# Was hoe County Health District
Air Quality Management Division
2016 Ambient Air Monitoring Network Plan

Submitted to EPA Region IX July 1

, 201 6

Was hoe County Health District

Air Quality Management Division

1001 East Ninth Street, Suite B-171

P.O. Box 11130

Reno, N evada 89520-0027

(775) 784- 7200

OurCleanAir.com

## i 

# Table of Contents

Introduction ......................................................................................................................................1
Purpose .................................................................................................................................1
Public Inspection Process ....................................................................................................1
Agency Contacts ..................................................................................................................1

Overview of Washoe County Health District Network Operation ..................................................2
Network Design ...................................................................................................................2
Minimum Monitoring Requirements ...................................................................................4
Collocation Requirements ....................................................................................................8
Network Modifications Completed in 2015 ........................................................................9
Additional Changes Completed in 2015 ..............................................................................9
Network Modifications Proposed for 2016-2017 ..............................................................10

Additional Changes Proposed for 2016-2017 ....................................................................10

PM 2.5 

## Monitoring Network Modifications Proposed for 2016-2017 .................................11

Data Submission Requirements .........................................................................................11
Overview of Tribal Network Operations .......................................................................................12
Network Design .................................................................................................................12
Washoe County Health District De tailed Site Information ...........................................................15

Incline ................................................................................................................................15
Lemmon Valley .................................................................................................................18

Plumb

- Kit ...........................................................................................................................21

Reno 3 ................................................................................................................................24

South Reno .........................................................................................................................30
Sparks .................................................................................................................................34

Toll .....................................................................................................................................38

Tables

.............................................................................................................................................. ii
Figures

................................................................................................ ............................................. ii
Acronyms and Abbreviations ........................................................................................................ iii



# Appendices

Appendix A - Public Inspection Plan
Appendix B – Network Modification Request/Approval

## ii 

# Tables

1. Ambient Air Monitoring Sites and Parameters Monitored ..................................................3

2. Minimum Monitoring Requirements for O 3 

## ........................................................................4

3. Minimum Monitoring Requirements for PM 2.5 

## SLAMS .....................................................4

4. Minimum Monitoring Requirements for Continuous PM 2.5 

## Monitors ................................5

5. Minimum Monitoring Requirements for PM 10 

## ....................................................................5

6. Minimum Monitoring Requirements for NO 2 

## .....................................................................5

7. Minimum Monitoring Requirements for SO 2 

## ......................................................................6

8. Minimum Monitoring Requirements for CO .......................................................................6

9. Minimum Monitoring Requirements for Pb at NCore .........................................................7

10. Source-O riented Pb Monitoring ...........................................................................................7

11. Collocation of Manual PM 2.5 

## , PM 10 

## , and non-NCore Pb Monitors .....................................8

12. Collocation of Automated FEM PM 2.5 

## Monitors .................................................................8

13. Tribal Ambient Air Monitoring Sites and Parameters Monitored .....................................12



# Figures

1. Washoe County Health District

- AQMD Ambient Air Monitoring Sites ..........................2

2. Reno -Sparks Indian Colony ...............................................................................................13

3. Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe ................................................................................................14

4. Incline Monitoring Station .................................................................................................15

5. Incline Monitoring Site Vicinity Map ................................................................................16

6. Incline Monitoring Site Vicinity Aerial .............................................................................16

7. Lemmon Valley Monitoring Station ..................................................................................18

8. Lemmon Valley Monitoring Site Vicinity Ma p .................................................................19

9. Lemmon Valley Monitoring Site Vicinity Aerial ..............................................................19

10. Plumb

- Kit Monitoring Station ...........................................................................................21

11. Plumb

- Kit Monitoring Site Vicinity Map ..........................................................................22

12. Plumb

- Kit Monitoring Site Vicinity Aerial .......................................................................22

13. Reno3 Monitoring Station..................................................................................................24

14. Reno3 Monitoring Site Vicinity Map ................................................................................25

15. Reno3 Monitoring Site Vicinity Aerial ..............................................................................25

16. South Reno Monitoring Station .........................................................................................30

17. South Reno Monitoring Site Vicinity Map ........................................................................31

18. S outh Reno Monitoring Site Vicinity Aerial .....................................................................31

19. Sparks Monitoring Station .................................................................................................34

20. Sparks Monitoring Site Vicinity Map ................................................................................35

21. Sparks Monitoring Site Vicinity Aerial .............................................................................35

22. Toll Monitoring S tation .....................................................................................................38

23. Toll Monitoring Site Vicinity Map ....................................................................................39

24. Toll Monitoring Site Vicinity Aerial .................................................................................39

## iii 

# Acronyms and Abbreviations

AADT Annual Average Daily Traffic Count

AQI Air Quality Index

AQMD Was hoe C ounty Health District

- Air Quality Management Division

AQS Air Quality System

ARM Approved Regional Method

ATR Automatic Traffic Recorder

BAM Beta Attenuation Monitor

CARB California Air Resources Board

CBSA Core

- Based Statistical Area

cc/min Cubic centimeter per minute

CFR Code of Federal Regulations

CMSA Consolidated Metropolitan Statistical Area

CO Carbon Monoxide

CSA Combined Statistical Area

DMV Department of Motor Vehicles

EBAM Met One Environmental Beta Attenuation Monitor

EI Emissions Inventory

EPA U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

ESC Environmental Systems Corporation

FEM Federal Equivalent Method

FRM Federal Reference Method

GFC Gas Filter Correlation

MSA Metropolitan Statistical Area

NAAQS National Ambient Air Quality Standards

NC ore National Co re multipollutant m onitoring s tation

NDOT Nevada Department of Transportation

NO Nitric Oxide

NO 2 

## Nitrogen Dioxide

NO

x 

## Oxides of Nitrogen

NO y 

## Reactive Oxides of Nitrogen

O 3 

## Ozone

PM 2.5 

## Particulate Matter less than or equal to 2.5 microns in aerodynamic diameter

PM 10 

## Particulate Matter less than or equal to 10 microns in aerodynamic diameter

PM

coarse 

## PM 10 

## minus PM 2.5 

## ppb parts per billion

ppm parts per million

PWEI Population Weighted Emissions Index

RTI Research Triangle Institute

SASS Speciation Air Sampling System

SIP State Implementation Plan

SLAMS State and Local Air Monitoring Station

SO 2 

## Sulfur Dioxide

SPM Special Purpose Monitoring

SR State Route

STN Speciation Trends Network

T API Teledyne Advanced Pollution Instrumentation, Inc.

## Washoe County Health District

- AQMD July 1, 2016

2016 Ambient Air Monitoring Network Plan 1 

# Introduction

Purpose

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) finalized amendments to the ambient air monitoring
regulations on October 17, 2006. 1 

## The amendments revise the technical requirements for certain types

of ambient ai r monitoring sites, add provisions for monitoring of PM

coarse 

## , and reduce certain monitoring
requirements for criteria pollutants. Monitoring agencies are required to submit annual monitoring
network plans, conduct network assessments every five years, pe rform quality assurance activities, and

in certain instances, have NCore sites establish ed by January 1, 2011.

This plan was prepared and submitted as part of the fulfillment to these regulations. It represents the
Washoe County Health District - Air Qua lity Management Division’s (AQMD) ambient air monitoring
program activities completed in 2015 and proposed network modifications for 2016-2017.

Public Inspection Process

This monitoring network plan was available for public inspection from June 1 to June 30, 2016 at the
AQMD website ( OurCleanAir.com ). A hardcopy of the plan was also available at the AQMD office

. See Appendix A for AQMD’s Public Inspection Plan.

Agency Contacts

For information or questions regarding th e 2016 Ambient Air Monitoring Network Plan

, please contact
the following individuals of the AQMD

.

Charlene Albee , Division Director

(775) 784-7211, or calbee@washoecounty.us

Daniel Inouye

, Branch Chief

(775) 784-7214, or dinouye@washoecounty.us

Craig Petersen, Senior Air Quality Specialist

(775) 784-7233, or cpetersen@washoecounty. us

1 

### 71 FR 61236

- 61328.

## Washoe County Health District

- AQMD July 1, 2016

2016 Ambient Air Monitoring Network Plan 2 

# Overview of Washoe County Health District Network Operation

Network Design

The AQMD operated seven (7) ambient air monitoring sites i n 2015 (Figure 1). The blue boundary

delineates Hydrographic Area 87 (HA 87) as defined by the State of Nevada Division of Water
Resources. This area was designated as “serious” non- attainment for the 24-hour PM 10 

## NAAQS until it
was redesignated to “Attainment/Maintenance” effective January 7, 2016

. 2 

## Washoe County is classified

as “attainment” or “unclassifiable/ attainment” for all other pollutants and averaging times. Table 1 lists
the parameters monitored in 2015 sorted by network type and site.

Figure 1
Washoe County Health District

- AQMD Ambient Air Monitoring Sites

2 

### 80 FR 76232 (December 8, 2015).

## Washoe County Health District

- AQMD July 1, 2016

2016 Ambient Air Monitoring Network Plan 3 Table 1
Ambient Air Monitoring Sites and Parameters Monitored

Network Type

Site

SLAMSO3COTraceCOTraceNONO2NOxTrace NOyTraceSO2PM10(manual)PM10(continuous)PM2.5(manual)PM2.5(continuous)PMcoarse(manual)PMcoarse(continuous)PM2.5SpeciationMeteorology



## Incline 

Lemmon Valley  

Plumb

- Kit  

South Reno   

Sparks      

Toll    

NCore 3



## Reno3              

Speciation

Trends

Reno3 

Notes: Meteorology for the NCore network includes ambient temperature, wind speed, wind

direction , and relative humidity. The PM 10 

## manual method monitor at NCore is for PM

coarse 

## calculation only and is not submitted to AQS for data to be used in comparison to t he NAAQS.

3 

### NCore monitoring began December 2010.

## Washoe County Health District

- AQMD July 1, 2016

2016 Ambient Air Monitoring Network Plan 4 Minimum Monitoring Requirements

The AQMD’s ambient air monitoring network meets the minimum monitoring requirements for all
criteria pollutants pursuant to 40 CFR 58, Appendix D. Tables 2 through 10 provide pollutant specific
monitoring requirements . Additional pollutant specific data may be found in the “ Washoe County,
Nevada, Air Quality Trends Report, 2006-2015”

. The 2014 population data are from the Nevada State
Demograp her’s Office. 4



## Table 2
Minimum Monitoring Requirements for O 3


### 8

- hour Design Value
( 201 3

- 201 5 ) Number of Sites

MSA County Population ppm Site (ID) Minimum
Required Active Needed

Reno

Sparks Washoe
Storey

Total 43 6,797

3,974

440, 771 0.071 Reno 3
(0016) 2 6 0



## Monitors required for SIP or Maintenance Plan: 2

Title 40 CFR 58, Appendix D, Section 4.1 requires O 3 

## monitoring in MSAs with populations above
350,000 people. Monitors are also required in MSAs with lower populations if measured O 3 

## values

withi n that MSA are within 85% of the NAAQS.

Table 3
Minimum Monitoring Requirements for PM 2.5 

## SLAMS (FRM /FEM/ARM )

Design Value ( 201 3

- 201 5 ) Number of SLAMS Sites

MSA County Population Annual

( μ g/m 3 

### ) Annual
Site (ID) Daily

( μ g/m 3 

### ) Daily
Site (ID) Minimum
Required Active Needed

Reno

Sparks Washoe
Storey

Total 436,797

3,974

440,771 9.6 Sparks

(1005) 32 Sparks

(1005) 1 2 0



## Monitors required for: SIP or Maintenance Plan: 0 ; NCore: 1

Title 40 CFR 58, Appendix D, Section 4.7.1 requires PM 2.5 

## monitoring in MSAs with populations above
500,000 people and in MSAs with lower populations if measured PM 2.5 

## values for an MSA are within
85% of the NAAQS.

4 

### Nevada State Demographer, “Governor Certified Population Estimates of Nevada’s Counties, Cities and Towns 2000 to

2014”, 2014.

