Environmental Quality Branch

CODES, CRITERIA AND MORE

1. Codes of Practice and Regulatory Review

The Ministry of Environment is developing codes of practice and reviewing existing regulations under the Environmental Management Act. For more information, see Environmental Management Act (EMA) Codes of Practice and Regulatory Review.

2. Criteria

Air Audit Criteria for Continuous Air Quality Monitors: CEMs and Ambient Air Quality

Emission Criteria for Biomedical Waste Incinerators

Emission Criteria for Gas Turbines

Emission Criteria for Municipal Solid Waste Incinerators

Sulphur Recovery Criteria for Natural Gas Processing Plants

3. Guidelines

British Columbia Field Sampling Manual: 2003
— for Continuous Monitoring and the Collection of Air, Air-Emission, Water, Wastewater, Soil, Sediment and Biological Samples

Air Monitoring Guidelines: Volume 1 Particulate Non-Continuous

Gasoline Vapour Control Regulation: Guide to Compliance

Coal-Fired Power Boiler Emission Guidelines

Provincial Medium Density Fibreboard (MDF) Emission Guidelines

Stationary Air Emissions Testing Manual
(361 KB / 65 pages)

4. Model Bylaws

Model Municipal Bylaw for Regulating Backyard Burning
(131 KB / 18 pages)

5. Objectives

Air Quality Objectives for Formaldehyde

Air Quality Objectives for PM₁₀

Air Quality Objectives for British Columbia and Canada
(78 KB / 1 page)

5. Procedures

British Columbia Environmental Laboratory Manual: 2007
— For the Analysis of Water, Wastewater, Sediment, Biological Materials and Discrete Ambient Air Samples

British Columbia Field Sampling Manual: 2003
— for Continuous Monitoring and the Collection of Air, Air-Emission, Water, Wastewater, Soil, Sediment and Biological Samples

National Air Pollution Surveillance (NAPS) Network (Environment Canada)