2004 Joint MARAMA/NESCAUM Monitoring Committee Meeting
MARAMA and NESCAUM co-hosted the 2004 Joint MARAMA/NESCAUM Monitoring Committee meeting on October 18-20, 2004 in Atlantic City, NJ.
Topics for the three day meeting included:
- National Monitoring Strategy
- Air Monitoring Issues
- AQS Data Access
- SOAP Project
- Analysing STN and IMPROVE Data
Presentations:
Final Agenda
EPA Regional Monitoring Issues and Priorities,
Walter Wilkie and Ted Erdman, EPA Region III
Comparing STN Data from the Liberty and Lawrenceville Monitoring Sites in Allegheny County, PA
Jason Maranche, Allegheny County
State and Local Agency PM2.5 Web Sites in the MARAMA Region,
Alice Lutrey, MARAMA
NESCAUM Break-Out Session
- PM2.5 Nonattainment Designations and Monitor Siting,
Pete Babich, CT
Update and Discussion of Implementing the National Monitoring Strategy
Tim Hanley, OAQPS and the MARAMA/NESCAUM States
Update and Discussion of Other Important Air Monitoring Issues
Tim Hanley, OAQPS and the MARAMA/NESCAUM States
Plans for Enhanced AQS Data Access – the Evolution of AQS,
Nick Mangus, EPA
Air Toxics
- Update on the National Air Toxics Program
Tim Hanley, EPA - The Air Toxic Project in Allegheny County
Jason Maranche, Allegheny County - Airport air toxics monitoring
Roy Heaton, RI - NJ Community Assessment Grant
Linda Bonanno, NJ - The Vermont experience with Chrome VI
George Apgar - Notes on Chrome +6 Sampling Issues
Roy Heaton, RI
Results of the Speciation of Organics for Apportionment of PM2.5 Project (SOAP),
Dr. Monica Mazurek, Rutgers University
PM2.5 Forecasting in the Mid-Atlantic: Overview and Initial Results
Bill Ryan, Penn State University
Analyzing STN and IMPROVE Data in the MARAMA and NESCAUM Regions
- An analysis of data from collocated STN monitors
Tom McKenna, NJ
- Analyzing STN data in the MARAMA Region
Bill Gillespie, MARAMA - Screening/Validating STN data
Paul Sierzenga, NY - STN/IMPROVE data differences at Pinnacle State Park, NY
George Allen, NESCAUM - UNMIX results for the MANE-VU region, summer 2002
Rich Poirot, VT - Recent source apportionment analyses and understanding differences in STN and IMPROVE data
Dr. Eugene Kim, Clarkson University
PM2.5 and Regional Haze Monitoring
- FDMS TEOM/BAM field studies (New York Supersite winter intensive)
Dirk Felton, NY DEC - Pennsylvania field studies comparing BAM, FDMS and FRM monitors program
George Mentzer, PA DEP - Efforts to adjust continuous PM2.5 data to ensure regional consistency in the NESCAUM Region
George Allen, NESCAUM
Practical Experiences Operating Rural Aerosol Intensive Network (RAIN) Sites
- Piney Run MD, Dave Krask, MD
- Mohawk Mountain, CT, Pete Babich, CT
- Acadia National Park, ME, Jeff Emery, ME
A “First Look” at Rural Aerosol Intensive Network (RAIN) Data
George Allen, NESCAUM
Using a Two-Wavelength Aethalometer to Observe Wood Smoke
George Allen, NESCAUM
Impacts of Atmospheric Nitrogen Deposition on New Jersey Pine Barren Forests
Tom Belton, NJ
Training Environmental Statisticians – Tomorrow’s Problem Solvers
William F. Hunt, Jr., North Carolina State University
IMPROVE Site Visit at the Forsythe NWR at Brigantine, NJ
Sandra Silva, Deborah Long, and Steve Atzert, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service