One of the key activities for the Alberta Capital Airshed Alliance is the management of air quality in the region. Air quality in the capital region doesn't exceed any of Alberta's ambient air quality objectives (AAAQO) and the ACAA member are working in partnership to ensure that doesn't change. In 2008 the ACAA, along with two other groups in the region, developed the Capital Airshed Partnership Ozone Management Plan.
The Capital Airshed Partnership Ozone Management Plan
The regional plan called for under the CASA Particulate Matter and Ozone Management Framework was completed in 2008 and accepted for implementation by Alberta Environment in early 2009. This plan was completed through a process that brought together the key government, industry and non-government partners, looked at a detailed examination of the specific ozone events that triggered plan development, and identified air quality management initiatives already underway.
The Capital Airshed Partnership Ozone Management Plan considers factors like population growth, industrial activity and air quality trends. The plan, based on the best current scientific information available, uses a combination of regulatory and non-regulatory mechanisms to ensure ground-level ozone doesn't increase. For full details please download the Plan.
Particulate Matter & Ground-level Ozone
The Canadian Council of Ministers of the Environment (CCME) set the Canada-wide Standards (CWS) for PM and ozone in June of 2000. These standards were designed to balance achieving the best health and environmental protection possible and the feasibility and costs of reducing the pollutant emissions that contribute to PM and ground-level ozone in ambient air.
The Clean Air Strategic Alliance Particulate Matter and Ozone Management Framework is the made in Alberta plan designed to assure achievement of the CWS levels by the 2010 target date.
An air quality assessment completed by Alberta Environment showed that while the CWS had not been exceeded, the planning trigger for ozone was exceeded in three regions of the province including the Edmonton Census Metropolitan Area (CMA). The ACAA, the Fort Air Partnership (FAP) and the West Central Airshed Society (WCAS) are all located within the boundaries of the Edmonton Census Metropolitan Area and all three cooperated to develop a management plan for the Edmonton CMA.
For more information on the CWS and the CASA PM and Ozone Management Framework:
One of the key activities for the Alberta Capital Airshed Alliance is the management of air quality in the region. Air quality in the capital region doesn't exceed any of Alberta's ambient air quality objectives (AAAQO) and the ACAA member are working in partnership to ensure that doesn't change. In 2008 the ACAA, along with two other groups in the region, developed the Capital Airshed Partnership Ozone Management Plan.
The Capital Airshed Partnership Ozone Management Plan
The regional plan called for under the CASA Particulate Matter and Ozone Management Framework was completed in 2008 and accepted for implementation by Alberta Environment in early 2009. This plan was completed through a process that brought together the key government, industry and non-government partners, looked at a detailed examination of the specific ozone events that triggered plan development, and identified air quality management initiatives already underway.
The Capital Airshed Partnership Ozone Management Plan considers factors like population growth, industrial activity and air quality trends. The plan, based on the best current scientific information available, uses a combination of regulatory and non-regulatory mechanisms to ensure ground-level ozone doesn't increase. For full details please download the Plan.
Particulate Matter & Ground-level Ozone
The Canadian Council of Ministers of the Environment (CCME) set the Canada-wide Standards (CWS) for PM and ozone in June of 2000. These standards were designed to balance achieving the best health and environmental protection possible and the feasibility and costs of reducing the pollutant emissions that contribute to PM and ground-level ozone in ambient air.
The Clean Air Strategic Alliance Particulate Matter and Ozone Management Framework is the made in Alberta plan designed to assure achievement of the CWS levels by the 2010 target date.
An air quality assessment completed by Alberta Environment showed that while the CWS had not been exceeded, the planning trigger for ozone was exceeded in three regions of the province including the Edmonton Census Metropolitan Area (CMA). The ACAA, the Fort Air Partnership (FAP) and the West Central Airshed Society (WCAS) are all located within the boundaries of the Edmonton Census Metropolitan Area and all three cooperated to develop a management plan for the Edmonton CMA.
For more information on the CWS and the CASA PM and Ozone Management Framework: