Transcript Air Quality Issues Workshop - Allegheny Mountain Section

Air Quality Issues Workshop
8-hour Ozone Update
Allegheny Mountain Section of the
Air & Waste Management Association
Kathryn Z. Klaber
May 23, 2006
Timely Topics on
8-hour Ozone Attainment
• Redesignation opportunities for
Southwestern Pennsylvania
• Input to Ozone Transport Commission
control measures
• ‘A pound of prevention…’
13 Areas to be Redesignated
Greene
Erie
Clearfield/Indiana
Cambria/Johnstown
Harrisburg-Lebanon-Carlisle
Altoona/Blair
Centre/State College
Tioga
Franklin
Scranton/Wilkes-Barre
Berks
Lancaster
York
Tioga and Lancaster Maintenance
Plans Slated First
We need our region’s areas under maintenance plans asap.
2003
2004
Daily Maximums
1st 2nd 3rd 4th
8-Hr 8-Hr 8-Hr 8-Hr
110 109 97
87
108 106 89
80
107 103 90
85
112 112 88
85
102 101 84
84
104 96
87
86
98
92
75
74
92
85
77
69
Station
Bristol
Chester
Norristown
New Garden (Airport)
Northwest (Rox)
Northeast (Airport)
Southwest (Elm)
Frankford (Lab)
Days
> 84
9
3
4
4
2
4
2
2
Allentown
Freemansburg
Easton
85
87
82
4
4
3
107
108
100
102
106
99
89
89
86
87
87
83
3
6
1
95
105
101
91
90
84
89
88
84
83
88
83
6
5
1
92
89
87
91
88
83
89
87
83
86
86
80
Reading
80
3
106
91
85
80
1
86
80
79
76
4
93
91
86
85
Scranton
Peckville
Nanticoke
Wilkes-Barre
76
75
73
77
2
2
3
2
94
93
90
94
88
88
88
93
76
79
85
80
75
75
77
78
0
0
0
0
80
79
73
81
80
78
73
77
77
77
72
74
73
71
68
73
1
2
0
1
89
89
83
90
83
86
78
83
81
84
75
83
80
80
74
81
Harrisburg
Hershey
Perry County
Lancaster
York
Methodist Hill
Biglerville (PSU)
78
78
78
83
82
75
76
2
2
3
3
3
3
2
96
108
92
121
107
95
99
86
93
88
109
104
90
98
80
82
86
88
91
85
78
74
79
84
83
81
80
76
1
0
0
1
1
0
0
85
84
73
98
86
76
74
79
74
72
84
78
72
73
78
73
70
83
77
72
73
76
72
69
81
77
71
72
3
4
1
6
6
0
1
95
90
88
96
97
76
90
94
89
84
90
93
75
83
86
88
82
90
90
74
82
84
85
82
85
89
74
80
Montoursville
Tiadaghton (PSU)
Tioga County (PSU)
79
3
2
3
100
91
99
90
87
94
87
81
85
83
76
84
0
0
0
83
77
81
80
77
80
80
75
79
74
73
79
3
88
87
85
82
0
83
81
80
80
State College (PSU)
Penn Nursery (PSU)
Altoona
Johnstown
Moshannon (PSU)
Strongstown
79
99
107
104
101
102
96
106
96
90
97
89
93
87
84
87
82
93
83
83
87
0
0
0
0
0
79
75
75
77
79
76
70
75
73
74
74
70
74
72
74
74
69
73
71
74
1
90
83
83
83
77
77
82
3
4
3
2
4
1
1
4
5
85
86
90
94
81
81
88
91
80
79
86
91
77
77
86
88
Greensburg
Murrysville
Kittanning
Brighton Twp
Beaver Falls
Hookstown
Florence
Charleroi
Washington
Holbrook
Pittsburgh (Carnegie SC)
Harrison Twp
Lawrenceville
South Fayette
82
80
84
81
75
84
78
80
81
81
84
81
81
82
4
2
5
3
3
6
3
4
5
3
5
2
5
4
110
110
113
120
121
121
121
107
114
105
122
111
122
121
102
90
103
100
92
106
98
101
104
100
103
107
105
105
92
84
87
94
92
100
91
90
90
87
90
83
92
94
91
83
86
83
78
87
78
88
88
83
88
81
90
89
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
84
75
85
81
72
84
76
80
81
82
84
81
77
89
80
71
84
79
71
82
76
77
76
76
80
79
74
80
76
70
83
78
69
81
74
75
72
75
73
78
73
75
73
70
82
74
69
81
73
72
71
75
72
76
72
74
2
4
4
4
2
5
4
2
4
5
4
6
1
4
89
97
109
97
103
100
92
89
88
94
98
107
85
103
89
90
94
88
86
100
91
85
88
87
96
98
82
95
84
89
88
86
84
89
89
83
86
85
92
88
81
94
83
87
86
86
80
86
85
80
85
85
92
87
81
85
New Castle
Farrell
73
83
2
6
122
112
85
105
83
