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Network Plan Part 2 - Northern Monitoring Operation Site Descriptions

3.1 Northern Monitoring Site Listings

Albany County Health Department

Address: South Ferry and Green Streets
Albany, NY 12202

AQS Number: 36-001-0005
DEC Number: 0101-13
County: Albany
Statistical Area: Albany-Schenectady-Troy
Coordinates: Lat: 42.64225 Lon: -73.75464

This site was established in 1973 as a TSP site. Over time, it has progressed to PM₁₀ and is now a collocated PM_2.5 FRM site. A continuous R&P TEOM is also operated at the Albany County Health Department. This site is used for AIRNow reporting. Speciation sampling was added in January 2008.

The parameters monitored are indicated in the following table:

Amherst

Address: Town of Amherst Parks Department & Audubon Golf Course
450 Maple Road
Amherst, NY 14221

AQS Number: 36-029-0002
DEC Number: 1451-03
County: Erie
Statistical Area: Buffalo - Niagara Falls, NY
Coordinates: Lat: 42.99328 Lon: -78.77153

This site was established in July 1972. Amherst is a permanent ozone and nitrogen dioxide site. It is located on land behind the Town of Amherst Parks Department Maintenance building and alongside the Audubon Golf Course in a suburban area. This site measures ozone for the Buffalo area and transport from points west. It is reported on the AIRNow system.

The parameters monitored are indicated in the following table:

Belleayre

Address: Belleayre Cross Ski Area Parking Lot
Ulster & Delaware Turnpike
Highmount, NY 12441

AQS Number: 36-111-1005
DEC Number: 5565-03
County: Ulster
Statistical Area:
Coordinates: Lat: 42.14403 Lon: -74.49431

This site was established in 1987 as part of the NYSDEC Acid Deposition program. It is located on NYSDEC land at the Belleayre Mountain Ski Center cross country access area. The surrounding area is primarily forest and rural. The O₃ and SO₂ are both operated continuously without seasonal interruption. The O₃ data are for regional transport and background values. The SO₂ data are used in conjunction with the acid deposition data. Ozone readings are reported to AIRNow.

The parameters monitored are indicated in the following table:

Buffalo

Address: New York State Thruway Authority Bridge Maintenance Facility Access Road
Buffalo, NY 14206

AQS Number: 36-029-0005
DEC Number: 1401-18
County: Erie
Statistical Area: Buffalo - Niagara Falls, NY
Coordinates: Lat: 42.87691 Lon: -78.80981

This site was originally established in January 1969 and is considered an urban scale site. Buffalo is the main monitoring site for the Buffalo area. It is located on the access road to the New York State Thruway Authority Bridge Maintenance Facility in an urbanized area. It is in close proximity to interstate 190 and was downwind of significant industrial sources in the 1970s. The impact from industrial sources had been drastically reduced over the past two decades. The continuous PM_2.5 data is reported to the AIRNow system.

Acid Deposition monitoring was terminated at this site December 31, 2010, measurements available nearby at the Niagara Falls monitoring station.

The parameters monitored are indicated in the following table:

Camden

Address: State Route 13
Camden, NY 13316

AQS Number: 36-065-0004
DEC Number: 3255-01
County: Oneida
Statistical Area: Utica- Rome, NY
Coordinates: Lat: 43.30268 Lon: -75.71978

This site was established in 1980 as a Syracuse downwind site. Camden is a seasonal automated ozone site, requiring minimal operator attention It is located on land adjacent to the Camden Highway Department which allows BAQS easy and secure access. Camden is used for AIRNow reporting.

Camp Georgetown

Address: Crumb Hill Road
Georgetown, NY 13072

AQS Number: 36-053-0006
DEC Number: 2655-01
County: Madison
Statistical Area: Syracuse, NY
Coordinates: Lat: 42.73046 Lon: -75.78444

This site was established in 1987 as part of the NYSDEC Acid Deposition program in the Syracuse area of Central New York. The surrounding area is primarily forest and rural. The O₃ and SO₂ are both operated continuously without seasonal interruption. SO₂ data are used by analysts in conjunction with the data from the acid deposition program. Ozone readings are reported to AIRNow.

The parameters monitored are indicated in the following table:

Dunkirk

Address: City of Dunkirk Sewage Treatment Plant
Wright Park Drive
Dunkirk, NY 14048

AQS Number: 36-013-0006
DEC Number: 0601-04
County: Chautauqua
Statistical Area: Buffalo - Niagara Falls, NY
Coordinates: Lat: 42.49963 Lon: -79.31881

The Dunkirk monitoring trailer was established in 1999 as a regional transport site. It is located at the western edge of New York on the shores of Lake Erie at the City of Dunkirk's Sewage Treatment Plant. It is approximately 200 feet from Lake Erie in a suburban neighborhood. With the predominant wind direction from the west, this site measures the background levels of pollution entering the state. Ozone levels are reported to AIRNow.

The parameters monitored are indicated in the following table:

East Syracuse

Address: 5895 Enterprise Parkway
Syracuse, NY 13202

AQS Number: 36-067-1015
DEC Number: 3353-09
County: Onondaga
Statistical Area: Syracuse
Coordinates: Lat: 43.05235 Lon: -76.05921

This site was established in 1991 in commercial area of suburban Syracuse. It is the primary air monitoring site in the Syracuse metropolitan area. In 1999 the site became part of the original PM_2.5 FRM monitoring network. Ozone readings are reported to AIRNow.

The parameters monitored are indicated in the following table: