WPC 2+B JCourier#X~xP7XP#@#|x6x6X@KX@QX@CourierCourier BoldP7XP#2] ZoX,%{CourierHelvetica_Network Printer #12 (PostScript)HPLAIIP0.PRSx  @hhhhxJQX@z888^o,oodoo8oo,,d,ooooCd8oddddC4CuC8CC!CCCCCCCCCCz8oooooȲdoooo88888888ooooooooodoozodoooooddddooooooooooooo88888,88ddo,o,o,o,o,ooooooȽCCCddddz8z8z8oooooodzdzdzdoo,oCdz8ddoooNF8koCzoooooJIoCoC&CCoCCoodd,CCT?xxx6x6X@KX@?xxx7x `KX_Network Printer #12 (HP IIISi)HPLASII0.PRSx  @,,xQX@2<L Z\ #|x2MZ #*#|x_Network Printer #12 (HP IIISi)HPLASII0.PRSx  @,\,xQX@Courier 10cpiCourier 10cpi (Bold)2 Xc)?xxx,ړx6X@8;X@?xxx,,x `B;X2   ?X To:` ` SAMI Effects and Modeling Subcommittee Chairs   ? Subject:` ` Southern Appalachian Mountains Initiative (SAMI) ` ` Monitoring Workplan Attached is the SAMI monitoring workplan to provide the monitoring data required to achieve the objectives of the Effects and Modeling Subcommittees (Attachment 1.) Responses have been summarized to the survey that was sent to all state and local air agencies, academia and industry known to be conducting ambient monitoring data in Region 4. The summary of available ambient data is contained in Table 2 (Preliminary Data Summary). This data summary will be amended as responses continue to be received. Please note that some sites may have colocated monitors for selected parameters. The Monitoring Subcommittee is seeking guidance on the data needs of the Effects/Modeling Subcommittees; specifically: 1. Are the parameters identified in Table 1 (Site Profile) of the workplan adequate or are there additional parameters that are needed? Conversely, are there listed parameters which are of no use to your Committee? 2. Much of the available data is in AIRS or in SAROAD format (See attached descriptions of these databases.) SAROAD format can be converted to the AIRS format. Of these two, is there a preferred format for data analysis and modeling? Is there some aspect that neither of these formats meets or is incompatible with your needs? 3. What value is to be put on data that has not been properly quality assured? Will your committee consider the use of data which has not been quality assured? 4. Will data be needed from states outside the eight state SAMI area? If yes, what parameters should have priority? (Surveys have been sent to surrounding Regions to expedite data collection in the event that the data from other regions were determined to be of value to the SAMI.) x!Bill Jackson, Chair l  Tech. Oversight Committee Attachments: h)0*0*0*ԌLSAMI MONITORING WORKPLAN INTRODUCTION The Southern Appalachian Mountain Initiative (SAMI) is a regional cooperative effort to focus on the environmental effects resulting from air quality problems in the Southern Appalachian Mountains. SAMI will identify and recommend reasonable measures to remedy existing and prevent future adverse impacts to ecosystems in this area. The documented environmental consequences of air pollution include reduced visibility, stream degradation, soil contamination, and adverse effects on vegetation. These effects impact the aesthetic quality, culture, resources, and economy of the area. The pollutants affecting the SAMI area originate from nearby and faroff stationary and mobile sources. In addition to the criteria and noncriteria pollutants, SAMI will address secondary pollutants, metals, and the meteorology of the SAMI region. See Table 1. To aid SAMI in its mission, the Monitoring Subcommittee adopted the following mission statement: To identify, prioritize, oversee, and review the activities related to the monitoring of air quality, visibility and meteorology in the SAMI area. XTo make available to SAMI's Technical Oversight Committee (TOC) and to the Modeling and Effects Subcommittees, historical ambient monitoring data that will be beneficial to SAMI in carrying out its defined mission.(# The work plan to fulfill this mission consists of the following tasks:  ?  1.` ` To describe the available historical (1980present) spatial and temporal exposure to air pollutants in the eight states compromising the SAMI area. Published reports will be collected and provided to the Governing Body and the Operations Committee by May 1, 1995. If the information needs to be summarized, contract support will be required. (#`   ?`" 2.