DR. WILLIE W. HERENTON 

CITY OF MEMPHIS 

MAYOR 

July 8, 2008 

MEMPIDS AND SHELBY COUNTY 

HEALTH DEPARTMENT 

YVONNE S. MADLOCK 

DIRECTOR 

HELEN G. MORROW, M.D., MPA 

ACTING HEALTH OFFICER 

Mr. Jackie Waynick, Manager Technical Services Program 

State of Tennessee 

Department of Environment and Conservation 

Division of Air Pollution Control 

40 1 Church Street, 9th Floor 

L. & C. Annex 

Nashville Tennessee 3 7243-1531 

Mr. Waynick: 

A.C. WHARTON, JR 

SHELBY COUNTY 

MAYOR 

Participating agencies of the Memphis, TN-MS-AR Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) 

have signed the Memorandum Of Agreement (MOA). This MOA formalizes and 

reaffirms the collective agreement in order to provide adequate criteria pollutant 

monitoring for the Memphis, TN-MS-AR MSA as required by 40 CFR 58 Appendix D, 

Section 2, (e). Each of the parties to this Agreement is responsible for ensuring that its 

obligations under MOA are met. 

A copy ofthe MOA is included. 

Sincerely, 

Edward C. Cain, Supervisor 

Air Monitoring Branch, Pollution Control 

814 JEFFERSON AVENUE • MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE 38105 

PHONE 901-544-7600 
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JUN 2 7 2008 

MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT 

ON AIR QUALITY MONITORING FOR CRITERIA POLLUTANTS FOR 

THE MEMPHIS, TN-MS-AR 

METROPOLI~AN STATISTICAL AREA (MSA) 

Participating Agencies 

Memphis and Shelby County Health Dept. (MSCHD) 

Air Pollution Control Program 

Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ) 

Office of Pollution Control, Air Division 

Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality (ADEQ) 

PURPOSE/OBJECTIVES/GOALS 

The purpose of this Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) is to establish the Memphis, 

Tennessee-Mississippi-Arkansas Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) Criteria Pollutant 

Air Quality Monitoring Agreement among MSCHD, MDEQ AND ADEQ to collectively 

meet United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) minimum monitoring 

requirements for particles of an aerodynamic diameter of 10 micrometers and less (PM 

1 0), particles of an of an aerodynamic diameter of 2.5 micrometers and less (PM2.5), and 

ozone; as well as other criteria pollutant air quality monitoring deemed necessary to meet 

the needs of the MSA as determined reasonable by all parties. This MOA will formalize 

and reaffirm the collective agreement in order to provide adequate criteria pollutant 

monitoring for the Memphis, TN-MS-AR MSA as required by 40 CFR 58 Appendix D, 

Section 2, (e). 

PM 2.5 MSA monitoring network include: 

County Federal Continuous Speciation Colocated 

Reference PM2.5 PM2.5 PM2.5 

Method PM2.5 

Shelby County, TN 2 1 1 1 

MSCHD 

Crittenden County, AR 1 1 

ADEQ 

DeSoto County, MS 1 1 1 

MDEQ 
Criteria Air Pollutant MSA monitoring network include: 

Shelby County, TN 

MSCHD 

Crittenden County, AR 

DeSoto County, MS 

2 

1 

RESPONSIBLITIES/ ACTIONS 

1 

Each of the parties to this Agreement is responsible for ensuring that its obligations under 

MOA are met. As conditions warrant, the affected agencies may conduct telephone 

conference calls, meetings, or other communications to discuss monitoring activities for 

the MSA. Each affected agency shall inform the other affected agencies via telephone or 

email of any monitoring changes occurring within its jurisdiction of the MSA at its 

earliest convenience, after learning of the need for the change or making the changes. 

Such unforeseen changes may include evictions from monitoring sites, destruction of 

monitoring sites due to natural disasters, or any occurrences that result in an extended 

(greater than one quarter) or permanent change in the monitoring network. 

LIMITATIONS 

• All commitments made in this MOA are subject to the availability of appropriated 

funds and each agency's budget priorities. Nothing in this MOA obligates 

MSCHD, MDEQ or ADEQ to expend appropriations or to enter into any contract, 

assistance agreement, interagency agreement or other financial obligation. 

• This MOA is neither a fiscal nor a funds obligation document. Any endeavor 

involving reimbursement or contribution of funds between parties to this 

agreement will be handled in accordance with applicable laws, regulations, and 

procedures, and will be subject to separate agreements that will be affected in 

writing by representatives of the parties. 

• This MOA does not create any right or benefit enforceable by law or equity 

against MSCHD, MDEQ or ADEQ, their officers or employees, or any other 

person. This MOA does not apply to any entity outside MSCHD, MDEQ or 

ADEQ. 

• No proprietary information or intellectual property is anticipated to arise out of 

thisMOA. 
TERMINATION 

This Memorandum of Agreement may be revised upon the mutual consent of MSCHD, 

MDEQ and ADEQ. Each party reserves the right to terminate this MOA. A thirty (30) 

day written notice must be given .prior to the date of termination. 

APPROVALS 

We agree with the provisions outlined in this Memorandum of Agreement and commit 

our agencies to implement them in a spirit of cooperation and mutual support. 

Shelby County Government 

Memphis and Shelby County Health Dept. (MSC 

Air Pollution Control Program 

TITLE: Mayor. Shelby County Government 

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