THE CORPORATION OF THE
CITY OF PORT COQUITLAM

BR. Kirk DATE: November 26, 1990
Gity Administrator

C.F. (Kip) Gaudry
Deputy City Engineer

TROPOSPHERIC OZONE FORECASTING SERVICES
Environmental Protection Committee Meeting ~ November 1, 1990)

nec 10 1990

Recommendation:

That the ietter dated July 26, 1990 from the Maple Ridge C.E.E.D. Centre
Coordinator to the Honorable Robert deCotret, Minister of Environment; Ottawa,
be supported and further that the Provincial and Federal Ministries of
Environment be advised of this Support.

Background & Comments:

Environmental Pretection Committee considered correspondence from the District
of Maple Ridge, the District of Pitt Meadows, and the District of Abbotsford
regarding the establishment of a Trepospheric Ozone Forecasting Service for
Our area, It was noted that these three municipalities supported a letter to
the Honorable Robert deCotret, Ministry of Environment from the Community
Education and Environment Development (C.E.E.D.) centre in Maple Ridge for the
establishment of a Tropospheric Ozone Concentration Forecast Service. This
forecast service would include levels of carbon dioxide (GO), nitrogen dioxide
(NO2), sulpher dioxide (802) s and suspended particulates. Txe information
collected would be made available to the general population through a bulletin
board service operated by C.E.E.D. or by telephone.

The main purpose would be to ferecast when levels were expected to be high or
above normal, hence presenting a danger to children or seniors venturing in
the outdoors.

C.F. (Kip) Gaudry, P. Eng.
Deputy City Engineer

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cc: I.R. Zahnynacz, P, Eng.
City Engineer

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