ACTIVITY REPORT SEPTEMBER 1 THROUGH SEPTEMBER 30, 2017 I. Communications and Education Activity Report Community Events/School Programs/Presentations

• Spokane County Interstate Fair (September 8-17) • Valleyfest (September 23) • Spokane Valley Fire District Open House (September 30)

Print/Online Materials/Media

• Updated Paving Waver forms with new fees • Updated Outdoor Burning form with new fees • Joint media release with Spokane Regional Health District

o Smoke Affecting Air Quality – May Reach Hazardous (9/5) • Interviews*

o Spokesman Review: Smoky air returns to Spokane, likely to stay until the weekend (9/14)

o Spokesman Review: Winds to push wildfire smoke out of Spokane, but relief may be short-lived (9/8)

o Spokesman Review: Spokane sets record for air pollution; smoke expected to remain until Friday (9/7)

o Spokesman Review: Wildfires and smoke provide a peek into the future (9/5) o Spokesman Review: Air in Spokane hazardous as wildfire smoke fills city (9/4) o KPBX radio interview with Steve Jackson (9/5) o KREM 2 interviews (three stories: air conditioners, comparison of 2015 vs 2017 and

who provides air monitoring data) (9/5) o The Inlander (9/5) o KHQ interview (9/6)

*Spokane Clean Air was referenced in many other news stories. The above lists the stories our agency was directly contacted/interviewed. Wood stove Change-out Grant

• We learned that there will not be state grant funds to apply for to conduct a changeout program this heating season. We will learn more about funds next spring. The website was updated and past participating retailers were notified.

Social Media

• Facebook: 742 • Twitter: 399 • Instagram: 102

September 2017 Activity Report Page 2 of 12 Upcoming

• Avista Energy Day (October 10) • Home Idea Show (October 13-15)

o Seminar: How to Burn Cleanly • Newman Lake Fire and Rescue Open House (October 14 --Derek) • Hamblen Elementary Science Night (October 16) • Avista Day at NCCC (October 18) • Fall Leaf Festival (October 28) • Farm and Food Expo (November 3-4) • Spokane Public Schools Career Fair (November 7) • Trentwood Science Night (March 15)

II. Compliance Activity Report FACILITY INSPECTIONS Date Inspection Type of Completed: Business Name: Inspection: Type of Process: 4/20/2017 BAKER COMMODITIES CCI Fuel Burning Equipment,

Rendering Oper. 9/5/2017 DISH TECHNOLOGIES SPOKANE RUL CCI Emergency Generator 9/6/2017 NORTHEAST WASHINGTON ESD 101 CCI Emergency Generator 9/7/2017 PATHOLOGY ASSOCIATES MEDICAL LABS. CCI Emergency Generator 9/8/2017 PETROCARD INC / WILL D ALTON LN CCI Gas Dispensing Facility 9/12/2017 SPUR INDUSTRIES CCI Materials Handling, Metal

Plating, NESHAP 9/14/2017 BANNER F&F KARDLOCK #1 CCI Gas Dispensing Facility 9/14/2017 HENNESSEY FUNERAL HOME / PINES CCI Incinerator 9/15/2017 PHILLIPS 66 COMPANY / FAIRCHILD CCI Organic liquid Tanks 9/15/2017 PHILLIPS 66 COMPANY / GEIGER CCI Organic liquid Tanks 9/21/2017 AMERICAN WAY AUTO BODY CCI Surface Coating (Metal) 9/21/2017 GERBER COLLISION & GLASS CCI Surface Coating (Metal) 9/22/2017 BECU - CONTACT AND DATA CENTER CCI Emergency Generator 9/29/2017 ZIP TRIP #2 CCI Gas Dispensing Facility 9/29/2017 ZIP TRIP #34 CCI Gas Dispensing Facility CCI – Continuing Compliance Inspection – 15 FCE – Full Compliance Investigation – 0 ICI – Initial Compliance Inspection – 0 IR – Initial Registration – 0 I – Information – 0 PCE – Partial Compliance Evaluation – 0