## Washoe County Health District

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2016 Ambient Air Monitoring Network Plan 5 Table 4

Minimum Monitoring Requirements for Continuous PM 2.5 

## Monitors (FEM/ARM/non- FEM )

Design Value ( 201 3

- 201 5 ) Number of Continuous

Monitors

MSA County Population Annual

( μ g/m 3 

### ) Annual
Site (ID) Daily

( μ g/m 3 

### ) Daily
Site (ID) Minimum
Required Active Needed

Reno

Sparks Washoe
Storey

Total 436,797

3,974

440,771 9.6 Sparks
(1005) 32 Sparks
(1005) 1 2 0



## Monitors required for: SIP or Maintenance Plan: 0 ; NCore: 1

Title 40 CFR 58, Appendix D, Section 4.7.2 requires continuous PM 2.5 

## monitors equal to at least one

half (round up) of the minimum sites listed in Table D -5 of Title 40 CFR 58, Appendix D.

Table 5
Minimum Monitoring Requirements for PM 10


### Maximum Concentration ( 201 5 ) Number of Sites

MSA County Population μ g/m 3 

### Site (ID) Minimum
Required Active Needed

Reno

Sparks Washoe
Storey

Total 436,797

3,974

440,771 155 Toll (0025) 0 5 0



## Monitors required for SIP or Maintenance Plan: 4

Title 40 CFR 58, Appendix D, Section 4.6 specifies PM 10 

## monitoring requirements in MSAs based on
population and design values.

Table 6 Minimum Monitoring Requirements for NO 2



### Max

AADT

counts (year) Number of Monitors

CBSA Count y Population Required

Near

Road Active

Near

Road Near

Road

Needed Required

Area

Wide Active

Area

Wide Area

Wide

Needed

Reno,

NV Washoe
Storey

Total 436,797

3,974

440,771 149,000

(2014) 0 0 0 1 1 0



## Monitors required for: SIP or Maintenance Plan: 0 ; NCore: 1
Monitors required for PAMS: 0
EPA Regional Administrator -required monitors per 40 CFR 58, App. D 4.3.4: 0

Title 40 CFR 58, Appendix D, Section 4.3.2 requires one near- road NO 2 

## monitoring station in each
CBSA with populations over 500,000 people. Likewise, T itle 40 CFR 58, Appendix D, Section 4.3.3
requires one area

- wide NO 2 

## monitoring station in each CBSA with populations over 1,000,000 people.

Based on the 2014 populati on data from the Nevada State Demographer’s Office, the Reno, NV CBSA

does not require a near -road or area

- wide NO 2 

## monitoring station.

## Washoe County Health District

- AQMD July 1, 2016

2016 Ambient Air Monitoring Network Plan 6 Table 7
Minimum Monitoring Requirements for SO 2



### Total SO 2 

### (tons/year) PWEI
(Million

personstons/year) Data Requirements
Rule Source(s)
using Monitoring Number of Monitors

CBSA Coun ty Population Minimum
Required Active Needed

Reno,

NV Washoe
Storey

Total 436,797

3,974

440,771 926.2 408.2 n/a 1 1 0



## Monitors required for SIP or Maintenance Plan: 0; NCore: 1
EPA Regional Administrator -required monitors per 40 CFR 58, App. D 4.4.3: 0

Title 40 CFR 58, Appendix D, Section 4.4.2 requires an SO 2 

## monitoring network based on a calculated
population weighted emissions index (PWEI). This index is calculated by multiplying the population of

a CBSA with the National Emission Inventory (NEI) data for counties within that CBSA. The
calculated value is then divided by one million in order to obtain the PWEI value. PWEI monitoring
requirements are as follows: 1) one monitor in CBSAs with a PWEI value greater than 5,000, 2) two
monitors in CBSAs with a PWEI value greater than 100,000, and 3) three monitors in CBSAs with a
PWEI value greater than 1,000,000. As shown in Table 8, AQMD used 2014 population data from the
Nevada State Demographer’s Office and 2011 National Emissions Inventory data to determine that no

additional SO 2 

## monitoring is required.

Table 8
Minimum Monitoring Requirements for CO

Number of Monitors

CBSA County Population Required Near

Road Active Near

Road Needed

Reno, NV Washoe
Storey

Total 436,797

3,974

440,771 0 0 0



## Monitors required for: SIP or Maintenance Plan: 2; NCore: 1
EPA Regional Administrator -required monitors per 40 CFR 58, App. D 4.2.2: 0

Title 40 CFR 58, Appendix D, Section 3.0 requires high sensitivity CO monitors at NCore sites. Title
40 CFR 58, Appendix D, Section 4.2 requires one CO monitor to operate collocated with one required

near -road NO 2 

## monitor in CBSAs having populations over 1,000,000 people. Based on the 2014

pop ulation data from the Nevada State Demographer’s Office, the Reno, NV CBSA does not require a

CO monitor collocated with a near- road NO 2 

## monitor.

## Washoe County Health District

- AQMD July 1, 2016

2016 Ambient Air Monitoring Network Plan 7 Table 9
Minimum Monitoring Requirements for Pb at NCore

Title 40 CFR 58, Appendix D, Section 3(b) requires Pb monitoring for NCore sites in CBSA s with a
population of 500,000 people or greater.

Table 10

Source-O riented Pb Monitoring

Monitors required for: SIP or Maintenance Plan: 0

EPA Regional Administrator -required monitors per 40 CFR 58, App. D 4.5(c): 0

Title 40 CFR 58, Appendix D, Section 4.5(a) requires one source- oriented SLAMS site located to
measure the maximum Pb concentration in ambient air resulting from each non-airport Pb source which
emits 0.50 or more tons per year and from each airport which emits 1.0 or mo re tons per year based on
the most recent National Emission Inventory. All non- airport sources of Pb within the CBSA emit less
than 0.5 tons per year and all airport sources within the CBSA emit less than 1.0 tons per year, according

to the 2011 NEI. Table 10 includes the two largest sources of Pb emissions in the Reno, NV CBSA. Number of Monitors

NCore Site

Name AQS ID CBSA County Population Minimum Required Active Needed

Reno 3 32-031-0016 Reno, NV Washoe
Storey

Total 436,797

3,974

440,771 0 0 0

Source

Name Address Pb

Emissions
(tons/year) Emission
Inventory Source

& Data Year Max 3

- Month
Design Value

( μ g/m 3 ) Design Value

Date (3 rd

Month, Year) Number of Monitors

Minimum
Required Active Needed

Reno

- Stead

Airport 4895 Texas

Ave

Reno, NV 0.25 2011 NEI N/A N/A 0 0 0

Reno

- Tahoe

International

Airport 2001 E Plumb

L ane Reno, NV 0. 15 2011 NEI N/A N/A 0 0 0

## Washoe County Health District

- AQMD July 1, 2016

2016 Ambient Air Monitoring Network Plan 8 Collocation Requirements

Title 40 CFR 58, Appendix A, Section 3 describes the number of collocated monitors required for PM 2.5 

## , PM 10 

## , and Pb networks at the Primary Quality Assurance Organization (PQAO) level. T ables 11 and 12
display how AQMD is assessing and meeting these collocation requirements.

Table 11

Collocat ion of Manual PM 2.5 

## , PM 10 

## , and non-NCore Pb Monitors

Method Code Number of Primary Monitors Number of Collocated Monitors

Required Active

125 0 0 0



## Title 40 CFR 58, Appendix A, Section 3.3.1 requires 15 percent (at least 1) of the manual method
samplers be collocated. Being that AQMD only runs one manual method sampler for the calculation of

PM 10

- 2.5 

## at the Reno 3 NCore station, and all of the Primary PM 10 

## monitors are continuous methods,
there is no collocation requirement.

Table 12

Collocation of Automated FEM PM 2.5 

## Monitors

Method

Code Number of
Primary Monitors Number of Required

Collocated Monitors Number of Active

Collocated FRM

Monitors Number of Active Collocated FEM
Monitors (same method
designation as primary)

170 2 1 1 0



## Title 40 CFR 58, Appendix A, Section 3.2.5 requires 15 percent (at least 1) of the monitors be
collocated. The first collocated monitor must be a designated FRM monitor. AQMD meets this
requirement by having two Primary PM 2.5 

## FEM monitors with one at the Reno 3 monitoring station

collocated with a PM 2.5 

## FRM sampler.

## Washoe County Health District

- AQMD July 1, 2016

2016 Ambient Air Monitoring Network Plan 9 Network Modifications Completed in 2015

SLAMS:

• No modifications completed.

NCore :

• No modifications completed.

Speciation Trends:

• No modifications completed.

Addi tional Changes Completed in 2015

SLAMS:

CO, O 3 

## (Lemmon Valley)

• Replace d the Environics 6103 Ozone Transfer Standard/Multi- gas Calibrator with a Teledyne

API T700 Dynamic Dilution Calibrator as part of ten

- year replacement program

. PM 10 

## , PM 2.5 

## (Plumb Kit, South Reno, Toll)

• Configured Met One BAM 1020 FEM PM 10 

## monitors to be direct polled by AirVision software.

NCore:

• No changes completed.

Speciation Trends:

• No changes completed.

Other:

• No changes completed.

## Washoe County Health District

- AQMD July 1, 2016

2016 Ambient Air Monitoring Network Plan 10 Network Modifications Proposed for 2016 - 2017

SLAMS:
CO (Lemmon Valley, Toll)

• Take existing CO analyzers offline and discontinue CO monitoring at Lemmon Valley and Toll
monitoring stations. A formal letter stating this proposal will be submitted prior t o any
modifications to follow the 40 CFR 58.14 criteria.

PM 10 

## , meteorology (Plumb Kit)

• Discontinue all monitoring at Plumb Kit monitoring station. A formal letter stating this proposal
will be submitted prior to any modifications to follow the 40 CFR 58.1 4 criteria.

NCore :

• No modifications proposed.

Speciation Trends:

• No modifications proposed.

SPM:
All pollutants and meteorology (Spanish Springs)

• Start monitoring PM 10 

## , PM 2.5 

## , PM 10

- 2.5 

## , O 3 

## , and meteorology at new site in Spanish Springs. See
Appendix B, Network Modification Request/Approval for Spanish Springs SPM site initiation.
All pollutants and meteorology (West Reno/Verdi)

• Start monitoring PM 10 

## , PM 2.5 

## , PM 10

- 2.5 

## , O 3 

## , and meteorology at a new site in West Reno/Verdi.
A formal letter stating this proposal will be submitted prior to any modifications to follow the 40

CFR 58.14 criteria.

Additional Changes Proposed for 2016-2017

SLAMS:

CO, O 3 

## ( Incline, Lemmon Valley, South Reno, Sparks, Toll)

• Program nightly automatic zero and span checks allowing for weekly precision checks rather
than bi-weekly zero, span, and precision checks.
Meteorology ( South Reno, Sparks, Toll)

• Replace existing stationary 10 meter towers with telescoping 10 meter towers and add roof
access ladders to increase staff safety.

NCore:
Meteorology (Reno 3)

• Install a new Met One 595 solar radiation sensor.

Speciation Trends:

• No modifications proposed.

SPM:

• No modifications proposed.

## Washoe County Health District

- AQMD July 1, 2016

2016 Ambient Air Monitoring Network Plan 11 PM 2.5 

## Monitoring Network Modifications Proposed for 2016-2017

SLAMS:

• No modifications proposed.

NCore :

• No modifications proposed.

Speciation Trends:

• No modifications proposed.

SPM:

PM 2.5 

## (Spanish Springs)

• Start monitoring PM 2.5 

## at new site in Spanish Springs. See Appendix B, Network Modification
Request/Approval for Spanish Springs SPM site initiation.

PM 2.5 

## (West Reno/Verdi)

• Start monitoring PM 2.5 

## at new site in West Reno/Verdi. A formal letter stating this proposal will

be s ubmitted prior to any modifications to follow the 40 CFR 58.14 criteria.

Data Submission Requirements

Precision and Accuracy Reports for 2015 were s ubmitted to AQS for the:

1 st 

## quarter in June 2015,

2 nd 

## quarter in September 2015,

3 rd 

## quarter in Dec ember 2015, and

4 th 

## quarter in March 2016.

Annual D ata C ertification for all data for 2015 was s ubmitt ed to EPA on April 22, 2016.

