The Prince George Air Improvement Roundtable Society is holding an open house Wednesday evening for the public on its latest draft plan to improve air quality in the city.
The open house is scheduled from 6-8 p.m. at the Prince George Civic Center (Room 208).
The main goal of the phase-3 plan is to reduce fine particulate emissions, targeting industrial, commercial, transportation and residential sectors.
The roundtable will give a presentation on the draft plan, and is looking for feedback.
Under the draft for industry, the plan is to reduce reduce fine particulate emissions, including dust, by using and sharing best available technology. The industrial sector includes pulp mills, an oil refinery, sawmills, and asphalt plants.
The draft plan also calls for controlling the locations of new industries within the airshed.
Other recommendations of the draft plan includes reducing emissions from restaurants and commercial heating systems, reducing idling at drive-throughs, and reducing dust from sand, gravel and construction sites.
Also on the list are reducing road dust and reducing rail and heavy equipment emissions through technology improvement.
The roundtable just released a long-awaited computer modeling study that pinpoints leading fine particulate air pollutant sources in Prince George as road dust, industrial emissions, locomotives, restaurants and residential heating.
The draft plan can be found on the roundtable's website at www.pgairquality.com.
