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Albuquerque, New Mexico Community Scale Ambient Air Monitoring and Risk Assessment

Albuquerque, New Mexico Community Scale Ambient Air Monitoring and Risk Assessment. By Fabian Macias Air Quality Assurance Program Manager Air Quality Division City of Albuquerque. Project Overview. US EPA Air Toxics Grant Partnership Hazardous Air Pollutants Monitoring and Sampling

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Albuquerque, New Mexico Community Scale Ambient Air Monitoring and Risk Assessment

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  1. Albuquerque, New MexicoCommunity Scale Ambient Air Monitoring and Risk Assessment By Fabian Macias Air Quality Assurance Program Manager Air Quality Division City of Albuquerque June 12 &13, 2007 Mickey Leland National Urban Air Toxics Workshop II – Houston, Texas

  2. Project Overview • US EPA Air Toxics Grant • Partnership • Hazardous Air Pollutants Monitoring and Sampling • Receptor Modeling • Exposure and Risk Evaluation • Status June 12 &13, 2007 Mickey Leland National Urban Air Toxics Workshop II Houston, Texas

  3. US EPA Award Specifics • About Half-Million Dollars • Project Period 10/1/06 to 9/30/08 • Quarterly Progress Reports • Ambient Air Monitoring, Quality Assurance, Data Management and Results Availability • Final Report June 12 &13, 2007 Mickey Leland National Urban Air Toxics Workshop II Houston, Texas

  4. Partnership • City of Albuquerque – Air Quality Division • Project Management, Quality Assurance Project Plan Development, Ambient Air Monitoring, US EPA AQS Data Management and Reporting, and Project Closure • NMDOH – Scientific Laboratory Division • Sample Analyses and Reporting June 12 &13, 2007 Mickey Leland National Urban Air Toxics Workshop II Houston, Texas

  5. Partnership continued • Desert Research Institute • Intense Monitoring, Data Assimilation, Atmospheric Modeling, Source Apportionment, Dispersion Modeling, Exposure Modeling to Hazardous Air Pollutants, and Risk Assessment June 12 &13, 2007 Mickey Leland National Urban Air Toxics Workshop II Houston, Texas

  6. Ambient Air Sampling and Monitoring June 12 &13, 2007 Mickey Leland National Urban Air Toxics Workshop II Houston, Texas

  7. Why Do We Monitor Ambient Air? • Protect the public from elevated levels of air pollution. • Identify and quantify what pollutants types are out there. • To compare Albuquerque air quality to the National and State Standards. • Preserve GOOD air quality. June 12 &13, 2007 Mickey Leland National Urban Air Toxics Workshop II Houston, Texas

  8. What Do We Monitor In Ambient Air? • Oxides of Nitrogen • Carbon Monoxide • Ozone • Particulate Matter (PM2.5, PM10-2.5, PM10) • Elemental and Organic Carbon • Hazardous Air Pollutants • PM2.5 Speciation • Pollen Speciation • Meteorological Conditions June 12 &13, 2007 Mickey Leland National Urban Air Toxics Workshop II Houston, Texas

  9. Monitor and Sample Types and Locations June 12 &13, 2007 Mickey Leland National Urban Air Toxics Workshop II Houston, Texas

  10. Albuquerque/ Bernalillo County 2007 Air Monitoring Network June 12 &13, 2007 Mickey Leland National Urban Air Toxics Workshop II Houston, Texas

  11. Project Sampling Locations • 3 – Existing Stations • South Valley @ Mountain View Community Center – 35-001-0029 • Del Norte High School – 35-001-0023 • North Valley @ ~1/2 mile South of Alameda on 2nd Street – 35-001-1013 • Anticipated Sampling Start and End Dates • July 2007 • June 2008 June 12 &13, 2007 Mickey Leland National Urban Air Toxics Workshop II Houston, Texas

  12. June 12 &13, 2007 Mickey Leland National Urban Air Toxics Workshop II Houston, Texas

  13. Del Norte Ambient Air Monitoring Station June 12 &13, 2007 Mickey Leland National Urban Air Toxics Workshop II – Houston, Texas

  14. Co-Located Sampling June 12 &13, 2007 Mickey Leland National Urban Air Toxics Workshop II Houston, Texas

  15. PM2.5 Speciation Sampling June 12 &13, 2007 Mickey Leland National Urban Air Toxics Workshop II – Houston, Texas

  16. North Valley Station June 12 &13, 2007 Mickey Leland National Urban Air Toxics Workshop II Houston, Texas

  17. South Valley Station June 12 &13, 2007 Mickey Leland National Urban Air Toxics Workshop II Houston, Texas

  18. Project Pollutants • Volatile Organic Compounds • Carbonyls • Heavy Metals • Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons • Elemental Carbon/Organic Carbon June 12 &13, 2007 Mickey Leland National Urban Air Toxics Workshop II Houston, Texas

  19. Hazardous Air Pollutants Sampling • TO-11A – DNPH – Carbonyls HAPs • TO-13A - PUF – Semi-Volatiles HAPs • TO-15 – Canister – Volatiles HAPs • Metals – Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry - Metal HAPs June 12 &13, 2007 Mickey Leland National Urban Air Toxics Workshop II Houston, Texas

  20. Vertical Profiling • 3 tethersondes (continuous measurements of WS, WD, T, Relative Humidity, Barometric Pressure), • 3 tethered O3 (Ozonesondes) (continuous measurements of ozone), • a Nephelometer (TSI, Model 8520), • ppb RAE plus (total VOCs measurements), & • a tethered NOxsonde (NOx measurements). June 12 &13, 2007 Mickey Leland National Urban Air Toxics Workshop II Houston, Texas

  21. Receptor Modeling • DRI will use US EPA’s Positive Matrix Factorization (PMF) to conduct a source apportionment study of particulate matter, aerosol characterization, and carbon analyses. • DRI will use US EPA approved air transport and regional models to determine inter and intra-valley wind flow patterns. June 12 &13, 2007 Mickey Leland National Urban Air Toxics Workshop II Houston, Texas

  22. Exposure and Risk Evaluation • Use US EPA’s HAPEM5 model to estimate personal exposure. • Use the US Census’ Bureau for population demographics. • Use US EPA’s TRIM.expo module will be used to assess inhalation risks. Other risk assessment tools will be used to assess the risk of long-term exposure to HAPs. June 12 &13, 2007 Mickey Leland National Urban Air Toxics Workshop II Houston, Texas

  23. Exposure and Risk Evaluation • Use US EPA’s TRIM.Risk module will be used to join the information on exposure with a dose-response module. • Use of these tools will provide a first-order estimate of inhalation cancer risks and non-cancer hazard indices at both the individual and population level. June 12 &13, 2007 Mickey Leland National Urban Air Toxics Workshop II Houston, Texas

  24. Project Status • US EPA approved The Air Quality Division’s Quality Assurance Project Plan • Executed Inter-Governmental Cooperative Agreements with State of New Mexico and University of Nevada (DRI). In final approval stage. June 12 &13, 2007 Mickey Leland National Urban Air Toxics Workshop II Houston, Texas

  25. Challenges • Project Analysis and Reporting • Community Outreach Plan • Data Dissemination • Presentations to Stakeholders • What do policy and decision makers do with this information? • Other Partnerships • Continued Funding June 12 &13, 2007 Mickey Leland National Urban Air Toxics Workshop II Houston, Texas

  26. Questions?? June 12 &13, 2007 Mickey Leland National Urban Air Toxics Workshop II Houston, Texas

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