditions starting on Monday evening. As is often the case the elevated particulate was caused by the combination of polluted air from outside London and London’s own emissions. The influx of air from Europe was more prominent during the earlier part of the episode, with the later part of the episode being more influenced by local sources. ‘Moderate’ ozone levels have also been measured during the period since 22nd May. At first this was more pronounced in the Home Counties and along the Sussex coast but during the weekend 26/27th May and on Monday 28th May ‘moderate’ ozone was widespread in London, including at background sites. The first ‘high’ ozone in southeast England in 2012 was measured at the LAQN site in Sevenoaks, Kent on Monday 28th May. As the influence of the area of high pressure which has brought the hot weather has reduced, the particulate and ozone levels have dropped off. The direction of airflow has changed with cleaner air coming from the north and west since around midday on 29th May. Current pollution levels across London can be viewed in greater detail and in comparison with the Government's Daily Air Pollution Index at: http://www.londonair.org.uk/london/asp/nowcast.asp If you have further questions please contact dutyofficer@kcl.ac.uk Louise MittalDuty Forecaster

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