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Appendix III

Monitoring Data

Design Values

This appendix provides a detailed summary of the design values based on ambient monitoring 

data collected in New Jersey’s two multi-state nonattainment areas for the annual 15 μg/m3 and 

daily 35 μg/m3 fine particle (PM2.5) National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) and 

additional information on New Jersey’s PM2.5 speciation data. 

In New Jersey, ambient air quality monitoring of PM2.5 began in 1999. Currently, a total of 21 air 

quality monitoring stations are located in New Jersey where a Federal Reference Method 

sampler (FRM) routinely collects 24-hour PM2.5 samples. All FRM sites collect a sample once 

every three days, with the exception of four monitors that sample daily. Some of the monitoring 

locations have multiple samplers. To collect PM2.5 species, samples are collected once every 

three days concurrent with FRM sampling. As of 2011, nine sites also continuously monitor fine 

particle concentrations to determine the Air Quality Index (AQI). The data is transmitted every 

minute to the Bureau of Air Monitoring’s (BAM’s) central computer, where the data is made 

available on the BAM’s public website (www.state.nj.us/dep/airmon).

To determine compliance with the NAAQS, “design values” are the metrics (i.e., statistics) that 

are compared to the NAAQS.1

 The 3-year average of annual PM2.5 arithmetic means for a 

single monitoring site or a group of monitoring sites is referred to as the “annual standard design 

value.” The 3-year average of the 98th percentile 24-hour average values recorded at each 

monitoring site per year is referred to as the “24-hour standard design value.” A ‘design value’ 

for an area means the calculated concentration according to the applicable appendix of 40 CFR 

Part 50 for the highest site in an attainment or nonattainment area.2

 

A historical and current summary of monitoring data in New Jersey’s multi-state nonattainment 

areas is shown in Figures 1 through 8 below. For the 2007-2009 design value period, there 

were 20 monitors in New Jersey’s PM2.5 monitoring network. The monitor in Columbia was 

started in September 2010. Four of the monitors in New Jersey are located in attainment 

counties and are therefore not included in the Tables below. 

 1 40 CFR Appendix N to Part 50

2 40 CFR Part 58.1
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Table 1

PM2.5 Annual 15 μg/m3 Monitoring Data Design Values 2001-2008

Northern New Jersey-New York-Connecticut Nonattainment Area

Annual Design Values

State County

Monitoring 

Site ID

1999-

2001

2000-

2002

2001-

2003

2002-

2004

2003-

2005

2004-

2006

2005-

2007

2006-

2008

New Jersey Bergen 340030003 14.3 14.0 13.6 12.8 13.3 12.8 13.2 12.2

New Jersey Essex 340130015 15.0 14.1 13.6 13.5 13.9 13.2 13.3 13.14

New Jersey Essex 340130016 15.2 14.7 14.3 13.9 13.5 NA NA NA

New Jersey Hudson 340171003 15.9 15.3 14.7 14.3 14.7 14.1 14.0 12.9

New Jersey Hudson 340172002 17.5 16.6 16.3 16.8 17.4 15.7 15.4 14.1

New Jersey Mercer 340210008 14.3 14.2 13.8 13.0 13.0 12.7 12.5 11.9

New Jersey Mercer 340218001 11.8 11.9 11.9 11.5 11.7 11.0 10.8 10.1

New Jersey Middlesex 340230006 12.6 12.5 12.4 11.8 12.5 11.8 12.1 11.3

New Jersey Morris 340270004 13.7 12.6 12.4 11.6 11.9 11.2 11.3 10.3

New Jersey Morris 340273001 11.2 11.1 11.0 10.5 10.6 10.0 10.1 9.4

New Jersey Passaic 340310005 13.0 13.2 13.1 12.9 13.1 12.6 12.9 12.3

New Jersey Union 340390004 16.3 15.8 15.5 15.3 15.5 14.8 14.4 13.6

New Jersey Union 340390006 14.5 13.9 13.5 13.2 13.6 13.1 13.3 12.6

New Jersey Union 340392003 14.1 13.1 12.8 12.8 13.3 12.9 13.0 12.3

New York Bronx 360050073 21.7 NA NA NA NA NA NA NA

New York Bronx 360050080 16.4 16.0 15.7 15.2 15.7 15.1 15.5 14.3

New York Bronx 360050083 14.3 14.1 13.7 13.2 13.4 12.9 13.0 12.6

New York Bronx 360050110 14.5 14.8 14.7 14.3 14.1 13.3 13.0 12.4

New York Bronx 360050133 NA NA NA NA NA NA NA 11.7

New York Kings 360470011 16.0 16.2 NA NA NA NA NA NA

New York Kings 360470052 16.3 15.5 14.3 13.4 12.9 NA NA NA

New York Kings 360470076 14.4 14.4 14.2 13.7 14.2 NA NA NA

New York Kings 360470122 15.3 14.7 14.7 14.2 14.6 14.0 14.0 12.9

New York Nassau 360590005 13.5 NA NA NA NA NA NA NA

New York Nassau 360590008 12.2 12.1 12.2 11.7 12.1 11.5 11.4 10.9

New York Nassau 360590011 14.7 15.3 NA NA NA NA NA NA

New York Nassau 360590012 12.5 12.1 11.4 11.0 10.7 NA NA NA

New York Nassau 360590013 12.4 12.0 11.5 11.1 10.9 NA NA NA

New York New York 360610010 16.7 17.0 17.1 NA NA NA NA NA

New York New York 360610056 17.8 17.5 17.5 16.7 17.0 15.7 15.9 15.5

New York New York 360610062 17.1 16.8 16.2 15.2 15.3 14.3 14.8 14.3

New York New York 360610079 15.4 15.0 14.6 13.9 14.0 13.3 13.5 12.8

New York New York 360610128 14.8 15.2 15.5 15.6 15.8 15.1 15.3 14.2
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Table 1

