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Air Quality Management
in Prince George
BC Lung Association
Annual Air Quality and Health Workshop
February 5, 2018
Kim Menounos
Manager, PGAIR
and Assistant Manager, Upper Fraser Region, FBC
Outline • Air Quality in Prince George • Prince George Air Quality Network – AQ Monitoring – PG Air Improvement Roundtable • Air Quality Trends • Challenges and Opportunities
Welcome to
• Small northern city
Prince George
• Home of Lheidli T’enneh
and Carrier Sekani First
Nations
• Population of 71,000, with
much of us concentrated in
the “ bowl” area
Photo credit: Tourism PG
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Fraser Basin Council’s role Ambient AQ Monitoring Prince George Air Working Group Improvement Roundtable • Collaboration between • Multi-stakeholder, Province, industry and community based, non- community profit society • Coordinates, funds, and • Members from industry, maintains the AQ local government, monitoring network for the community groups, UNBC, airshed Northern Health Authority, • Collects AQ data that the public supports achievement of • No legislated or regulatory the Provincial AQ objectives authority
AQ network monitors: • Meteorological conditions • PM2.5 • PM10 • SO2 • NOx • TRS
PM2.5 Source Spectrum
15% 18%
Permitted emitters
Commercial
Commercial restaurants
Residential heating
9%
4% Mobile
Locomotive
2% Open burning
Secondary PM
11%
Background
11%
8%
Predicted + Background PM2.5 (2003-2005) at Plaza 400
22%
- Stantec 2010Prince George Air Improvement
RoundtablePGAIR’s Role
“PGAIR is committed to researching, monitoring,
recommending and implementing air quality
improvements and promoting public awareness and
education in the Prince George airshed, with the goal of
improved air quality in our community”AQ Management
Planning
Phase 1
Identified measures
1998-2007 to address fine
particulates
Emissions
Phase 2 2007-2011
inventory, Clean Air
Bylaw
Phase 3 2011-2016
Set clear targets,
coordinated actionCommunity Targets
(PM2.5)
By December 31, 2016:
Ambient Source
• 24 hr average of ≤25 µg/m3 • 40% reduction (from 2005
• annual average of 5 µg/m3 levels) on all significant
emission sourcesAQ Trends
Number of Days
0
5
10
15
20
25
30
35
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
AQ Trends – 24-hour Target
Source: Jackson et al. 201712
AQ Trends – Annual Target Manageable
Background
2015 National Standard
2020 National Standard
PGAIR 2013 Goal
3.0
10
PGAIR 2016 Goal
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PM2.5 Concentration (µ g m−3)
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8
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6
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1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
Source: Jackson et al. 2017Challenges and Opportunities
Challenges and
Opportunities
§ Long winter season
§ Geography and landscape
§ Local attitudes and cultures
§ Some traditional lifestyles, part of the northern culture
§ Small staff
§ FundingChallenges – Public
Perceptions
Prince George's issue isn’t After all the forest fires
cars or houses. Its the pulp this year, I'll lose it if
and refineries. anybody gives me a hard
time about burning in our
new [he] wood stove.
I love my wood stove
and wouldn’t give it
up for any other
heat!
Fire is nature's way of fixing
itself...no way I would give up
wood heatResearch, Education &
Outreach
§ Dispersion modelling
§ Particulate source studies
§ Teaching resources
§ National Clean Air Day contests
§ Annual Clean Air Champion award
§ Community startup package
§ Educational video series
§ Provincial Woodstove Exchange
Program (360 exchanges)
§ Air quality forum
It all adds up!
§ Member briefing notesNext Steps Activities: § Report on progress and achievements – Phase 3 § Complete an assessment of future airshed requirements, limitations & opportunities § Support permitted and non-permitted reduction strategy implementation § Other…
Come and join us!
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