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Governor
ELIZABETH S. BISER
Secretary
MICHAEL ABRACZINSKAS
Director
NORTH CAROLINA
Environmental Quality
November 8, 2021
David Miller, P.E.
NC Department of Environmental Quality
Division of Energy Mineral and Land Resources
Mining Section
1612 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, NC 27699
Dear Mr. Miller,
On November 3, 2021, you spoke to Raleigh Regional Office personnel requesting local
fine particle (PM 2.5) data as a resource for the permitting process related to the potential Wake
Stone Corporation - Triangle Quarry expansion located on 222 Star Lane in Cary, North
Carolina. The nearest PM 2.5 monitor is the Beta Attenuation Monitor for PM 2.5 (BAM2.5)
located at the Triple Oak monitoring site run jointly by the North Carolina Division of Air
Quality (NCDAQ) and the United States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA). The site is
adjacent to interstate 40 (I-40), approximately 3.1 miles northwest of the quarry's current
boundary (3.8 miles west along I-40 from the Harrison Avenue,/ I-40 intersection). The BAM2.5
monitor reports an hourly average, 24 hours a day, seven days a week. The NCDAQ's Ambient
Monitoring Section has provided the most recent three years of validated Triple Oak PM 2.5 data
that has been reported to USEPA's Air Quality System (AQS). A synopsis of that data is listed in
the table below.
24-hr concentrations (midnight to midnight)
measured in micrograms per cubic meter
1-hr concentrations in
m3
m3
Annual weighted mean
98th
Average of
Calendar
Data
Annual
(average of the average
percentile
Annual
the daily
year
completeness
average
for each uarter)
value
maximum
2018
91.0%
7.83
7.91
16.0
-average
7.87
15.45
2019
92.9%
7.90
7.88
14.5
7.94
14.21
2020
95.1 %
6.51
6.52
15.0
6.55
13.27
The PM 2.5 standard uses the annual weighted mean for comparison to the annual
standard (12 µg/m3) and the 981h percentile value for comparison to the daily standard (35
µg/m3). We suggest using both the annual weighted mean and the 981h percentile value for the
24-hour averages so the numbers are comparable to what the standard uses. The average 1-hour
North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality I Division of Air Quality
Raleigh Regional Office 13800 Barrett Drive I Raleigh, North Carolina 27609
919.791.4200 T 1 919.571.4718 F
Mr. David Miller
November 8, 2021
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values and average daily maximum 1-hour values are also listed. The weighted 24-hour means
and 98" percentile values are directly from the USEPA AQS Design Value Report (report code
AMP480). The 1-hour averages are calculated from AQS data downloaded for each individual
year obtained from the USEPA Outdoor Air Quality Data webpage.
If you have any further questions regarding historical BAM PM 2.5 data, please do not
hesitate to contact the Ambient Monitoring Section.
Sincerely,
R. Patrick Butler, P.E.
Ambient Monitoring Section Chief
Division of Air Quality, NC DEQ
cc: RRO Files
Attachment: AMP480 Design Value Report
User ID: XJLSTEGER
Report Request ID: 1969864
UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
DESIGN VALUE REPORT
Report Code: AMP480
GEOGRAPHIC SELECTIONS
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AIR QUALITY SYSTEM
PRELIMINARY DESIGN VALUE REPORT
Pollutant: Site-LevelPM2.5 - Local Conditions(88101) Design Value Year: 2019
Standard Units: Micrograms/cubic meter (LC)(105) REPORT EXCLUDES MEASUREMENTS WITH REGIONALLY CONCURRED EVENT FLAGS.
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2. Some PM2.5 24-hour DVs for incomplete data that are marked invalid here may be marked valid in the Official report due to additional analysis.
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UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY Report Date: Nov. 5, 2021
AIR QUALITY SYSTEM
PRELIMINARY DESIGN VALUE REPORT
Pollutant: Site-LevelPM2.5 - Local Conditions(88101) Design Value Year: 2020
Standard Units: Micrograms/cubic meter (LC)(105) REPORT EXCLUDES MEASUREMENTS WITH REGIONALLY CONCURRED EVENT FLAGS.
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