Mr. Brian Accardo 

Director 

Division of Air Resources Management 

Florida Department of Environmental Protection 

2600 Blair Stone Road 

Tallahassee, Florida 32399-2400 

Dear Mr. Accardo: 

Thank you for submitting the state of Florida's 2013 annual ambient air monitoring network plan 

(Network Plan) dated May 2013. The Network Plan is required by 40 Code of Federal Regulations 

(CFR) § 58.1 0. The Network Plan covers the ambient air monitoring network operated by the Florida 

Department of Environmental Protection and its local agencies. 

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency understands that FDEP provided the public a 30-day review 

period and received no comments. According to 40 CFR § 58.10(a)(2), since public inspection and 

comments have already been solicited, the EPA is not required to offer another comment period. 

With this letter, the EPA is approving the 2013 Network Plan. We have enclosed comments on the 

Network Plan and details of our review. Thank you for working with us to monitor air pollution and 

promote clean air in Florida. If you have any questions or concerns, please contact Gregg Worley at 

(404) 562-9141 or Daniel Garver at (404) 562-9839. 

Enclosure 

Sincerely, 

.(OY"Jeaneanne 

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M. Gettle 

Acting Director 

Air, Pesticides and Toxics 

Management Division 

Internet Address (URL) • http://www.epa.gov 

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Chief, Environmental Resource Management Dept., Duval County 

Mr. Jerry Campbell, PE 

Director EPC, Air Management, Hillsborough County 

Mr. Peter A. Hessling 

Administrator, Air Quality Division, Pinellas County 

Mr. James E. Stormer 

Administrator, Division ofPublic Health, Palm Beach County 

Ms. Lori Cunniff 

Manager, Orange County Environmental Protection Division 

Mr. Ray Smith 

Director, Collier County Pollution Control & Prevention Department 

Mr. Greg Blanchard 

Air Quality Manager, Manatee County Environmental Management Department 

Mr. John Hickey, P .E. 

Manager, Sarasota County Air & Water Quality 
requirements, among other requirements, are found in 40 CFR Part 58. Minimum monitoring requirements for criteria pollutants are listed in 40 CFR Part 58, Appendix D. Minimum monitoring requirements are listed for ozone (03), particulate matter less than 2.5 microns (PM

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5), particulate 

matter less than 10 microns (PM10), nitrogen dioxide (N02), sulfur dioxide (S02), carbon monoxide 

(CO), and lead (Pb). 

The minimum monitoring requirements are based on core based statistical area (CBSA) boundaries as 

defined by the U.S. Office of Management and Budget, July 1, 2012, population estimates from the U.S. 

Census Bureau, and historical ambient air monitoring data. Minimum monitoring requirements for 03, PM2.s, PM10, only apply to metropolitan statistical areas (MSAs), which are a subset ofCBSAs. OMB 

currently defines 30 CBSAs in the state of Florida. These CBSAs and the respective July 1, 2012, population estimates from the U.S. Census Bureau are shown in Table 1. 

Table 1: Core Based Statistical Areas and July 1, 2012 Population Estimates 

CBSAName CBSAType Population 

Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach, FL Metropolitan Statistical Area 5,670,125 

Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL Metropolitan Statistical Area 2,824,724 

Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL Metropolitan Statistical Area 2,171,360 

Jacksonville, FL Metropolitan Statistical Area 1,360,251 

North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL Metropolitan Statistical Area 709,355 

Cape Coral-Fort Myer~, FL Metropolitan Statistical Area 631,330 

Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL Metropolitan Statistical Area 609,492 

Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL Metropolitan Statistical Area 543,566 

Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL Metropolitan Statistical Area 494,804 

Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL Metropolitan Statistical Area 453,218 

Port St. Lucie, FL Metropolitan Statistical Area 427,874 

Tallahassee, FL Metropolitan Statistical Area 369,758 

Ocala, FL Metropolitan Statistical Area 332,529 

Naples-Marco Island, FL Metropolitan Statistical Area 328,134 

Gainesville, FL Metropolitan Statistical Area 266,369 

Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL Metropolitan Statistical Area 183,482 

Panama City-Lynn Haven-Panama City Beach, FL Metropolitan Statistical Area 169,856 

