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Air Quality

Poor air quality can harm people's health. Smoke from wood stoves, vehicle emissions, burning garbage and industrial activity all contribute to air pollution.

Air Emissions Regulations

The Air Emissions Regulations under Yukon's Environment Act address protect both human health and the environment from harmful air pollutants by:

• Reducing greenhouse gas emissions
• Controlling harmful air pollutants from industrial sources such as diesel electric generators, heaters, and boilers
• Reducing air pollution resulting from open burning of garbage, plastics, and other noxious materials
• Controlling the use of high-sulphur fuels that cause acid rain
• Prohibiting the alteration of a vehicle's air emissions control system, such as a catalytic converter or air pump
• limit smoke opacity (how black or thick the smoke might be) from air emission sources

Ozone Depleting Substances Regulations

The Ozone Depleting Substances Regulations control and minimize the release of damaging ozone depleting substances into our atmosphere by:

• governing the recovery, recycling and disposal of ozone-depleting substances in Yukon
• regulating ozone depleting substances used in refrigeration and air conditioning equipment, motor vehicle air conditioners and fire extinguishing equipment
• regulating the use of other halocarbons (chemical compounds that are ozone-depleting substances and green house gasses) in accordance with the National Action Plan for the Environmental Control of Ozone Depleting Substances and their Halocarbon Alternatives

Permits

Air Emissions Permits are required for:

• asphalt manufacturing
• production and exploration of oil and natural gas
• quarries larger than 4 hectares
• processing or handling coal at a rate greater than 5 MBTU/ hour
• facilities with equipment burning or using 5 MBTU/hour or greater
• burning of more than 5 kg per day of garbage (open burning or in an incinerator)
• incineration of special (hazardous) waste or contaminated soil
• electricity generating facilities with a capacity of 1.0 Megavolt ampere or greater
• using a fuel with a sulphur content higher than 1. 1% for heating, electricity generation or other combustion in an industrial process.

Regulation

• Air Emissions Regulation 33 KB
• Ozone Depleting Substances & Other Halocarbons Regulation 69 KB

Air Quality Standards

• Yukon Ambient Air Quality Standards 51 KB

Permit Application Forms

• Application for an Air Emissions Permit (Asphalt) (yg5632)
• Application for an Air Emissions Permit (Burning) (yg5633)
• Application for an Air Emissions Permit, Part 1 - General (yg5637)
• Ozone Depleting Substances & Other Halocarbons Regulations - Permit Application (yg5631)

Additional Resources

• Air Emissions Regulations Fact Sheet 41 KB
• Air Emissions Monitoring Fact Sheet  48 KB
• Dust Management Guidelines 43 KB

• Consumer Info: Ozone Depleting Substances Regulation 62 KB

• Technician Info: Ozone Depleting Substances Regulation 56 KB

• Vehicle Air Conditioning Systems & Ozone Depletion 57 KB