Developing the Fine Particulate Matter Response

Developing the Response – Air Physical System

Developing the Response –Defining the Process

Verification: • Verify the ambient air quality data to be used in the assessment• Calculate the air quality metrics to be used in assessment against air quality triggers and limits

Preliminary Assessment:• Determine the ambient air quality in relation to the air quality triggers and limits• Ensure rare events or natural circumstances are understood as part of the assessment

Investigation:• If an air quality trigger or limit has been exceeded, evaluate degree of investigation • Review expectations related to conditions and consider planning, modelling• Identify the natural and anthropogenic sources that are responsible• Investigate whether existing initiatives and plans are sufficient to address the conditions

Mitigative Management Actions:• Determine necessary actions and who needs to act• Evaluate options through planning and modelling• Select appropriate tools to facilitate implementation of management action

Oversight/Delivery of Management Actions:• Ensure management actions that have been identified are implemented

Assess Implementation Effectiveness:• Evaluate results of implementation• Continue monitoring to verify expected results

Communication • Report on progress towards achieving framework objectives

Developing the Response – Where We Are

• Defining the Problem – What, Where, and Why – Investigating and

understanding the problem

• Engaging stakeholders – Information Sessions– Advisory Committee – PAMZ Technical

Working Group– PAMZ Communications

Committee

• Next Steps – Drafting the Response

Developing the Response – Principles

• Regional coordination

• Shared ownership

– Information session

– PAMZ Communications Committee

• Align with existing initiatives

– Ozone Management Plan

• Science-based

– PAMZ Technical Working Group

• Iterative process

Sections in the Fine Particulate Matter Response

Developing the Response – Setting the Context

• Priority Issue: Fine Particulate Matter– Describes the situation (what,

where, and why)

• Regional Context (Regional Coordination)– Define ‘regional’ and identify the

regional management area

• Alignment with Existing Initiatives – i.e. Ozone management plan

• Investigating the Cause of the Exceedance (Science-Based) – How the current science and

findings apply to the Response

Developing the ResponseThe Context

• Goal: – reduce and maintain ambient concentrations below the national

standards for fine particulate matter.

• Objective: – specific guidelines that the system is aiming to achieve (i.e.

action, investigation, engagement).

• Outcomes: – Highlights where we want to be in the immediate, medium, and

long-term.

Developing the Response –The Response Sections

• Management Actions– Baseline knowledge of what

stakeholders are currently doing, committed to do, and proposed to do that may have a direct or indirect impact on fine particulate matter.

– Stakeholders are accountable for their management actions

Sector Strategy Action Timeframe to Implement

Lead

• Transportation• Industry• Energy• Residential• Commercial • Small business

and operations

Provide incentive for lower emission from residential equipment

Set up energy efficiency rebate program to entice consumers to invest in energy efficiency measures (install new furnaces, windows, and doors etc.)

Immediate to long-term

ESRD

Example (CR Response) :

Developing the Response – The Response Sections

• Implement– Identifies which management actions above are priority in the

short, medium, and long term (when) and how they will be implemented.

• Evaluate and Report– Speaks to the success of the management response system– Ensures that the implementation of management actions is on

track and that management actions are successful through regular check-ins.

Developing the Response – Timeline

• Nov – Jan: Draft ‘Setting the Context’ sections• Jan – Feb: Draft ‘The Context’ sections• Dec – Apr: Identify stakeholder/sector management actions • Feb – Apr : Draft ‘The Response’ sections • Late Apr: Re-engage broader stakeholders (Information session)• Apr – May: Finalize the Red Deer Response document• Ongoing: Incorporate stakeholders feedback