PM2.5 Annual 15 μg/m3 Monitoring Data Design Values 2001-2008

Northern New Jersey-New York-Connecticut Nonattainment Area

Annual Design Values

State County

Monitoring 

Site ID

1999-

2001

2000-

2002

2001-

2003

2002-

2004

2003-

2005

2004-

2006

2005-

2007

2006-

2008

New York New York 360610134 NA NA NA NA NA NA 13.3 13.2

New York Orange 360710002 11.7 11.5 11.5 11.1 11.4 10.8 10.8 10.0

New York Queens 360810094 13.2 13.7 13.5 13.3 NA NA NA NA

New York Queens 360810096 13.9 13.7 13.2 12.7 12.4 NA NA NA

New York Queens 360810097 13.3 13.1 NA NA NA NA NA NA

New York Queens 360810124 14.2 13.5 13.5 12.8 12.7 12.1 11.8 11.3

New York Richmond 360850055 13.6 14.2 13.8 13.4 13.7 13.4 13.2 12.4

New York Richmond 360850067 12.6 12.3 12.0 11.5 11.8 11.5 11.5 10.9

New York Suffolk 361030001 12.9 12.4 12.1 11.3 11.5 11.3 12.0 NA

New York Suffolk 361030002 NA NA NA NA NA 10.4 10.6 10.5

New York Westchester 361191002 12.8 12.5 12.3 11.7 11.9 11.6 11.7 11.2

Connecticut Fairfield 090010010 13.6 13.5 13.1 12.7 13.3 13.2 13.2 12.4

Connecticut Fairfield 090010113 12.3 12.5 12.7 12.6 12.3 NA NA NA

Connecticut Fairfield 090011123 12.8 12.8 13.0 12.3 12.6 12.3 12.6 12.0

Connecticut Fairfield 090012124 12.4 12.9 13.1 12.7 12.6 11.8 NA NA

Connecticut Fairfield 090013005 13.0 12.9 13.0 12.5 12.7 12.3 12.3 11.8

Connecticut Fairfield 090019003 12.9 12.2 11.8 11.4 11.7 11.4 11.3 10.6

Connecticut New Haven 090090018 16.8 16.4 16.5 16.0 17.0 17.2 18.9 NA

Connecticut New Haven 090090026 NA NA 11.9 11.7 12.2 12.1 12.1 11.6

Connecticut New Haven 090090027 NA NA NA 12.2 12.8 12.6 12.3 11.7

Connecticut New Haven 090091123 14.1 13.9 13.9 13.4 13.5 13.0 12.8 12.2

Connecticut New Haven 090092008 NA NA 11.9 11.5 11.6 11.2 11.1 10.7

Connecticut New Haven 090092123 13.6 13.6 13.2 12.6 12.9 12.7 12.6 11.9

Connecticut New Haven 090098003 NA NA 12.9 12.8 12.8 12.8 NA NA

Connecticut New Haven 090099005 11.6 11.5 11.8 11.7 12.3 NA NA NA

Notes

1. Data Source: USEPA. [Modified version of] Table 6. PM2.5 Site Design Value History Listing, 1999-2001 

through 2008-2010. AQS Data Query July 14, 2011. Last updated July 15, 2011. 

http://www.epa.gov/airtrends/values.html, accessed December 30, 2011. 

2. Design values above the annual PM2.5 NAAQS (15 μg/m3

) are shown in bold type.

3. NA = Data not available or incomplete

4. Incomplete design value, monitor shutdown in 2008

5.
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Table 2

Annual PM2.5 Monitoring Design Values 2009-2011

Northern New Jersey-New York-Connecticut Nonattainment Area

State County Monitor Site AQS Monitor 

ID

Annual PM2.5 Mean Annual PM2.5 DV

Year 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2007-

2009

2008-

2010

2009-

2011

Units μg/m3 μg/m3 μg/m3 μg/m3 μg/m3 μg/m3 μg/m3 μg/m3

NAAQS 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15

NJ Bergen Fort Lee 34 003 0003 13.3 11.6 9.1 8.8 9.8 11.3 9.8 9.2

Essex

Newark 

Cultural 

Center 34 013 0015

13.4 13.7*(a) *(a) *(a) *(a) *(a) *(a) *(a)

Essex Newark 

Firehouse 34 013 0003

*(b) *(b) *(b) 9.2 10.5 *(b) *(b) *(b)

Hudson Jersey City 

Primary 34 017 1003 13.2 12.2 10.3 9.6 10.8 11.9 10.6 10.3

Hudson Union City 34 017 2002 15.0 13.3 10.8 10.6 11.8 13.0 11.5 11.1

Mercer Trenton 34 021 0008 12.0 11.1 9.3 9.5 10.3 10.9 10.0 9.7

Mercer Washington 

Crossing 34 021 8001 10.2 10.0 7.9 8.1 8.4 9.3 8.7 8.2

Middlesex New 

Brunswick 34 023 0006 12.2 10.9 8.1 7.4 8.3 10.4 8.8 7.9

Morris Morristown 34 027 0004 11.4 9.4 8.1 8.5 8.7 9.7 8.7 8.5

Morris Chester 34 027 3001 10.3 8.8 7.2 7.5 7.9 8.8 7.8 7.6

Passaic Paterson 34 031 0005 13.5 11.4 9.0 8.9 10.1 11.3 9.7 9.3

Union

Elizabeth 

Turnpike 

Primary

34 039 0004 13.8 12.8 11.3 10.6 12.2 12.7 11.6 11.4

Union Elizabeth 

Downtown 34 039 0006 13.1 12.4 9.4 9.2 10.0 11.6 10.3 9.5

Union Rahway 34 039 2003 13.1 12.0 9.4 9.3 10.1 11.5 10.2 9.6

NY Bronx Morrisania 36 005 0080 15.6 13.5 12.7 11.4 11.6 13.9 12.5 11.9

Bronx E. 156th St. 36 005 0110 12.8 11.8 10.8 (c)* (c)* 11.8 *(c) *(c)

Bronx

200th 

St./Southern 

Blvd.

