Management of the Shared Lower Fraser Valley Airshed

Authors

Border Policy Research Institute

Document Type

Border Policy Brief

Publication Date

2007

Keywords

Environment, Governance

Abstract

This article discusses issues involved in the management of the Lower Fraser Valley (LFV) airshed, which straddles the border of Washington State and British Columbia. Many factors influence the management of the airshed, including geography, asymmetric patterns of growth, and differing regulatory contexts. There have been episodes of controversy associated with airshed management, with the greatest recent controversy centered around a 1999 proposal to build an electric generation facility in Sumas, Washington. The socalled “SE2” facility (Sumas Energy 2) received construction permits from Washington State, but died when Canada’s National Energy Board denied a power-line permit that was needed to deliver power from the facility to the regional grid.

Volume

2

Issue

2 - March

Recommended Citation

Border Policy Research Institute, "Management of the Shared Lower Fraser Valley Airshed" (2007). Border Policy Research Institute Publications. 42.
https://cedar.wwu.edu/bpri_publications/42

Subjects - Topical (LCSH)

United States--Boundaries--Canada; Canada--Boundaries--United States

Geographic Coverage

United States; Canada

Genre/Form

technical reports

Type

Text

Language

English

Format

application/pdf