Air quality activities in oil sands monitoring work plans 2014 to 2015
Table 2: air quality implementation plan activities
Acronyms
- ESRD
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Environment and Sustainable Resource Development
- EC
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Environment Canada
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WBEA
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Wood Buffalo Environmental Association
- LICA
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Lakeland Industry and Community Association
- ABMI
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Alberta Biodiversity Monitoring Institute
- BAM
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The Boreal Avian Modelling Project - University of Alberta
- DU
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Ducks Unlimited Canada
- EMCLA
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Ecological Monitoring Committee for the Lower Athabasca
| Commitment for 2014 to 2015 | Proposed responsible organization | Approved budget |
|---|---|---|
| Existing Airshed Monitoring | ||
| Ambient Air Monitoring - Wood Buffalo Environmental Association | WBEA | $4,910,894
|
| Ambient Air Monitoring - Lakeland Industry and Community Association | LICA | $551,000
|
| Ecosystem Monitoring (formerly called Fixed Platforms) | ||
| Installation of additional ecosystem, transformation and deposition sites in and around the oil sands area | EC | $487,886
|
| Enhanced meaurements at a site in vicinity of sources (BTEX and Mercury) | EC | $387,520
|
| Monitoring Pollutant Transformation | ||
| Continuing seasonal studies on pollutant transformation | EC | $817,603
|
| Continuing ground-based monitoring at Fort McKay site and seasonal integrated measurement at Fort McKay South | EC | $668,423
|
| Ground-based Remote Sensing and Satellite Monitoring (formerly called Remote Sensing and modelling) | ||
| Use remote sensing to produce maps of additional pollutants (beyond sulphur dioxide and nitrogen dioxide) | EC | $223,808
|
| Receptor Modelling (Polycyclic Aromatic Compounds) | WBEA | $520,000
|
| Lidar Systems | EC/ESRD | $419,499
|
| Focused Studies | ||
| Human Exposure Monitoring Program (WBEA) | WEBA | $463,455
|
| Regional Network Assessment | Air TAC | $100,000
|
| Commitment for 2014 to 2015 | Proposed responsible organization | Approved budget |
|---|---|---|
| Emissions Inventories | ||
| Identify gaps in emission inventories and begin to address information needs | EC/ESRD | $151,328
|
| Point Sources (stacks and fugitive) | ||
| Tailings Ponds | ||
| Continuation of studies on tailings ponds emissions | ||
| Mobile and Area Sources |
| Commitment for 2014 to 2015 | Proposed responsible organization | Approved budget |
|---|---|---|
| Existing Airshed Monitoring | ||
| Deposition monitoring - Wood Buffalo Environmental Association | WBEA | $2,101,355
|
| Deposition monitoring - Lakeland Industry and Community Association | LICA | $180,000
|
| Ecosystem Exposure Monitoring | ||
| Measurement of pollutants in ecosystem settings to determine deposition and exposure | EC | $112,461
|
| Forest Critical Loads | ||
| Enhanced Deposition: Measurement of polycyclic aromatic compounds and particulate metals at existing sites and installation of new sites |
EC | $698,514
|
| Installation of new enhanced deposition sites | WEBA | $905,800
|
| Modelling to Integrate Data (Deposition Modelling) | ||
| Modelling to understand emission, transport and fate of air pollutants | EC | $636,502
|
| Commitment for 2014 to 2015 | Proposed responsible organization | Approved budget |
|---|---|---|
| Air | WBEA | $3,899,784
|
| LICA | $254,000
|
| Commitment for 2014 to 2015 | Proposed responsible organization | Approved budget |
|---|---|---|
| WBEA | $532,575
|
|
| LICA | $10,000
|
| Commitment for 2014 to 2015 | Proposed responsible organization | Approved budget |
|---|---|---|
| WBEA | $357,842
|
|
| LICA | $22,000
|
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Sub-sub-total
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$19,412,249
|
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