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Patersonia Smoke Diary
Download 1:    2007 - 25/4/2008
Download 2:    29/4/2008 - 5/6/2008
Download 3:    6/6/2008 - 16/10/2008
Downlaod 4:    17/10/2008 - 30/10/2008

http://tasmaniantimes.com/index.php?/article/quality-air-tasmania/

Smoke Watch
Episode 6: May 2009 (2Mb)


You may wish to contact any or all of the people below if you feel
you or your family are affected/subjected to forestry smoke.
Please keep a copy of all correspondence, it may be of interest to share with others.

Asthma Foundation of Tasmania
 National Asthma Council Australia
The Australian Lung Foundation
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)

Heart Foundation of Australia
Cancer Council of Tasmania
Michelle O'Byrne - Tasmanian State Minister for Health and Human Services.
Dr Roscoe Taylor - Tasmanian Director of Public Health
Michelle O’Byrne - Tasmanian Minister for Environment, Parks, Heritage and the Arts

 

Phone 1800 671 738  Public and Environmental Health Service Hotline 
available 24 Hours a day/7 Days a week.
Phone::1800 005 171 The Environment Division
available
24 hours/7 days a week.

 


Contact your local Federal Member of Parliament.
and both the

Hon Peter Garrett - Federal Minister for the Environment and

Prime Minister - Julia Gillard PM


Media

Mercury  Examiner Tasmanian Times  Advocate  Australian Newspapers Online  ABC Northern Tas


I am not a member of any political party or any organisation, however,
the following people have come out in support of my right to breathe clean air. We should all thank them very much!

TAP

The Greens

Please contact me to if you feel you qualify for listing.


Other Australian Links

The Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) promotes responsible management of the world’s forests.
Forests and Forestry Industry Council of Tasmania. (FFIC)
Environment Protection Authority (EPA)
EPA Western Australia Biomass Power
Environment Division - Tourism, Arts and the Environment, Tasmania.
FPA - Roles and Responsibilities
FPA & EPA Memorandum of Understanding 2009   

FPA - Smoke Management from Planned Burns 2009 
Forestry Tasmania - Stewardship Report 2009
Environment Protection and Heritage Council
(EPHC)
EPHC - Committee members 2008/09
Minister for Environment
-Hansard on smoke
Hansard 22/8/2007
enHealth  Environmental Health, plus the latest National Environmental Health Strategy 2007-2012
Smoking out Tasmanians - Daily information on planned burns
No need to burn smoky forestry waste,
yes forestry said it.
Malcolm Tattersall    Forestry - A photographic souvenir. leftpointer.gif (974 bytes)
Discover Tasmania - Gordon Craven  leftpointer.gif (974 bytes)
National Pollutant Inventory (NPI) - Why isn't it mandatory for all forestry smoke to be included?
Emission of smoke from heaters, fireplaces, barbecues  Part 3/9 - Laws for some and not for others
SMART BURN - Eco-Friendly Chimney Flue Cleaning product which reduces wood smoke emissions.
Woodsmoke Handbook 2003
National Heritage Trust 
Forest Practices Authority
(FPA) Regulates forestry in Tasmania....but not the smoke.
State of the Air Community Summary 1991-2001-Federal Department of Environment
Tas Fire Service (TFS)- Smoke and Asthma. We know the theory BUT "Best practice" is a joke
Using fire in Forestry - Chuter
Air Quality explained by world experts.
Armidale Air Quality Site - Information and links.
The economic cost of wood smoke
Launceston City Council Minutes 29/3/2010
Launceston  Air Quality Group.
Environment Tasmania Inc.
Modelling smoke dispersal in the Bureau of Meteorology
Good Neighbour Charter 2008 - Tas Forest Industries  leftpointer.gif (974 bytes)
Freedom of Information documents released.by Forestry Tasmania.
Environmental Defenders Office - Environmental law centres.
State of the Environment - Air- 2009
Smoke Forum 2009 leftpointer.gif (974 bytes)
Air Quality in Tasmania - An education resource
Clean Air Society
Logging Coups - Interactive map
Ecoaction - Launcestonbackpackers - when you need somewhere to stay.