## Washoe County Health District

- AQMD July 1, 2016

2016 Ambient Air Monitoring Network Plan 12 

# Overview of Tribal Network Operations

Network Design

Two tribes operate ambient air monitoring networks within the geographic boundaries of Washoe
County - The Reno -Sparks Indian Colony (RSIC) and Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe (PLPT). Table 13

summarizes the tribal sites and parameters monitored in 2014. Figure 2 shows the location of tribal
lands for the Reno-Sparks Indian Colony and Figure 3 is a map showing the locations of the Pyramid
Lake Paiute Tribes’ monitoring sites. For additional detailed site information about the RSIC and PLPT
monitoring networks including annual network plans, refer to the following contact information.

Reno Sparks Indian Colony Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe

Elizabeth Acevedo Tanda Roberts
Environmental Specialist II Air Quality Specialis t Environmental Program of the Environmental Department
Planning Department P.O. Box 256
1937 Prosperity Street Nixon, NV 89424

Reno, NV 89502 (775 ) 574-0101 ext .18
(775)785-1363, ext. 5409 troberts@plpt.nsn.us
eacevedo@rsic.org http://plpt.nsn.us/environmental/air.htm 

## www.rsic.org

Table 13
Tribal Ambient Air Monitoring Sites and Parameters Monitored

Network

Site

Site ID

RSICO3CONO2NOxPM10(manual)PM10(continuous)PM2.5(manual)PM2.5(continuous)PMcoarse(manual)PMcoarse(continuous)Meteorology



## Hungry Valley

TT 653 2010 

PLPT

WADSAQ

T

- 561

- 1026  

## Washoe County Health District

- AQMD July 1, 2016

2016 Ambient Air Monitoring Network Plan 13 Figure 2

Reno -Sparks Indian Colony

## Washoe County Health District

- AQMD July 1, 2016

2016 Ambient Air Monitoring Network Plan 14 Figure 3
Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe

Map 1 - Location of Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe Air Quality Monitoring Site

.

## Washoe County Health District

- AQMD July 1, 2016

2016 Ambient Air Monitoring Network Plan 15 

# Washoe County Health District Detailed Site Information

Incline

This site is located in a Washoe County office building at 855 Alder Avenue and is outside HA 87. It is
located in a residential/commercial neighborhood. The AQMD had monitored PM 10 

## (1993-2002) and
CO (1993-2002) and currently monitors for O 3



## . This site was temporarily closed from December 2005
to May 2008 for remodeling. By multi

- agency cooperative agreement, the California Air Resources
Board (CARB) monitored PM 2.5 

## (1999-2002) and NO 2 

## (1999-2002). Since May 2008, this site only

monitors for O 3



## .

Site Name : Incline

AQS ID : 32

- 031

- 2002

G eographical c oordinates : 39 o 

### 15.0 25 ’N, 119 o 

### 57. 404 ’W

Location : Inside northeast corner of Washoe County office building

.

Street a ddress : 855 Alder Avenue
Incline Village, NV 89451

County : Washoe

Dist ance to r oad : 57 m eters to Tahoe Boulevard

Traffic c ount : 11,067 AADT ( 201 2

- 2014 )

(NDOT ATR 0310379

– SR28, North Shore Rd (Tahoe Blvd) , 450ft south of Village
Blvd.)

Groundcover : P aved / V egetated

Representative a rea : Reno

- Sparks MSA



## Figure 4
Incline Monitoring Station

## Washoe County Health District

- AQMD July 1, 2016

2016 Ambient Air Monitoring Network Plan 16 Figure 5
Incline Monitoring Site Vicinity Map

Figure 6 Incline Monitoring Site Vicinity Aerial

## Washoe County Health District

- AQMD July 1, 2016

2016 Ambient Air Monitoring Network Plan 17 Pollutant, POC O 3 , 1

Primary / QA Collocated / Other n/a

Parameter code 44201

Basic m onitoring objective(s) NAAQS comparison

Site type (s) Population Exposure

Monitor type SLAMS

Network a ffiliation (s) n/a

Instrument manufacturer / model TAPI 400E

Method code 087

FRM / FEM / ARM / Other FEM

Collecting Agency WCHD

- AQMD

Analytical Lab n/a

Reporting Agency WCHD

- AQMD

Spatial s cale Neighborhood

Monitoring s tart date June 1993

Current sampling frequency Continuous

Required sampling frequency n/a

Sampling season 01/01

– 12/31

Probe height 4.6 meters

Distance from supporting structure 1.1 meters

Distance from obstructions on roof n/a

Distance from obstructions not on

roof None

Distance from trees 5.2 meters*

Distance to furnace or incinerator flue 12.2 meters

Distance between collocated monitors n/a

For low volume PM instruments, is
any PM instrument within 1 meter? n/a

For high volume PM instruments, is
any PM instrument within 2 meters? n/a

Unrestricted airflow 360 degrees

Probe material Teflon

Residence time 15 seconds

Proposed modifications

within the next 18 months? None

Is it suitable for comparison against

the annual PM 2.5 NAAQS? n/a

Frequency of flow rate verifica tion for

manual samplers (PM) n/a

Frequency of flow rate verification for

automated analyzers (PM) n/a

Frequency of one

- point QC check
( gaseous ) Bi- weekly (3 point)

Date of annual performance
evaluation (gaseous & meteorological ) 01/23/15

06 /12/15

09/23/15

12/08/15

Date of two semi

- annual flow rate
audits (PM) n/a



### * Trees are not of sufficient height and leaf canopy density to interfere with the normal unrestricted airflow or pollutant
scavenging around the monitoring path. At least 90 percent of the moni toring path is at least 10 meters from the drip line of

the trees.

## Washoe County Health District

- AQMD July 1, 2016

2016 Ambient Air Monitoring Network Plan 18 Lemmon Valley

Located at the Boys and Girls Club at 325 Patrician Drive, this site is outside HA 87. It is in a
transitional area among residences, parks, and open fields.

Site n ame : Lemmon Valley

AQS ID : 32

- 031

- 2009

G eographical c oordinates : 39° 38.716 ’N, 119° 50.401 ’W

Location : Inside northwest corner of Boys and Girls Club

.

Street a ddress : 325 W. Patrician Dr ive

Reno, NV 89506

County : Washoe

Dist ance to r oad : 59 meters to Patrician Dr ive

.

Traffic c ount : 950 AADT ( 2012

- 2014 )

(NDOT ATR 0310926

- Patrician Dr ive , 150 feet west of Lemmon Dr ive )

Groundcover : Paved / Vegetated

Representative a rea : Reno

- Sparks MSA



## Figure 7 Lemmon Valley Monitoring Station

## Washoe County Health District

- AQMD July 1, 2016

2016 Ambient Air Monitoring Network Plan 19 Figure 8
Lemmon Valley Monitoring Site Vicinity Map

Figure 9
Lemmon Valley Monitoring Site Vicinity Aerial

## Washoe County Health District

- AQMD July 1, 2016

2016 Ambient Air Monitoring Network Plan 20 Pollutant, POC CO , 1 O 3 , 1

Primary / QA Collocated / Other Primary Primary

Parameter code 42101 44201

Basic monitoring objective(s) NAAQS comparison NAAQS comparison

Site type (s) Population Exposure Population Exposure

Monitor type SLAMS SLAMS

Network affiliation(s) n/a n/a

Instrument manufacturer / model TAPI 300EU TAPI T400

Method code 093 087

FRM / FEM / ARM / Other FR M FEM

Collecting Agency WCHD

- AQMD WCHD

- AQMD

Analytical Lab n/a n/a

Reporting Agency WCHD

- AQMD WCHD

- AQMD

Spatial s cale Urban Urban

Monitoring s tart date January 1987 January 1987

Current sampling frequency Continuous Continuous

Required sampling frequency n/a n/a

Sampling season 01/01/

- 12/31 01/01

– 12/31

Probe height 5.5 meters 5.5 meters

Distance from supporting structure 2.0 meters 2.0 meters

Distance from obstructions on roof n/a n/a

Distance from obstructions not on

roof None None

Distance from trees 21 meters 21 meters

Distance to furnace or incinerator flue 9.1 meters 9.1 meters

Distance between collocated monitors n/a n/a

For low volume PM instruments, is
any PM instrument within 1 meter? n/a n/a

For high volume PM instruments, is
any PM instrument within 2 meters? n/a n/a

Unrestricted airflow 360 degrees 360 degrees

Probe material Teflon Teflon

Residence time 3 seconds 3 seconds

Proposed modifications

within the next 18 months? See Page 10 None

Is it suitable for comparison against

the annual PM 2.5 NAAQS? n/a n/a

Frequency of flow rate verifica tion for
manual samplers (PM) n/a n/a

Frequency of flow rate verification for
automated analyzers (PM) n/a n/a

Frequency of one

- point QC check
(gaseous) Bi- weekly (3 point) Bi- weekly (3 point)

Date of annual performance
evaluation (gaseous & meteorological ) 01/21/15

06/09/15

09/10/15

12/11/15 01/21/15

06/09/15

09/10/15

12/11/15

Date of two semi

- annual flow rate
audits (PM) n/a n/a

## Washoe County Health District

- AQMD July 1, 2016

2016 Ambient Air Monitoring Network Plan 21 Plumb

- Kit

The Plumb-Kit site is located on the northeast corner of Plumb Lane and Kietzke Lane

. The site is
surrounded by both residential and commercial properties as well as a school.

Site n ame : Plumb

- Kit

AQS ID : 32

- 031

- 0030

G eographical c oordinates : 39 o 

### 30.381’N, 119 o 

### 47.31 4 ’W

Location : Northeast corner of Plumb and Kietzke Lane s.

Street a ddress : 891 East Plumb Lane

Reno

, NV 89502

County : Washoe

Dis tance to road : 36 m eters to Kietzke Lane

, 44 meters to Plumb Lane

Traffic count : 21, 3 33 AADT ( 20 12

- 20 1 4 )

(NDOT ATR 031019 1 - Kietzke L ane, 0 .3 mi S of Plumb L ane

. 25 ,667 AADT ( 2012

- 2014 )
(NDOT ATR 0310192

- East Plumb Lane, 590 feet east of Kietzke Lane)

Groundcover : Gravel

Representative a rea : Reno

- Sparks MSA



## Figure 10

Plumb

- Kit Monitoring Station

## Washoe County Health District

- AQMD July 1, 2016

2016 Ambient Air Monitoring Network Plan 22 Figure 11

Plumb

- Kit Monitoring Site Vicinity Map

Figure 1 2

Plumb

- Kit Monitoring Site Vicinity Aerial

## Washoe County Health District

- AQMD July 1, 2016

2016 Ambient Air Monitoring Network Plan 23 Pollutant, POC PM 10 , 2 Wind Speed , 1 Wind Direction , 1 Ambient
Temperature , 1

Primary / QA Collocated / Other Primary n/a n/a n/a

Parameter code 81102 6110 1 6110 2 62 101

Basic monitoring objective(s) NAAQS comparison Public Information Public Information Public Information

Site type (s) Population Exposure Population Exposure Population Exposure Population Exposure

Monitor type SLAMS SLAMS SLAMS SLAMS

Network affiliation(s) n/a n/a n/a n/a

Instrument manufacturer / model Met One BAM 1020 Met One 50.5H Met One 50.5H YSI Series 700

Method code 122 061 061 014

FRM / FEM / ARM / Other FEM n/a n/a n/a

Collecting Agency WCHD

- AQMD WCHD

- AQMD WCHD

- AQMD WCHD

- AQMD

Analytical Lab n/a n/a n/a n/a

Reporting Agency WCHD

- AQMD WCHD

- AQMD WCHD

- AQMD WCHD

- AQMD

Spatial s cale Neighborhood Neighborhood Neighborhood Neighborhood

Monitoring s tart date January 2006 January 2014 January 2014 January 2014

Current sampling frequency Continuous Continuous Continuous Continuous

Required sampling frequency n/a n/a n/a n/a

Sampling season 01/01

- 12/31 01/01

- 12/31 01/01

- 12/31 01/01

- 12/31

Probe height 4.3 meters 10.0 meters 10.0 meters 5.0 meters

Distance from supporting structure 1.5 meters 10 .0 meters 10 .0 meters 5 .0 meters

Distance from obstructions on roof n/a n/a n/a n/a

Distance from obstructions not on

roof None None None None

Distance from trees 12.2 meters* 13.0 meters 13.0 meters 13.0 meters

Distance to furnace or incinerator flue n/a n/a n/a n/a

Distance between collocated monitors n/a n/a n/a n/a

For low volume PM instruments, is
any PM instrument within 1 meter? No n/a n/a n/a

For high volume PM instruments, is

any PM instrument within 2 meters? n/a n/a n/a n/a

Unrestricted airflow 360 degrees 360 degrees 360 degrees 360 degrees

Probe material n/a n/a n/a n/a

Residence time n/a n/a n/a n/a

Proposed modifications

within the next 18 months? See Page 10 See Page 10 See Page 10 See Page 10

Is it suitable for comparison against

the annual PM 2.5 NAAQS? n/a n/a n/a n/a

Frequency of flow rate verifica tion for
manual samplers (PM) n/a n/a n/a n/a

Frequency of flow rate verification for
automated analyzers (PM) Bi

- weekly

verifications and
quarterly audits n/a n/a n/a

Frequency of one

- point QC check
(gaseous) n/a n/a n/a n/a

Date of annual performance
evaluation (gaseous & meteorological ) n/a 03/10/15

06/23/15

09/24/15

12/23/15 03/10/15

06/23/15

09/24/15

12/23/15 03/10/15

06/23/15

09/24/15

12/23/15

Date of two semi

- annual flow rate
audits (PM) 03/10/15

06/23/15

09/24/15

12/23/15 n/a n/a n/a



### * Trees are not of sufficient height and leaf canopy density to interfere with the normal unrestricted airflow or pollutant
scavenging around the monitoring path. At least 90 percent of the monitoring path is at least 10 meters from the drip line of

the trees.

