(MERAF) for the Base Metals Smelting Sector - CCME
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Table 15: Canadian Ambient Particulate Matter Standards<br />
Total Particulate Matter (TPM) unless o<strong>the</strong>rwise stated<br />
Jurisdiction/<br />
Ambient<br />
Regulation<br />
Regulation/Source<br />
Federal<br />
Federal and Canada<br />
Wide Standards<br />
British Columbia<br />
Alberta<br />
Manitoba<br />
Manitoba<br />
Ontario<br />
Desirable: 60 µg/m 3 - annual<br />
Acceptable: 70 µg/m 3 - annual<br />
PM 2.5 a<br />
30 µg/m 3 - 24 hr. avg.<br />
60-70 µg/m 3 - annual geom. mean<br />
150-200 µg/m 3 - 24 hr. avg.<br />
60 µg/m 3 - annual geom. mean<br />
100 µg/m 3 - 24 hr. avg.<br />
requirement <strong>for</strong> monitoring<br />
(no numeric limits specified in this<br />
regulation)<br />
Desirable: 60 µg/m 3 - annual<br />
Acceptable: 70 µg/m 3 - annual<br />
60 µg/m 3 - annual geom. mean<br />
120 µg/m 3 - 24 hr. avg.<br />
National Ambient Air Quality Objectives, 1989<br />
By 2010<br />
Source: Environment Canada/Health Canada<br />
Canada Gazette, Part I, Feb. 5, 2000 and<br />
<strong>CCME</strong> - CWS, June 2000<br />
Pollution Control Objectives 1979<br />
Alberta Ambient Air Quality Objectives, 1979<br />
Man. Reg. 165/88<br />
Inco and Hudson Bay Mining and <strong>Smelting</strong><br />
Smelter Complex Regulation<br />
Manitoba’s Objectives and Guidelines <strong>for</strong><br />
Various Air Pollutants Ambient Air Quality<br />
Criteria March 1997<br />
Ont. Reg. 337, 1990<br />
Ambient Air Quality Criteria<br />
Ontario<br />
Québec<br />
PM 10 b<br />
50 µg/m 3 - 24 hr avg.<br />
0-70 µg/m 3 - annual geom. mean<br />
0-150 µg/m 3 - 24 hr. avg.<br />
Interim Ambient Air Quality Criterion (AAQC)<br />
R.R.Q. 1981, c. Q-2, r-.20<br />
Regulation Respecting <strong>the</strong> Quality of <strong>the</strong><br />
Atmosphere<br />
New Brunswick<br />
70 µg/m 3 - annual geom. mean<br />
120 µg/m 3 - 24 hr. avg.<br />
Montréal<br />
300 µg/m 3 - 8 hr. avg.<br />
190 µg/m 3 - 24 hr. avg.<br />
150 µg/m 3 - 1 month avg.<br />
70 µg/m 3 - 1 year avg.<br />
Notes:<br />
a - PM 2.5: Particulate Matter 2.5 micron or less in size<br />
b - PM 10: Particulate matter 10 microns or less in size<br />
N.B. Reg. 97-133<br />
Air Quality Regulation<br />
CUM By-law 90<br />
By-law pertaining to Air Purification<br />
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