Air quality strategies and reports
Clean and Healthy Air for Gladstone project
The Clean and Healthy Air for Gladstone project is a Queensland Government initiative, established to gain a better understanding of air pollution in the Gladstone area, and to identify any potentially associated risks to public health.
Mt Cotton Air Quality Monitoring Program
Respirable crystalline silica in dust can cause scarring of the lung tissue in occupationally exposed workers. After conducting the Mt Cotton Air Quality Monitoring Program— a month-long survey of dust from local quarries—the department is satisfied that emissions are well within national standards.
Mt Isa air quality
Sources of air pollution from Xstrata's Mount Isa Mines include the lead and copper smelter stacks, and fugitive emissions from other mining and smelting operations. To protect Mt Isa’s air quality, legislation passed in 2008 subjected Xstrata’s emissions to the requirements of the Environmental Protection Act 1994.
Mt Isa Mines (MIM) Panel Assessment Study
Mt Isa Mines’ copper and lead smelting operations produce sulfur dioxide emissions that may affect local residents and the flora and fauna of surrounding areas. The Queensland Government commissioned the MIM Panel Assessment Study to investigate and report on these emissions.
Air quality in South East Queensland
The department’s network of air quality monitoring stations in South East Queensland measure levels of pollutants in the air. The information is used for assessing long-term trends in air quality in the region, and the effectiveness of strategies to manage it.
Air quality reports
Air quality reports including annual summaries and trend reports of air quality monitoring in Queensland; air quality investigations; the Air quality sampling manual; the SEQ air emissions inventory, and others.
Last updated: 21 October 2009