Standards/Codes/Acts
World Health Organisation (WHO) Air Quality Guidelines
Global Update 2005 
Air Quality Standards - Australialeftpointer.gif (974 bytes)
Environmental Management and Pollution Control Act (EMPCA) - 1994
Enforcement Policy 2004 of the above EMPCA 1994
Environment Protection Authority (EPA) Statement of Expectation
Environment Protection Policy (Air Quality) 2004  Planned burning provisions are not directly enforceable- EPA
EPA Statement of Intent 17.2.2009  
Summary of Submissions on the Establishment of a Tasmanian EPA
Tasmanian Air Quality Strategy
Environmental Management and Pollution Control (Distributed Atmospheric Emissions) Regulations 2007
Forest Practices Act 1985
Regulation of Forest Practices in Tasmania
Forest Practices Amendment Bill 2005
Forest Practices Administrative Reform Bill 2004
Draft Forest Industry Standard for Prescribed Burning Practices

Forest Industry Standard for Prescribed Silvicultural Burning Practice 2009
Tasmanian Air Quality Strategy 2006
Forest Practices Code 2000
Forest Safety Code Tasmania 2007
Fire Service Act 1979
Fire Service Amendment Bill 2005
Fire Service Amendment Bill 2007
Smoke Monitoring Methods Review 2008  Accepted by the EPA. http://www.epa.tas.gov.au/file.aspx?id=926.
2008 FPA Smoke Strategy - Interim Smoke Dispersal Guidelines
2009 FPA Smoke Strategy - Interim Smoke Dispersal Guidelines
2010 Discussion paper for the Review of AAQ-NEPM
Hansard 1.12.2010 Forestry Tasmania - Business Enterprise.leftpointer.gif (974 bytes)

Planned burning in Tasmania (Deliberate pernicious smoke).
Forest  Industries
Parks and Wildlife
Tas Fire Service

Weather forecasts and history, and Satellite Images.
Launceston - todays weather forecast
Bureau of Meterology - Tasmania cities and Towns daily forecast
Bureau of Meterology - Latest weather observations for the last 72 hours.
BoM - 5 month history from  monitoring stations around Australia.
Victoria- Outdoor air quality upwind of  Tasmania
Back trajectory of air movements at any place in the world
Geostationary satellite data archive - using MTSAT-1R satellite.
Satellite images - Australia wide from CSIRO marine using
Aqua http://aqua.nasa.gov/ and Terra  http://terra.nasa.gov/ satelittes
Satellite images: Modis Rapid Response - Tasmanian subsets
Satellite images - Tasmania. Modis satelite
Modis Satellite Rapid Response - Calendar
Satellite images - Sentinel
Satellite hot-spot images
Australia- IR Satellite,    Synoptic.
Envisat- European Space Agency.

EPA unvalidated real-time air pollution data for Tasmania.
Real-time air quality data for Tasmania.
Real-time Tasmanian Air Quality Data - Hobart, Launceston, and Rowella
BLANkET Data for Tasmania

EPA validated air pollution data for Tasmania.
Validated Pollution Data for Launceston
Validated Pollution Data for Hobart
George Town Air Monitoring Station (GAMS)

World wide links
International Coalition Against Wood Burning
US Environmental Protection Agency Ozone Generators
American Lung Association
Air cleaning devices...beware!
Clean Air Revival -  public education about the medical hazards of exposure to wood smoke
The Collaborative on Health and the Environment (CHE)
Citizens for Environmental Health
Clean Air Act Handbook
Environment Canada - Harmful Particulate Matter
Prescribed burns in Arizona
- It is all about money not public health.
GASP
National Resources Defence Council
Industrial Air Pollution and the country doctor
The Lung Association - Quebec

Also Supporting...
Cystic Fibrosis
Mesothelioma  Mesothelioma 
Mesothelioma Symptoms
    Asbestos.com 

 


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