Punta Gorda, FL Metropolitan Statistical Area 160,511 

Homosassa Springs, FL Micropolitan Statistical Area 140,031 

Sebastian-Vero Beach, FL Metropolitan Statistical Area 138,894 

Sebring, FL Micropolitan Statistical Area 98,630 

The Villages, FL Micropolitan Statistical Area 97,756 

Palm Coast, FL Metropolitan Statistical Area 97,376 

Palatka, FL Micropolitan Statistical Area 74,041 

KeyWest,FL Micropolitan Statistical Area 73,873 

Lake City, FL Micropolitan Statistical Area 67,485 
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The state of Florida's proposed 

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CFR Part 58, Appendix D, Table D-2 for all MSAs. Additionally, the proposed 03 monitoring network 

described in the Network Plan meets all of the design criteria of 40 CFR Part 58. 

802 Monitoring Requirements 

40 CFR Part 58, Appendix D, 4.4 

Ambient air monitoring network design criteria for SOz are found in Section 4.4 of Appendix D to 40 

CFR Part 58. This section requires that "The population weighted emissions index (PWEI) shall be 

calculated by states for each core based statistical area (CBSA) ... "The SOz monitoring site(s) required 

in each CBSA will satisfy minimum monitoring requirements if the monitor(s) is sited within the 

boundaries of the parent CBSA and is of the following site type(s): population exposure, maximum 

concentration, source-oriented, general background, or regional transport. An SOz monitor at an NCore 

station may satisfy minimum monitoring requirements if that monitor is located within a CBSA with 

required monitors under Appendix D, 4.4. 

To meet the SOz monitoring requirements, FDEP is proposing new S02 sites in the North PortBradenton-Sarasota, Lakeland-Winter Haven, and Homosassa Springs CBS As. The proposed sites in the 

North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota (AQS ID: 12-081-3002) and Lakeland-Winter Haven (AQS ID: 12-105-

6005) CBSAs are approved. FDEP is requested to submit a full proposal for the site in the Homosassa 

Springs CBSA once the location and other details are finalized. The SOz monitoring network was 

required to be ope!ational beginning January 1, 2013. The SOz monitoring network design proposed in 

the Network Plan meets the minimum requirements of 40 CFR Part 58. 

N02 Monitoring Requirements 

40 CFR Part 58, Appendix D, 4.3 

Ambient air monitoring network design criteria for NOz are found in Section 4.3 of Appendix D to 40 

CFR Part 58. Three types ofNOz monitoring are required: near-road, area-wide, and Regional 

Administrator. These types ofN02 monitoring are described in sections 4.3.2, 4.3.3, and 4.3.4, 

respectively. 

Any CBSA with a population of 500,000 or more persons is required to have a near-road N02 station 

that monitors expected maximum hourly concentrations near a major road. Any CBSA with a population 

of2,500,000 or more persons or that has one or more roadway segments with a 250,000 or greater 

annual average daily traffic (AADT) count is required to have an additional near-road NOz monitoring 

station. The near-road NOz Monitoring Technical Assistance Document (TAD) provides guidance to 

state and local agencies in selecting an appropriate near-road NOz monitoring location. This document 

can be found on the internet at http://www.epa.gov/ttnamtillfiles/nearroad/NearRoadTAD.pdf 
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ents, with a primary focus on siting these monitors in locations to protect susceptible and vulnerable populations. The Regional Administrators, working with States, may also consider additional factors to require monitors beyond the minimum network 

requirement." 

The area-wide N02 monitoring network described in your Network Plan meets the CFR requirement. The near-road N02 monitors in the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach, Tampa-St. Petersburg- Clearwater, Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, and Jacksonville CBSAs are required to begin operation by January 1, 2014. 

FDEP submitted an N02 addendum to its 2012 Network Plan to EPA in March 2013. In a May 10,2013 letter, EPA approved the Sunrise Boulevard site (AQS ID: 12-011-0035) in Broward County and the Julian B. Lane Park site (AQS ID: 12-057-1111) in Hillsborough County as required near-road monitoring sites in the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Miami Beach and Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater CBS As, respectively. In this letter, EPA also approved the selection of the sites in Table 2 in fulfillment 

of the area-wideN~ monitoring requirement for the Jacksonville, Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Miami 

Beach, Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, and Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater CBSAs. 

