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Air Quality Council of Port Alberni
MISSION STATEMENT: The Air Quality Council serves to promote health by working to ensure the cleanest possible air for the Alberni Basin and its inhabitants.
The Air Quality Council (AQC) was formed in 2003 as a working group with representation from the City of Port Alberni, the Alberni-Clayoquot Regional District, the Ministry of Environment, Environment Canada, Catalyst Port Alberni, the Alberni Environmental Coalition, First Nations, and the medical community.
The Air Quality Council serves to promote health by working
to ensure the cleanest possible air for the Alberni Basin and its inhabitants.
AQC GOALS
1) To seek the co-operation of all agencies and stakeholders in promoting and protecting clean air.
2) To educate and inform the community regarding air quality issues.
3) To encourage clean air lifestyles and business practices.
4) To integrate regional air quality goals into local government policies, including land use and transportation management. 5) To ensure comprehensive monitoring of air quality. 6) To take seriously our responsibility for air quality within a regional, provincial, national and global context. 7) To network with other agencies and organizations committed to the protection of air quality. Some of the annual activities of the AQC include: - Providing consultation, when requested, for MOE (ie. intentions papers, development of educational resources, etc.), VIHA, local government (OCP, SWMP, complaints, etc), businesses, media, and community groups. - Attending the two main provincial air quality forums (BC Clean Air Forum presented by the Fraser Basin Council; Air Quality and Health Conference presented by BC Lung) - Responding to complaints and air quality related referrals. - Strategic airshed management planning. - Related community planning (ie. traffic patterns, idling policy, OCP) and bylaw development. - Continuing education regarding residential and industrial pollution, best practices, and mitigation strategies. - Meetings and information exchange within the council itself, with the ACRD, with the city, and with related groups such as the Clean Air BC Network. AQC PROJECT HISTORY Over the years, the AQC has selected project themes to focus its direction and actions: PROJECT I - CLEAR THE AIR PROJECT II - FINE PARTICULATE SAMPLING PROJECT III - BACKYARD BURNING PROJECT IV - PROPOSAL FOR PILOT DIOXIN TESTING PROJECT V - AIR QUALITY EDUCATION PROJECT VI - PORT ALBERNI WOODSTOVE EXCHANGE PROJECT VII - INVENTORY OF AIR QUALITY BYLAWS ON VANCOUVER ISLAND PROJECT VIII - PORT ALBERNI WOODSTOVE EXCHANGE II PROJECT IX - ACRD AIR QUALITY WEB PAGE PRODUCTION For photos and a full description of each project go to: AQC PROJECT DESCRIPTIONS |
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