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OnAIR Database (Ontario)

Contacts
Nicholas Ting
Supervisor of Air Emissions
Environmental Sciences and Standards Division
Environmental Monitoring and Reporting Branch
Ontario Ministry of the Environment
125 Resources Road
Toronto, ON M9P 3V6
Tel: (416) 235-5772
E-mail: Tingni@ene.gov.on.ca

Donna Cramp
Senior Business Analyst
Information Management and Technology Branch
Ontario Ministry of the Environment
40 St. Clair Avenue West, 10^th Floor
Toronto, ON
M4V 1M2
Tel: (416) 314-8747
E-mail: donna.cramp@ene.gov.on.ca

Database URL
Airborne Contaminant Discharge Monitoring and Reporting
http://www.ene.gov.on.ca/environet/onair/splash.htm

Organization Maintaining the Database
Environmental Sciences and Standards Science Division, the Database
Environmental Monitoring and Reporting Branch,
Ontario Ministry of the Environment

Purpose of Database
OnAIR is Ontario's industrial, commercial, institutional, and municipal air emissions registry. OnAIR gives the public immediate access to information about what emissions are being released into the air and by whom.

Content
Data on annual, smog season, and quarterly emissions of contaminants from larger facilities which meet the reporting criteria. Company and facility-level data. Geolocators: postal codes, longitudinal / latitudinal coordinates. Data elements: basic facility information on the company contact, facility location, and operation and equipment; air emissions for facilities meeting the reporting criteria; mode of emission release (i.e., point or fugitive); and air emission estimation method. There are approximately 20 million records in the database.

Data coding/classification standards: North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS) Code; Chemical Abstracts Service (CAS) Registry number.

Year Database Established
2002 (April)

Coverage Period
April 2002 to present

Data Updates
Larger facilities report annual, smog season, and quarterly emissions of contaminants which exceed the reporting thresholds. In order to ensure timely, public access to emission data, this information is posted directly to a public Website by the regulated facilities. These facilities may also flow the information through the ministry for posting. Regulated facilities are accountable for the accuracy and timeliness of the data they submit.

Data Provider
Environmental Sciences and Standards Division
Environmental Monitoring and Reporting Branch
Ontario Ministry of the Environment

Data Availability
OnAIR gives the public immediate access to emissions information. Normal Oracle database access restrictions are in effect. Data are subject to the provisions of Ontario Regulation 127 and the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act.

Reports
Not at this time

Additional Comments
Data are collected under the authority of Ontario Regulation 127/01 of the Environmental Protection Act.

This database links with information in Environment Canada's National Pollutant Release Inventory (NPRI) database. The OnAir database has been harmonized with NPRI, thereby allowing for one-window reporting.

Keywords for searches: Air emissions, Regulation 127, environmental reporting, air pollution, green house gases, SMOG, contaminant, Ontario.

Documentation on the database is available in electronic format.