# 2012 Annual Fine Particulate Matter (PM 2.5 

# ) National

Ambient Air Quality Standard Designation

Recommendations for Kansas

November 2 5 , 20132012 Annual PM 2.5 NAAQS Designation Recommendations 2 | Page 

### Overview

On December 14, 2012, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) promulgated a revised primary annual

PM 2.5 

### national ambient air quality standard (NAAQS). The PM 2.5 

### NAAQS was published in the Federal

Register on January 15, 2013 [78 FR 3086 ] 1 

### . In that action, the EPA revised the primary annual PM 2.5 

### standard,

strengthening it from 15.0 micrograms per cubic me ter ( μ g/m 3 

### ) to 12.0 μ g/m 3 

### . In that same action, EPA

retained the existing secondary annual standard for PM 2.5 

### , the existing primary and secondary 24

- hour standards

for PM 2.5 

### , and the existing primary and secondary standards for particulate matter with aer odynamic diameters

of 10 microns or less (PM 10 

### ).

Section 107(d) of the Clean Air Act requires each state to submit area designation recommendations of

attainment, nonattainment, or unclassifiable, with appropriate boundaries, to EPA within one year of

pro mulgation of a new or revised NAAQS. EPA can either accept the recommendations or make modifications,

as necessary. Section 107(d)(1)(A) of the Clean Air Act defines a nonattainment area as any area that does not

meet or that contributes to nearby areas not meeting the NAAQS.

Kansas has until December 13, 2013 to submit designation recommendations for the 2012 Annual PM2.5

NAAQS to EPA. EPA will then notify Kansas concerning any modifications to the recommendations and allow

for comments to their change s by August 14, 2014. Kansas then has until October 29. 2014 to comment on the

EPA modified recommendations, which will be finalized by December 12, 2014.

The purpose of this document is to summarize the analysis prepared to support the Kansas 2012 Annua l PM 2.5 

### designation recommendations to EPA. This analysis is based on information and data collected for calendar

years: 2010

– 2012

, and the April 16, 2013 USEPA Memorandum

– Initial Area Designations for the 2012

Revised Primary Annual Fine Particle National Ambient Air Quality Standard

. 2



### Summary of Recommendation

Based on 2010

- 201 2 q uality assured ambient air quality data for all Kansas and Nearby PM 2.5 

### Monitors it was

determined that there are no areas in or nearby Kansas that are violating the 2012 Annual PM 2.5 

### National

Ambient Air Quality S tandard. T he State of Kansas recommends that all 105 counties in Kansas (as listed in

Table 1 ) be designated individually as “unclassifiable/attainment ” for the 2012 Annual PM 2.5 

### NAAQS.

Th es e designation recommendation s do not include any of the following Indian Country within Kansas: t he

Kickapoo Tribe in Kansas, the Sac and Fox Nation of Missouri in Kansas and Nebraska, the Prairie Band

Potawatomi Nation and the Iowa Tribe in Kansas and Ne braska

.

1 http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR

- 2013

- 01

- 15/pdf/2012

- 30946.pdf

2 http://www.epa.gov/pmdesi gnations/2012standards/docs/april2013guidance.pdf2012 Annual PM 2.5 NAAQS Designation Recommendations 3 | Page Table 1. Kansas Classification Recommendations for the 2012 Annual PM 2.5 NAAQS

