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July 26, 1990

Hon. Robert deCotret
Minister of the Environment
House of Commons

Room 5115 Centre Block
Ottawa, Ontario

K1A 0A6

Re: Tropospheric Ozone Concentration Forecast
Dear Mr. deCotret:

As environmental awareness heightens, the population of the
North Fraser Valley is becoming concerned about the ievels
of"ozone pollution” in our area. Our community, Maple Ridge, is
located on the north shore of the Fraser River (50 km from
Vancouver). As we understand it, the air flows carry the “orown
plume" from Vancouver together with industrial (oil refineries
etc.) pollution from the Indian Arm, to the end of the Fraser
Valley, (Hope, 8.C.). It sometimes reverses direction under
certain conditions, and returns to the ccast. Because of these
circumstances, our air is much more polluted than the more
densely populated urban centres nearby. A recent Vancouver Sun
article stated that the air in the Fraser Valley is five times more
polluted than the air in the Vancouver area. This is of growing
concern to our community, especially to our increasing
oopulations of both young families and seniors. Recently another
article appeared in the Vancouver Sun warning of crop damage in
the Fraser Valley due to ozone pollution (see enclosures).

Our request to you, is that you establish a Tropospheric Ozone
Concentration Forecast service, which would include levels of CO,
NO2, SO2, and suspended particulates. This service could be
accessed by our C.E.E.D. (Community Education on Environment and
Development) Centre and be made available to our general
population through our computerized Bulletin Board Service, or by
telephone.

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