Abstract
Airshed management planning is a collaborative approach to air quality management usually involving a variety of stakeholders that includes the public, industry and local governments. The airshed management planning approach recognizes that poor air quality can often be the result of the cumulative impact of a multitude of activities and emission sources (regulated and unregulated), and this is often exacerbated by topographical and meteorological conditions that do not allow dispersion of pollutants. Airshed management planning processes in BC, Alberta and other parts of Canada are described with case studies ranging from small communities with small numbers and types of emission sources, to larger metropolitan areas with a variety of emission sources and complex air quality issues which require unique approaches to air quality management. The term airshed is defined, including a discussion of how airshed boundaries are delineated.
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Canada-wide Standards (CWS) are quantitative standards to reduce risks to human health that apply nation-wide—see the definitions for elaboration.
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At the time of development of the QAMP, BC did not have an air quality objective for PM2.5, so the federal health reference levels were used as a rough guideline. Had the BC PM2.5 objective been in place, Quesnel would have frequently exceeded it.
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Compliance refers to a state of being in accordance with established conditions of an MOE air pollutant emissions permit.
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Although legally still known as the Greater Vancouver Regional District, the Board changed the organization’s name to “Metro Vancouver” in 2007.
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Zirnhelt, N. et al. (2014). Airshed Management. In: Taylor, E., McMillan, A. (eds) Air Quality Management. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-7557-2_17
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