36 005 0133 

(merged with 

0083)

13.2 11.7 10.0 10.0 10.0 11.6 10.6 10.0

Kings JHS 126 36 047 0122 13.9 12.0 10.7 9.9 10.3 12.2 10.9 10.3

Nassau Cedarhurst 36 059 0008 11.0 10.9 9.0 8.7 8.9 10.3 9.5 8.9

New York PS 59 36 061 0056 16.1 15.9* *(d) *(d) *(d) 14.0(d) - -

New York JHS 45 36 061 0079 13.6 12.2 10.4 9.8 10.4 12.1 10.8 10.2

New York PS 19 36 061 0128 15.6 13.1* 11.9* 11.5 12.1 12.1(e) - -

New York PS 124 36 061 0134 13.3 13.2 11.6 11.5 12.2 12.7 12.1 11.7

Orange 55 Broadway 36 071 0002 10.6 9.5 7.9 8.1 8.6 9.3 8.5 8.2

Queens Queens 

College 36 081 0124 11.4 11.0 9.5 9.4 9.3 10.6 10.0 9.4

Staten 

Island

Port 

Richmond 36 085 0055 13.0 12.1 9.8 9.7 10.1 11.6 10.5 9.8

Staten 

Island

Susan 

Wagner HS 36 085 0067 11.5 10.7 8.5 8.2 9.3 10.2 9.1 8.5
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Table 2

Annual PM2.5 Monitoring Design Values 2009-2011

Northern New Jersey-New York-Connecticut Nonattainment Area

State County Monitor Site AQS Monitor 

ID

Annual PM2.5 Mean Annual PM2.5 DV

Year 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2007-

2009

2008-

2010

2009-

2011

Units μg/m3 μg/m3 μg/m3 μg/m3 μg/m3 μg/m3 μg/m3 μg/m3

NAAQS 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15

NY Suffolk

East 

Farmingdale/ 

Babylon

36 103 0002 10.9 10.1 8.1 8.4 8.8 9.7 8.9 8.4

Westchester Mamaroneck 36 119 1002 11.7 11.0 9.1 8.8 9.3 10.6 9.6 9.1

CT Fairfield Roosevelt 

School 09 001 0010

12.7 11.9 9.4 8.8 10.0 11.3 10.0 9.4

Fairfield Danbury 09 001 1123 12.0 11.7 9.2 9.1 9.6 11.0 10.0 9.3

Fairfield Norwalk 09 001 3005 11.9 11.8 9.5 *(f) 10.1*(f) 11.1 *(f) *(f)

Fairfield Westport 09 001 9003 10.9 10.2 8.9 8.6 9.5 10.0 9.2 9.0

New Haven Woodward 

Av 09 009 0026 11.6 11.5 9.2 *(g) *(g) 10.8 *(g) *(g)

New Haven James St 09 009 0027 11.5 11.3 9.7 8.9 10.0 10.8 10.0 9.6

New Haven State St 09 009 1123 12.2 12.1 9.9 9.0 10.0 11.4 10.3 9.6

New Haven Huntington 

St 09 009 2008 10.8 10.5 8.5 *(g) *(g) 9.9 *(g) *(g)

New Haven Waterbury 09 009 2123 12.0 11.7 9.4 9.2 9.9 11.0 10.1 9.5

Notes 

Sources: 

2007-2009: 75 FR 69589 (November 15, 2010)

2008-2010: AQS (2/23/2012) and state agency input

2009-2011: AQS (5/7/2012)

* = Incomplete data

a. Shutdown 7/24/2008 and replaced with a new monitor (0003). Not a design value monitor for the area.

b. Monitor established 5/13/2009. Not a design value monitor for the area.

c. No data gathered after 6/16/2010. Not a design value monitor for the area.

d. Monitor shutdown mid-2008. Valid design value calculated per the USEPA's Bootstrapping Analysis in the 2010 Clean Data 

Determination.

e. Monitor sampling suspended 5/27/2008-3/02/09. Valid design value calculated per the USEPA's Bootstrapping Analysis in 

the 2010 Clean Data Determination.

f. Monitor temporarily removed in 2010; partial 2011. Not a design value monitor for the area.

g. Monitor shutdown 2010. Not a design value monitor for the area.
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Table 3

