25-CS-0911 

## BOARD OF HEALTH Paul M. King, Esq., Q.E.P. Chair 

### Lee Harrison, M.D. Vice Chair 

### Rev. Ricky V. Burgess Donald S. Burke, M.D.

Joan Cleary, R.N. Anthony Ferraro James M. Flynn, Jr. Ellen C. Stewart, M.D. William Youngblood 

## DIRECTOR Bruce W. Dixon, M.D.



## November 10, 2011
Mr. Shawn M. Garvin Regional Administrator U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region III, Mid-Atlantic Region 1650 Arch Street Philadelphia, PA 19103-2029 Dear Mr. Garvin: We wish to certify all 2011 Allegheny Count y Health Department (A CHD) seasonal ozone data as submitted to the Air Q uality System (AQS). We are requesting early certification of ozone data for the purposes of 8-hour planning. All ambient concentration and quality assur ance data have been completely submitted to AQS. The concentrations are accu rate to the best of my knowle dge taking into consideration the quality assurance findings. The supporting AMP450 and AMP255 reports are enclo sed. We will reques t certification of all other 2011 criteria pollu tant data by May 1, 2012. Sincerely,
James E. Thompson Manager, Air Quality Program cc: Pauline DeVose, EPA Region 3 Jason Maranche, ACHD Air Quality Enclosures AIR QUALITY PROGRAM 301 39 th 

### Street – Bldg. #7 Pittsburgh, PA 15201-1891

Phone: (412) 578-8115

Fax: (412) 578-8144UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY QUICKLOOK CRITERIA PARAMETERS Nov. 8, 2011 Report Request ID: 926219 Report Code: AMP450

Selection Criteria Page 1 User ID: IYY

State County City

Site Parameter POC AQCR UAR CBSA CSA EPA Region Method Duration Begin Date End Date 42 003 44201 GEOGRAPHIC SELECTIONS

SELECTED OPTIONS

EVENTS PROCESSING MERGE PDF FILES WORKFILE DELIMITER Option Type Option Value EXCLUDE REGIONALLY CONCURRED EVENTS

YES

, SORT ORDER

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Order Column

PARAMETER_CODE STATE_CODE COUNTY_CODE SITE_ID POC DATES EDT_ID SCR GROUP SELECTIONS Allegheny Co, PA

GLOBAL DATES
2011 Start Date End Date 2011 Tribal Code

APPLICABLE STANDARDS Standard Description Ozone 1-hour Daily 2005 Ozone 8-Hour 2008Nov. 8, 2011

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### Page 1 of 5 EXCEPTIONAL DATA TYPES EDT DESCRIPTION 0 1 2 5 NO EVENTS EVENTS EXCLUDED EVENTS INCLUDED EVENTS WITH CONCURRENCE EXCLUDEDNov. 8, 2011

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### Page 2 of 5 Ozone (44201) Pennsylvania Parts per million (007)

SITE ID P

O C PQAO CITY COUNTY ADDRESS YEAR METH VALID DAYS MEAS 1ST

MAX 1-HR CERT EDT 42-003-0008 42-003-0067

42-003-1005 1

1

1 0021 0021

0021 Pittsburgh Not in a city

Harrison Township Allegheny

Allegheny
Allegheny BAPC 301 39TH STREET BLDG #7 OLD OAKDALE ROAD, SOUTH FAYETTE CALIFORNIA & 11TH, HARRISON TWP 2011

2011

2011 047 047

047 214 214

213 .112

.091

.099 .087

.090

.099 0 0

0 2ND MAX 1-HR 1-HOUR NUM DAYS REQ 214 214

214 .086 .089

.098 3RD MAX 1-HR .085

.084

.098 4TH MAX 1-HR DAY MAX> STD 0 0

0 EST DAYS> STD 0.0 0.0

0.0 MISS DAYS< STD 0 0

1Nov. 8, 2011

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### Page 3 of 5 Ozone (44201) Pennsylvania Parts per million (007)

SITE ID P

O C PQAO CITY COUNTY ADDRESS YEAR METH VALID DAYS MEAS 4TH MAX 8-HR CERT EDT 42-003-0008 42-003-0067

42-003-1005 1

1

1 0021 0021

0021 Pittsburgh Not in a city

Harrison Township Allegheny

Allegheny
Allegheny BAPC 301 39TH STREET BLDG #7 OLD OAKDALE ROAD, SOUTH FAYETTE CALIFORNIA & 11TH, HARRISON TWP 2011

2011

2011 047 047

047 .095 .086

.085 .079

.084

.084 0 0

0 8-HOUR NUM DAYS REQ 214 214

214 .077 .082

.082 .074

.078

.080 DAY MAX> STD 3 6

10 214 214

213 %OBS 100 100

100 1ST MAX 8-HR 2ND

MAX 8-HR 3RD

MAX 8-HRNov. 8, 2011

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### Page 4 of 5 44201 047 INSTRUMENTAL ULTRA VIOLET PARAMETER METHOD

