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Network Plan Part 6 - Northern Monitoring Operation Site Descriptions (continued)

Troy

Address: Uncle Sam Atrium
Broadway and 4^th Streets
Troy, NY 12180

AQS Number: 36-083-1003
DEC Number: 4102-09
County: Rensselaer
Statistical Area: Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY
Coordinates: Lat: 42.73194 Lon: -73.68909

This site was established in 1983 as a TSP HiVol site. In July 1990 the site was expanded to include an Air Toxics sampler. This site represents a small urban area and the data is expected to represent the Capital District and the Hudson Valley region.

Utica

Address: Utica Health Department
406 Elizabeth Street
Utica, NY 13501

AQS Number: 36-065-2001
DEC Number: 3202-01
County: Oneida
Statistical Area: Utica- Rome, NY
Coordinates: Lat: 43.09892 Lon: -75.22506

The Utica Health Department site was established in 1957 as a TSP site. The site monitored PM₁₀ between 1991 and 1998. In 2003, a continuous PM_2.5 was installed at the Utica site. The data collected is a part of the AirNow report and is one of only eight continuous PM sites in upstate New York.

Valley Central High School

Address: 1175 Route 17 K
Montgomery, NY 10940

AQS Number: 36-071-5001
DEC Number: 3527-01
County: Orange
MSA: Newburgh, NY-PA
CMSA: New York-N New Jersey-Long Island, NY,NJ,CT,PA
Coordinates: Lat: 41.52375 Lon: -74.21534

This site was established in 1995 in suburban Newburgh in Montgomery, Orange County. It is a single parameter Ozone monitoring site. It is the only ozone monitor in Orange County and the data is reported to AirNow. The public has shown great interest in the data generated in this area of the state.

Wallkill Lead Monitoring

These sites are the only remaining lead monitoring sites in upstate New York. They are located in the vicinity of RSR Corporation and were established as high priority SLAMS lead monitors. They are source oriented monitoring sites. The two sites on Ballard Road are upwind and the Scotchtown site is downwind of RSR.

Ball Corp.

Address: 95 Ballard Rd.
Middletown NY 10941

AQS Number: 36-071-3001
DEC Number: 3566-02
County: Orange
Statistical Area: Newburgh, NY-PA
Coordinates: Lon: 41.46107 Lat: -74.36343

Wakefurn Food Corp.

Address: 260 Ballard Rd.
Middletown, New York 10941

AQS Number: 36-071-3002
DEC Number: 3566-09
County: Orange
Statistical Area: Newburgh, NY-PA
Coordinates: Lon: 41.45869 Lat: -74.35404

Scotchtown

Address: 27 Industrial Drive
Middletown, NY 10941

AQS Number: 36-071-3004
DEC Number: 3566-11
County: Orange
Statistical Area: Newburgh, NY-PA
Coordinates: Lon: 41.46964 Lat: -74.37217

Wanakena

Address: Ranger Station
New York State Ranger School
257 Ranger School Road
Wanakena, NY 13695

AQS Number: 36-089-0005
DEC Number: 4458-05
County: St. Lawrence
Statistical Area:
Coordinates: Lat: 44.14998 Lon: -74.89980

This site is a stand alone Acid Deposition Monitor in the Adirondack region. It is operated and maintained by the ALSC staff in DEC Region 5 Ray Brook office.

Westfield

Address: 8150 Hardscrabble Road
Westfield, NY 14787

AQS Number: 36-013-0011
DEC Number: 0675-01
County: Chautauqua
Statistical Area: Buffalo - Niagara Falls, NY
Coordinates: Lat: 42.29071 Lon: -79.58961

The Westfield monitoring trailer was established in 1986 as a regional transport and Acid Deposition monitoring site. It is located at the southwestern edge of New York on a road side portion of a farmers field on Hardscrabble Road. It is approximately 2½ miles from Lake Erie in an elevated agricultural area. With the predominant wind direction from the west, this site measures the background levels of pollution entering the state. It is reported to the AirNow system.

The parameters monitored are indicated in the following table:

Whiteface Lodge

Address: University at Albany
Atmospheric Science Research Center Field Station
Wilmington, NY 12997

AQS Number: 36-031-0003
DEC Number: 1567-04
County: Essex
Statistical Area:
Coordinates: Lat: 44.39308 Lon: -73.85890

This site was established in 1974 at the Atmospheric Science Research Center field station at Whiteface Mountain. This site is run in cooperation with the ASRC at UAlbany. The site was used as the site of the 2002 summer intensive PM_2.5 field study to provide detailed real time chemical and physical data for PM and its' copollutants. Ozone and continuous PM_2.5 readings are reported to AirNow.

The parameters monitored are indicated in the following table:

Address: Wilmington, NY 12997

AQS Number: 36-031-0002
DEC Number: 1567-03
County: Essex
Statistical Area:
Coordinates: Lat: 44.36608 Lon: -73.90312

This site was established in 1980 at the Atmospheric Science Research Center Lab at the Summit of Whiteface Mountain. It is a special purpose Ozone site run in cooperation with the ASRC at the University at Albany. Data from this site should not be used for NAAQS comparison as it is a high altitude research site.

The parameters monitored are indicated in the following table:

Williamson

Address: Wayne County Occupational Center
4440 Ridge Road
Williamson, NY 14589

AQS Number: 36-117-3001
DEC Number: 5863-01
County: Wayne
Statistical Area: Rochester, NY
Coordinates: Lat: 43.23086 Lon: -77.17136

This site was established in 1979 as a downwind Ozone site for the Rochester metropolitan area. Williamson is a seasonal ozone site, located in a storage building at the Wayne County Occupational Center. The site is located in a rural, mostly agricultural area and is an important location used to verify the attainment status of the Rochester region.

The parameters monitored are indicated in the following table: