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MCERTS: performance standard for handheld emissions monitoring systems

Performance standard for stack gas and landfill gas borehole emissions.

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From:
Environment Agency
Published:
7 April 2014
Last updated:
16 January 2026
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  1. This guidance has been revised to update the content and remove some out of date information. Changed the publishing format from PDF to webpage (HTML).

  2. Updated MCERTS: performance standard for portable emission monitoring systems.

  3. First published.

Applies to England

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MCERTS: Performance standard for handheld emissions monitoring systems

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The Environment Agency set up its Monitoring Certification Scheme (MCERTS) to provide a framework of standards you can use to monitor things that affect the environment.

This guidance is for:

  • manufacturers of handheld emissions monitoring systems (HEMS), who need to know what MCERTS standard applies to their equipment
  • test laboratories who carry out testing of equipment on behalf of manufacturers to see if it meets the required standard

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