Air Quality Issues Workshop8-hour Ozone Update

Allegheny Mountain Section of theAir & Waste Management Association

Kathryn Z. Klaber

May 23, 2006

Timely Topics on8-hour Ozone Attainment

• Redesignation opportunities for Southwestern Pennsylvania

• Input to Ozone Transport Commission control measures

• ‘A pound of prevention…’

13 Areas to be Redesignated

Greene Altoona/Blair Scranton/Wilkes-BarreErie Centre/State College BerksClearfield/Indiana Tioga LancasterCambria/Johnstown Franklin YorkHarrisburg-Lebanon-Carlisle

Tioga and Lancaster Maintenance Plans Slated First

We need our region’s areas under maintenance plans asap.

Three year monitoring data

- Southwestern Pennsylvania areas below or just at design value.

- Vast difference in total days >84 ppm year-to-year

2003 2004 2005

Design Days 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Days 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Days 1st 2nd 3rd 4thStation Value > 84 8-Hr 8-Hr 8-Hr 8-Hr > 84 8-Hr 8-Hr 8-Hr 8-Hr > 84 8-Hr 8-Hr 8-Hr 8-HrBristol 86 9 110 109 97 87 2 88 88 84 82 7 98 93 91 89

Chester 82 3 108 106 89 80 2 90 87 84 81 4 90 90 89 87Norristown 86 4 107 103 90 85 1 85 84 84 83 8 93 92 90 90

New Garden (Airport) 87 4 112 112 88 85 5 95 88 87 85 8 103 93 93 92Northwest (Rox) 81 2 102 101 84 84 0 83 83 78 77 3 95 89 86 83

Northeast (Airport) 90 4 104 96 87 86 6 94 92 91 91 8 104 100 95 94Southwest (Elm) 71 2 98 92 75 74 0 80 79 79 73 0 78 72 69 68Frankford (Lab) 64 2 92 85 77 69 0 64 62 59 57 0 81 74 72 66

Allentown 85 4 107 102 89 87 3 95 91 89 83 6 92 91 89 86Freemansburg 87 4 108 106 89 87 6 105 90 88 88 5 89 88 87 86

Easton 82 3 100 99 86 83 1 101 84 84 83 1 87 83 83 80

Reading 80 3 106 91 85 80 1 86 80 79 76 4 93 91 86 85

Scranton 76 2 94 88 76 75 0 80 80 77 73 1 89 83 81 80Peckville 75 2 93 88 79 75 0 79 78 77 71 2 89 86 84 80

Nanticoke 73 3 90 88 85 77 0 73 73 72 68 0 83 78 75 74Wilkes-Barre 77 2 94 93 80 78 0 81 77 74 73 1 90 83 83 81

Harrisburg 78 2 96 86 80 74 1 85 79 78 76 3 95 94 86 84Hershey 78 2 108 93 82 79 0 84 74 73 72 4 90 89 88 85

Perry County 78 3 92 88 86 84 0 73 72 70 69 1 88 84 82 82Lancaster 83 3 121 109 88 83 1 98 84 83 81 6 96 90 90 85

York 82 3 107 104 91 81 1 86 78 77 77 6 97 93 90 89Methodist Hill 75 3 95 90 85 80 0 76 72 72 71 0 76 75 74 74

Biglerville (PSU) 76 2 99 98 78 76 0 74 73 73 72 1 90 83 82 80

Montoursville 79 3 100 90 87 83 0 83 80 80 74 3 88 87 85 82Tiadaghton (PSU) 2 91 87 81 76 0 77 77 75 73

Tioga County (PSU) 81 3 99 94 85 84 0 81 80 79 79 0 83 81 80 80

State College (PSU) 79 3 99 96 89 82 0 79 76 74 74 1 90 83 83 83Penn Nursery (PSU) 4 107 106 93 93 0 75 70 70 69

Altoona 77 3 104 96 87 83 0 75 75 74 73 1 85 81 80 77Johnstown 77 2 101 90 84 83 0 77 73 72 71 1 86 81 79 77

Moshannon (PSU) 82 4 102 97 87 87 0 79 74 74 74 4 90 88 86 86Strongstown 5 94 91 91 88