## Washoe County Health District

- AQMD July 1, 2016

2016 Ambient Air Monitoring Network Plan 24 Reno 3

This downtown site began operation in January 2002 to replace the Reno site. Both a residential
neighborhood and a commercial growth area surround this site. In December 2010, this site became an

NCore site.

Site n ame : Reno 3

AQS ID : 32

- 031

- 0016

G eographical c oordinates : 39 o 

### 31.505’N, 119 o 

### 48.463’W

Location : Southwest corner of City of Reno parking lot

.

Street a ddress : 301A State Street

Reno, NV 8950 1

County : Washoe

Dist ance to r oad : 3 8 m eters to Mill Street, 13.1 meters to State Street, and 6.7 meters to River Rock

.

Traffic c ount : 4, 400 AADT (2012

- 2014 )

(NDOT ATR 0310862

– Mill Street, 100 feet west of Holcomb Avenue)

200

- 300 Approx imate AADT on River Rock
(RTC/City of Reno Estimate )

Groundcover : Paved

Representative a rea : Reno

- Sparks MSA



## Figure 1 3

Reno 3 Monitoring Station

## Washoe County Health District

- AQMD July 1, 2016

2016 Ambient Air Monitoring Network Plan 25 Figure 14

Reno 3 Monitoring Site Vicinity Map

Figure 15

Reno 3 Monitoring Site Vicinity Aerial

## Washoe County Health District

- AQMD July 1, 2016

2016 Ambient Air Monitoring Network Plan 26 Pollutant, POC PM 10 , 2 PM 2.5 , 3 PM 10-2.5 , 2 PM 2.5 Speciation , 1

Primary / QA Collocated / Other Primary Primary Primary Primary

Parameter code 81102 & 85101 88101 86101 88502

Basic monitoring objective(s) NAAQS comparison NAAQS comparison Research Support Research Support

Site type (s) Population Exposure Population Exposure Population Exposure Population Exposure

Monitor type SLAMS SLAMS SLAMS SLAMS

Network affiliation(s) NCore NCore NCore CSN STN, NCore

Instrument manufacturer / model Met One BAM 1020 Met One BAM 1020 Met One BAM 1020

Coarse Pair Met One SASS;

URG 3000N

Method code 122 170 185 SASS: 810

URG: 870

FRM / FEM / ARM / Other FEM FEM FEM Other

Collecting Agency WCHD

- AQMD WCHD

- AQMD WCHD

- AQMD WCHD

- AQMD

Analytical Lab n/a n/a n/a AMEC Foster

Wheeler

Reporting Agency WCHD

- AQMD WCHD

- AQMD WCHD

- AQMD WCHD

- AQMD

Spatial s cale Neighborhood Neighborhood Neighborhood Neighborhood

Monitoring s tart date December 2010 December 2010 December 2010 November 2001

Current sampling frequency Continuous Continuous Continuous 1:3

Required sampling frequency n/a n/a n/a 1:3

Sampling season 01/01

– 12/31 01/01

– 12/31 01/01

– 12/31 01/01

– 12/31

Probe height 4. 4 meters 4. 6 meters 4. 5 meters SASS: 4. 8 meters

URG: 5.0 meters

Distance from supporting structure 1.5 meters 1.6 meters 1.6 meters SASS: 1.8 meters

URG: 2.1 meters

Distance from obstructions on roof n/a n/a n/a n/a

Distance from obstructions not on

roof None None None None

Distance from trees 19.3 meters * 18.3 meters * 18.3 meters * SASS: 19.7 meters *

URG: 21 meters

Distance to furnace or incinerator flue n/a n/a n/a n/a

Distance between collocated monitors n/a 3.8 meters n/a n/a

For low volume PM instruments, is
any PM instrument within 1 meter? No No No No

For high volume PM instruments, is
any PM instrument within 2 meters? n/a n/a n/a n/a

Unrestricted airflow 360 degrees 360 degrees 360 degrees 360 degrees

Probe material n/a n/a n/a n/a

Residence time n/a n/a n/a n/a

Proposed modifications

within the next 18 months? None None None None

Is it suitable for comparison against

the annual PM 2.5 NAAQS? n/a Yes n/a No

Frequency of flow rate verifica tion for
manual samplers (PM) n/a n/a n/a Monthly

verifications and
quarterly audits

Frequency of flow rate verification for
automated analyzers (PM) Bi

- weekly

verifications and
quarterly audits Bi

- weekly

verifications and
quarterly audits Bi

- weekly

verifications and
quarterly audits n/a

Frequency of one

- point QC check
(gaseous) n/a n/a n/a n/a

Date of annual performance
evaluation (gaseous & meteorological ) n/a n/a n/a n/a

Date of two semi

- annual flow rate

audits (PM) 03/10/15

06/24/15

09/17/15

12/23/15 03/10/15

06/24/15

09/17/15

12/23/15 03/10/15

06/24/15

09/17/15

12/23/15 01/14/15

06/22/15

09/22/15

12/30/15

## Washoe County Health District

- AQMD July 1, 2016

2016 Ambient Air Monitoring Network Plan 27 Pollutant, POC PM 10 , 1 PM 2.5 , 1 PM 10-2.5 , 1 Trace CO , 1

Primary / QA Collocated / Other Other QA Collocated Other n/a

Parameter code 81102 & 85101 88101 86101 42101

Basic monitoring objective(s) Research Support NAAQS comparison Research Support NAAQS comparison

Site type (s) Population Exposure Population Exposure Population Exposure Population Exposure

Monitor type SLAMS SLAMS SLAMS SLAMS

Network affiliation(s) NCore NCore NCore NCore

Instrument manufacturer / model BGI PQ200 BGI PQ200 BGI PQ200 coarse
pair TAPI 300EU

Method code 125 142 173 593

FRM / FEM / ARM / Other FRM FRM FRM F RM

Collecting Agency WCHD

- AQMD WCHD

- AQMD WCHD

- AQMD WCHD

- AQMD

Analytical Lab WCHD

- AQMD WCHD

- AQMD WCHD

- AQMD n/a

Reporting Agency WCHD

- AQMD WCHD

- AQMD WCHD

- AQMD WCHD

- AQMD

Spatial s cale Neighborhood Neighborhood Neighborhood Neighborhood

Monitoring s tart date April 1988 January 1999 March 2009 December 2010

Current sampling frequency 1:3 1:3 1:3 Continuous

Required sampling frequency 1:3 1:3 1:3 n/a

Sampling season 01/01

– 12/31 01/01

– 12/31 01/01

– 12/31 01/01

– 12/31

Probe height 5.0 meters 5.0 meters 5.0 meters 4. 9 meters

Distance from supporting structure 2.0 meters 2.0 meters 2.0 meters 1. 9 meters

Distance from obstructions on roof n/a n/a n/a n/a

Distance from obstructions not on

roof None None None None

Distance from trees 18.4 meters* 19.4 meters * 18.4 meters* 17.4 meters*

Distance to furnace or incinerator flue n/a n/a n/a n/a

Distance between collocated monitors n/a 3.8 meters n/a n/a

For low volume PM instruments, is
any PM instrument within 1 meter? No No No n/a

For high volume PM instruments, is
any PM instrument within 2 meters? n/a n/a n/a n/a

Unrestricted airflow 360 degrees 360 degrees 360 degrees 360 degrees

Probe material n/a n/a n/a Teflon

Residence time n/a n/a n/a 4 seconds

Proposed modifications

within the next 18 months? None None None None

Is it suitable for comparison against

the annual PM 2.5 NAAQS? n/a Yes n/a n/a

Frequency of flow rate verifica tion for
manual samplers (PM) Monthly

verifications and
quarterly audits Monthly

verifications and
quarterly audits Monthly

verifications and
quarterly audits n/a

Frequency of flow rate verification for
automated analyzers (PM) n/a n/a n/a n/a

Frequency of one

- point QC check
(gaseous) n/a n/a n/a Weekly

Date of annual performance
evaluation (gaseous & meteorological ) n/a n/a n/a 01/27/15

06/17/15

09/28/15

12/15/15

Date of two semi

- annual flow rate
audits (PM) 03/24/15

06/24/15

09/17/15

12/30/15 03/24/15

06/24/15

09/17/15

12/30/15 03/24/15

06/24/15

09/17/15

12/30/15 n/a

## Washoe County Health District

- AQMD July 1, 2016

2016 Ambient Air Monitoring Network Plan 28 Pollutant, POC O 3 , 1 NO 2 , 1 Trace NO y , 1 Trace SO 2 , 1

Primary / QA Collocated / Other n/a Primary n/a n/a

Parameter code 44201 42602 42612 42401

Basic monitoring objective(s) NAAQS comparison NAAQS comparison Research Support NAAQS comparison

Site type (s) Population Exposure Population Exposure Population Exposure Population Exposure

Monitor type SLAMS SLAMS SLAMS SLAMS

Network affiliation(s) NCore NCore NCore NCore

Instrument manufacturer / model TAPI 400E TAPI 200EU TAPI 200EU with

501 TAPI 100EU

Method code 087 099 6 99 600

FRM / FEM / ARM / Other FEM FR M Other FEM

Collecting Agency WCHD

- AQMD WCHD

- AQMD WCHD

- AQMD WCHD

- AQMD

Analytical Lab n/a n/a n/a n/a

Reporting Agency WCHD

- AQMD WCHD

- AQMD WCHD

- AQMD WCHD

- AQMD

Spatial s cale Neighborhood Neighborhood Neighborhood Neighborhood

Monitoring s tart date January 1983 November 2001 December 2010 December 2010

Current sampling frequency Continuous Continuous Continuous Continuous

Required sampling frequency n/a n/a n/a n/a

Sampling season 01/01

- 12/31 01/01

- 12/31 01/01

- 12/31 01/01

- 12/31

Probe height 4.9 meters 4. 8 meters 10.0 meters 4.9 meters

Distance from supporting structure 1.9 meters 1. 8 meters 10.0 meters 1.9 meters

Distance from obstructions on roof n/a n/a n/a n/a

Distance from obstructions not on

roof None None None None

Distance from trees 17.4 meters* 18 .4 meters* 17.4 meters* 17.4 meters*

Distance to furnace or incinerator flue n/a n/a n/a n/a

Distance between collocated monitors n/a n/a n/a n/a

For low volume PM instruments, is
any PM instrument within 1 meter? n/a n/a n/a n/a

For high volume PM instruments, is
any PM instrument within 2 meters? n/a n/a n/a n/a

Unrestricted airflow 360 degrees 360 degrees 360 degrees 360 degrees

Probe material Teflon Teflon Teflon Teflon

Residence time 4 seconds 6 seconds 6 seconds 4 seconds

Proposed modifications

within the next 18 months? None None None None

Is it suitable for comparison against

the annual PM 2.5 NAAQS? n/a n/a n/a n/a

Frequency of flow rate verifica tion for
manual samplers (PM) n/a n/a n/a n/a

Frequency of flow rate verification for
automated analyzers (PM) n/a n/a n/a n/a

Frequency of one

- point QC check
(gaseous) Weekly Weekly
(4 point w/ GPT) Weekly
(4 point w/ GPT) Weekly

Date of annual performance
evaluation (gaseous & meteorological ) 01/27/15

06/17/15

n/a

12/15/15 02/11/15

06 /18/15

09 /29/15

12/1 8/15 02/11/15

06/17/15

09/28/15

12/18/15 01/27/15

06/17/15

09/28/15

12/15/15

Date of two semi

- annual flow rate
audits (PM) n/a n/a n/a n/a



### * Trees are not of sufficient height and leaf canopy density to interfere with the normal unrestricted airflow or pollutant
scavenging around the monitoring path. At least 90 percent of the monitoring path is at least 10 meters from the drip line of

the t rees.

