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State of South Carolina : 5-Year Ambient Air Monitoring Network Assessment
South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control, Bureau of Air Quality
South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control, Bureau of Air Quality
Abstract
This document contains a technical description of the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control (Department) ambient air monitoring network as of January 1, 2010, and analysis based on data for the years 2004 – 2008. At the time assessment was conducted, the 2009 data had not been certified. This assessment evaluates the networks for all criteria pollutants monitored by the Department. Non-criteria sampling was not required to be assessed as part of this review. Because the design of the technical tools provided by the EPA for assessing monitoring networks is applicable to higher density and spatially distributed networks, a more in-depth review of Ozone and Particulate Matter 2.5 (PM2.5) Federal Reference Method (FRM) ambient monitoring has been conducted. The available statistical and spatial tools depend on large monitoring networks that are widely distributed over larger geographic areas. Therefore, only the monitoring networks with sufficient numbers of well distributed monitors, Ozone and PM2.5 FRM, were assessed with the full array of tools. The remaining criteria pollutant networks do not have sufficient size and distribution for appropriate application of the tools provided by the EPA. The state networks for these monitors were evaluated based on the requirements specified by 40 CFR 58.10 (d) and associated guidance and were assessed on their perceived value to the Air Quality Program. Appendix B to this document provides the assessment rating and recommendations for optimizing the ambient air monitoring network.
Issue Date
2010-07-01
Keywords
Air quality management--South Carolina, Health risk assessment--South Carolina, Air sampling apparatus, Air--Pollution--Measurement
Type
Periodical
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