90
77
87
0
1
78
86
73
82
70
76
68
76
1
4
87
96
82
90
82
90
75
87
Erie
83
4
109
103
100
91
0
83
79
76
74
4
103
96
90
86
Total Days > 84
161
33
Days
> 84
7
4
8
8
3
8
0
0
Daily Maximums
1st 2nd 3rd 4th
8-Hr 8-Hr 8-Hr 8-Hr
98
93
91
89
90
90
89
87
93
92
90
90
103 93
93
92
95
89
86
83
104 100 95
94
78
72
69
68
81
74
72
66
Design
Value
86
82
86
87
81
90
71
64
81
Days
> 84
2
2
1
5
0
6
0
0
2005
Daily Maximums
1st 2nd 3rd 4th
8-Hr 8-Hr 8-Hr 8-Hr
88
88
84
82
90
87
84
81
85
84
84
83
95
88
87
85
83
83
78
77
94
92
91
91
80
79
79
73
64
62
59
57
154
Three year
monitoring data
- Southwestern
Pennsylvania areas
below or just at design
value.
- Vast difference in
total days >84 ppm
year-to-year
Actions Needed this Summer
• DEP to submit maintenance plans for
Greene County and areas immediately to
our west
• Pittsburgh/Beaver Valley area to meet
standard so Fall 2006 plan can be developed
• Regional leaders to rally around Ozone
Action Days
• Cool Temperatures!
Support Measures to Lessen
Impact of Ozone Action Days
• Leave your car at home
– Transit: take the bus, train, subway or trolley
– Rideshare
– Bicycle or walk
• Telecommute
• In using your car on high ozone days:
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"Trip-link“ and avoid unnecessary cold starts.
Refuel at the end of the day
Don't "top off" your fuel tank
Turn off your engine when you stop your car for a minute or more
• Postpone mowing the lawn or use a manual mower
• Use a gas grill, not charcoal
• Refrain from using household sprays and oil-based paints,
or wait until early evening
Forward Path Requires Reconsideration
of Ozone Transport Region Boundaries
• Clean Air Interstate Rule (CAIR) has
brought us a solution to the majority of our
remaining 8-hour ozone and PM2.5
nonattainment
Ozone and Particle Pollution: CAIR, together with other Clean Air
Programs, Will Bring Cleaner Air to Areas in the East - 2010
Ozone and Fine Particle Nonattainment
Areas (March 2005)
Projected Nonattainment Areas in 2010 after Reductions
from CAIR and Existing Clean Air Act Programs
104 ozone
nonattainment areas
with 408counties
43 PM2.5 nonattainment
areas with 211 counties
Nonattainment areas for
8-hour ozone pollution only
Nonattainment areas for
fine particle pollution only .
Nonattainment areas for
both 8-hour ozone
and fine particle pollution
14 ozone
nonattainment areas
20 PM2.5
nonattainment areas
Nonattainment areas in 2010 w/ CAIR and other
programs for 8-hour ozone
Nonattainment areas in 2010 w/ CAIR and other
programs for fine particles
Projections concerning future levels of air pollution in specific geographic locations
were estimated using the best scientific models available. They are estimations,
however, and should be characterized as such in any description. Actual results may
vary significantly if any of the factors that influence air quality differ from the
assumed values used in the projections shown here.
Forward Path Requires Reconsideration
of Ozone Transport Region Boundaries
• Clean Air Interstate Rule (CAIR) has
brought us a solution to the majority of our
remaining 8-hour ozone and PM2.5
nonattainment
• Ozone Transport Commission (OTC)
proposed measures appear to serve I-95
corridor more than western Pennsylvania
Summary and Questions