CODE COLLECTION METHOD ANALYSIS METHOD METHODS USED IN THIS REPORTNov. 8, 2011

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### Page 5 of 5 PQAOS USED IN THIS REPORT

PQAO AGENCY DESCRIPTION 0021 Allegheny County,PA Health DepartmentUNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY DATA QUALITY INDICATOR REPORT Nov. 8, 2011 Report Request ID: 926218 Report Code: AMP255

Selection Criteria Page 1 User ID: IYY

State County City

Site Parameter POC AQCR UAR CBSA CSA EPA Region Method Duration Begin Date End Date 42 003 GEOGRAPHIC SELECTIONS

PROTOCOL SELECTIONS Parameter Classification Parameter Method Duration APP_A_PARAMETERS 44201 SELECTED OPTIONS

INCLUDE ONLY APPENDIX A

MONITORS RESTRICT TO MONITORING

SEASONS MERGE PDF FILES Option Type Option Value NO YES YES SCR GROUP SELECTIONS Allegheny Co, PA

GLOBAL DATES
2011 Start Date End Date 2011 01 01 12 31 Tribal Code

Q1 Q4

## UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY AIR QUALITY SYSTEM Nov. 8, 2011 

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# Code Listing The following codes may be seen in the "MT" column throughout this report. Please be advised that not all of the

codes may appear in the report. They are provided for completeness. NR S P T SP I NC IX ID N NA CN F O PN ST VS QA X SS SU SU TS U UP W M NON-REGULATORY SLAMS PAMS TRIBAL MONITORS SPECIAL PURPOSE IMPROVE NCORE INDEX SITE INDUSTRIAL NAMS NATTS CASTNET NON-EPA FEDERAL OTHER PROPOSED NCORE SCHOOL AIR TOXICS VOL SCHOOL AT QA COLLOCATED SECURED SLAMS SPECIATION SUPLMNTL SPECIATION SUPPLMNTL SPECIATION TRENDS SPECIATION UNKNOWN UNOFFICIAL PAMS WHO WMO Code Description Description 

# Notes About this Report

If you see this value for a column in a summarized row, this means that more than one occurence exist in the summary. For example, if you have a PQAO summary that spans multiple States, you would see this value in the States column. 

## M

Code For specific information about the fields appearing within this report, please refer to the README.txt file that is included with the WORKFILE output for this report.

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# 1-Point Quality Control O3 Pollutant: 0021 (Allegheny County,PA Health Department) PQAO: Yes App A?: Year Region State Site ID POC MT Begin Date End

Date # Req # Obs % Complete CV Bias 2011 2011 2011 2011 SUMMARY 03

03 03 03 03 PA PA PA PA PA 42-003-0008 42-003-0067 42-003-1005 SUMMARY 1

1 1 S-NC S S 01-APR-11 01-APR-11 01-APR-11 31-OCT-11

31-OCT-11 31-OCT-11 15

15 15 45 45 17

13 15 45 45 100

87 100 96 96 3.00

2.49 2.55 2.58 2.58 2.97

2.11 1.98 2.14 2.14 +

- +/- +/- +/-

## UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY AIR QUALITY SYSTEM Nov. 8, 2011 

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# Annual Performance Evaluations O3 Pollutant: 0021 (Allegheny County,PA Health Department) PQAO: Yes Year Region State Site ID POC MT Begin Date End

Date 2011 2011 2011 2011 SUMMARY 03

03 03 03 03 PA PA PA PA PA 42-003-0008 42-003-0067 42-003-1005 SUMMARY 1

1 1 S-NC S S 01-APR-11 01-APR-11 01-APR-11 31-OCT-11

31-OCT-11 31-OCT-11 App A?:

2.86 -0.15 1.92 1.54 1.54 

### 0 0 0 0 0 6 6 6 18 18 6 3 6 15 15 3 3 3 9 9 Avg %D / Level L1 L2 L3 L4 L5 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Obs / Q Met?

Criteria N N N 0 0 -3.88 -3.88 4.82 4.82 Conf. Limits Lower Upper

88

88 % Btwn Conf. 1-Point