PM2.5 Daily 35 μg/m3 Monitoring Data Design Values 2001-2008

Northern New Jersey-New York-Connecticut Nonattainment Area

Daily (24-Hour) Design Values

State County

Monitoring 

Site ID

1999-

2001

2000-

2002

2001-

2003

2002-

2004

2003-

2005

2004-

2006

2005-

2007

2006-

2008

New Jersey Bergen 340030003 36 35 36 35 37 37 38 35

New Jersey Essex 340130015 39 37 37 38 38 38 38 354

New Jersey Essex 340130016 34 37 36 37 35 NA NA NA

New Jersey Hudson 340171003 41 38 40 40 41 39 38 36

New Jersey Hudson 340172002 43 39 39 38 44 43 41 38

New Jersey Mercer 340210008 37 38 37 37 36 34 34 33

New Jersey Mercer 340218001 30 32 33 32 32 30 30 28

New Jersey Middlesex 340230006 33 32 36 36 38 34 32 31

New Jersey Morris 340270004 35 35 38 35 34 31 32 29

New Jersey Morris 340273001 30 32 34 33 33 31 31 28

New Jersey Passaic 340310005 37 35 37 36 37 35 37 33

New Jersey Union 340390004 40 40 41 41 41 41 39 365

New Jersey Union 340390006 38 33 35 35 38 37 38 35

New Jersey Union 340392003 30 36 35 36 37 37 36 34

New York Bronx 360050073 39 NA NA NA NA NA NA NA

New York Bronx 360050080 41 38 40 40 40 39 38 36

New York Bronx 360050083 36 36 36 35 35 34 35 34

New York Bronx 360050110 38 40 40 38 37 36 36 34

New York Bronx 360050133 NA NA NA NA NA NA NA 30

New York Kings 360470011 42 42 NA NA NA NA NA NA

New York Kings 360470052 39 37 32 29 26 NA NA NA

New York Kings 360470076 38 36 33 33 33 NA NA NA

New York Kings 360470122 35 35 37 38 38 37 36 34

New York Nassau 360590005 34 NA NA NA NA NA NA NA

New York Nassau 360590008 32 32 34 34 35 33 32 30

New York Nassau 360590011 39 38 NA NA NA NA NA NA

New York Nassau 360590012 32 32 30 29 26 NA NA NA

New York Nassau 360590013 33 34 31 30 26 NA NA NA

New York New York 360610010 41 43 44 NA NA NA NA NA

New York New York 360610056 43 40 39 39 39 41 39 37

New York New York 360610062 43 41 42 41 42 38 37 35

New York New York 360610079 38 38 39 40 40 37 36 35

New York New York 360610128 38 38 42 42 42 38 38 34
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Table 3

PM2.5 Daily 35 μg/m3 Monitoring Data Design Values 2001-2008

Northern New Jersey-New York-Connecticut Nonattainment Area

Daily (24-Hour) Design Values

State County

Monitoring 

Site ID

1999-

2001

2000-

2002

2001-

2003

2002-

2004

2003-

2005

2004-

2006

2005-

2007

2006-

2008

New York New York 360610134 NA NA NA NA NA NA 37 34

New York Orange 360710002 29 30 30 30 29 28 29 28

New York Queens 360810094 35 35 35 34 NA NA NA NA

New York Queens 360810096 36 35 35 34 33 NA NA NA

New York Queens 360810097 31 33 NA NA NA NA NA NA

New York Queens 360810124 36 37 38 37 36 34 33 32

New York Richmond 360850055 29 37 39 39 37 34 34 33

New York Richmond 360850067 32 31 31 31 33 33 31 30

New York Suffolk 361030001 33 34 36 35 35 33 34 NA

New York Suffolk 361030002 NA NA NA NA NA 32 30 29

New York Westchester 361191002 34 34 34 34 34 34 33 32

Connecticut Fairfield 090010010 38 39 38 36 37 36 35 33

Connecticut Fairfield 090010113 36 35 36 37 40 NA NA NA

Connecticut Fairfield 090011123 33 34 35 33 33 32 33 31

Connecticut Fairfield 090012124 34 36 38 36 37 32 NA NA

Connecticut Fairfield 090013005 36 35 38 36 36 33 34 31

Connecticut Fairfield 090019003 34 34 37 36 37 32 32 30

Connecticut New Haven 090090018 40 41 41 39 40 39 44 NA

Connecticut New Haven 090090026 NA NA 46 39 38 35 34 32

Connecticut New Haven 090090027 NA NA NA 33 36 36 35 33

Connecticut New Haven 090091123 36 37 40 39 40 38 36 34

Connecticut New Haven 090092008 NA NA 44 38 36 33 32 29

Connecticut New Haven 090092123 36 34 35 34 35 34 35 32

Connecticut New Haven 090098003 NA NA 47 39 39 31 NA NA

Connecticut New Haven 090099005 32 33 36 37 44 NA NA NA

Notes

1. Data Source: USEPA. [Modified version of] Table 6. PM2.5 Site Design Value History Listing, 1999-2001 

through 2008-2010. AQS Data Query July 14, 2011. Last updated July 15, 2011. 

http://www.epa.gov/airtrends/values.html, accessed December 30, 2011. 

2. Design values above the daily PM2.5 NAAQS (35 μg/m3

) are shown in bold type.

3. NA = Data not available or incomplete

4. Incomplete design value, monitor shutdown in 2008

5. Incomplete data
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Table 4

Daily (24-Hour) PM2.5 Monitoring Design Values 2009-2011

Northern New Jersey-New York-Connecticut Nonattainment Area

State County Monitor Site AQS Monitor 

ID Daily PM2.5 98th Percentile Daily PM2.5 DV

Year 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2007-

2009

2008-

2010

2009-

2011

Units μg/m3 μg/m3 μg/m3 μg/m3 μg/m3 μg/m3 μg/m3 μg/m3

NAAQS 35 35 35 35 35 35 35 35

NJ Bergen Fort Lee 34 003 0003 34.5 32.2 27.1 25.1 23.5 31 28 25

Essex

Newark 

Cultural 

Center

34 013 0015 34.9 28.7*(a) *(a) *(a) *(a) *(a) *(a) *(a)