Greensburg 82 4 110 102 92 91 0 84 80 76 73 2 89 89 84 83Murrysville 80 2 110 90 84 83 0 75 71 70 70 4 97 90 89 87Kittanning 84 5 113 103 87 86 1 85 84 83 82 4 109 94 88 86

Brighton Twp 81 3 120 100 94 83 0 81 79 78 74 4 97 88 86 86Beaver Falls 75 3 121 92 92 78 0 72 71 69 69 2 103 86 84 80Hookstown 84 6 121 106 100 87 0 84 82 81 81 5 100 100 89 86Florence 78 3 121 98 91 78 0 76 76 74 73 4 92 91 89 85Charleroi 80 4 107 101 90 88 0 80 77 75 72 2 89 85 83 80

Washington 81 5 114 104 90 88 0 81 76 72 71 4 88 88 86 85Holbrook 81 3 105 100 87 83 0 82 76 75 75 5 94 87 85 85

Pittsburgh (Carnegie SC) 84 5 122 103 90 88 0 84 80 73 72 4 98 96 92 92Harrison Twp 81 2 111 107 83 81 0 81 79 78 76 6 107 98 88 87Lawrenceville 81 5 122 105 92 90 0 77 74 73 72 1 85 82 81 81South Fayette 82 4 121 105 94 89 1 89 80 75 74 4 103 95 94 85

New Castle 73 2 122 85 83 77 0 78 73 70 68 1 87 82 82 75Farrell 83 6 112 105 90 87 1 86 82 76 76 4 96 90 90 87

Erie 83 4 109 103 100 91 0 83 79 76 74 4 103 96 90 86

Total Days > 84 161 33 154

Daily Maximums Daily Maximums Daily Maximums

Actions Needed this Summer

• DEP to submit maintenance plans for Greene County and areas immediately to our west

• Pittsburgh/Beaver Valley area to meet standard so Fall 2006 plan can be developed

• Regional leaders to rally around Ozone Action Days

• Cool Temperatures!

Support Measures to Lessen Impact of Ozone Action Days

• Leave your car at home– Transit: take the bus, train, subway or trolley– Rideshare– Bicycle or walk

• Telecommute• In using your car on high ozone days:

– "Trip-link“ and avoid unnecessary cold starts. – Refuel at the end of the day– Don't "top off" your fuel tank – Turn off your engine when you stop your car for a minute or more

• Postpone mowing the lawn or use a manual mower • Use a gas grill, not charcoal• Refrain from using household sprays and oil-based paints, or wait

until early evening

Forward Path Requires Reconsideration of Ozone Transport Region Boundaries

• Clean Air Interstate Rule (CAIR) has brought us a solution to the majority of our remaining 8-hour ozone and PM2.5 nonattainment

Ozone and Fine Particle Nonattainment Areas (March 2005)

Projected Nonattainment Areas in 2010 after Reductionsfrom CAIR and Existing Clean Air Act Programs

Projections concerning future levels of air pollution in specific geographic locations were estimated using the best scientific models available. They are estimations, however, and should be characterized as such in any description. Actual results may vary significantly if any of the factors that influence air quality differ from the assumed values used in the projections shown here.

Ozone and Particle Pollution: CAIR, together with other Clean Air Programs, Will Bring Cleaner Air to Areas in the East - 2010

Nonattainment areas in 2010 w/ CAIR and other programs for fine particles

Nonattainment areas in 2010 w/ CAIR and other programs for 8-hour ozone

Nonattainment areas for both 8-hour ozone and fine particle pollution

Nonattainment areas for fine particle pollution only .

Nonattainment areas for 8-hour ozone pollution only

104 ozone nonattainment areas with 408counties

43 PM2.5 nonattainment areas with 211 counties

14 ozone nonattainment areas

20 PM2.5 nonattainment areas

Forward Path Requires Reconsideration of Ozone Transport Region Boundaries

• Clean Air Interstate Rule (CAIR) has brought us a solution to the majority of our remaining 8-hour ozone and PM2.5 nonattainment

• Ozone Transport Commission (OTC) proposed measures appear to serve I-95 corridor more than western Pennsylvania

Summary and Questions