## Washoe County Health District

- AQMD July 1, 2016

2016 Ambient Air Monitoring Network Plan 29 Pollutant, POC Wind Speed , 1 Wind Direction , 1 Ambient
Temperature , 1 Relative Humidity

, 1

Primary / QA Collocated / Other n/a n/a n/a n/a

Parameter code 61101 & 6110 3 61102 & 6110 4 62 101 62201

Basic monitoring objective(s) Research, Public

Information Research, Public

Information Research, Public

Information Research, Public

Information

Site type (s) Population Exposure Population Exposure Population Exposure Population Exposure

Monitor type SLAMS SLAMS SLAMS SLAMS

Network affiliation(s) NCore NCore NCore NCore

Instrument manufacturer / model Met One 50.5H Met One 50.5H YSI Series 700 Met One 083E

Method code 061 061 014 061

FRM / FEM / ARM / Other n/a n/a n/a n/a

Collecting Agency WCHD

- AQMD WCHD

- AQMD WCHD

- AQMD WCHD

- AQMD

Analytical Lab n/a n/a n/a n/a

Reporting Agency WCHD

- AQMD WCHD

- AQMD WCHD

- AQMD WCHD

- AQMD

Spatial s cale Neighborhood Neighborhood Neighborhood Neighborhood

Monitoring s tart date February 2013 February 2013 February 2013 February 2013

Current sampling frequency Continuous Continuous Continuous Continuous

Required sampling frequency n/a n/a n/a n/a

Sampling season 01/01

– 12/31 01/01

– 12/31 01/01

– 12/31 01/01

– 12/31

Probe height 10.0 meters 10.0 meters 5.0 meters 5.0 meters

Distance from supporting structure 10.0 meters 10.0 meters 5.0 meters 5.0 meters

Distance from obstructions on roof n/a n/a n/a n/a

Distance from obstructions not on

roof None None None None

Distance from trees 22 meters 22 meters 22 meters 22 meters

Distance to furnace or incinerator flue n/a n/a n/a n/a

Distance between collocated monitors n/a n/a n/a n/a

For low volume PM instruments, is
any PM instrument within 1 meter? n/a n/a n/a n/a

For high volume PM instruments, is
any PM instrument within 2 meters? n/a n/a n/a n/a

Unrestricted airflow 360 degrees 360 degrees 360 degrees 360 degrees

Probe material n/a n/a n/a n/a

Residence time n/a n/a n/a n/a

Proposed modifications

within the next 18 months? None None None None

Is it suitable for comparison against

the annual PM 2.5 NAAQS? n/a n/a n/a n/a

Frequency of flow rate verifica tion for
manual samplers (PM) n/a n/a n/a n/a

Frequency of flow rate verification for
automated analyzers (PM) n/a n/a n/a n/a

Frequency of one

- point QC check
(gaseous) n/a n/a n/a n/a

Date of annual performance
evaluation (gaseous & meteorological ) 02/04/15

06/22/15

09/24/15

1 2/23/15 02/04/15

06/22/15

09/24/15

12/23/15 03/10/15

06/22/15

09/24/15

1 2/23/15 02/05/15

06/30/15

09/24/15

1 2/23/15

Date of two semi

- annual flow rate
audits (PM) n/a n/a n/a n/a

## Washoe County Health District

- AQMD July 1, 2016

2016 Ambient Air Monitoring Network Plan 30 South Reno

Located on the NV Energy property at 4110 Delucchi Lane, this site is in a transitional environment
between open fields and office buildings.

Site n ame : South Reno

AQS ID : 32

- 031

- 0020

Geographical c oordinates : 39 o 

### 28.1 53 ’N, 119 o 

### 46.52 1 ’W

Location : Northeast corner of NV Energy campus

.

Street a ddress : 4110 DeLucchi Lane

Reno, NV 89502

County : Washoe

Dist ance to r oad : 37 m eters to DeLucchi Lane

.

Traffic c ount : 5

, 133 AADT ( 201 2

- 2014 )

(NDOT ATR 0310690

- Neil Road, 515 feet north of DeLucchi Lane )

Groundcover : Gravel / D irt / V egetated

Representative a rea : Reno

- Sparks MSA



## Figure 16
South Reno Monitoring Station

## Washoe County Health District

- AQMD July 1, 2016

2016 Ambient Air Monitoring Network Plan 31 Figure 17
South Reno Monitoring Site Vicinity Map

Figure 18
South Reno Monitoring Site Vicinity Aerial

## Washoe County Health District

- AQMD July 1, 2016

2016 Ambient Air Monitoring Network Plan 32 Pollutant, POC PM 10 , 2 O 3 , 1

Primary / QA Collocated / Other Primary n/a

Parameter code 81102 44201

Basic monitoring objective(s) NAAQS comparison NAAQS comparison

Site type (s) Population Exposure Population Exposure

Monitor type SLAMS SLAMS

Network affiliation(s) n/a n/a

Instrument manufacturer / model Met One BAM 1020 TAPI T400

Method code 122 087

FRM / FEM / ARM / Other FEM FEM

Collecting Agency WCHD

- AQMD WCHD

- AQMD

Analytical Lab n/a n/a

Reporting Agency WCHD

- AQMD WCHD

- AQMD

Spatial s cale Neighborhood Neighborhood

Monitoring s tart date January 1988 January 1988

Current sampling frequency Continuous Continuous

Required sampling frequency n/a n/a

Sampling season 01/01

– 12/31 01/01

– 12/31

Probe height 4.3 meters 4.0 meters

Distance from supporting structure 1.5 meters 1.2 meters

Distance from obstructions on roof n/a n/a

Distance from obstructions not on

roof None None

Distance from trees 28 meters 27 meters

Distance to furnace or incinerator flue n/a n/a

Distance between collocated monitors n/a n/a

For low volume PM instruments, is
any PM instrument within 1 meter? No n/a

For high volume PM instruments, is
any PM instrument within 2 meters? n/a n/a

Unrestricted airflow 360 degrees 360 degrees

Probe material n/a Teflon

Residence time n/a 2 seconds

Proposed modifications

within the next 18 months? None None

Is it suitable for comparison against

the annual PM 2.5 NAAQS? n/a n/a

Frequency of flow rate verifica tion for
manual samplers (PM) n/a n/a

Frequency of flow rate verification for
automated analyzers (PM) Bi

- weekly

verifications and
quarterly audits n/a

Frequency of one

- point QC check
(gaseous) n/a Bi- weekly (3 point)

Date of annual performance
evaluation (gaseous & meteorological ) n/a 01/22/15

06/11/15

09/22/15

1 2/10/15

Date of two semi

- annual flow rate
audits (PM) 03/13/15

06/23/15

09/24/15

12 /23/15 n/a

## Washoe County Health District

- AQMD July 1, 2016

2016 Ambient Air Monitoring Network Plan 33 Pollutant, POC Wind Speed , 1 Wind Direction , 1 Ambient
Temperature , 1

Primary / QA Collocated / Other n/a n/a n/a

Parameter code 6110 1 6110 2 62 101

Basic monitoring objective(s) Public Information Public Information Public Information

Site type (s) Population Exposure Population Exposure Population Exposure

Monitor type SLAMS SLAMS SLAMS

Network affiliation(s) n/a n/a n/a

Instrument manufacturer / model Met One 50.5H Met One 50.5H YSI Series 700

Method code 061 061 014

FRM / FEM / ARM / Other n/a n/a n/a

Collecting Agency WCHD

- AQMD WCHD

- AQMD WCHD

- AQMD

Analytical Lab n/a n/a n/a

Reporting Agency WCHD

- AQMD WCHD

- AQMD WCHD

- AQMD

Spatial s cale Neighborhood Neighborhood Neighborhood

Monitoring s tart date January 2014 January 2014 January 2014

Current sampling frequency Continuous Continuous Continuous

Required sampling frequency n/a n/a n/a

Sampling season 01/01

– 12/31 01/01

– 12/31 01/01

– 12/31

Probe height 10.0 meters 10.0 meters 5.0 meters

Distance from supporting structure 10 .0 meters 10 .0 meters 5 .0 meters

Distance from obstructions on roof n/a n/a n/a

Distance from obstructions not on

roof None None None

Distance from trees 27 meters 27 meters 27 meters

Distance to furnace or incinerator flue n/a n/a n/a

Distance between collocated monitors n/a n/a n/a

For low volume PM instruments, is
any PM instrument within 1 meter? n/a n/a n/a

For high volume PM instruments, is
any PM instrument within 2 meters? n/a n/a n/a

Unrestricted airflow 360 degrees 360 degrees 360 degrees

Probe material n/a n/a n/a

Residence time n/a n/a n/a

Proposed modifications

within the next 18 months? None None None

Is it suitable for comparison against

the annual PM 2.5 NAAQS? n/a n/a n/a

Frequency of flow rate verifica tion for
manual samplers (PM) n/a n/a n/a

Frequency of flow rate verification for
automated analyzers (PM) n/a n/a n/a

Frequency of one

- point QC check
(gaseous) n/a n/a n/a

Date of annual performance
evaluation (gaseous & meteorological ) 03/13/15

06/23/15

09/24/15

12 /23/15 03/13/15

06/23/15

09/24/15

12/23/15 03/13/15

06/23/15

09/24/15

12/23/15

Date of two semi

- annual flow rate
audits (PM) n/a n/a n/a

## Washoe County Health District

- AQMD July 1, 2016

2016 Ambient Air Monitoring Network Plan 34 Sparks

The Sparks site is located on US Postal Service property at 750 Fourth Street. The site is surrounded by
commercial property, a residential neighborhood and is adjacent to Dilworth Middle School. In 2007
the Sparks site was moved approximately 55 meters north of its previous location, due to tree growth
affecting siting criteria.

Site n ame : Sparks

AQS ID : 32

- 031

- 1005

G eographical c oordinates : 39 o 

### 32.4 55 ’N, 119 o 

### 44.8 06 ’W

Location : East end of US Postal Service back parking lot

.

Street a ddress : 750 4 th 

### Street
Sparks

, NV 89431

County : Washoe

Dist ance to r oad : 50 m eters to Prater Way and 10 3 m eters to 4 th 

### Street

.

