UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY 

REGION III 

1650 Arch Street 

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19103-2029 

The Honorable Michael L. Krancer, Secretary 

Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection 

Rachel Carson State Office Building 

P.O. Box 2063 

Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 17105-2063 

Dear Secretary Krancer: 

DEC 0 6 2011 

By letter and enclosures dated August 4, 2011, the Pennsylvania Department of 

Environmental Protection (PADEP) submitted to the U.S. Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA) an annual ambient air monitoring network plan in accordance with the regulatory 

requirements of 40 CFR Section 58 -Ambient Air Quality Surveillance. Based on our review~ 

EPA hereby approves P ADEP' s Augilst 4, 2011 annual ambient air monitoring network plan on 

the basis that the plan meets the requirements of 40 CFR Part 58.1 0. 

Additionally, 40 CFR Section 58.11(c) requires any changes to the air ~onitoring 

network or design of the following air monitoring systems be approved by the EPA 

Administrator: 

a) Photochemical Assessment Monitoring Systems (P AMS) 

b) Particulate Matter Speciation Trends Network (STN) 

c) The National ·Core Monitoring Network (NCore) 

EPA determined that P ADEP' s August 4, 2011 ·annual ambient air monitoring network plan does 

not require· approval from the EPA Administrator because there were no changes to any of the air 

monitoring systems listed above. 

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Customer Service Hotline: 1-800-438-2474 
If you have any questions please do not hesitate to contact me or have your staff con1act 

Dr. Jennie Saxe, EPA's Pennsylvania_Liaison, at (215) 814-5806. For que~tions regarding this 

approval action, your staff may contact Ms. Diana Esher, Director, Air Protection Division, at 

(215) 814-2706. 

cc: Ms. Joyce Epps, P ADEP 

Mr. Nick Lazor, P ADEP 

Sincerely, 

~hawn M. Garvin 

Regional Administr tor 

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UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY 

REGION III 

1650 Arch Street 

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19103-2029 

Mr. James E. Thompson, Air Quality Program Manager 

Allegheny County Health Department 

301 39th Street, Building #7 

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213 

Dear Mr. Thompson: 

DEC 0 6 2011 

By letter and enclosures dated July 1, 2011, the Allegheny County Health Department 

(ACHD) submitted to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) an annual ambient air 

monitoring network plan in accordance with the regulatory requirements of 40 CFR Part 58 -

Ambient Air Quality Surv~illance. Based on our review, EPA approves ACHD's July 1, 2011 

annual ambient air monitoring network plan on the basis that the plan meets the requirements of 

40 CFR Part 58.1 0. 

Additionally, 40 CFR Section 58.11(c) requires any changes to the air monitoring 

network or desigi). of the following air monitoring systems be approved by the EPA 

Administrator: 

a) Photochemical-Assessment Monitoring Systems (P AMS) 

b) Particulate Matter Speciation Trends Network -(STN) 

c) The National Core Monitoring Network (NCore) 

EPA determined. that ACHD's July 1, 2011 annual ambient air monitoring network plan does not 

require approval from the EPA Administrator because there were no changes to any of the air 

· monitoring systems listed above. 

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Customer Service Hotline: 1-800-438-2474 
If you have any questions please do not hesitate to contact me or have your staff contact 

Mrs. Jessica Greathouse, EPA's Western Pennsylvania Liaison, at (304) 234-0275. For 

questions regarding this approval action, your staff may contact Ms. Diana Esher, Director, Air 

Protection Division, at (215) 814-2706. 

cc: Mr. Darrell Stem, ACHD 

Sincerely, 

Shawn M. Garvin 

Regional Administr 

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UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY 

REGION III 

1650 Arch Street 

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19103-2029 

Dr. Donald F. Schwarz, MD, MPH, Health Commissioner 

City of Philadelphia Department of Public Health 

1401 JFK Boulevard, Room 600 

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19102 

Dear Dr. Schwarz: 

DEC 0 6 2011 

By letter and enclosures dated July 1, 2011, the City of Philadelphia Air Management 

Services (AMS) submitted to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) an annual 

ambient air monitoring network plan in accordance with the regulatory requirements of 40 CFR 

Part 58- Ambient Air Quality Surveillance. Based on our review, EPA approves AMS's 

July 1, 2011 annual ambient air monitoring network plan on the basis that the plan meets the 

requirements of 40 CFR Part 58.1 0. 

Additionally, 40 CFR Section 58.11(c) requires any changes to the air monitoring 

network or design of the following air monitoring systems be approved by the EPA 

Administrator: 

a) Photochemical Assessment Monitoring Systems (P AMS) 

b) Particulate Matter Speciation Trends Network (STN) 

c) The National Core Monitoring Network (NCore) 

EPA determined that AMS' s July 1, 2011 annual ambient air monitoring network plan does not 

require approval from the EPA Administrator because there were no changes to any of the air 

monitoring systems listed above. 

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Customer Service Hotline: 1-800-438-2474 

0 
If you have any questions please do not hesitate to contact me or have your staff contact 

Dr. Jennie Saxe, EPA's Pennsylvania Liaison, at (215) 814-5806. For questions regarding this 

approval action, your staff may contact Ms. Diana Esher, Director, Air Protection Division, at 

(21-~) 814-2706. 

cc: Mr~ Thomas Huynh, AMS 

Mr. Henry Kim, AMS 

Sincerely, 

__.,....-c_.Shawn M. Garvin 

Regional Administr