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Appendix I: Anti-Smog Action Plan Questionnaire

Ministry of the Environment
135 St. Clair Avenue West
Toronto ON M4V 1P5

Ministère de l'Environnement
135, avenue St. Clair ouest
Toronto ON M4V 1P5

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Air Policy and Climate Change Branch
135 St. Clair Avenue West, 4th Floor
Toronto, Ontario, M4V 1P5

March 1, 1999

To: Member Signatories to Ontario's Smog Accord,
Ontario Smog Plan Steering Committee Members &
Ontario Smog Plan Work Group Co-chairs

RE: Progress on Ontario's Smog Plan

Since mid-1996, we have taken part in a broad-based partnership of government, business, academia, environmental and community groups in developing Ontario's Smog Plan. The Plan was released in January 1998 and many companies and organizations have joined the partnership and signed the Smog Plan Accord.

We have now entered the assessment phase for the first year of the Smog Plan Activities and I would like to review the progress made and new initiatives developed by Ontario's Accord Signatories and other members to reduce smog precursors. As you are aware, we have already identified opportunities to take us halfway to the proposed 45% NOx and VOC emission reduction target. These reductions are a result of industries, government and non-government organizations working together.

Measuring actions and results of smog emission reduction activities and success stories will allow us to more accurately inventory and track our smog reduction progress. I have therefore attached a short questionnaire that we would like to have completed and returned to the Secretariat, Ontario's Smog Plan. We will be assembling the data and preparing a draft progress report for review with the Smog Plan Steering Committee.

Please return the questionnaire to Mr. John Newdick, Secretariat, Ontario's Smog Plan, Ministry of the Environment, by FAX: (416) 314-4128 or mail to 135 St. Clair Ave. West 4th Floor. Toronto, ON M4V 1P5 by March 26, 1999.

If you need any further information or clarification on the questionnaire, please don't hesitate to contact Walter Chan at (416) 327-6419.

Yours sincerely,

original signed by
Tony Rockingham
Chair, Ontario Smog Plan Steering Committee

Attachments

Ontario's Smog Plan
Questionnaire:
NOx and VOC Reductions
of the Smog Accord and
Smog Plan Steering
Committee Members

March 1999

Ontario Ministry of the Environment
Air Policy and Climate Change Branch
135 St. Clair Avenue West, 4th Floor
Toronto, Ontario, M4V 1P5

Ontario's Smog Plan Questionnaire:
NOx and VOC Emissions

The purpose of the following questions is for the documentation of non-regulatory actions being used to reduce smog and report on progress with the Ontario Smog Plan.

A Draft Progress Report will be presented to the Smog Plan Steering Committee based on the results of the questionnaire.

Instruction for Completing Questionnaires:

• Please complete the attached survey to reflect any reductions in NOx, and VOC emissions and related activities that have been achieved to date.
  
  
• The questionnaire has been designed generically and is suited for either individual company use or summaries from an entire sector or sub-sector of industry. Please provide summary information as specified by individual company, sub-sector or sector.
  
  
• Please indicate whether the information you are providing results from estimations or measured data. Estimated data would be based upon process input/output information or computer model calculations while measured data would result from the efforts of monitoring, analytical sampling and chemical analysis, etc.
  
  
• Return completed questionnaires by March 26, 1999 to:
  
  
  • Mr. John Newdick,
  • Secretariat, Ontario's Smog Plan,
  • Ministry of the Environment
  • 135 St. Clair Ave. West 4th Floor
  • Toronto, ON M4V 1P5
  • Tel: (416) 314-7878 Fax: (416) 314-4128

Ontario's Smog Plan Questionnaire:
NOx and VOC Emissions Reduction

Part I: Background Information

1. Name of Company, Signatory or Work Group
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b. Contact Person ________________________________________________

    Telephone ____________________________________________________

    Fax _________________________________________________________

    E-mail _______________________________________________________

c. Address _____________________________________________________

    City/Province _________________________________________________

    Postal Code __________________________________________________

d. Industry Sector ________________________________________________

    Sub-sector ___________________________________________________

e. Please attach list of company names represented on this survey (see Part IV).

Part II: Participant Status

Please indicate [✓] the nature of your participation in the Smog Plan:

__ Has your company/sector signed the Smog Accord? If not, are you willing to sign it now?

Please provide updates for the 1990 baseline data inventory (or other baseline year, please indicate):

__ NOx   ____________________ kT (year     )

__ VOCs ____________________ kT (year     )

__ PM₁₀  ____________________ kT (year     )

__ Have "Quick Starts" been identified and implemented?
     Please describe:

__ Have short term targets been identified and implemented (to year 2000)?
     Please describe:

__ Long-term Emission Reduction Plan in place to year 2015
     Please describe or attach and include data in Part III

__ Letter Of Intent, Letter Of Commitment or Memorandum Of Understanding
     completed with the Ministry.

Please describe _____________________________________

Part III
Smog Plan Questionnaire

Summary of NOx, VOC and PM₁₀ Emissions and Reductions

Emissions & Reductions	NOx Emissions2 kT/yr Measured (M) Estimated (E)	NOx Reductions3 kT/yr Measured (M) Estimated (E) Regulatory(R) Voluntary (V)	VOC Emissions2 kT/yr Measured (M) Estimated (E)	VOC Reductions3 kT/yr Measured (M) Estimated (E) Regulatory(R) Voluntary (V)	Particulate Matter Emissions2 (PM10) kT/yr Measured (M) Estimated (E)	Particulate Matter Reductions3 (PM10) kT/yr Measured (M) Estimated (E) Regulatory(R) Voluntary (V)
Date1
1998	__________	__________	__________	__________	__________	__________
2000	__________	__________	__________	__________	__________	__________
2005	__________	__________	__________	__________	__________	__________
2010	__________	__________	__________	__________	__________	__________
2015	__________	__________	__________	__________	__________	__________

Notes:

1. Use data from other year if appropriate.

2. Please indicate whether the information that you are providing results from estimations or measured data. Estimated (E) data would be based upon process input/output information or computer model calculations while Measured (M) data would result from the efforts of monitoring, analytical sampling and chemical analysis, etc. Place appropriate letter (E) or (M) with value i.e 14kT(M)(R).

3. Reductions relevant to baseline year (i.e. 1990 or other year). Please indicate whether the emission reductions result from Regulatory (R) or Voluntary (V) activities.

Part IV:

Companies Surveyed:

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