[5][non-primary source needed] At a total size of 582 km2 (225 sq mi),[5] AIH is the largest geographic area in Canada dedicated to hydrocarbon processing.
[1] The largest completed project to date is the Scotford Complex, which includes an upgrader, a refinery, and two railyards.
FAP is a not-for-profit organization formed in 1997 to monitor the air within a 4,500-square-kilometre airshed located immediately north and east of Edmonton.
The FAP area includes the city of Fort Saskatchewan, the towns of Gibbons, Bon Accord, Bruderheim, Lamont, Redwater, Waskatenau, portions of the counties of Sturgeon, Westlock, Thorhild, Lamont and Strathcona, and Elk Island National Park.
FAP collects and reports on air quality data in a region encompassing one of the most concentrated industrial development areas in Alberta.