Environmental Quality Branch

INDUSTRIAL EMISSIONS

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 and the new Greenhouse Gas Target Reductions Act. For more information, visit the Codes of Practice and Regulatory Review site.

2. Emission Criteria and Guidelines

Provincial Medium Density Fibreboard Emission Guidelines

These guidelines have been developed to control total particulates, formaldehyde and opacity. Medium density fibreboard (MDF) consists of small wood fragments and sawdust, resin (usually urea formaldehyde) and wax bonded under high pressure to form a manufactured board.

Emission Criteria for Gas Turbines
December 1992

These emission criteria update and elaborate on those set for natural gas combustion in the Pollution Control Objectives for Food Processing, Agriculturally Oriented and Other Miscellaneous Industries of British Columbia, published in 1975.

3. Emission Monitoring

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

This manual supercedes the 2005 version. It was developed by the Ministry of Environment in cooperation with the B.C. Laboratory Environmental Quality Assurance Advisory Committee.

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

The 2003 edition of the British Columbia Field Sampling Manual. defines the general sampling procedures, protocols and equipment that permittees are normally expected to use when carrying out monitoring required by the ministry.

4. State of Environment Reporting

Environmental Trends 2007

Environmental indicators (trends) are measuring sticks that track the results achieved by governments, industries and individuals to protect and improve the environment. B.C.'s climate change indicators are on the Environmental Trends 2007 website, along with a host of other information, including air quality indicators.