Ecosystem Sites, Volatile Organic Compounds, Validated Data, Oil Sands Region

Monitoring of volatile organic compounds (VOC) was initiated by Environment and Climate Change Canada at the Wood Buffalo Environmental Association (WBEA) Air Monitoring Station (AMS) 1 – Bertha Ganter, in Fort McKay, Alberta in October 2011. The VOC compounds that are currently being measured at AMS 1 are benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene, m,p-xylenes, and o-xylene (BTEX).

All of the validated VOC maximum hourly concentrations are below the hourly Alberta Ambient Air Quality Objectives (AAAQOs). The annual mean benzene concentrations are also below the annual AAAQO for benzene.

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Title (French)	Sites de l’écosystème, composés organiques volatils - données validées, région des sables bitumineux
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Open Canada Date Published	2016-07-19 00:00:00
Open Canada Date Modified	2017-10-20 00:00:00
Open Canada Subject	["nature_and_environment"]
Open Canada Keywords	{"fr": ["Sables bitumineux", "Qualité de l'air", "Air ambiant", "échantillonnage actif", "sables bitumineux", "composés organiques volatils", "COV", "gaz à l'état de traces", "l’objectif de l’Alberta en matière de qualité de l’air ambiant", "Fort McKay"], "en": ["Oil sands", "Air quality", "Ambient air", "active sampling", "oil sands", "volatile organic compounds", "VOC", "trace gases", "Alberta Ambient Air Quality Objectives", "Fort McKay"]}
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