Editor:
Re: "Air quality is an issue" (Coast Reporter, June 7)
We are writing to provide some information on this topic.
Last fall the East Porpoise Bay Ratepayers Association (EPBRA) identified air quality concerns of our residents not only from sources such as the gravel pits, but also from poorly working wood stoves and vehicular traffic.
Accordingly, we initiated a project in conjunction with the Clean Air Society, the District of Sechelt and the Ministry of the Environment with the aim of establishing two air quality monitoring stations, one located on top of Trail Bay Centre and the other at Marmot Road, to determine air quality over a year-long period through analysis of samples regularly collected and sent to the Ministry of the Environment. Volunteers from the EPBRA and the Clean Air Society are responsible for the collection of the samples. The list of volunteers includes Bill MacKinnon, Mel Bollivar, Louis Legal, Greg Deacon and Peter Wooding. Funding for this project has been provided to date by the District of Sechelt and the Ministry of the Environment. Some of the Directors of the EPBRA also met with the manager of Lehigh, Gabe Morelli, to learn what dust control measures they have in place for their operation.
A report will be made available to the public at the conclusion of this study.
Peter Wooding and Greg Deacon, East Porpoise Bay Ratepayers Association
