Statewide Compliance Monitoring and
Local Monitoring Projects
Overview of New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP)
Air Monitoring Operations and Local Monitoring Projects
Purpose for Compliance Monitoring
• Determine Compliance with National Ambient Air
Quality Standards (NAAQS)
• Provide Design Value data for State
Implementation Plans (SIPs)
• Evaluate air quality data for trends
• Public Notification
• Provide data to other programs
– Enforcement
– Emergency Response
– Air Quality Evaluation/Risk Assessment
Compliance Air Monitoring Network
• Measure criteria pollutants (CO, NO2, O3, SO2,
PM10, PM2.5 and Pb), air toxics, ozone
precursors, elements and meteorology
• >100 monitors at 33 stations
• Monitors for comparison to NAAQS must be
approved by EPA (Federal Reference or Federal
Equivalent Methods)
• Operate Monitors according to regulations in 40
CFR 50, 53, 58
National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS)
Pollutant
Primary/
Secondary
Averaging
time
Level
Form
Carbon Monoxide
(CO)
Primary
8 Hour
9 ppm
Not to be exceeded more than once per year
35 ppm
0.15 μg/m3
Not to be exceeded
Lead (Pb)
Nitrogen Dioxide
(NO2)
Ozone (O3)
Particulates
(PM)
PM2.5
PM10
Sulfur Dioxide (SO2)
1 hour
Primary and
Rolling 3
Secondary month period
Primary
1 Hour
100 ppb
98th percentile of 1-hour daily maximum
concentrations, averaged over 3 years
Annual Mean
Secondary
1 Year
53 ppb
Primary and
Secondary
8 Hour
0.070 ppm
Annual fourth-highest daily maximum 8-hour
concentration, averaged over 3 years
Primary
Secondary
1 Year
1 Year
12.0 μg/m3
15.0 μg/m3
Annual Mean Averaged Over 3 Years
Annual Mean Averaged Over 3 Years
Primary and
Secondary
Primary and
Secondary
24 Hours
35 μg/m3
98th percentile, Averaged Over 3 Years
24 Hours
150 μg/m3
Primary
1 hour
75 ppb
Secondary
3 hours
0.5 ppm
Not To Be Exceeded More Than Once Per Year
On Average Over 3 Years
99th percentile of 1-hour daily maximum
concentrations, averaged over 3 years
Not to be exceeded more than once per year
2015 New Jersey Air Monitoring Network
Cost of Compliance Station
Equipment
Cost
Other
Carbon Monoxide (CO)
$14,000
Electricity
Nitrogen Dioxide (NO2)
16,000
Data Plan
Ozone (O3)
13,000
Labor: 0.1 FTE/monitor
Sulfur Dioxide (SO2)
13,000
Supplies
Fine Particles (PM2.5)
18,000
Rent
Calibration System
20,000
Data Logging System
5,000
Shelter
30,000
TOTAL EQUIPMENT
$129,000
Quality Assurance Requirements
• Measurement Objectives – monitor detection limits, %
valid data, precision and accuracy
• Routine Quality Control – zero checks, mid and upper
level checks
• Independent Audits – separate from Routine QC
• Traceability of Standards – comparison to Primary
Standards
• EPA Oversight - Quality Assurance Program Plan
– Annual EPA Performance Audits
– Annual Network Reviews with EPA
– 5-Year Technical Systems Audits
New Jersey Air Monitoring Website: www.njaqinow.net
Bureau of Air Monitoring
• Main Office: 401 E. State, Trenton
• Technical Center: 380 Scotch Rd., W. Trenton
– Certify QC and Audit Standards
– Operate PM2.5 Filter Weighing System
– Test, Configure, Calibrate, Troubleshoot, Repair,
Refurbish Samplers and Analyzers
– Maintain Inventory of Parts and Supplies
– Configure and Test Data Loggers and
Communication Devices
– Staff Training
Recent Local Monitoring Projects
2012-Present
• EPA Region 2 Provided Funding
• NJDEP provided Project Management and
Additional Technical Support
• 4 Student-focused Projects
– 3 Black Carbon
– 1 Ground-level Ozone
• 2 Community-based Volatile Organic
Compounds (VOCs) Sampling Projects in
Newark’s Ironbound neighborhood
Student and Community Projects
1. Student Air Monitoring Project Lesson in
Elizabeth (SAMPLE)