Traffic c ount : 13,167 AADT ( 2012

- 201 4 )

(NDOT ATR 0310497

- Prater Way, 100 feet east of Pyramid Way)

Groundcover : Paved / V egetated / D ecomposed G ranite

Representative a rea : Reno

- Sparks MSA



## Figure 19
Sparks Monitoring Station

## Washoe County Health District

- AQMD July 1, 2016

2016 Ambient Air Monitoring Network Plan 35 Figure 20
Sparks Monitoring Site Vicinity Map

Figure 21
Sparks Monitoring Site Vicinity Aerial

## Washoe County Health District

- AQMD July 1, 2016

2016 Ambient Air Monitoring Network Plan 36 Pollutant, POC PM 10 , 1 PM 2.5 , 1 PM 10-2.5 , 1 CO , 1

Primary / QA Collocated / Other Primary Primary Primary n/a

Parameter code 81102 88101 86101 42101

Basic monitoring objective(s) NAAQS comparison NAAQS comparison NAAQS comparison NAAQS comparison

Site type (s) Population Exposure Highest

Concentration Highest

Concentration Highest

Concentration

Monitor type SLAMS SLAMS SLAMS SLAMS

Network affiliation(s) n/a n/a n/a n/a

Instrument manufacturer / model Met One BAM 1020 Met One BAM 1020 Met One BAM 1020

Coarse Pair TAPI 300EU

Method code 122 170 185 093

FRM / FEM / ARM / Other FEM FEM FEM FR M

Collecting Agency WCHD

- AQMD WCHD

- AQMD WCHD

- AQMD WCHD

- AQMD

Analytical Lab n/a n/a n/a n/a

Reporting Agency WCHD

- AQMD WCHD

- AQMD WCHD

- AQMD WCHD

- AQMD

Spatial s cale Neighborhood Neighborhood Neighborhood Neighborhood

Monitoring s tart date April 1988 January 2012 July 2014 January 1980

Current sampling frequency Continuous Continuous Continuous Continuous

Required sampling frequency n/a n/a n/a n/a

Sampling season 01/01

– 12/31 01/01

– 12/31 01/01

– 12/31 01/01

– 12/31

Probe height 4.5 meters 4.3 meters 4.3 meters 4.6 meters

Distance from supporting structure 1.4 meters 1.5 meters 1.5 meters 1.7 meters

Distance from obstructions on roof n/a n/a n/a n/a

Distance from obstructions not on

roof None None None None

Distance from trees 26 meters 26 meters 26 meters 27 meters

Distance to furnace or incinerator flue n/a n/a n/a n/a

Distance between collocated monitors n/a n/a n/a n/a

For low volume PM instruments, is
any PM instrument within 1 meter? No No No n/a

For high volume PM instruments, is
any PM instrument within 2 meters? n/a n/a n/a n/a

Unrestricted airflow 360 degrees 360 degrees 360 degrees 360 degrees

Probe material n/a n/a n/a Teflon

Residence time n/a n/a n/a 3 seconds

Proposed modifications

within the next 18 months? None None None None

Is it suitable for comparison against

the annual PM 2.5 NAAQS? n/a Yes n/a n/a

Frequency of flow rate verifica tion for
manual samplers (PM) n/a n/a n/a n/a

Frequency of flow rate verification for
automated analyzers (PM) Bi

- weekly and
quarterly audits Bi

- weekly and
quarterly audits Bi

- weekly and
quarterly audits n/a

Frequency of one

- point QC check
(gaseous) n/a n/a n/a Bi- weekly (3 point)

Date of annual performance
evaluation (gaseous & meteorological ) n/a n/a n/a 01/21/15

06/09/15

09/18/15

1 2/10/15

Date of two semi

- annual flow rate
audits (PM) 01/21/15

06/25/15

09/24/15

1 2/23/15 01/21/15

06/25/15

09/24/15

12/23/15 01/21/15

06/25/15

09/24/15

12/23/15 n/a

## Washoe County Health District

- AQMD July 1, 2016

2016 Ambient Air Monitoring Network Plan 37 Pollutant, POC O 3 , 1 Wind Speed , 1 Wind Direction , 1 Ambient
Temperature , 1

Primary / QA Collocated / Other n/a n/a n/a n/a

Parameter code 44201 6110 1 6110 2 62 101

Basic monitoring objective(s) NAAQS comparison Public Information Public Information Public Information

Site type (s) Highest

Concentration Population Exposure Population Exposure Population Exposure

Monitor type SLAMS SLAMS SLAMS SLAMS

Network affiliation(s) n/a n/a n/a n/a

Instrument manufacturer / model TAPI T400 Met One 50.5H Met One 50.5H YSI Series 700

Method code 087 061 061 014

FRM / FEM / ARM / Other FEM n/a n/a n/a

Collecting Agency WCHD

- AQMD WCHD

- AQMD WCHD

- AQMD WCHD

- AQMD

Analytical Lab n/a n/a n/a n/a

Reporting Agency WCHD

- AQMD WCHD

- AQMD WCHD

- AQMD WCHD

- AQMD

Spatial s cale Neighborhood Neighborhood Neighborhood Neighborhood

Monitoring s tart date January 1979 January 2014 January 2014 January 2014

Current sampling frequency Continuous Continuous Continuous Continuous

Required sampling frequency n/a n/a n/a n/a

Sampling season 01/01

– 12/31 01/01

– 12/31 01/01

– 12/31 01/01

– 12/31

Probe height 4.6 meters 10.0 meters 10.0 meters 5.0 meters

Distance from supporting structure 1.7 meters 10 .0 meters 10 .0 meters 5 .0 meters

Distance from obstructions on roof n/a n/a n/a n/a

Distance from obstructions not on

roof None None None None

Distance from trees 26 meters 27 meters 27 meters 27 meters

Distance to furnace or incinerator flue n/a n/a n/a n/a

Distance between collocated monitors n/a n/a n/a n/a

For low volume PM instruments, is
any PM instrument within 1 meter? n/a n/a n/a n/a

For high volume PM instruments, is
any PM instrument within 2 meters? n/a n/a n/a n/a

Unrestricted airflow 360 degrees 360 degrees 360 degrees 360 degrees

Probe material Teflon n/a n/a n/a

Residence time 3 seconds n/a n/a n/a

Proposed modifications

within the next 18 months? None None None None

Is it suitable for comparison against

the annual PM 2.5 NAAQS? n/a n/a n/a n/a

Frequency of flow rate verifica tion for
manual samplers (PM) n/a n/a n/a n/a

Frequency of flow rate verification for
automated analyzers (PM) n/a n/a n/a n/a

Frequency of one

- point QC check
(gaseous) Bi- weekly (3 point) n/a n/a n/a

Date of annual performance
evaluation (gaseous & meteorological ) 01/21/15

06/09/15

09/18/15

12/10/15 03/13/15

06/25/15

09/24/15

12 /23/15 03/13/15

06/25/15

09/24/15

12/23/15 03/13/15

06/25/15

09/24/15

12/23/15

Date of two semi

- annual flow rate
audits (PM) n/a n/a n/a n/a

## Washoe County Health District

- AQMD July 1, 2016

2016 Ambient Air Monitoring Network Plan 38 Toll

The Toll Road site is located at 684A State Route 341 (Geiger Grade), one- half mile east of US
Highway 395. The site is near the edge of a residential neighborhood and adjacent to an area that may
become commercially developed. Due to the distance from t he probe to the nearest roadway, this is a

middle scale site for CO.

Site n ame : Toll

AQS ID : 32

- 031

- 0025

G eographical c oordinates : 39 o 

### 23.99 0 ’N, 119 o 

### 44.37 6 ’W

Location : North end of Washoe County School District parking lot

.

Street a ddress : 684A S tate Route 341

Reno, NV 89521

County : Washoe

Dist ance to r oad : 2 1 m eters to SR341 (Geiger Grade Road)

.

Traffic c ount : 12,233 AADT ( 2012

- 2014 )

(NDOT ATR 0310 137

- SR 341, 0.4 miles east of US 395)

Groundcover : Paved parking lot / D irt

Representative a rea : Reno

- Sparks MSA



## Figure 22
Toll Monitoring Station

## Washoe County Health District

- AQMD July 1, 2016

2016 Ambient Air Monitoring Network Plan 39 Figure 2 3
Toll Monitoring Site Vicinity Map

Figure 2 4
Toll Monitoring Site Vicinity Aerial

## Washoe County Health District

- AQMD July 1, 2016

2016 Ambient Air Monitoring Network Plan 40 Pollutant, POC PM 10 , 2 CO , 1 O 3 , 1

Primary / QA Collocated / Other Primary n/a n/a

Parameter code 81102 42101 44201

Basic monitoring objective(s) NAAQS comparison NAAQS comparison NAAQS comparison

Site type (s) Population Exposure Source Oriented Population Exposure

Monitor type SLAMS SLAMS SLAMS

Network affiliation(s) n/a n/a n/a

Instrument manufacturer / model Met One BAM 1020 API 300 TAPI 400E

Method code 122 093 087

FRM / FEM / ARM / Other FEM FR M FEM

Collecting Agency WCHD

- AQMD WCHD

- AQMD WCHD

- AQMD

Analytical Lab n/a n/a n/a

Reporting Agency WCHD

- AQMD WCHD

- AQMD WCHD

- AQMD

Spatial s cale Neighborhood Middle Neighborhood

Monitoring s tart date March 1996 March 1996 March 1996

Current sampling frequency Continuous Continuous Continuous

Required sampling frequency n/a n/a n/a

Sampling season 01/01

– 12/31 01/01

– 12/31 01/01

– 12/31

Probe height 4.4 meters 4.0 meters 4.0 meters

Distance from supporting structure 1.5 meters 1.2 meters 1.2 meters

Distance from obstructions on roof n/a n/a n/a

Distance from obstructions not on

roof None None None

Distance from trees 28 meters 28 meters 28 meters

Distance to furnace or incinerator flue n/a n/a n/a

Distance between collocated monitors n/a n/a n/a

For low volume PM instruments, is
any PM instrument within 1 meter? No n/a n/a

For high volume PM instruments, is
any PM instrument within 2 meters? n/a n/a n/a

Unrestricted airflow 360 degrees 360 degrees 360 degrees

Probe material n/a Teflon Teflon

Residence time n/a 5 seconds 5 seconds

Proposed modifications

within the next 18 months? None See Page 10 None

Is it suitable for comparison against

the annual PM 2.5 NAAQS? n/a n/a n/a

Frequency of flow rate verifica tion for
manual samplers (PM) n/a n/a n/a

Frequency of flow rate verification for
automated analyzers (PM) Bi

- weekly and
quarterly audits n/a n/a

Frequency of one

- point QC check
(gaseous) n/a Bi- weekly (3 point) Bi- weekly (3 point)

Date of annual performance
evaluation (gaseous & meteorological ) n/a 01/23/15

06/11/15

09/23/15

1 2/09/15 01/23/15

06/11/15

09/23/15

12/09/15

Date of two semi

- annual flow rate
audits (PM) 03/13/15

06/23/15

09/24/15

12 /23/15 n/a n/a

## Washoe County Health District

- AQMD July 1, 2016

2016 Ambient Air Monitoring Network Plan 41 Pollutant, POC Wind Speed , 1 Wind Direction , 1 Ambient
Temperature , 1

Primary / QA Collocated / Other n/a n/a n/a

Parameter code 6110 1 6110 2 62 101

Basic monitoring objective(s) Public Information Public Information Public Information

Site type (s) Population Exposure Population Exposure Population Exposure

Monitor type SLAMS SLAMS SLAMS

Network affiliation(s) n/a n/a n/a

Instrument manufacturer / model Met One 50.5H Met One 50.5H YSI Series 700

Method code 061 061 014

FRM / FEM / ARM / Other n/a n/a n/a

Collecting Agency WCHD

- AQMD WCHD

- AQMD WCHD

- AQMD

Analytical Lab n/a n/a n/a

Reporting Agency WCHD

- AQMD WCHD

- AQMD WCHD

- AQMD

Spatial s cale Neighborhood Neighborhood Neighborhood

Monitoring s tart date January 2014 January 2014 January 2014

Current sampling frequency Continuous Continuous Continuous

Required sampling frequency n/a n/a n/a

Sampling season 01/01

– 12/31 01/01

– 12/31 01/01

– 12/31

Probe height 10.0 meters 10.0 meters 5.0 meters

Distance from supporting structure 10 .0 meters 10 .0 meters 5 .0 meters

Distance from obstructions on roof n/a n/a n/a

Distance from obstructions not on

roof None None None

Distance from trees 30 meters 30 meters 30 meters

Distance to furnace or incinerator flue n/a n/a n/a

Distance between collocated monitors n/a n/a n/a

For low volume PM instruments, is
any PM instrument within 1 meter? n/a n/a n/a

For high volume PM instruments, is
any PM instrument within 2 meters? n/a n/a n/a

Unrestricted airflow 360 degrees 360 degrees 360 degrees

Probe material n/a n/a n/a

Residence time n/a n/a n/a

Proposed modifications

within the next 18 months? None None None

Is it suitable for comparison against

the annual PM 2.5 NAAQS? n/a n/a n/a

Frequency of flow rate verifica tion for
manual samplers (PM) n/a n/a n/a

Frequency of flow rate verification for
automated analyzers (PM) n/a n/a n/a

Frequency of one

- point QC check
(gaseous) n/a n/a n/a

Date of annual performance
evaluation (gaseous & meteorological ) 02/04/15

06/24/15

09/24/15

12/23/15 02/04/15

06/24/15

09/24/15

12/23/15 03/13/15

06/23/15

09/24/15

12/23/15

Date of two semi

- annual flow rate
audits (PM) n/a n/a n/a

# A ppendix A

Public Inspection Plan

## Public Inspection Plan

This monitoring network plan was available for public inspection from June 1 to June 30, 2016 at the
AQMD website ( OurCleanAir.com ). A hardcopy of the plan was also available at the AQMD office.
All comments received during this inspection period are outlined below.

