The Binational Component of Air Quality. Arizona-Sonora Collaboration

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1 The Binational Component of Air Quality Arizona-Sonora Collaboration

2 ADEQ s Office of Border Environmental Protection Assists Media Divisions with Transboundary or Cross-Border Issues and Activities Funded through Mexico/Border Portions of EPA Grants to ADEQ in Support of Border 2020 Program Functions as Liaison with Binational and Border Organizations Arizona-Mexico Commission Good Neighbor Environmental Board Border Environment Cooperation Commission / North American Development Bank

3 Guiding Programs on Binational Activities U.S.-Mexico Border 2020 Environmental Program Goals and Objectives to: Reduce Air Pollution Improve Access to Clean and Safe Water Promote Materials and Waste Management and Clean Sites Enhance Joint Preparedness for Environmental Response Compliance Assurance and Environmental Stewardship Arizona-Sonora Regional Workgroup Air Quality Task Force Water Quality Task Force Waste Management and Enforcement Task Force Emergency Preparedness and Response Task Force Two-Year Action Plans

4 Guiding Programs on Binational Activities Arizona-Mexico Commission Board of Directors Chair: Governor Doug Ducey Vice-Chair: Kirk Adams, Chief of Staff Counterpart is Comisión Sonora-Arizona Core Focus Areas Competitiveness Security Sustainability Quality of Life 13 Binational Committees Public and private sector co-chairs Action Plans Annual Summits Arizona hosts in summer Sonora hosts in fall/winter

5 Guiding Programs on Binational Activities AMC Environment & Water Committee Co-chairs Arizona Department of Environmental Quality State of Sonora Ecology and Sustainable Development Commission Arizona Department of Water Resources State of Sonora Water Commission Salt River Project Yaqui and Mayo Valley Produce Growers Association Action Plans Develop Arizona-Sonora Environmental Strategic Plan Air Monitoring Network Operations and Maintenance Development of Options for New Water Supplies

6 Recent Binational Air Quality Activities Ambos (Both) Nogales Airshed Nogales, Sonora Refurbishing of PM10 monitors at Nogales Technical Institute (ITN) station One-year PM10 data collection from ITN station Emissions inventory update Air quality improvement plan ProAire Convert one PM10 monitor to PM2.5 at ITN station Nogales, Arizona Continue operation and maintenance of Post Office station PM10 and PM2.5 monitors Develop AQI smartphone app Air Nogales Available on App Store and Google Play

7 Nogales Area Wind Rose

8 Nogales, Sonora Emissions Update Area Sources Particulate Matter PM2.5, 99% and PM10, 98% Ammonia (NH3), 76% Sulfur Dioxide (SO2), 44% Carbon Monoxide (CO), 35% Mobile Sources Nitrogen Oxides (NOx), 74% Carbon Monoxide (CO), 65% Sulfur Dioxide (SO2), 29% Main Types of Emissions Motor Vehicles Resuspension of Particles from Unpaved and Paved Roads Soil Lacking Vegetation Cover

9 Nogales, Sonora ProAire Strategies & Measures #1 Reduce Emissions from Area Sources Strengthen regulation of commercial establishments and services in Nogales Reduce particulate matter from dust resuspension in paved and unpaved roads, as well as soil erosion in Nogales #2 Reduce Emissions from Mobile Sources Implement a vehicle emissions program Regulate public transportation vehicles Develop and implement mobility and transportation programs #3 Reduction of Emissions from Fixed/Point Sources Strengthen the regulation of point sources of State jurisdiction Industrial sector participation instruments in ProAire #4 Health Protection Establish a program for monitoring and prevention of diseases related to poor AQ #5 Communication and Environmental Education Establish a program of communication and dissemination of air quality Develop an air quality education program #6 Institutional Strengthening Form a committee to follow-up and evaluate the ProAire Update the air emissions inventory Strengthen the air quality monitoring network

10 Comparison of AQ Standards LIMIT VALUES FOR APPLICABLE AIR QUALITY STANDARDS - NOGALES, SONORA PROAIRE PLAN MEXICO UNITED STATES CONTAMINANT / ACUTE EXPOSURE CHRONIC EXPOSURE AVERAGING POLLUTANT AVERAGING ALLOWABLE MAXIMUM AVERAGING PRIMARY/SECONDARY CONC. / LEVEL ALLOWABLE MAXIMUM FREQUENCY / FORM TIME TIME CONC. / LEVEL FREQUENCY / FORM TIME CONC. / LEVEL Particle Pollution / Not to be exceeded more than once per year 24 hours 75 μg/m3 Not allowed Annual average 40 μg/m3 Primary and Secondary 24 hours 150 μg/m3 Particulate Matter, PM10 on average over 3 years Primary 1 year 12 μg/m3 Annual mean, averaged over 3 years Particle Pollution / 24 hours 45 μg/m3 Not allowed Annual average 12 μg/m3 Secondary 1 year 15 μg/m3 Annual mean, averaged over 3 years Particulate Matter, PM2.5 Primary and Secondary 24 hours 35 μg/m3 98th percentile, averaged over 3 years 8 hours 9 ppm Carbon Monoxide (CO) 8 hours 11 ppm (12595 μg/m3) Once per year Primary Not to be exceeded more than once per year 1 hour 35 ppm 99th percentile of 1-hour daily maximum 24 hours 0.11 ppm (288 μg/m3) Once per year Annual average (66 μg/m3) Primary 1 hour 75 ppb Sulfur Dioxide (SO2) concentration, averaged over 3 years 8 hours ppm (524 μg/m3) Twice per year Secondary 3 hours 0.5 ppm Not to be exceeded more than once per year 98th percentile of 1-hour daily maximum Primary 1 hour 100 ppb Nitrogen Dioxide (NO2) 1 hour 0.21 ppm Once per year concentrations, averaged over 3 years Primary and Secondary 1 year 53 ppb Annual mean 1 hour ppm (216 μg/m3) Not allowed Annual fourth-highest daily maximum 8-hour Ozone (O3) Primary and Secondary 8 hours ppm 8 hours ppm 4 times per year concentration, averaged over 3 years

11 Yearly AQ Trends in Nogales

12 Arizona-Sonora Environmental Strategic Plan Seeking Convergence and Consensus ADEQ Strategic Plan U.S.-Mexico Border 2020 Program Arizona-Sonora Environmental Strategic Plan Arizona- Mexico Commission Effort is being supported by the Border Environment Cooperation Commission (BECC) and the North American Development Bank (NADB)

13 For More Information Edna A. Mendoza Director, Office of Border Environmental Protection Arizona Department of Environmental Quality 400 W. Congress, Ste. 43 Tucson, AZ Thank you!