2020 Tennessee Annual Monitoring Network Plan Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation Air Pollution Control Division July 1, 2020 Table of Contents Table of Contents ............................................................................................................................................... 2 List of Tables ....................................................................................................................................................... 4 Annual Air Monitoring Network Plan Acronym Glossary ................................................................................ 5 Introduction to the 2020/21 Annual Monitoring Network Plan for Tennessee ............................................ 6 Proposed Revisions to Tennessee’s Ambient Air Monitoring Network .......................................................... 7 The Purpose of Tennessee’s Ambient Air Monitoring Network ..................................................................... 8 Air Quality Index Reporting ...................................................................................................................................................8 PM2.5 Monitoring .....................................................................................................................................................................9 PM2.5 Continuous Monitoring ................................................................................................................................................9 PM2.5 Background and Transport Sites ........................................................................................................................... 10 PM10 Monitoring ................................................................................................................................................................... 10 Ozone Monitoring ................................................................................................................................................................ 11 Carbon Monoxide (CO) Monitoring ................................................................................................................................... 11 Nitrogen Dioxide (NO2) Monitoring ................................................................................................................................... 12 SO2 Monitors ........................................................................................................................................................................ 12 Lead (Pb) Monitoring: .......................................................................................................................................................... 13 National Core Monitoring Station...................................................................................................................................... 13 Near-Road Monitors: ........................................................................................................................................................... 13 Prevention of Significant Deterioration (PSD) monitoring: ............................................................................................ 14 Clean Air Status and Trends Network (CASTNET) ............................................................................................................ 14 Monitoring Sites and Discussion ..................................................................................................................... 15 Freels Bend – Anderson County ........................................................................................................................................ 16 Maryville – Blount County ................................................................................................................................................... 17 Dyersburg – Dyer County.................................................................................................................................................... 18 New Market – Jefferson County ......................................................................................................................................... 19 Loretto – Lawrence County (New) ..................................................................................................................................... 20 Loudon – Loudon County ................................................................................................................................................... 21 Athens – McMinn County .................................................................................................................................................... 22 Jackson – Madison County (New) ....................................................................................................................................... 23 Columbia – Maury County .................................................................................................................................................. 24 Clarksville – Montgomery County (New) ........................................................................................................................... 25 2 TN Ambient Air Monitoring Plan | 2020 Cookeville – Putnam County .............................................................................................................................................. 26 Harriman – Roane County .................................................................................................................................................. 27 Kingsport (PM2.5) – Sullivan County ................................................................................................................................... 28 Blountville – Sullivan County .............................................................................................................................................. 29 Kingsport O3 – Sullivan County .......................................................................................................................................... 30 Exide – Sullivan County ....................................................................................................................................................... 31 Ross N Robinson – Sullivan County ................................................................................................................................... 32 Skyland Dr. – Sullivan County ............................................................................................................................................. 33 Andrew Johnson Elementary School – Sullivan County .................................................................................................. 34 Happy Hill – Sullivan County ............................................................................................................................................... 35 Hendersonville - Sumner County ...................................................................................................................................... 36 Cedars of Lebanon – Wilson County ................................................................................................................................. 38 National Park Service Monitors ......................................................................................................................................... 39 Cades Cove – Blount County (GSM NP)............................................................................................................................. 40 Look Rock – Blount County (GSM NP) ............................................................................................................................... 41 Cove Mountain – Sevier Country (GSM NP) ...................................................................................................................... 42 Clingman’s Dome – Sevier County (GSM NP) ................................................................................................................... 43 Tennessee Geographic Regions, Descriptions and Climate .......................................................................... 44 Map of Tennessee Geographic Regions ........................................................................................................................... 47 Climate Synopsis for Tennessee ........................................................................................................................................ 48 3-Yr (2017-2019) Wind Rose Data for 10 TN Area ASOS Stations .............................................................................. 49 Combined/Metropolitan/Micropolitan Statistical Areas of Tennessee ........................................................................ 57 Appendix A DAPC Monitoring Equipment Evaluation 2020 ..................................................................... 59 Appendix B Tennessee Monitoring Site Agreement Letters .................................................................... 66 Virginia................................................................................................................................................................................... 68 Shelby County – TN - AR - MS ............................................................................................................................................. 70 Appendix