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Kansas Ambient Air Monitoring Update

Get the latest update on Kansas Ambient Air Monitoring at the Kansas Environmental Conference in Manhattan, KS on August 14-15, 2019. Learn about the National Ambient Air Quality Standards and the monitoring of pollutants such as ozone, particulate matter, carbon monoxide, sulfur dioxide, lead, and nitrogen dioxide.

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Kansas Ambient Air Monitoring Update

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  1. Kansas Ambient Air Monitoring Update

  2. Kansas Ambient Air Monitoring Update 2019 Kansas Environmental Conference Manhattan, KS August 14-15, 2019 Douglas Watson, Meteorologist Chief, Monitoring and Planning Section Bureau of Air Kansas Department of Health and Environment

  3. Kansas Ambient Air Monitoring Update Air Quality Overview

  4. Kansas Ambient Air Monitoring Update National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) • Clean Air Act (CAA) requires EPA to – • Set National Ambient Air Quality Standards for six air pollutants • Review every 5 years • Determine which counties meet the standards • Based on Health effects • Cost not taken into consideration in setting standards

  5. NAAQS Pollutants Kansas Ambient Air Monitoring Update • Ozone • Particulate Matter • PM10 • PM2.5 • Carbon Monoxide • Sulfur Dioxide • Lead • Nitrogen Dioxide

  6. Why do we monitor? Kansas Ambient Air Monitoring Update • Compliance with air quality standards • Evaluate trends • Determine health-risk • Establish baseline concentrations • PSD construction permit requirement • Model validation • Post results to national database

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  8. Kansas Ambient Air Monitoring Update Saline County (Salina) Lead Nonattainment Area

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