November 2010 Presidents Report  PACHA
Hello fellow members, just as short note to keep you apprised of what is transpiring in the airshed. 

While it has seemed quiet lately on the airshed front, there has been some significant work done in the background to ensure improved air quality in Prince George for a longer term. Indeed the air has not been bad this fall thanks in part to some good weather as well as the upgrades made by industry over the past several years. 
PACHA has been working with PGAir to determine how Phase lll of the air quality plan will be rolled out and how the public and industry will be informed on their role and necessary improvements to make our air better. 
Recently PACHA had a meeting with CANFOR PULP CPLP to get an update on the projects that CPLP has been working on that will make significant improvements in our air quality.  In fact we came away from the meeting quite optimistic  with news that the first projects should be complete by July 2011.  An odor project at PG PULP that will reduce the odor that most people associate with Prince George by 60% ( We think that this is a significant number and hope that the anticipated results from modeling are correct).  In addition a big project at CPLP Northwood will reduce particulate and TRS (Smelly Sulphur) by between 50-60% from that mill and that project should be completed by the fall of 2011.  Finally, by 2012, another project is in the works which will reduce the particulate from PG pulp power boiler by 50% or 80 tonnes per year.  These projects will be good news stories for Prince George and we hope that they turn out as good as they sound. 

PACHA and BC Cancer Society plan to present the film Living Downstream (http://www.livingdownstream.com/trailer.php)

We hope to see you come out and will notify you as we get more details.
 
 
Yours for better Air 
 Dr Marie Hay

President PACHA - Peoples Action Committee for Healthy Air

www.pachapg.ca