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Ambient Monitoring Program

Annual Public Comment Solicitation

The USEPA requires state and local air pollution agencies to make the annual Monitoring Network Design plans available to the general public for a 30 day public comment period. Agencies are required to submit their annual plans to EPA by June 30. The next public comment period is projected to be in May of 2008.

Overview of Monitoring Network Design

View background information about the annual Air Monitoring Network Design Plan and a general overview of how the state's air monitoring networks are operated.

2008 Annual Monitoring Network Plans

Read about siting requirements of the existing monitoring stations operated by the state and local program agencies in North Carolina and the changes to them that we are proposing for the upcoming year.

Monitoring Data

CURRENT DATA

Latest Available Air Quality Indices

View the Air Quality Indexes for several urban locations in North Carolina. Air Quality Indexes are also reported to the public by a computerized voice recording and may also be reported in newspapers circulated in those areas.

Charlotte	Call: (704) 333-7664
Raleigh-Durham, Greensboro-Winston-Salem, Greenville-Pitt Co., Wilmington, Fayetteville, Asheville	Call: (888) AIR-WISE

Current Monitoring Data Across the State

View data from all active real-time pollutant monitors in the state network.

Current Data from Purchase Knob

View the current visibility on a mountain peak in Haywood County, and see the pollutant and weather data, courtesy of the National Park Service (Great Smoky Mountains National Park).

Current Data from Cold Mountain

View the current visibility in the Shining Rock Wilderness Area on this peak (as viewed from Frying Pan Mountain), and see the pollutant and weather data, courtesy of the US Forest Service.

Current Pollen Report

Ambient Monitoring collects pollen data in Raleigh on business days, by a manual method. Interested parties can join an email distribution list for the daily pollen report.

ARCHIVAL DATA

Data Archives & Statistical Summaries

View summaries, maps, and other information regarding the Air Quality Index(AQI) and various pollutants.

Publications

Browse through a collection of printed data summaries and statistical reports regarding ambient air quality.

Special Studies

Review the findings of special projects and studies related to ambient monitoring.

Quality Assurance Plans and Standard Operating Procedures

View technical documents that describe how Ambient Monitoring data are acquired and data quality is managed.

Custom Data Reports

To obtain ambient monitoring data that are not otherwise available from this page, please describe your request on this form. Fill it out as completely as possible, and either attach it to an email to this email address or FAX it to 919 733-1812.