Projected compliance with the PM2.5 National Ambient Air Quality Standards. Final report
In 1997, the State of Maryland had no available ambient Federal Reference Method data on particulate matter less than 2.5 microns in aerodynamic diameter (PM2.5) but did have annual ambient data for particulate matter smaller than 10 microns (PM10) at twenty-four sites. The PM10 data was analyzed in conjunction with local annual and seasonal ZIP code-level emission inventories and with speciated PM2.5 data from four nearby monitors in the IMPROVE network (located in the national parks and wilderness areas) in an effort to predict annual average and seasonal high PM2.5 concentrations at the twenty-four PM10 monitor sites operated from 1992 to 1996. All seasonal high concentrations were predicted to be below the 24-hour PM2.5 National Ambient Air Quality Standard (NAAQS) at the sites operated in Maryland between 1992 and 1996. A geographic analysis of the emission inventories was also performed to evaluate the impact of PM2.5 emissions from Maryland`s power plants on fourteen monitor locations that were predicted to have a reading exceeding the annual NAAQS for any year.
- Research Organization:
- Science Applications International Corp., Raleigh, NC (United States); Maryland Power Plant Research Program, Annapolis, MD (United States)
- OSTI ID:
- 350592
- Report Number(s):
- PB--99-133209/XAB; CNN: Contract PR95-053-001
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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