Common use of Air Quality Monitoring Clause in Contracts

Air Quality Monitoring. The purpose of air-quality monitoring pursuant to this Agreement is to maintain compliance with the National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) and Prevention of Significant Deterioration (PSD) increment ceilings established under Section 109 and Section 163 respectively, of the Clean Air Act. The Parties agree that the preferred approach for achieving this goal is through the implementation of appropriate monitoring and management response actions in conjunction with SNWA’s groundwater development. An air quality monitoring station shall be located within the Utah portion of the Tier I Monitoring Area at a site deemed representative of the Snake Valley airshed. Data from this station will be used to substantiate potential air quality impacts local to proposed groundwater withdrawals. In addition, the data from this monitor will be used, in conjunction with data collected from existing air quality stations along the Wasatch Front, to substantiate potential regional transport of pollutants generated local to proposed groundwater withdrawals. The air quality monitoring equipment deployed at the site should be capable of sampling particulate matter smaller than 10 micrometers in aerodynamic diameter (PM10) and verifying compliance with the NAAQS and PSD increment ceilings for this air pollutant. Meteorological monitoring equipment will also be deployed at the site to provide data to support the air quality measurements. The monitoring equipment will collect air quality and meteorological data on a continuous basis. The cost of equipment and installation, in addition to the on-going maintenance, data collection and reporting, shall be borne by the SNWA. SNWA shall perform, or fund a mutually agreed upon third party to perform, the installation, maintenance and reporting. The Utah Division of Air Quality (UDAQ) will be able to provide monitoring recommendations and expertise to support data collection and interpretation.