Essex Newark 

Firehouse 34 013 0003 *(b) *(b) *(b) 24.0 23.9 *(b) *(b) *(b)

Hudson Jersey City 

Primary 34 017 1003 34.9 32.0 29.2 25.9 28.2 32 29 28

Hudson Union City 34 017 2002 39.1 33.4 26.6 26.7 25.7 33 29 26

Mercer Trenton 34 021 0008 32.5 31.0 23.0 26.9 27.7 29 27 26

Mercer Washington 

Crossing 34 021 8001 27.2 27.6 22.2 18.5 19.7 26 23 20

Middlesex New 

Brunswick 34 023 0006 30.4 28.9 21.0 19.1 20.5 27 23 20

Morris Morristown 34 027 0004 32.4 23.8 21.9 23.3 21.0 26 23 22

Morris Chester 34 027 3001 31.4 24.3 20.9 22.7 24.4 26 23 23

Passaic Paterson 34 031 0005 36.6 28.6 26.1 24.4 25.4 30 26 25

Union

Elizabeth 

Turnpike 

Primary

34 039 0004 35.0 33.8*(h) 27.7 28.1 32.9 32 30 30

Union Elizabeth 

Downtown 34 039 0006 35.9 31.1 25.6 25.1 21.5 31 27 24

Union Rahway 34 039 2003 33.4 29.9 25.2 23.8 23.8 30 26 24

NY Bronx Morrisania 36 005 0080 36.2 31.3 30.0 27.0 27.0 33 29 28

Bronx E. 156th St. 36 005 0110 34.4 29.9 30.6 (c)* (c)* 32 (c)* (c)*

Bronx

200th 

St./Southern 

Blvd.

36 005 0133 

(merged with 

0083)

32.5 29.8 27.4 24.8 23.0 30 27 25

Brooklyn JHS 126 36 047 0122 33.6 29.4 26.9 24.8 24.3 30 27 25

Nassau Cedarhurst 36 059 0008 28.5 29.2 25.8 20.2 23.1 28 25 23

New York PS 59 36 061 0056 36.8 33.1 *(d) *(d) *(d) *(d) *(d) *(d)

New York JHS 45 36 061 0079 34.3 32.3 28.8 25.2 25.2 32 29 26

New York PS 19 36 061 0128 37.8 25.7* 29.0* 25.4 26.4 31*(e) 27*(e) -

New York PS 124 36 061 0134 37.1 31.8 29.0 27.0 26.8 33 29 28

Orange 55 Broadway 36 071 0002 30.4 26.0 20.6 26.5 20.8 26 24 23

Queens Queens 

College 36 081 0124 31.8 30.3 26.7 25.5 24.7 30 28 26

Richmond Port 

Richmond 36 085 0055 32.8 28.7 24.6 25.5 23.2 29 26 24
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Table 4

Daily (24-Hour) PM2.5 Monitoring Design Values 2009-2011

Northern New Jersey-New York-Connecticut Nonattainment Area

State County Monitor Site AQS Monitor 

ID Daily PM2.5 98th Percentile Daily PM2.5 DV

Year 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2007-

2009

2008-

2010

2009-

2011

Units μg/m3 μg/m3 μg/m3 μg/m3 μg/m3 μg/m3 μg/m3 μg/m3

NAAQS 35 35 35 35 35 35 35 35

Richmond Susan 

Wagner HS 36 085 0067 28.8 27.7 23.0 21.5 23.6 27 24 23

NY Suffolk

East 

Farmingdale/ 

Babylon

36 103 0002 28.8 26.8 21.6 26.1 21.7 26 25 23

Westchester Mamaroneck 36 119 1002 30.6 30.4 27.0 26.7 22.7 29 28 25

CT Fairfield Roosevelt 

School 09 001 0010 30.2 32.3 29.3 23.3 23.7 31 28 25

Fairfield Danbury 09 001 1123 30.4 27.5 27.6 25.7 24.8 29 27 26

Fairfield Norwalk 09 001 3005 31.9 26.3 29.3 *(f) *(f) 29 *(f) *(f)

Fairfield Westport 09 001 9003 29.0 30.7 26.4 24.2 25.2 29 27 26

New Haven Woodward 

Av 09 009 0026 29.8 30.9 28.5 *(g) *(g) 30 *(g) *(g)

New Haven James St 09 009 0027 30.5 31.5 30.2 25.5 27.5 31 29 28

New Haven State St 09 009 1123 30.6 32.1 30.8 23.9 26.6 31 29 27

New Haven Huntington 

St 09 009 2008 28.5 25.4 27.3 *(g) *(g) 27 *(g) *(g)

New Haven Waterbury 09 009 2123 32.7 28.4 28.1 25.7 24.3 30 27 26

Notes 

Sources: 

2007-2010: AQS (2/23/2012) and state agency input

2011: AQS (5/7/2012)

* = Incomplete data

a. Shutdown 7/24/2008 and replaced with a new monitor (0003). Not a design value monitor for the area.

b. Monitor established 5/13/2009. Not a design value monitor for the area.

c. No data gathered after 6/16/2010. Not a design value monitor for the area.

d. Monitor shutdown mid-2008. Valid design values pending the USEPA's Bootstrapping Analysis.

e. Monitor sampling suspended 5/27/2008-3/02/09. Valid design values pending the USEPA's Bootstrapping Analysis.

f. Monitor temporarily removed in 2010; partial 2011. Not a design value monitor for the area.

g. Monitor shutdown 2010. Not a design value monitor for the area.

