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Olympic Region Clean Air Agency

Olympic Region Clean Air Agency. Air Monitoring Section. presentation and slides by Mark Moore, August, 2012. Summary. Serving Clallam, Grays Harbor, Jefferson, Mason, Pacific and Thurston Counties. Air Quality Summary June – July 2012.

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Olympic Region Clean Air Agency

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  1. Olympic Region Clean Air Agency Air Monitoring Section presentation and slides by Mark Moore, August, 2012

  2. Summary Serving Clallam, Grays Harbor, Jefferson, Mason, Pacific and Thurston Counties

  3. Air Quality Summary June – July 2012 Serving Clallam, Grays Harbor, Jefferson, Mason, Pacific and Thurston Counties

  4. June/July 2012 Air Quality (Ozone) Serving Clallam, Grays Harbor, Jefferson, Mason, Pacific and Thurston Counties

  5. Numerical and Categorical* June/July 2012 Air Quality (PM2.5) Fine Particulate – PM2.5 Aberdeen: 61 GOOD Cheeka Peak Observatory: 61 GOOD Lacey: 60 GOOD and 1 MODERATE (July 10th) Raymond: 61 GOOD Port Angeles: 60 GOOD and 1 MODERATE (July 9th) Port Townsend: 54 GOOD and 7 UNKNOWN (equipment failure) Shelton: 60 GOOD and 1 MODERATE (July 10th) * Categorization according to the WAQA Serving Clallam, Grays Harbor, Jefferson, Mason, Pacific and Thurston Counties

  6. July 2012 Forest Fire Smoke from Siberia Serving Clallam, Grays Harbor, Jefferson, Mason, Pacific and Thurston Counties

  7. July Forest Fire Smoke Event July 7th – July 11th: PM2.5 increases noticeable on monitors Serving Clallam, Grays Harbor, Jefferson, Mason, Pacific and Thurston Counties

  8. July Forest Fire Smoke Visible smoke entering the region on July 7th. Serving Clallam, Grays Harbor, Jefferson, Mason, Pacific and Thurston Counties

  9. July Forest Fire Smoke 97 square miles > 33 square miles Serving Clallam, Grays Harbor, Jefferson, Mason, Pacific and Thurston Counties

  10. July Forest Fire Smoke Serving Clallam, Grays Harbor, Jefferson, Mason, Pacific and Thurston Counties

  11. 4th of July Serving Clallam, Grays Harbor, Jefferson, Mason, Pacific and Thurston Counties

  12. 4th of July • High hourly averages for urban • sites • Aberdeen: 106.4 • Shelton: 64.5 • Lacey: 25.6 • Port Angeles: 10.9 • Port Townsend: 5.3 • Raymond: 4.1 • Cheeka Peak: 2.4 Serving Clallam, Grays Harbor, Jefferson, Mason, Pacific and Thurston Counties

  13. 4th of July Serving Clallam, Grays Harbor, Jefferson, Mason, Pacific and Thurston Counties

  14. Current Air Monitoring on the Straight of Juan de Fuca Introduction Monitoring Locations Summary Serving Clallam, Grays Harbor, Jefferson, Mason, Pacific and Thurston Counties

  15. Air Monitoring Activities on the Straight of Juan de Fuca Introduction • ORCAA monitoring began in 1967 – ongoing • Air quality stations operated by: • Olympic Region Clean Air Agency • Northwest Clean Air Agency • Makah Tribe • National Park Service / Olympic National Park • B.C., Canada Air Quality • Parameters: TSP, PM2.5/10, Sulfur Dioxide, others Serving Clallam, Grays Harbor, Jefferson, Mason, Pacific and Thurston Counties

  16. Air Monitoring Activities on the Straight of Juan de Fuca Monitoring Locations • Olympic Region Clean Air Agency – 3 • Northwest Clean Air Agency – 1 • Makah Tribe - 2 • National Park Service / Olympic National Park – 2 • B.C., Canada Air Quality - 3 Serving Clallam, Grays Harbor, Jefferson, Mason, Pacific and Thurston Counties

  17. Air Monitoring Activities on the Straight of Juan de Fuca http://goo.gl/maps/S2di Serving Clallam, Grays Harbor, Jefferson, Mason, Pacific and Thurston Counties

  18. Air Monitoring Activities on the Straight of Juan de Fuca All ORCAA Monitoring Stations 43% of monitoring stations located on Strait of Juan de Fuca Serving Clallam, Grays Harbor, Jefferson, Mason, Pacific and Thurston Counties

  19. Summary July air quality impacted by 4th of July and Fires in Asia 2. Odelle Hadley, Ph.D. joining ORCAA as Senior Monitoring Specialist August 20th, 2012 Serving Clallam, Grays Harbor, Jefferson, Mason, Pacific and Thurston Counties

  20. Jimmy Werner Serving Clallam, Grays Harbor, Jefferson, Mason, Pacific and Thurston Counties

  21. Comments or Questions Mark Moore Network Administrator/Monitoring Specialist 360.539.7610 x117 mark.moore@orcaa.org Serving Clallam, Grays Harbor, Jefferson, Mason, Pacific and Thurston Counties

  22. Air Monitoring Activities on the Straight of Juan de Fuca Serving Clallam, Grays Harbor, Jefferson, Mason, Pacific and Thurston Counties

  23. June/July 2012 Air Quality (PM2.5) Serving Clallam, Grays Harbor, Jefferson, Mason, Pacific and Thurston Counties

  24. June/July 2012 Air Quality (PM2.5) Serving Clallam, Grays Harbor, Jefferson, Mason, Pacific and Thurston Counties

  25. June/July 2012 Air Quality (PM2.5) Serving Clallam, Grays Harbor, Jefferson, Mason, Pacific and Thurston Counties

  26. June/July 2012 Air Quality (PM2.5) Serving Clallam, Grays Harbor, Jefferson, Mason, Pacific and Thurston Counties

  27. June/July 2012 Air Quality (PM2.5) Serving Clallam, Grays Harbor, Jefferson, Mason, Pacific and Thurston Counties

  28. June/July 2012 Air Quality (PM2.5) Serving Clallam, Grays Harbor, Jefferson, Mason, Pacific and Thurston Counties

  29. June/July 2012 Air Quality (PM2.5) Serving Clallam, Grays Harbor, Jefferson, Mason, Pacific and Thurston Counties

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