` ` Identify ambient monitoring and meteorological data and data quality available to (a) run air quality models which will be used to examine numerous emission management options and (b) establish causal relationships between air quality and environmental effects. Table 2 represents the type of information envisioned to be required to define pollutant monitoring data spatially and temporally and to identify data quality. This work should be completed by April 1, 1995. (#` h)0*0*0*Ԍ  ? REQUIRED ACTIONS: The following technical approach will be used to accomplish these tasks: Monitoring sites, parameters monitored, and years of operation will be identified by examining the data reported to AIRS. Federal, state and local agencies, academia and private operators will be surveyed regarding the existence of ambient data for specific monitoring parameters which have not been reported to AIRS. EPA Region 4 Air Programs Branch (APB) has taken the lead by requesting this information with a survey distributed within Region 4 and requesting responses by October 1994. Parameters for which monitoring data availability have been requested are listed in Table 1. A preliminary listing of available monitoring data has been tabulated in Table 3. The information on available data identified through this solicitation will be reviewed for location, monitor methodology, parameters monitored, duration of monitoring, data completeness, accessibility of data and quality assurance practices. Information on available data will be summarized by APB and sent to the Effects and Modeling Subcommittees to determine the data's suitability in meeting their needs. Data included in the final data set should meet the data quality objectives of the Effects and Modeling Subcommittees. If nonAirs data is required by the Subcommittees, APB will facilitate the Effects/Modeling Subcommittee or their contractor gaining access the data. If the owner of the data is unable to provide the data in a usable format or if the subcommittees require data in a format that requires additional processing, TOC funding will be sought. Through this effort, a foundation of ambient monitoring data for the SAMI region will be established. To accomplish these tasks, data will be compiled as follows:  ? 1.` ` Information on AIRS data available will be compiled for ambient monitoring sites. Data from other EPA Regions will be requested in the event that transport of pollutants from other Regions is identified as adversely impacting the SAMI area.(#`  ?`" 2.` ` Data currently not in AIRS will be identified for the Modeling and Effects Subcommittees. In the event that substantial nonAIRS data are required, funding will be requested for contractor assistance or assistance from a SAMI stakeholder.(#`  ?' X3.X` ` Assessment of where the nonAIRS data will permanently reside and accessibility to the data will be determined. For nonAIRS data, flags in the comment field will identify the level of quality assurance. (#` h)0*0*0*ԌThe data format will be AIRS. A large amount of the existing nonAIRS monitoring data is in the SAROAD format. Existing conversion programs are available and may be utilized to convert the SAROAD data format to the AIRS data format. No conversions to special formats will be performed by the Monitoring committee. LEVEL OF EFFORT The APB will summarize the information on data availability and make the summaries available to the Subcommittees. The owners of the identified data will supply the data to the Effects and Modeling Subcommittees. EPA Region 4 APB will coordinate this effort. This work will consist of the following steps:  ?H 1.` ` Survey of data owners to identify available data (complete)(#`  ? 2.` ` Effects and Modeling Subcommittees identify data requirements(#`  ? 3.` ` Identify owners of data required by Effects/Modeling Subcommittees(#`  ?P 4.` ` Facilitate contractors gaining access to data(#`  ? 5.` ` Advise users on data quality assurance (as needed)(#` 7. Summarize findings and make recommendations on data ` ` gaps (as needed)  ?X RESULTS` `  The ambient monitoring data will be identified and evaluated to meet the needs of the Modeling and Effects Subcommittee. Geographic information will be generated to visually demonstrate monitoring sites in the SAMI area.  ? PROGRESS REPORTS Written progress reports on data available and data gaps will be provided to the TOC Chairman. Verbal progress reports will be given as necessary. $0*0*0* "OUTLINE OF WORK Define level of effort (Ongoing, not all needs currently identified) Solicit availability of monitoring data in SAMI area Location Format (AIRS, SAROAD, other) Parameters monitored Years monitored Identify other monitoring programs Review of data Data set compatibility Monitor methodology Purpose of monitor location Quality assurance practices Completeness/gaps in data Solicit availability of additional monitoring data from other regions or additional parameters from Region 4 (if required, breakdown as above) Review of data (as above) Compile listing data available  Progress reports  ?p Quarterly (written) As needed (verbal) 0*0*0* H'TABLE 1 ` `  hh#( SITE PROFILE Air Monitoring Site Name:_______________________ Identification Number:_______________________ Y ddx !ddx@ Y    Parameters Measuredx Years of Data Collectedx Period of Data Collection x  QA Program Yes or No P @ TSP0 0 0  P P  PM 2.5   P P 0  PM 10   P P   SO2      P P   Ozonep p p P P   CO   P P p CO2   P P  NO` ` ` P P  NO2   P P ` NOx   P P  NOyP P