1. No comments received.

# Appendix B

Network Modification Request/Approval

Spanish Springs SPM Site InitiationAIR QUALITY MANAGEMENT 1001 East Ninth Street I P.O. Box 11130 I Reno, Nevada 89520

A QM Office: 775

- 784

- 7200 I Fax: 775

- 784

- 7225 I washoecounty.us/health

Serving Reno, Sparks and all of Washoe County, Nevada. Washoe County is an Equal Opportunity Employer. 

## March 5 , 2015

Meredith Kurpius
Manager, Air Quality Analysis Office
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region IX

75 Hawthorne Street, AIR -7

San Francisco, CA 94105

Subject: Proposed Modification to the Washoe County Health District, Air Quality Management
Division Ambient Air Monitoring Network

Dear Ms. Kurpius:

Pursuant to 40 CFR 58.14, the Washoe County Health District, Air Quality Management Division
(AQMD) requests revi ew and approval for a modification to the existing ambient air monitoring
network. The AQMD is proposing to:

1. C losure of the Galletti SLAMS (AQS ID 32 -031-0022) including discontinuation of all
monitors (CO, PM 10 

## , PM 2.5 

## , PM 10

- 2.5 

## , and meteorology); and

2. Initiate a Special Purpose Monitor (SPM) for 18 months and establishing a State and
Local Air Monitoring Stations (SLAMS) in the Spanish Springs area of southern Washoe
County to monitor Ozone, PM 10 

## , PM 2.5 

## , PM 10

- 2.5 

## , and meteorology.

In November 2014, the Nevada Department of Transportation (NDOT) informed the AQMD of an
emergency paving project requiring the Galletti SLAMS to be removed its current location. Final
quality assurance verifications were conducted during the week of November 17, 2014. CO and PM
data through the final verifications will be submitted to AQS. Data capture will not meet 75 percent

for the October

- December 2014 reporting period. As of March 1, 2015, t he emergency paving project
has not been completed. NDOT ’s paving project and reconfiguration will make it extremely difficult

to return to Galletti’s original location.

The p roposed modifications are consistent with the AQMD 2010 Network Assessment and 2014

Annual Network Plan. Attached are data demonstratio ns (Appendices A, B, C) and an Excel
spreadsheet (Network Modification Request (2015

- 03

- 05).xlsx) to support AQMD’s proposal to close

Galletti. Additional case

- by

- case justifications for the closure of Galletti include proximity to trees

and NDOT’s “dirt pile” operation

. PM 10 

## and PM 2.5 

## concentrations were impacted by the
American/Rim (2013) and King (2014) Fires. These data are flagged in AQS with either
Informational or Request to Exclude flags. An Exceptional Events Demonstration for the

American/Rim Fires was submitted to EPA Region IX in 2014. A d emonstration for the King Fire is
expected to be submitted in Fall 2015.

### Subject: Network Modification Request

Date: March 5, 201 5 Page 2 of 14



### If you require additional information, feel free to contact me or 

## Mr. Craig Petersen at (775) 784- 7200.

Sincerely,


# ·v~~

Daniel Inouye

Monitoring and Planning Branch Chief

cc: Katherine Hoag, EPA Region IX

Craig Petersen, AQMD

Jennifer Budge, Washoe County Regional Parks and Open SpaceSubject: Network Modification Request

Date: March 5

, 2015
Page 3 of 14



## Attachment A

40 CFR 58.14(c)(1) Criteria Test for the Galletti SLAMS with and without
2013 American/Rim Fires Exceptional EventsSubject: Network Modification Request

Date: March 5

, 2015
Page 4 of 14

Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Year 4 Year 5 Ave Max 5 Year Maximums with EE (2009-13)

Parameter Averaging

Times 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2009-13 Std. Dev. s Student's t value (90%

confidence)

Number of Data Values ( n ) 90% Upper CI NAAQS 80% NAAQS

Test

CO (ppm) 1-hr 3.1 2.7 2.8 2.9 2.6 2.82 0.19 2.13 5 3.0 35 28.0 PASS

CO (ppm) 8-hr 2.6 2.3 1.9 2.1 2.2 2.22 0.26 2.13 5 2.5 9 7. 2 PASS

PM10 (ug/m3) 24-hr 91 87 113 77 131 99.80 21. 84 2.13 5 120.6 150 120.0 FAIL

PM2.5 (ug/m3) 24-hr 100.2 100.20 #D IV/0! 2.13 5 #DIV/0! 35 28.0 #DIV/0!

PM2.5 (ug/m3) Annual 11.5 11.50 #D IV/0! 2.13 5 #DIV/0! 12 9.6 #DIV/0!

Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Year 4 Year 5 Ave Max 5 Year Maximums without EE (2009-13)

Parameter Averaging

Times 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2009-13 Std. Dev. s Student's t value (90%

confidence)

Number of Data Values ( n ) 90% Upper CI NAAQS 80% NAAQS

Test

CO (ppm) 1-hr 3.1 2.7 2.8 2.9 2.6 2.82 0.19 2.13 5 3.0 35 28.0 PASS

CO (ppm) 8-hr 2.6 2.3 1.9 2.1 2.2 2.22 0.26 2.13 5 2.5 9 7. 2 PASS

PM10 (ug/m3) 24-hr 91 87 113 77 117 97.00 17. 26 2.13 5 113.4 150 120.0 PASS

PM2.5 (ug/m3) 24-hr 33.8 33.80 #D IV/0! 2.13 5 #DIV/0! 35 28.0 #DIV/0!

PM2.5 (ug/m3) Annual 9.5 9.50 #D IV/0! 2.13 5 #DIV/0! 12 9.6 #DIV/0!Subject: Network Modification Request

Date: March 5

, 2015
Page 5 of 14



## Attachment B

Closure of the Galletti SLAMS including discontinuing CO, PM 10 

## , PM 2.5 

## , and PM 10

- 2.5 

## monitoringSubject: Network Modification Request

Date: March 5

, 2015
Page 6 of 14



## Carbon Monoxide

Discontinuation of CO monitoring is based on criteria in 40 CFR 58.14(c)(1), including the points

below.

1. The monitor has shown attainment during the previous five years (2009 -2013),
specifically:

a. The monitor has never exceeded the 1 -hour NAAQS of 35 ppm, and

b. The monitor last exceeded the 8 -hour NAAQS in 1991.

2. The monitor has a probability of less than 10 percent of exceeding 80 percent of the

current 1 -hour and 8- hour NAAQS.

Table 1
40 CFR 58.14(c)(1) Criteria Test

(2009

- 13)
Averaging

Time 90% Upper CI
(ppm) 80% of NAAQS
(ppm) Criteria Met ?

1

- hour 3.0 28.0 Yes

8

- hour 2.5 7.2 Yes

3. The monitor is not required in the:

a. EPA approved CO maintenance plan, nor

b. Second -ten year maintenance plan submitted to EPA on November 7, 2014.

4. The monitor is not the only CO monitor in the Truckee Meadows CO maintenance area.
CO monitoring will continue at four stations, including the Reno3 (32 -031- 0016) and
Sparks (32 -031- 1005) stations which are approximately 1.5 miles west and 2.1 miles east
respectively, of the Gallett i SLAMS.

5. The requirements of Appendix D will continue to be met.

6. In addition, EPA identified trees that affect the monitor’s spatial scale (See Technical
System Audit Report ( September 4 -6, 2013) August 2014, Finding 5).

PM 10



## Discontinuation of PM 10 

## mo nitoring is based on criteria in 40 CFR 58.14(c)

, specifically the case

- by

case criteria and including the points below

. 1. The monitor has shown attainment during the previous five years (2009 -2013),
specifically t he monitor last exceeded the 24

- hour NAAQS in 2005. (Note : One PM 10 

## exceedance occurred in 2014 from the King Fire . An Exceptional Events Demonstration
is expected to be submitted to EPA Region IX in Fall 2015.)

2. T he monitor does not have a probability of less than 10 percent of exceeding 80 perc ent

of the current 24

- hour NAAQS of 150 μ g/m 3



## . However, the monitor will pass this test if

154 μ g/m 3 

## is used as the NAAQS. The monitor will also pass if Informationally flagged

data from the 2013 American/Rim Fires are excluded from this test.Subject: Network Modification Request

Date: March 5

, 2015
Page 7 of 14



## Table 2
40 CFR 58.14(c)(1) Criteria Test

(2009

- 13)
90% Upper CI

( μ g/m 3 

## ) 80% of NAAQS

( μ g/m 3 

## ) Criteria Met ?

24

- hour 120.6 120.0 No

3. The monitor is not required in the:

a. “Serious” PM 10 

## Attainment Plan submitted to EPA on August 5, 2002, , nor

b. Redesignation Request and Maintenance Plan submitted to EPA on November 7,

2014.

4. The monitor is not the only PM 10 

## monitor in the Truckee Meadows PM 10 

## non- attainment

area. PM 10 

## monitoring will continue at five stations, including the Reno3 (32 -031-0016)
and Sparks (32 -031- 1005) stations which are approximately 1.5 miles west and 2.1 miles
east respectively, of the Galletti SLAMS.

5. Closure of the Galletti SLAMS is a recommendation in the 2010 Network Assessment.

6. The requirements of Appendix D will continue to be met.

7. In ad dition, EPA identified trees and a minor PM source that affect the monitor’s spatial
scale (See Technical System Audit Report ( September 4

- 6, 2013) August 2014, Findings
5 and 6).

8. In conjunction with the proposed Spanish Springs SPM/ SLAMS, the overall ba lance of
the PM network Area Served and Population Served distributions will be improved.

PM 2.5



## Discontinuation of PM 2.5 

## monitoring is based on criteria in 40 CFR 58.14(c), specifically the case

- by

case criteria and including the points below.

1. The monitor began sampling in 2013 and does not have a valid design value to compare
against the 24

- hour and annual PM 2.5 

## NAAQS. (Note : PM 2.5 

## concentrations were impacted
by the American/Rim (2013) and King (2014) Fires. These data are flagged in AQS wit h
either Informational or Request to Exclude flags. An Exceptional Events Demonstration for
the American/Rim Fires was submitted to EPA Region IX in 2014. A Demonstration for the
King Fire is expected to be submitted in Fall 2015. )

2. All geographic areas o f Washoe County are currently designated as

“Unclassifiable/Attainment” for the 24

- hour and annual PM 2.5 

## NAAQS, therefore the
monitor is not required in any attainment nor maintenance plan.

3. The monitor is not the only PM 2.5 

## monitor in the Truckee Meadows. PM 2.5 

## monitoring
will continue at two stations, including the Reno3 (32 -031- 0016) and Sparks (32 -031-
1005) stations which are approximately 1.5 miles west and 2.1 miles east respectively, of

the Galletti SLAMS.

4. Closure of the Galletti SLAMS is a recomme ndation in the 2010 Network Assessment.

5. The requirements of Appendix D will continue to be met.

6. EPA identified trees and a minor PM source that affects the monitor’s spatial scale (See
Technical System Audit Report ( September 4 -6, 2013) August 2014, Findings 5 and 6).

7. In conjunction with the proposed Spanish Springs SPM/ SLAMS, the overall balance of
the PM network Area Served and Population Served distributions will be improved.Subject: Network Modification Request

Date: March 5

, 2015
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## Attachment C

Initiation of an SPM/ SLAMS in Spanish Springs to monitor Ozone, PM 10 

## , PM 2.5 

## , PM 10

- 2.5, 

## and
MeteorologySubject: Network Modification Request

Date: March 5

, 2015
Page 9 of 14



## Initiation of a n SPM/ SLAMS in the Spanish Springs area (Lazy 5 Regional Park)

Initiating a SPM/ SLAMS station to monitor Ozone, PM 10 

## , PM 2.5 

## , PM 10

- 2.5 

## , and Meteorology is based
on 40 CFR 58.14(b). The AQMD is requesting approval of the Spanish Springs SPM/ SLAMS to be
in conjunction with closure of the Galletti SLAMS. The points below support the AQMD request.