Table 2: Area-wide N02 Monitoring Sites Approved by EPA 

CBSA Name County Site Name 

Jacksonville Duval Kooker Park 

Miami-Fort Lauderdale- Broward Jolm U Lloyd State Park 

Miami Beach 

Orlando-KissimmeeSanford 

Tampa-St. PetersburgClearwater 

Orange Winter Park 

Pinellas Azalea Park 

AQSID 

12-031-0032 

12-011-8002 

12-095-2002 

12-103-0018 

In the May 10,2013 letter, EPA also approved the selection ofthe Coral Reef site (AQS ID: 12-086- 0031) in Miami-Dade County as a monitor required under Section 4.3.4 of Appendix D to 40 CFR Part 58 to protect susceptible and vulnerable populations. The full list ofN02 monitors identified by the Regional Administrators can be found on EPA's website at ~ttp://www.epa.gov/ttnamtillsvpop.html. 

EPA Region 4 also approves the Pepsi Place near-road site (AQS ID: 12-031-0108) in Jacksonville and 

the Interstate 4 near-road site in Orlando as fulfilling the near-road N02 monitoring requirements for their respective CBSAs as proposed in the 2013 Network Plan. No other CBSA in Florida is currently required to have near-road N02 monitoring. By January, 1 2017, Florida CBSAs with populations over 500,000 will be required to operate near-road N02 monitoring sites. 

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CFR Part 58, Appendix D, Table D-4 for all MSAs. Also, all PM 10 collocation requirements for ma

methods found in 40 CFR Part 58, Appendix A, Section 3.3.1 are currently being met. Fifteen percent of 

each network of manual PM10 methods (at least one site) must be collocated. These collocation 

requirements are assessed at the primary quality assurance organization (PQAO) level. The state of 

Florida and all of its local agencies operate under a single PQAO (FDEP). The PM10 monitoring 

network described in the Network Plan meets all of the design criteria of 40 CFR Part 58. 

PM2.s Monitoring Requirements 

40 CFR Part 58, Appendix A, 3.2.5 

40 CFR Part 58, Appendix D, Table D-5 

The state of Florida's current PM2.s monitoring network meets the minimum requirements found in 40 

CFR Part 58, Appendix D, Table D-5 for all MSAs. Also, all PM2.s collocation requirements found in 40 

CFR Part 58, Appendix A, Section 3.2.5 are currently being met. Fifteen percent of each network of 

manual PM2.s methods (at least one site) must be collocated. The PM2.s monitoring network described in 

the Network Plan meets all of the design criteria of 40 CFR Part 58. 

PM2.s Continuous Monitoring Requirements 

40 CFR Part 58, Appendix D, 4.7.2 

Regulatory requirements for continuous PM2.s monitoring require that" ... State, or where appropriate, 

lo.cal agencies must operate continuous PM2.s analyzers equal to at least one-half(round up) the 

minimum required sites listed in Table D-5 of this appendix. At least one required continuous analyzer 

in each MSA must be collocated with one of the required FRM/FEM/ARM [federal reference 

method/federal equivalent method/approved regional method] monitors, unless at least one of the 

required FRMIFEM/ ARM monitors is itself a continuous FEM or ARM monitor in which case no 

collocation requirement applies." These minimum continuous PM2.s monitoring requirements are 

currently met in the all of the MSAs in the state. Also, the continuous PM2.s collocation requirements are 

currently met in all MSAs. Therefore, the continuous PM2.s monitoring network described in the 

Network Plan meets all of the design criteria of 40 CFR Part 58. 

PM2.s Background and Transport Sites 

40 CFR Part 58, Appendix D, 4.7.3 

40 CFR Part 58, Appendix D, 4.7.3 requires that "each state shall install and operate at least one PM2.s 

site to monitor for regional background and at least one PM2.s site to monitor for regional transport." 

