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By rdnewsNOW Staff

CREATIVE SENTENCING ARRANGEMENT

Oil and gas emission monitoring beginning in Mountain View County

Oct 29, 2024 | 11:46 AM

A new air quality monitoring project is kicking off in the Eagle Valley-Eagle Hill region of Mountain View County, with funding by the Alberta Energy Regulator (AER) as part of a creative sentencing arrangement.

The project is being initiated this month by the Parkland Airshed Management Zone (PAMZ) and will utilize its Dr. Martha Kostuch portable Air Quality Monitoring Station to monitor local oil and gas emissions.

“PAMZ has chosen this project based on feedback from Mountain View County, who have received complaints from residents in the Eagle Valley-Eagle Hill region concerning air quality. We are hopeful the results will provide valuable insights into the area’s air quality,” said PAMZ Executive Director Kevin Warren.

The Eagle Valley-Eagle Hill region was chosen following a PAMZ Community Information Session held in Olds in July, where members of the public identified several air monitoring opportunities.

Funding for the project comes from a 2021 incident involving the release of hydrogen sulphide from a gas well, which resulted in an $80,000 penalty for an organization in the area. Of this total, $2,000 was paid as a fine to the Alberta Court of Justice, while the remaining $78,000 has been allocated to the creative sentencing project oversee by the AER.

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PAMZ is a multi-stakeholder non-profit organization consisting of industry, government, environmental organizations and the general public. It was formed in 1997 to monitor and manage air quality within the Parkland Region.