County Classification Recommendation

Allen unclassifiable/attainment

Anderson unclassifiable/attainment

Atchison unclassifiable/attainment

Barber unclassifiable/attainment

Barton unclassifiable/attainment

Bourbon unclassifiable/attainment

Brown unclassifiable/attainment

Butler unclassifiable/attainment

Chase unclassifiable/attainment

Chautauqua unclassifiable/attainment

Cherokee unclassifiable/attainment

Cheyenne unclassifiable/attainment

Clark unclassifiable/attainment

Clay unclassifiable/attainment

Cloud unclassifiable/attainment

Coffey unclassifiable/attainment

Comanche unclassifiable/attainment

Cowley unclassifiable/attainment

Crawford unclassifiable/attainment

Decatur unclassifiable/attainment

Dickinson unclassifiable/attainment

Doniphan unclassifiable/attainment

Douglas unclassifiable/attainment

Edwards unclassifiable/attainment

Elk unclassifiable/attainment

Ellis unclassifiable/attainment

Ellsworth unclassifiable/attainment

Finney unclassifiable/attainment

Ford unclassifiable/attainment

Franklin unclassifiable/attainment

Geary unclassifiable/attainment

Gove unclassifiable/attainment

Graham unclassifiable/attainment

Grant unclassifiable/attainment

Gray unclassifiable/attainment

Greeley unclassifiable/attainment

Greenwood unclassifiable/attainment

Hamilton unclassifiable/attainment

Harper unclassifiable/attainment

Harvey unclassifiable/attainment2012 Annual PM 2.5 NAAQS Designation Recommendations 4 | Page County Classification Recommendation

Haskell unclassifiable/attainment

Hodgeman unclassifiable/attainment

Jackson unclassifiable/attainment

Jefferson unclassifiable/attainment

Jewell unclassifiable/attainment

Johnson unclassifiable/attainment

Kearny unclassifiable/attainment

Kingman unclassifiable/attainment

Kiowa unclassifiable/attainment

Labette unclassifiable/attainment

Lane unclassifiable/attainment

Leavenworth unclassifiable/attainment

Lincoln unclassifiable/attainment

Linn unclassifiable/attainment

Logan unclassifiable/attainment

Lyon unclassifiable/attainment

Marion unclassifiable/attainment

Marshall unclassifiable/attainment

McPherson unclassifiable/attainment

Meade unclassifiable/attainment

Miami unclassifiable/attainment

Mitchell unclassifiable/attainment

Montgomery unclassifiable/attainment

Morris unclassifiable/attainment

Morton unclassifiable/attainment

Nemaha unclassifiable/attainment

Neosho unclassifiable/attainment

Ness unclassifiable/attainment

Norton unclassifiable/attainment

Osage unclassifiable/attainment

Osborne unclassifiable/attainment

Ottawa unclassifiable/attainment

Pawnee unclassifiable/attainment

Phillips unclassifiable/attainment

Pottawatomie unclassifiable/attainment

Pratt unclassifiable/attainment

Rawlins unclassifiable/attainment

Reno unclassifiable/attainment

Republic unclassifiable/attainment

Rice unclassifiable/attainment

Riley unclassifiable/attainment2012 Annual PM 2.5 NAAQS Designation Recommendations 5 | Page County Classification Recommendation

Rooks unclassifiable/attainment

Rush unclassifiable/attainment

Russell unclassifiable/attainment

Saline unclassifiable/attainment

Scott unclassifiable/attainment

Sedgwick unclassifiable/attainment

Seward unclassifiable/attainment

Shawnee unclassifiable/attainment

Sheridan unclassifiable/attainment

Sherman unclassifiable/attainment

Smith unclassifiable/attainment

Stafford unclassifiable/attainment

Stanton unclassifiable/attainment

Stevens unclassifiable/attainment

Sumner unclassifiable/attainment

Thomas unclassifiable/attainment

Trego unclassifiable/attainment

Wabaunsee unclassifiable/attainment

Wallace unclassifiable/attainment

Washington unclassifiable/attainment

Wichita unclassifiable/attainment

Wilson unclassifiable/attainment

Woodson unclassifiable/attainment

Wyandotte unclassifiable/attainment



### Technical Considerations

These recommendations have been developed based on a review of the technical information as suggested by

the April 16, 2013 US EPA guidance. The following is a summary of the ambient air quality monitoring data in

all relevant Kansas counties and in all re levant counties in nearby states.