h. Incomplete data
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Table 5

PM2.5 Annual 15 μg/m3 Monitoring Data Design Values 2001-2008

Southern New Jersey-Philadelphia Nonattainment Area

Annual Design Values

State County

Monitoring 

Site ID

1999-

2001

2000-

2002

2001-

2003

2002-

2004

2003-

2005

2004-

2006

2005-

2007

2006-

2008

New Jersey Camden 340070003 14.2 14.1 14.4 14.2 14.5 13.2 13.4 13.04

New Jersey Camden 340071007 14.6 14.5 14.0 13.7 13.8 13.3 13.5 12.7

New Jersey Gloucester 340150004 NA NA NA NA NA NA 13.3 12.4

New Jersey Gloucester 340155001 14.3 14.0 13.5 12.8 13.5 NA NA NA

Delaware New Castle 100031003 15.1 15.0 14.8 14.2 14.3 13.5 13.4 12.9

Delaware New Castle 100031007 14.1 13.9 13.6 13.2 13.4 12.8 12.6 11.8

Delaware New Castle 100031011 14.3 NA NA NA NA NA NA NA

Delaware New Castle 100031012 15.5 15.3 15.1 14.7 14.6 13.9 13.5 12.9

Delaware New Castle 100032004 16.6 16.5 16.2 15.3 15.1 14.8 14.7 14.2

Pennsylvania Bucks 420170012 13.4 14.1 14.3 13.9 13.9 13.2 13.2 12.6

Pennsylvania Chester 420290100 NA 14.6 15.1 14.8 15.2 14.2 14.2 13.4

Pennsylvania Delaware 420450002 15.0 15.5 15.4 15.1 15.7 15.0 15.0 14.1

Pennsylvania Montgomery 420910013 13.8 14.0 14.1 13.2 12.8 12.2 12.5 12.3

Pennsylvania Philadelphia 421010004 15.3 15.3 15.2 14.4 14.3 13.9 13.8 13.4

Pennsylvania Philadelphia 421010014 NA 14.5 13.9 12.8 11.9 10.6 NA NA

Pennsylvania Philadelphia 421010020 14.5 14.6 14.3 13.8 14.4 14.7 15.5 NA

Pennsylvania Philadelphia 421010024 14.1 14.3 13.8 13.2 13.0 12.7 12.7 12.4

Pennsylvania Philadelphia 421010027 23.4 23.4 NA NA NA NA NA NA

Pennsylvania Philadelphia 421010047 16.6 16.6 16.2 15.4 15.2 15.0 15.0 14.5

Pennsylvania Philadelphia 421010052 NA 13.1 13.1 13.1 NA NA NA NA

Pennsylvania Philadelphia 421010055 NA NA NA NA NA NA NA 13.5

Pennsylvania Philadelphia 421010057 NA NA NA NA NA NA 12.0 12.7

Pennsylvania Philadelphia 421010136 15.3 15.2 14.9 13.6 13.7 13.4 13.6 13.2

Notes

1. Data Source: USEPA. [Modified version of] Table 6. PM2.5 Site Design Value History Listing, 1999-2001 

through 2008-2010. AQS Data Query July 14, 2011. Last updated July 15, 2011. 

http://www.epa.gov/airtrends/values.html, accessed December 30, 2011. 

2. Design values above the annual PM2.5 NAAQS (15 μg/m3

) are shown in bold type.

3. NA = Data not available or incomplete

4. Incomplete design value, monitor shutdown in 2008
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Table 6

Annual PM2.5 Monitoring Design Values 2009-2011

Southern New Jersey-Philadelphia Nonattainment Area

State County Monitor Site AQS 

Monitor ID Annual PM2.5 Mean Annual PM2.5 DV

Year 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2007-

2009

2008-

2010

2009-

2011

Units μg/m3 μg/m3 μg/m3 μg/m3 μg/m3 μg/m3 μg/m3 μg/m3

NAAQS 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15

NJ Camden Pennsauken 340071007 13.8 11.9 9.5 10.3 10.1 11.7 10.3 9.7

Gloucester Gibbstown 340150004 13.3 11.5 9.3 10.0 9.4 11.4 (a) 10.0 9.3

DE New Castle Bellefonte 100031003 13.4 13.0 10.2 11.1 9.4 12.2 (a) 11.1 (a) 9.9

New Castle Lums 100031007 12.5 11.5 10.0 10.5 8.8 11.3 (a) 10.5 (a) 9.6

New Castle Nwrk-a 100031012 13.4 12.5 10.6 11.2 10.4 12.2 11.2 10.5

New Castle MLK-a 100032004 14.4 13.5 11.2 11.7 10.3 13.0 11.7 10.7

PA Bucks Bristol 420170012 13.0 12.7 10.8 10.5 11.5 12.2 11.3 10.9

Chester New Garden 420290100 14.1 13.7 14.1 13.8 13.3 13.9 (b) 13.8 (a) 13.7

Delaware Chester 420450002 14.7 13.9 12.4 13.5 12.9 13.7 13.3 12.9

Montgomery Norristown 420910013 13.1 11.7 10.4 9.5 10.3 11.7 10.5 10.1

Philadelphia LAB 421010004 13.7 13.0 10.8 10.7 8.9 12.5 11.5 10.1

Philadelphia NEA 421010024 12.9 12.0 9.9 9.6 *(c) 11.6 (a) 10.5 *(c)

Philadelphia CHS, Broad St. 421010047 14.3 13.5 11.1 11.0 11.4 13.0 (a) 11.9 11.2

