Air Quality Planning
Air quality planning is not a new phenomenon to British Columbians – in fact, B.C. is the home of the first Air Quality Management Plan (AQMP) in Canada !! The Greater Vancouver Regional District’s AQMP was the first of its kind in Canada, and was adopted in 1994, with the goal of reducing common air contaminants by 38% from 1985 levels by 2000. Through a variety of programs, as well as new technologies and education/awareness programs, they achieved their target.
Presently, this type of planning exercise is evolving and becoming more popular and more common throughout British Columbia with the recognition that many different people, activities, industries, and sources contribute to air pollution problems, and that an effective solution to managing air quality is through a shared, collaborative approach.
In the Sea-to-Sky Airshed, the recognition that this type of approach would be very valuable to managing the region’s air quality was captured in a 2002 scoping document produced by the B.C. Ministry of Water, Land and Air Protection (now Ministry of Environment) entitled “Framework for Air Quality Management Planning in the Sea-to-Sky Airshed”
This led to the development of the Sea-to-Sky Air Quality Management Plan, which is currently in draft form and will be available for public comment in mid-2006.
| Sea-to-Sky AQMP documents |
2008 Annual Report for the Sea-to-Sky/Howe Sound AQMP Download PDF |
| Sea-to-Sky/Howe Sound AQMP Implementation FrameworkDownload PDF |
| Sea-to-Sky/Howe Sound AQMP Final (Section 1-8)Download PDF |
| Sharing the AirDownload PDF |
| Framework for Sea-to-Sky/Howe Sound AQMPDownload PDF |
| Air Quality Planning Tools |
| Guide to Airshed Planning in British ColumbiaDownload PDF |
| Integration of Air Quality-Related Planning ProcessesDownload PDF |
| Examples of Airshed Plans in BC | |
| Greater VancouverDownload PDF |
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| WhistlerDownload PDF |
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| QuesnelDownload PDF |
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| Bulkley Valley Lakes DistrictDownload PDF |
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| Prince GeorgeDownload PDF |
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