1. A n SPM/ SLAMS station in the Spanish Springs area is a recommendation in the 2010

Network Assessmen t.

2. In conjunction with the proposed Galletti SLAMS closure, the overall balance of the PM
network Area Served and Population Served distributions will be improved.

3. In conjunction with the proposed Galletti SLAMS closure, the AQMD will maintain
staffing and budgetary capacity. This is consistent with the “Zero

- Sum Game”

- “Monitoring Network Assessments: Best Practices and Lessons Learned” presented at the
2014 National Ambient Air Monitoring Conference.

4. AQMD has received preliminary approval from the Washoe County Regional Parks and
Open Space Department to establish a n SPM/ SLAMS at the Lazy 5 Regional Park in
Spanish Springs. AQMD is researching other requirements (i.e., Parks Commission
approval, availability of power, right of entry, etc.).

5. The proposed location will not prohibit any planned future development included in the
Lazy 5 Park Master Plan.Subject: Network Modification Request

Date: March 5

, 2015
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## Figure 1Subject: Network Modification Request

Date: March 5

, 2015
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## Proposed Spanish Springs SPM/SLAMS

Detailed Site Information

Site Name: Spanish Springs

AQS ID: 31

- 031

- xxxx

Geographical coordinates: 39° 37.287’ N, 119° 43.124’ W

Location: North side of Lazy 5 Regional Park

Street address: 7200 Pyramid Way
Sparks, NV 89436

County: Washoe

Distance to road: 460 meters to Pyramid Hwy

Traffic count: 10,033 AADT (2011

- 2013)

(NDOT ATR 0311032

- SR445, 0.375 miles north of Sunset Spring Road)

Groundcover: Paved / Vegetated

Representative area: Reno

- Sparks MSA



## Figure 2
Proposed Spanish Springs Monitoring Station (looking north)Subject: Network Modification Request

Date: March 5

, 2015
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## Proposed Spanish Springs SPM/SLAMS

PM 10 

### PM 2.5 

### PM 10

- 2.5 

### Ozone

Site type Population
Exposure Population
Exposure Population
Exposure Population
Exposure

Monitor type SLAMS SLAMS SLAMS SLAMS

Spatial scale Neighborhood Neighborhood Neighborhood Neighborhood

Sampling method Met One BAM

1020 Met One BAM

1020 Met One BAM

1020 TAPI T400

Analysis method Beta Attenuation Beta Attenuation Beta Attenuation UV Photometry

Method code 122 170 185 087

Parameter code 81102 & 85101 88101 86101 44201

Parameter occurrence code 1 1 1 1

Start date 07/01/15 (est) 07/01/15 (est) 07/01/15 (est) 07/01/15 (est)

Operation schedule Continuous Continuous Continuous Continuous

Sampling season All year All year All year All year

Monitoring objective(s) NAAQS
comparison NAAQS
comparison Research Support NAAQS
comparison

Probe height 4.8 meters 4.8 meters 4.8 meters 4.0 meters

Height of obstruction not on roof 14.5 meters 14.5 meters 14.5 meters 14.5 meters

Distance:

from obstructions not on roof 30.5 meters 30.5 meters 30.5 meters 30.5 meters

from obstructions on roof n/a n/a n/a n/a

from trees

to furnace or incinerator flue n/a n/a n/a n/a

between collocated monitors n/a n/a n/a n/a

from supporting structure 2.0 meters 2.0 meters 2.0 meters 1.2 meters

Flow rate 16.7 l/min 16.7 l/min 16.7 l/min 720

- 880 cc/min

Unrestricted airflow 360 degrees 360 degrees 360 degrees 360 degrees

Probe material n/a n/a n/a Teflon

Residence time n/a n/a n/a 13 seconds

Proposed modifications within the

next 18 months?

Is the monitor suitable for
comparison against the annual

PM 2.5 

### NAAQS? n/a Yes n/a n/a

Frequency of:

flow rate verification for manual
samplers audit (PM) n/a n/a n/a n/a

flow rate verification for
automated analyzers audit (PM) Bi

- weekly

verifications and
quarterly audits Bi

- weekly

verifications and
quarterly audits Bi

- weekly

verifications and
quarterly audits n/a

one

- point QC check (gaseous) n/a n/a n/a Bi

- weekly (3 point)Subject: Network Modification Request

Date: March 5

, 2015
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## Figure 3
Proposed Spanish Springs Monitoring Station
Fence and Shelter Footprint

Figure 4
Proposed Spanish Springs Monitoring Station
Distance to Roadway Approx 100 feet

Building Height Approx 47.5 feet

Approx 460 metersSubject: Network Modification Request

Date: March 5

, 2015
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## Figure 5
Proposed Spanish Springs Monitoring Station
Air Monitoring Shelter Description

Monitoring Station

1. Sani

- Hut built shelter, 8’ x 12’, skid mounted.

2. 10 meter, T

- 135 telescoping Aluma Tower with building brackets (no guy w iring).

3. 100A, single

- phase 120V/240V overhead power service.

4. Black iron security fence , 16’ x 24’ perimeter, 8’ in height, 3⁄4” square pressed point picket top.

Instrumentation (inside shelter)

1. Teledyne

- API T400 ozone analyzer.

2. Met One BAM 1020 continuous PM 10 

## monitor.

3. Met One BAM 1020 continuous PM 2.5 

## monitor.

4. ESC 8832 data logger.

Instrumentation (on tower)

1. Met One 50.5H sonic anemometer.

2. YSI 700 ambient temperature sensor.

Instrumentation (on roof)

1. Met One BAM 1020 PM 10 

## inlet.

2. Met One BAM 1020 PM 2.5 

## inlet.

3. Avant Wireless broadband antenna.

Interior Heating/Cooling

1. Baseboard heater.

2. Window mounted A/C unit.

### UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

REGION IX



### 75 Hawthorne Street

San Francisco, CA 94105-3901



## Mr. Daniel Inouye

Chief, Monitoring and Planning

Air Quality Management Division ·
Washoe County Health District

P.O. Box 11130

Reno, Nevada 89520-0027

Dear Mr. Inouye: 

# APR 2 2 2015

This letter is in response to your March 5

, 2015 request for approval for the discontinuation of

SLAMS (State or Local Air Monitoring Station) CO, PM10, PM2

. s, and PM10-2.s monitoring at the

Galletti site (AQS ID 32-031-0022) and for the initiation of a new SLAMS in the Spanish
Springs area. Washoe County Health District Air Quality Management Division (Washoe
County AQMD) proposed the relocation of the entire Galletti monitoring site in its Ambient Air
Monitoring Network Plan submitted to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in July

2014 (page 8)

. The plan was available for public inspection prior to its submittal to EPA and

received no public comments on this proposed monitoring network change. EPA did not act on

the request as part of the network plan approval, as the network plan did not contain sufficient

information.

As noted in Washoe County AQMD's request, the Galletti site was forced to close in late 2014

due to an emergency paving project undertaken by the Nevada Department of Transportation

. In

addition, there are trees within 10 meters of monitor inlets and probes at the Galletti site, which

does not conform to 40 CFR §58 Appendix E siting. This siting issue was a finding in EPA's

technical systems audit of Washoe County AQMD in September 2013

. EPA also recommended

that Washoe County AQMD evaluate the appropriate spatial scale for PM measurements given

the presence of a nearby minor particulate matter source. Washoe County AQMD has been

unable to resolve these 40 CFR 5§8 Appendix E siting issues at the existing site.

The CO, PM10, PM2

. s, and PM10-2.s monitors at the Galletti site are not specifically required by an

attainment or maintenance plan and Washoe County will continue to meet the minimum required

SLAMS sites as described in 40 CFR §58, Appendix D for each of these pollutants after this site

is closed

. Washoe County AQMD will also continue to monitor for PM2.s at two SLAMS, for

PM10 at five 

## ST

, AMS, and for CO at four SLAMS. All three pollutants will continue to be

monitored at Reno3 (32-031-0016) and Sparks (32-031-1005) which are approximately 1.5 miles

west and 2.1 miles east, respectively, of the Galletti site.

Per 40 CFR §58.14

, monitoring agencies are required to obtain EPA approval for the

discontinuation of SLAMS monitors. Washoe County AQMD's statistical analysis, based on 2009-2013, demonstrates that there is a less than 10 percent probability of exceeding 80 percent

of any CO NAAQS (National Ambient Air Quality Standards) at this site during the next three

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## years (2014-2016). 2014 concentrations continue to show low values, with a maximum one-hour

concentration of 2.8 parts per million. EPA approves the closure for CO at Galletti in accordance

with 40 CFR §58.14(c)(l).

Washoe County AQMD's statistical analysis for PM10 demonstrates, using the annual maximum

24-hour concentrations from 2009-2013, that there is just over a 10 percent probability of
exceeding 80 percent of the PM10 NAAQS at this site during the next three years (2014-2016).

The 90 percent confidence interval (CI) associated with a 10 percent probability of exceeding 80

percent of any PM10 NAAQS is 120.0 μg/m 3

, 

## and the 2009-2013 time period has a CI of 120.6

μg/m 3

. 

## If the days in 2013 that are flagged as exceptional events due to the American and Rim

Fires are removed from the dataset, the 2009-2013 data demonstrate that there is a less than 10

percent probability of exceeding 80 percent of the PM10 NAAQS. Also, the statistical analysis of

2008-2012 data meets the criteria for having less than a 10 percent probability of exceeding 80

percent of the PM10 NAAQS, with a CI of 103.7 μg/m 3

•



## Since the PM2.s monitor at Galletti ran from January 2013 through mid-November 2014, there is

not enough historical information to evaluate the closure under 40 CFR §58.14(c)(l). Since

insufficient data are available to calculate a single design value, the annual mean and 98th
percentiles were compared between Galletti and the PM2.smonitor at Sparks (32-031-1005). As
previously noted, Sparks is 2.1 miles east of the Galletti site. Based on 2013 and preliminary

2014 data, the annual means are higher at Sparks than at Galletti, and the preliminary 2014 98th
percentiles are higher at Sparks than at Galletti. The 2013 98th percentiles at Sparks and Galleti

are similar (38.2 μg/m 3 

## and 41.1 μg/m 3 

## respectively) and are higher at Sparks than at Galletti

when flagged exceptional events due to the American and Rim fires are excluded.

While EPA has not concurred on the Galletti PM10 and PM2

. s flagged exceptional events on 2013

data, the American/Rim fires burned a total of 284,754 acres of forest from August through

October 2013 in the Sierra Nevada Mountains, upwind of the Reno area. These fires resulted in

elevated PM2

. s and PM10 concentrations above what is usually observed in August and
September without the contribution of fire emissions, and the effects they had on air quality in

California and Nevada were widely discussed in the news. Finally, these wildfires affected air
quality similarly at the Sparks, Galletti and Reno3 sites. Given these factors, that Washoe County

APCD has already been forced to close the site, and that the existing site has significant siting

issues that Washoe County APCD has been unable to resolve, EPA approves the closure for

PM10 at Galletti in accordance with 40 CFR §58.14(c)(l), and approves the closure of the PM2

. s

monitor at Galletti on a case-by-case basis per 40 CFR §58 .14( c ). EPA also approves the

discontinuation of meteorology measurements and ofreporting PM10-2.s data from this location,

neither of which were required.

EPA has also reviewed the new site proposal for Spanish Springs. According to the information
presented, the new site will operate as a SPM for 18 months and then is expected to be converted

to a SLAMS. The proposed location meets siting requirements and improves Washoe County

AQMD's overall network coverage. The addition of a site in Spanish Springs was also a

recommendation in Washoe County AQMD's 2010 Network Assessment. Per 40 CFR

§58.14(b), EPA approves the new Spanish Springs site for Ozone, PM10, PM2.s, and PM10-2

. s, as a

SPM for 18 months and then expected conversion to a SLAMS.

## Please include these network modifications and EPA's approval in your next annual network
plan. If you have any questions, please contact me at (415) 947-4534 or Katherine Hoag
(Hoag.Katherine@epa.gov) at (415) 972-3970.

Sincerely, 

# ~f?r

Meredith Kurpius

Manager, Air Quality Analysis Office