Philadelphia RIT-F 421010055 *(d) 13.5 11.3 11.3 12.0 12.4 12.0 11.4

Philadelphia FAB-FA 421010057 12.0 13.3 11.1 10.9 11.4 12.1 11.7 11.1

Philadelphia 5200 Pennypack Park 421010136 *(e) *(e) *(e) *(e) 9.9 *(e) *(e) *(e)

Notes

Sources: 

77 FR 3147 (January 23, 2012) (The USEPA's Proposed Clean Data Determination containing its Data Substitution and 

Bootstrapping Analysis)

2011: AQS (5/7/2012)

* = Incomplete data

a. "Max Q Sub." indicates that data was incomplete, but the annual mean of the "incomplete year" has deemed valid because it 

passed the maximum quarter data substitution test.

b. "I" indicates that data was incomplete and failed to meet a data substitution test to validate the annual mean of the incomplete 

year. The USEPA performed a bootstrapping analysis to validate the design value for this monitor.

c. Incomplete 2011 data. Not a design value monitor for the area.

d. Monitor started operating in 2008. Not a design value monitor for the area. The USEPA determined this monitor to have 

complete data in its analysis.

e. Monitor started operating in 2011. Not a design value monitor for the area.
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Table 7

PM2.5 Daily 35 μg/m3 Monitoring Data Design Values 2001-2008

Southern New Jersey-Philadelphia Nonattainment Area

Daily (24-Hour) Design Values

State County

Monitoring 

Site ID

1999-

2001

2000-

2002

2001-

2003

2002-

2004

2003-

2005

2004-

2006

2005-

2007

2006-

2008

New Jersey Camden 340070003 37 37 40 38 39 36 35 354

New Jersey Camden 340071007 36 37 40 39 39 37 37 34

New Jersey Gloucester 340150004 NA NA NA NA NA NA 31 28

New Jersey Gloucester 340155001 33 37 37 33 32 NA NA NA

Delaware New Castle 100031003 37 39 39 36 34 33 33 32

Delaware New Castle 100031007 35 38 38 36 35 32 32 29

Delaware New Castle 100031011 39 NA NA NA NA NA NA NA

Delaware New Castle 100031012 38 41 40 36 34 32 32 30

Delaware New Castle 100032004 40 43 43 39 37 37 37 36

Pennsylvania Bucks 420170012 37 39 40 37 35 33 35 33

Pennsylvania Chester 420290100 NA 34 36 35 35 35 37 36

Pennsylvania Delaware 420450002 37 39 39 36 35 35 36 33

Pennsylvania Montgomery 420910013 37 39 41 35 33 32 33 30

Pennsylvania Philadelphia 421010004 40 41 40 38 37 36 37 36

Pennsylvania Philadelphia 421010014 NA 30 35 28 27 NA NA NA

Pennsylvania Philadelphia 421010020 33 36 38 36 34 31 33 NA

Pennsylvania Philadelphia 421010024 36 38 38 37 36 35 35 33

Pennsylvania Philadelphia 421010027 57 57 NA NA NA NA NA NA

Pennsylvania Philadelphia 421010047 37 39 40 38 38 36 38 36

Pennsylvania Philadelphia 421010052 NA 51 51 51 NA NA NA NA

Pennsylvania Philadelphia 421010055 NA NA NA NA NA NA NA 35

Pennsylvania Philadelphia 421010057 NA NA NA NA NA NA 33 33

Pennsylvania Philadelphia 421010136 40 43 42 36 32 33 34 35

Notes

1. Data Source: USEPA. [Modified version of] Table 6. PM2.5 Site Design Value History Listing, 1999-2001 

through 2008-2010. AQS Data Query July 14, 2011. Last updated July 15, 2011. 

http://www.epa.gov/airtrends/values.html, accessed December 30, 2011. 

2. Design values above the daily PM2.5 NAAQS (35 μg/m3

) are shown in bold type.

3. NA = Data not available or incomplete

4. Incomplete design value, monitor shutdown in 2008
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Table 8

Daily (24-Hour) PM2.5 Monitoring Design Values 2009-2010

Southern New Jersey-Philadelphia Nonattainment Area

State County Monitor Site AQS 

Monitor ID Daily PM2.5 98th Percentile Daily PM2.5 DV

Year 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2007-

2009

2008-

2010

2009-

2011

Units μg/m3 μg/m3 μg/m3 μg/m3 μg/m3 μg/m3 μg/m3 μg/m3

NAAQS 35 35 35 35 35 35 35 35

NJ Camden Pennsauken 340071007 35.1 28.0 25.0 23.4 24.3 29 25 24

Gloucester Gibbstown 340150004 31.3 23.9 21.9 21.6 22.2 26 (a) 22 22

DE New Castle Bellefonte 100031003 32.3 31.6 23.2 24.3 22.4 29 (b) 26 (a) 23

New Castle Lums 100031007 29.6 28.1 20.6 27.5 21.0 26 (a) 25 (a) 23

New Castle Nwrk-a 100031012 31.0 28.6 23.4 24.9 22.2 28 26 24

New Castle MLK-a 100032004 33.6 34.8 28.4 27.9 24.7 32 30 27

PA Bucks Bristol 420170012 35.0 30.9 25.8 28.3 29.7 31 28 28

Chester New Garden 420290100 38.1 32.0 31.1 35.1 33.8 34 (b) 33 (b) 33

Delaware Chester 420450002 34.0 28.6 27.9 32.8 28.6 30 30 30

Montgomery Norristown 420910013 30.1 23.7 27.2 25.9 27.6 27 26 27

Philadelphia LAB 421010004 35.4 34.5 25.9 27.6 23.7 32 29 26

Philadelphia NEA 421010024 33.5 30.5 25.5 25.2 *(c) 30 (b) 27 *(c)

