Download or read book 2015-2016 Ambient Air Monitoring Network Plan written by Kansas. Bureau of Air and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 38 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The Bureau of Air's, Air Monitoring and Planning Section administers the air monitoring and modeling program and the emissions inventory program. In cooperation with two local agencies, section staff operates the Kansas Ambient Air Monitoring Network, which provides air quality data from 16 sites across the state (Figure 1). The monitoring data is analyzed to determine compliance with federal standards for criteria pollutants and to evaluate air quality trends. In addition, the department has 4 mercury wet deposition monitoring sites located across the state. Staff members also conduct an annual emissions inventory of pollutants emitted from permitted facilities and other sources for the entire state. Staff who conduct air quality modeling use the emission inventory data. Modeling helps to better understand the causes of air pollution and to develop pollution reduction strategies in targeted areas. Such pollution reduction strategies are incorporated into state and regional plans to protect the public health, welfare and environment from the negative effects of air pollution."-- P. [3 of 38].