2. Student Air Monitoring Project (SAMP)
3. South Ward Air Monitoring (SWAM)
4. Students Monitoring for Ozone at Ground-Level
(SMOG)
5. Citizen Air Monitoring Project Ironbound
Newark (CAMPIN)
6. Follow-up Air Sampling of Toxics During Odors
in Ironbound, Newark (FASTDOIN)
Summary of Local Projects
Name of
Project
Type
Pollutant
Cost
Funding
Source
SAMPLE
Student
Black Carbon
$65,000
EPA
SAMP
Student
Black Carbon
$96,000
EPA
SWAM
Student
Black Carbon
$46,000
EPA
SMOG
Student
O3
$71,000
EPA
CAMPIN
Community
VOC
$210,000
EPA
FASTDOIN
Community
VOC
$75,000
EPA
Student Air Monitoring Project Lesson
in Elizabeth (SAMPLE)
• NJDEP contracted with Elizabeth community group,
Future City Inc. (FCI), to help implement project
• Contract with UMDNJ for technical support
• FCI recruited 15 students for an after-school
program
• Focus on participation, the scientific method,
environmental issues, and conducting experiments
• Students took traffic counts, and measured black
carbon and meteorological conditions in 2012
Student Air Monitoring Project (SAMP)
• NJDEP sought open competitive bids for developing
an educational module
• Recruited 5 schools to implement and test project
• Students measured black carbon using hand-held
instruments
• Product: Web-based program that can be
implemented by any interested party, with focus on
schools
• NJDEP lends out microaetholometers to schools &
other groups
South Ward Air Monitoring (SWAM)
• In-school project, similar to SAMPLE
• NJDEP contracted directly with the University of
Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey
• 9th graders in a “Critical Thinking” class at
Central High School in South Ward, Newark
• Students performed air sampling for black
carbon at three locations in Newark
• Students took a field trip to EOHSI to talk with
researchers and tour research labs
Students Monitoring for Ozone at
Ground-Level (SMOG)
• NJDEP contracted with Elizabeth community group,
Future City Inc. (FCI), to help implement project
• FCI recruited 15 students for an after-school
program
• Students measured ozone concentrations and
meteorological conditions in April 2015
• Focus on participation, the scientific method,
environmental issues, and conducting experiments
• Prepared final reports and presented results at
NJDEP
Citizen Air Monitoring Project
Ironbound Newark (CAMPIN)
• NJDEP contracted with Newark-based Ironbound
Community Corp., to help implement project
• Samples analyzed for VOCs by EPA contract lab
• One fixed site for 24-hour sampling
• Variable sites for 1-hour grab sampling taken by
citizens
• Most VOC results similar to NJDEP fixed toxics site
• NJDEP presented results to community May 2014
• Found high concentrations of some pollutants on a
few sampling days
Follow-up Air Sampling of Toxics During
Odors in Ironbound, Newark (FASTDOIN)
• NJDEP again contracted with Ironbound Community
Corp. to help implement project
• Samples analyzed for VOCs by EPA contract lab
• 1-hour grab samples taken by citizens at 3 locations
around a potential site or odor source
• Sampling completed
• Analysis ongoing
• Results will be presented to community in the next
few months
Issues with Local Monitoring Projects
• No dedicated resources for short term air
monitoring projects
• NJDEP administered local projects
– Offices of Science, Quality Assurance, and
Communication
– Bureaus of Air Quality Evaluation and Monitoring
• NJDEP tested and maintained equipment, and
used EPA approved labs for analytical services
• NJDEP joined an EPA workgroup to investigate
new technologies for local monitoring
Questions or Comments
Luis Lim, Chief
Bureau of Air Monitoring, NJDEP
609-633-1151
[email protected]