Philadelphia CHS, Broad St. 421010047 35.2 32.8 27.2 27.6 27.5 32 (b) 29 27

Philadelphia RIT-F 421010055 *(d) 34.5 28.6 28.9 30.6 32 31 29

Philadelphia FAB-FA 421010057 *(e) 32.8 28.3 27.9 30.5 31 30 29

Philadelphia 5200 Pennypack Park 421010136 *(f) *(f) *(f) *(f) 24.9 *(f) *(f) *(f)

Notes 

Sources: 

2007-2010: USEPA Draft Data Substitution Analysis, June 9, 2011

2011: AQS (5/7/2012)

* = Incomplete data

a. "Max Q Sub." indicates that data was incomplete, but the annual mean of the "incomplete year" has deemed valid because it 

passed a data substitution (sub.) test.

b. "I" indicates that data was incomplete and failed to meet a data substitution test to validate the annual mean of the incomplete year. 

These design values are pending the USEPA's Bootstrapping Analysis.

c. Incomplete 2011 data. Not a design value monitor for the area.

d. Monitor started operating in 2008. Not a design value monitor for the area. The USEPA determined this monitor to have complete 

data in its analysis.

e. Monitor not operational. Not a design value monitor for the area. The USEPA determined this monitor to have complete data in its 

analysis.

f. Monitor started operating in 2011. Not a design value monitor for the area.
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PM2.5 Components

New Jersey collects data on the components of PM2.5 at monitoring sites across the State. This 

is also referred to as “speciation” monitoring. “Speciation” monitoring is conducted to determine 

the chemical characteristics of the fine particles. The New Jersey Speciation Network currently 

consists of four sites (Elizabeth, Newark, New Brunswick, and Chester shown in Figure 2) at 

which filters are collected and analyzed to determine their chemical characteristics. The 

Camden monitoring site is not currently operational, but is included in the historical analysis

discussed below. The Newark monitor was not included in the historical analysis, because the 

site started operation in 2010.The speciation monitors are different than those used to measure 

attainment (Federal Reference Method (FRM) monitors) and use a different sampling method.

The data from the monitors at Elizabeth, New Brunswick, Camden, and Chester were averaged 

to show statewide averages for each year from 2002-2011, as shown in Figure 1.

3

 

Figure 1: 

New Jersey Statewide Trends: 2002-2011 Annual Speciation Data (μg/m3

)

 3 For additional details on other PM2.5 speciation data studies, including seasonal trends, for New Jersey 

and the region, refer to: NJDEP. State Implementation Plan (SIP) Revision for the Attainment and 

Maintenance of the Fine Particulate Matter (PM2.5) National Ambient Air Quality Standard: PM2.5

Attainment Demonstration, Final, Chapter 2, Appendices B11 and B12. New Jersey Department of 

Environmental Protection, March 26, 2009.

Notes: 

Regression analysis (trendline) results: Total PM2.5: y = -0.5877x + 15.898, R2 = 0.7479

Sulfate: y = -0.301x + 4.9984, R2 = 0.8688 Sulfur: y = -0.0833x + 1.5481, R2 = 0.8336

Organic Carbon: y = -0.2545x + 4.8956, R2 = 0.8095 Elemental Carbon: y = -0.037x + 0.9662, R2 = 0.7571

Nitrate: y = -0.1022x + 2.0203, R2 = 0.879 Ammonium: y = -0.1304x + 2.1567, R2 = 0.843
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The highest and lowest ten percent (10%) of the days on which total PM2.5 mass was measured 

were analyzed for each year. This analysis is shown in Figures 2 through 5. The “other” 

species were not included in this analysis.

Data Analysis Notes: 

1. A change in sampling methodology occurred in late 2009 for New Brunswick, Elizabeth, 

and Chester, and in 2007 for Camden. There appears to be lower carbon 

concentrations measured with the new method compared to the old method.

2. Newark monitor (AQS ID 340130003): Not included in the analysis. 2010 and 2011 

data only; both organic and elemental carbon were collected and analyzed by a different 

method than at the other sites.

3. 2001 was a partial year of data collection for all monitors (except Newark), therefore, 

2001 is not included in the analysis. 

4. Camden monitor (AQS ID 340070003): 2003 EC and OC data missing for October, 

November and December, and all data missing for a portion of 2008. 

5. The total measured mass presented in the figures does not always equate to the sum of 

all of the components measured due to different sampling methods. 

6. The number of species measured decreased from 55 to 39 in 2010. 

7. The 32 “other” species for 2010 and 2011 include Aluminum, Antimony, Arsenic, Barium, 

Bromine, Cadmium, Calcium, Cerium, Cesium, Chlorine, Chromium, Cobalt, Copper, 

Indium, Iron, Lead, Magnesium, Manganese, Nickel, Phosphorus, Potassium, Rubidium, 

Selenium, Silicon, Silver, Sodium, Strontium, Tin, Titanium, Vanadium, Zinc, Zirconium.
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Figure 3:

New Jersey Statewide Trends:

2002-2011 Daily Speciation Data (μg/m3

)

10% Lowest PM2.5 Days

Figure 2:

New Jersey Statewide Trends: 

2002-2011 Daily Speciation Data (μg/m3

)

10% Highest PM2.5 Days

Figure 5:

New Jersey Statewide Trends: 

2002-2011 Daily Speciation Data (%)

10% Lowest PM2.5 Days

Figure 4:

New Jersey Statewide Trends: 

2002-2011 Daily Speciation Data (%)

10% Highest PM2.5 Days