Inventory of Federal, Provincial and Territorial Environmental and Occupational Health Data
Sources and Surveillance Activities

Inventory of Data Sources

Year 2000 Emission Inventory Update (British Columbia)

Contact
Tony Wakelin
Emission Inventory Specialist
Water, Air and Climate Change Branch
British Columbia Ministry of Water, Land
and Air Protection
2975 Jutland Road, 3^rd Floor
P.O. Box 9341, Stn Prov Govt
Victoria, BC
V8T 5J9
CK....V8W 9M1
Tel: (250) 356-0634
E-mail: Tony.Wakelin@gems5.gov.bc.ca

Organization Maintaining the Database
Air Protection Section
Water, Air and Climate Change Branch
British Columbia Ministry of Water, Land and Air Protection

Purpose of Database
To track releases of air pollutants to the British Columbia environment.

Content
Data on ambient outdoor air quality (air contaminant releases to ambient air). Date types: levels of contaminants in ambient outdoor air; chemical; geographic. There are approximately 5,000 records in the database.

Year Database Established
2002 to 2003

Coverage Period
Year 2000 (the Year 2000 Inventory is an update from 1995)

Data Updates
Every 5 years

Data Provider
British Columbia Ministry of Water, Land and Air Protection

Data Availability
The main users of the information in the database are the provincial government, federal government, industry, consultants, and the public. There is open access to the data.

Reports
The 1995 emission inventory update can be found at:
http//wlapwww.gov.bc.ca/air/airquality/inventory/subindex.html

Additional Comments
The data have been spatially allocated to 1 km²; see: ftp://ftp.env.gov.bc.ca/pub/outgoing/Air_Resources_Branch/Emission%20Inventory/

Report entitled: Air Contaminant Emissions (ACE) Data Model.pdf

Permit fee data are collected under the authority of Permit Fees Regulation under the Waste Management Act.

Keywords for searches: air pollution, emissions, industrial releases.

Documentation on the database is available on the website cited above.