{"id":2847,"date":"2024-06-26T08:04:47","date_gmt":"2024-06-26T12:04:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.portquebec.ca\/?page_id=2847"},"modified":"2025-09-24T08:08:16","modified_gmt":"2025-09-24T12:08:16","slug":"air-quality","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.portquebec.ca\/en\/environment\/air-quality\/","title":{"rendered":"Air Quality"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Continuing Efforts to Improve Air Quality<\/h2>\n\n
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Improving air quality is a priority for the Port of Qu\u00e9bec. That\u2019s why we\u2019ve adopted new, more efficient practices, while continuing to innovate in environmental management.<\/span><\/p>\n\n <\/div>\n \n

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Take a look at the ways the Port is working to improve air quality.<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n

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Enhancing the port area<\/h3>\n

We choose sustainable features that provide benefits like capturing contaminants and reducing particulate emissions.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n

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Supporting local collective efforts<\/h3>\n

We get involved in local initiatives to improve air quality, both by municipal and provincial authorities and by different working groups.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n

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Working closely with operators<\/h3>\n

We call upon all operators in the port area to not only collaborate in the initiatives highlighted by the Port, but also innovate in their own practices to help improve air quality.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n

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Monitoring ambient air quality<\/h3>\n

We continue our efforts to monitor air quality in the community using stations outside the port area, while working to improve the monitoring network.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n \n\n\t

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Daily results showing the concentration of fine particles (PM2.5) collected by monitoring stations in the community<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t
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The reference standard for PM<\/span>2.5<\/sub> concentration is the one set out in the <\/span>Clean Air Regulation<\/span><\/i> (SQ\u00a0Q-2, r.\u00a04.1), taking into account the location of measurement points and the multitude of potential sources. A 24-hour mean value of 30\u00a0\u00b5g\/m\u00b3 is considered the maximum. It should be noted that the dust concentrations captured by the measuring station cannot, on their own, be used to identify the exact source of the dust.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

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However, since 2015, the Port of Qu\u00e9bec has purchased various pieces of equipment to monitor air quality on its property as well as in the community. Tracking dust concentrations from these stations allows us to carry out more in-depth analyses and complement our preventive monitoring and intervention process.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\n

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