Figure 1 displays the Kansas PM 2.5 

### ambient air monitoring network

. Table 2 lists the 2010

– 2012 design

values for all equivalent method ambient PM 2.5 

### monitors , confirming attainment with the 2012 Annual PM 2.5



### NAAQS.

Figure 2 displays the annual PM 2.5 

### design values in three year intervals from 2003

– 2012 for all monitors in

Kansas for comparison to the annual PM 2.5 

### NAAQS. As seen in the figure, there is an evident decline in annual

PM 2.5 

### concentrations over the past ten years in Kansas. The continued improvement in air quality, as it pertains

to PM 2.5 

### concentrations, over the past decade is a valid indication for the continued designation of

unclassifiable/attainment for all counties in the state.2012 Annual PM 2.5 NAAQS Designation Recommendations 6 | Page 

### Figure 1. Kansa s PM 2.5 

### Monitoring Network (2010

– 2012)

Note: Cedar Bluff continuous PM2.5 analyzer is not an equivalent method.



### Table 2. Kansas Ambient PM 2.5 

### Monitor Design Values (2010

– 2012)

Site Name AQS Site ID County 2010

– 2012

Annual PM 2.5 Design Value ( μ g/m 3 )

Justice Center 20

- 091

- 0007 Johnson 9.0

Heritage Park 20

- 09

- 10010 Johnson 7.7

Mine Creek 20

- 10

- 70002 Linn 9.1

Wash & Skinner 20

- 173

- 0008 Sedgwick 8.9

Pawnee & Glenn 20

- 173

- 0009 Sedgwick 9.2

Wichita Health Depa rtment 20

- 173

- 0010 Sedgwick 8.9

KNI 20

- 177

- 0013 Shawnee 9.2

Peck 20

- 191

- 0002 Sumner 8.6

JFK 20

- 209

- 0021 Wyandotte 10.2

Midland Trail Elementary School 20

- 209

- 0022 Wyandotte 8.82012 Annual PM 2.5 NAAQS Designation Recommendations 7 | Page 

### Figure 2 . Annual PM 2.5 

### Design Values for Kansas PM 2.5 

### Monitors (2003

- 2012)

Per Section 107 of the Clean Air Act, areas should also be designated nonattainment if they contribute to

ambient air quality in a nearby area that does not meet the national ambient air quality standard. To determine

if sources in Kansas contribute to vi olations in nearby areas outside of the state , data from PM 2.5 

### monitors

located within 50 km of the Kansas border were also evaluated. Four monitors located in Missouri fall within

the 50 km range (see Figure 3 ). None of these monitors have design values in violation of the 2012 Annual

PM 2.5 

### NAAQS (see Table 3 ); and therefore no further evaluation was conducted.2012 Annual PM 2.5 NAAQS Designation Recommendations 8 | Page 

### Figure 3 . Nearby PM 2.5 

### Monitors Outside Kansas (2010

– 2012)

Table 3. Nearby PM 2.5 

### Monitor Design Values (2010

– 2012)

Site Name AQS Site ID County 2010

– 2012

Annual PM 2.5 Design Value ( μ g/m 3 )

St. Joseph Pump Station 29

- 021

- 0005 Buchanan 11.3

Liberty 29

- 047

- 0005 Clay 9.4

Troost 29

- 095

- 0034 Jackson 10.3

RG

- South 29

- 037

- 0003 Cass 11.12012 Annual PM 2.5 NAAQS Designation Recommendations 9 | Page 

### Conclusion:

As discussed in the Summary of Recommendations, all PM 2.5 

### monitors in the state have 2010

– 2012 design

values demonstrating attainment with the 2012 Annual PM 2.5 

### NAAQS. A ll monitors located outside of Kansas

but within 50 km of the state border also have 2010

– 2012 design values demonstrating attainment with the

2012 Annual PM 2.5 

### NAAQS. In addition, there is a continuing trend of declining PM 2.5 

### concentrations at all

PM 2.5 

### monitors in Kansas. Therefore it is recommended that all counties in the state be designated

“unclas sifiable/attainment” for the purposes of the 2012 Annual PM 2.5 

### NAAQS.