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EPA FY2008 Air Monitoring Budget Guidance. Westar Spring 2007 Business Meeting April 4, 2007 Bruce Louks, Idaho Department of Environmental Quality. EPA’s FY 2008 Grant Guidance – Appendix A Highlights.
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EPA FY2008 Air Monitoring Budget Guidance Westar Spring 2007 Business Meeting April 4, 2007 Bruce Louks, Idaho Department of Environmental Quality
EPA’s FY 2008 Grant Guidance – Appendix A Highlights • 25.5M for PM2.5 (60% of 42.5M) moved to section 105 – work plans will ensure no reduction in essential monitoring. • Disinvestment in low-value monitoring for several criteria pollutants Seeking funding approach for: • NCore ammonia (some sites) • Continuous speciation monitoring • Daily metals speciation (~3 sites) • Will consider additional monitoring requirements imposed by new daily PM2.5 NAAQS. May need to shift funds within Regions to cover speciation for new non-attainment areas. • Does not specifically target funds for PMcoarse mass or speciation. • 2008 speciation trends (STN) network is stable. Supplemental speciation sites and State protocol IMPROVE may move or shut down.
Fine Particulate (PM2.5) Monitoring Network • Nationally, fewer sites will be required • Lowered required number of sites in urban areas • Removed requirement for monitoring outside of MSA other than transport and background • Some new sites and increased sampling frequency. • Shifting resources to precursor level monitoring of CO, SO2 and NO2/NOy. • And a larger network of PM2.5 continuous monitors. • Any additional PM2.5 monitoring required in Appendix D takes effect January 1, 2008 (~12 sites). • Continuous equivalent methods (NAAQS and AQI) could provide cost benefit.
Fine Particulate (PM2.5) Monitoring NetworkMiscellaneous • Replacement of Anderson PM2.5 FRM’s • New carbon channel for STN ($835,000) • Recommend addition of ammonia, enhanced meteorology, data management systems (with existing budgets) • PM2.5 data analysis for network support ($126K)
Monitoring Networks for Other NAAQS Pollutants • Divestments based on local needs • Ozone network assessment • PAMS requirements – EPA working with NAACA on reallocation process ($14M) • Air Toxics - $22.3M • $10M for NATTS and community scale projects • IMPROVE – FY06 $1.2M 103, $2.6M STAG (110 sites). FY08 IMPROVE reductions (if any) will be retained in PM monitoring program