The Network Plan identifies the Interagency Monitoring for Protected Visual Environments 

(IMPROVE) PM2.s sites at the St. Mark's National Wildlife Refuge (AQS ID: 12-129-0001) and the 

Everglades National Park (AQS ID: 12-086-0030) as background sites and the IMPROVE PM2.5 site at 

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to the PMz.s NAAQS, EPA created new procedures for handling data 

collected using continuous PM2.5 FEMs. These procedures are found at 40 CFR § 58.1 0( e). If an agency 

can demonstrate that the FEM data are not of sufficient comparability to a collocated FRM, then the 

monitoring agency may request that the FEM data not be used in comparison to the NAAQS. In the 

network plan, FDEP has demonstrated that the PM2.s continuous FEMs at the Belle Glade (AQS ID: 12-

099-0008) and Royal Palm sites (AQS ID: 12-099-0009) are not of sufficient comparability to a 

collocated FRM. EPA Region 4 approves Florida's request that these monitors not be considered 

comparable to the PM2.5 NAAQS. EPA also approves FDEP's proposal to change the monitor type for 

these monitors to non-regulatory. FDEP is requested to report the data from these monitors to the AQS 

parameter code 88502. This approval also includes the historical data collected at these monitors 

(approximately four years), so the historical data can be reassigned to parameter code 88502 as well. 

Also, the minimum PM2.5 monitoring requirements will continue to be met for the Miami-Fort 

Lauderdale-Miami Beach MSA without counting these continuous monitors. 

Pb Monitoring Requirements 

40 CFR Part 58, Appendix D, 4.5 

40 CFR Part 58, Appendix D, 4.5 requires that "At a minimum, there must be one source-oriented 

SLAMS [state and local air monitoring station] 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 more tons per year ... " Monitoring is ongoing as required near 

Envirofocus Technologies lhc. in Tampa, which is the only non-airport source in the state that emits 

over 0.50 tons. per year (tpy). 

40 CFR Part 58, Appendix D, 3(b) requires that "NCore sites in CBSA with a population of 500,000 

people (as determined in the latest Census) or greater shall also measure Pb either as Pb-TSP or PbPMIO." The Network Plan indicates that Pb-PM10 sampling is ongoing at the Tampa NCore site (AQS 

ID: 12-057-3002) and will begin at the Broward County NCore site (AQS ID: 12-011-0034) when the 

site begins operation later this year. The Pb monitoring network described in the Network Plan meets all 

of the design criteria of 40 CFR Part 58. 

Operating Schedules 

40 CFR § 58.12 

The monitoring network proposed in the Network Plan meets the required operating schedules for all 

continuous analyzers and all manual Pb, PMz.s, PM10, PM10-2.s, and PMz.s Speciation Trends Network 

(STN) monitors. FDEP has not proposed any changes to its operating schedules in the 2013 Network 

Plan. 

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Winter Haven, Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, Deltona

Daytona Beach

Ormond Beach, Pensacola

Ferry Pass-Brent, Port St. Lucie, and Tallahassee. The Network Plan includes a link on Page 6 to the 

FDEP website where this information is available. This satisfies the AQI reporting requirements. 

Monitoring Network Changes Proposed by FDEP 

In the Network Plan and in a prior letter dated February 1, 2013, FDEP has proposed to relocate the 03 

site at the A.G. Holley Hospital in Palm Beach County {AQS ID: 12-099-0020) to the nearby Florida 

Department of Health Lantana Health Clinic. This move was necessitated because the Florida 

Legislature closed the A.G. Holley Hospital in July of2012, and FDEP was requested to vacate the 

property. EPA approves this relocation to the proposed SLAMS site adjacent to the Lantana Health 

Clinic. 

In a supplemental letter dated September 11, 2013, FDEP also proposed to discontinue the continuous 

PM2.5 SPM in the Apalachicola National Forest (AQS ID: 12-073-1005). EPA approves the 

discontinuation of this site. 

National Core (NCore) Monitoring Network 

FDEP has designated two NCore sites, AQS ID: 12-057-3002 and AQS ID: 12-011-0034, in the 

Network Plan. These sites satisfy the requirement for NCore monitoring and have been approved by the 

EPA's Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards. FDEP will also run a rural NCore site at the St. 

Mark's National Wildlife Refuge site (AQS ID: 12-129-0001) once EPA purchases and installs the 

NCore equipment at the site. 

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