P P P  VOC   P P P Hydrocarbon   P P  Visibility@ @ @ P P  Nephelometer   P P @ Conductivity   P   Transmis someter    P  PhotographicH! H! H! P P  Deposition" " " P P H! Sulfates# # # P P " Nitrates8% 8% 8% P P # Ammonia& & & P P 8% pH' ' ' P P & Acid Aerosols() () () `(0*0*0*P P ' MetalsP P P P   Aluminum Ionsh h h  P P Toxics   P P h Lead   P P  Organic acids X X X P P  Radar Profile   P  X Mixing Height (Vertical Profile)         Wind Speed and Direction       P   Pressure   P    Relative Humidity      Barometric Pressure       P  Radiationp p p P P   Cloud Detector   P P p UV Radiation    P P  Precipitation` ` ` P P  Temperature   P  ` Upper Atmospheric data    P  Microscopy   P H   Other (Specify)(  (  (  H  +( 0*''PP H'Table 3 LPreliminary Data Summary Alabama Alabama Department of Environmental ManagementAIRS Tim Owens (205) 271 7861 Jefferson County Department of Health, ALAIRS CO, O3, Pb, PM, SO2, NO2; 7294 Rust Jarrett (205)9301200 Huntsville, ALAIRS 9194 O3 from State, Met data from Alabama A&M Gloria Mims Florida Department of Environmental Protection 8094, AIRS, SAROAD Brian Kerckhoff (904) 4886140 Palm Beach County, FLAIRS; 7994 Industrial, WS & WD Dennis Myers (407)3553070 Broward Department of Natural Resource Protection, FLAIRS Kenneth Larson (305)5191293 Jacksonville, FLAIRS; 6794 Ken King (904)6303484 Pinellas County, FLAIRS & nonAIRS8494 PM, O3, CO, NO, NO2, VOC, NMOC, WS & WD Tom Stringfellow (813)4644422 Georgia Georgia Department of Natural ResourcesAIRS and non Airs 49 years, Precipitation, PM, pH, O3, WS & WD, PAMS Rafael Ballagas (404)3637004 Kentucky Jefferson County, KYNon AIRS WS & WDh)0*0*0*ԌGlen Logan Fax(502)3643693 Calvert City, KY9394 Source specificSO2, NO2 National Southwire Aluminum7894 Source specificFl, six sites Ken Sands (502)9276921 Toyoto Georgetown, KY 8794 Background O3, Source specific Tim Gurren (502)8682585 Big Rivers, KY7894 Source specificSO2 Steve Noland (502)8272561 Four Rivers Energy Partners; non AIRS; 9394 SO2, NO2 Gautam Trivedi (513)6513440 KY Division for Air QualityAIRS 8094 O3, VOC, Metals, Toxics, Temperature, WS & WD Larry Garrison (502)5733787 Mississippi Mississippi D. E. P.AIRS Mike Norcom (601)9615133 North Carolina Mount Mitchell, NCNorth Carolina State SO2, O3, NO, pH, Deposition, Temperature, WS, WD, BP, Solar Radiation, Precipitation; 8690 Viney Aneja North Carolina State University Mecklenburg County, NCBackground PM10, SO2, CO, NO, NO2, NOx, Pb; 9293 Jame Ward, Charlotte, NC Forsyth County, NCAll in AIRS; except one site; 9194; Radian/North Carolina for special NMOC Lewis Weinstock Western NC Regional APCA6 AIRS Sites Bob Legg (704)2555710 State of North CarolinaAIRS 48 SAMI sites; varying parameters at sites George Murray (919)7331487 h) 0*0*0*ԌSouth Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control, SCAIRS; 8094 Several sites not AIRS sites; 9094 Scot Reynolds (803)9357020 Clemson SO2, CO, NOx, NOy, Deposition & Precipitation; 9194 John Reardon, Clemson University Naval Base WD & WS, Precipitation;9394 Scot Reynolds (803)9357020 Tennessee State of TennesseeAIRS8294 pH Robert Browner (615)5320573 ChattanoogaHamilton County, TNAIRS Robert Colby (615)8674321 Metro Nashville & Davidson County, TNAIRS Paul Bontrager (615)8625900 Great Smoky Mountains N. P.AIRS and non AIRS; 8794 Leon Konz (615)4361247 Jim Renfro (615)4361708 Cove MountainAIRS; 8694 SO2, O3, CO, NO, NO2, NOx, NOy, VOC, Hydrocarbon, Temperature, WS, WD, BP, Solar Radiation, UV, Precipitation, Cloud Detector Elkmont, TN National Atmospheric Deposition Programnon AIRS; 8094 Jim Renfro (615)4361708 Integrated Forest Study Oakridge National Labs8694non AIRS Acid Aerosols, Sulfates, Nitrates, Ammonia, pH, Deposition, Metals, Pb, Toxics, Temperature, RH, Precipitation, Al+++ Steve Lindberg (615)5747857 Cherokee Remote Weather System & Indian GravePark HQ Temperature,WS &WD, RH, Precipitation; 8894 Memphis and Shelby County, TNOne non AIRS Site; 94 PM, Temperature, WS & WD, RH, BP, Solar Radiation, Precipitation George King (901)5767766 West Virginia Ashland Oil, WV8994 Source specific, SO2, CO, PM, O3h) 0*0*0*ԌAngelia Graves (606)3276428 National Park Service SO2, WS &WD, TMP, DPT, RNF, SOL, Delta T, RH John Ray or Ron Lawler (303) 9692072 Unknown (No specific address given) General Motors, 7994 Background, PSD SO2, O3, CO, NO2,Temperature Metch Kunkel (314)4450106 Gallatin Steelnon AIRS Source specific PM, CO, NO2 Thomas Miller (602)8290457 h) 0*0*0*Ԍ 3'3'Standard'3'3Standard)HPLASII0.PRSx   $4TABLE 2 <!SITE, LOCATION, MONITOR, AND DATA INFORMATION SITE LATI LONGI YEAR DATA (2) QUALITY METHOD PURPOSE QA (5) ID (1) TUDE TUDE CAPTURE (3) OLOGY OF SITE PROCEDURES (4) 1. Name may be included with AIRS number 2. Completeness as percent of year 3. Rating by Monitoring Subcommittee 4. Purpose of monitoring (research, source compliance, etc) 5. SLAMS, NAMS, etc.  xxxԌ