Statewide Compliance Monitoring and Local Monitoring Projects

1. Statewide Compliance Monitoring and Local Monitoring Projects Overview of New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP) Air Monitoring Operations and Local Monitoring Projects

2. 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

3. 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

4. National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS)

5. 2015 New Jersey Air Monitoring Network

6. Cost of Compliance Station

7. 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

8. New Jersey Air Monitoring Website: www.njaqinow.net

9. 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

10. 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

11. Student and Community Projects • Student Air Monitoring Project Lesson in Elizabeth (SAMPLE) • Student Air Monitoring Project (SAMP) • South Ward Air Monitoring (SWAM) • Students Monitoring for Ozone at Ground-Level (SMOG) • Citizen Air Monitoring Project Ironbound Newark (CAMPIN) • Follow-up Air Sampling of Toxics During Odors in Ironbound, Newark (FASTDOIN)

12. Summary of Local Projects

13. 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

14. 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

15. 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

16. 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

17. 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

18. 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

19. 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

20. Questions or Comments Luis Lim, Chief Bureau of Air Monitoring, NJDEP 609-633-1151 Luis.Lim@dep.nj.gov