September 2017 Activity Report Page 3 of 12 STAFF INITIATED ACTIVITY & COMPLAINT SUMMARY Staff Initiated Activity Complaints Agricultural Burning 0 0 Air quality /smoke in the air 0 0 Asbestos 10 5 Dust from source/tracking 1 13 Dust from unpaved public road 0 2 Odors 0 19 Other/miscellaneous 2 0 Outdoor burning 0 12 Solid fuel burning device 1 6 Surface Coating 0 0 TOTAL Staff Initiated Activity 14 Complaints 57 ASBESTOS PROGRAM NOTIFICATION PROJECT SIZE OR TYPE # OF NOTIFICATIONS >= 10 ln. ft. and/or 48 sq. ft. Asbestos Project (OOSFR) Only 18 OOSFR Demolition Only 5 OOSFR Abatement and OOSFR Demolition 0 Emergency Notification 13 Alternative Friable Removal 0 Exception for Hazardous Conditions 0 Amendments 78 Demolition Only 14 < 10 ln. ft. and/or < 48 sq. ft. per CY 1 >= 10 ln. ft. and/or >= 48 sq. ft. per CY 0 10 - 259 ln. ft. and/or 48 - 159 sq. ft. Asbestos w/o Demolition 9 260 - 999 ln. ft. and/or 160 – 4,999 sq. ft. Asbestos w/o Demolition 21 >= 1,000 ln. ft. and/or 5,000 sq. ft. Asbestos w/o Demolition 5 TOTAL 164

ASBESTOS INSPECTIONS/PRESENTATIONS

9/5/2017 Air Tech Abatement Technologies 6909 E. 8th Ave. Spokane Valley OI 9/5/2017 Air Tech Abatement Technologies 1128 W. Rowan Ave. Spokane OI 9/6/2017 Air Tech Abatement Technologies 6909 E. 8th Ave. Spokane Valley OI 9/6/2017 Rick Keene 3114 W. 5th Ave. Spokane NI 9/6/2017 Cobra BEC, Inc 2720 S. Perry St. Spokane NI 9/7/2017 Kyron Environmental 10 S. Post St. Spokane IP 9/8/2017 Summit Environmental/Spokane Public Schools 2627 E. 17th Ave. Spokane NI 9/12/2017 Black Box 3102 E. Trent Ave. Spokane NI 9/8/2017 City of Spokane CH2MHILL 507 N. Howard St. Spokane NI 9/14/2017 Specialty Environmental 7511 N. Freya St. Spokane NI 9/19/2017 Divine Corp 3125 E. Mission Ave. Spokane NI

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9/20/2017 R D Spears, LLC 9420 N. Newport Hwy. Spokane NI 9/26/2017 Nathan McMackin 3203 N. Nelson St. Spokane OI 9/29/2017 Parsons Constrcution / K&D Properties 7721 E. Trent Ave. Spokane Valley NI

NI – Non Owner Occupied, Single Family Residence Asbestos Inspection – 9 OT – Other – 0 OI – Owner Occupied, Single Family Residence Asbestos Inspection – 4 IP – Informational Presentation – 1 • Asbestos Fees Collected – $31,894.90

NOTICES OF VIOLATION Issued – 7 Asbestos Control Standards 3 Dust Control 1 Odors 0 Resolved – 5 Outdoor Burning 3 Appealed – 1 Solid Fuel Burning Device Emissions 0 Rescinded – 0 Installation of Air Pollution Source w/o a Permit/Registration 0 Void – 0 Not Complying with NOC/NOI Permit Requirements 0 Reissued – 0 Failure to Comply with Other Standards 0

September 2017 Activity Report Page 5 of 12 Civil Penalties Collected – $9,735.00 Burning Permits Issued – $0 Agricultural/Spot Burn – $-566.25 Wood Stove Exemptions – $0 III: Permitting & Air Quality A. Notices of Construction Received – 1

Date NOC# Applicant, Site Address & Type 9/22/17 #1745 Comcast Cable, 1717 E. Buckeye Ave., Emergency Generator

B. Notices of Construction Approved – 0

Date NOC# Applicant, Site Address & Type

C. NEHAPS/MACT – 0

D. Temporary Sources Received – 4

Temporary Sources Approved – 3

E. Paving Waiver Requests – 1

F. Surface Coating Regulation Exemption – 0

G. Number of Sources Registered – 0 ● Registration Fees Collected – $0 ● AOP Permit Fees – $0 ● Notice of Construction/SEPA/NOI Fees Collected – $11,880.38 ● Air Operating Permits Issued – 0 ● Air Operating Permits Renewed – 0

Spokane Regional Clean Air Agency Air Quality Report – September 2017

Northeasterly winds carried heavy smoke from wildfires in Montana and British Columbia into the Spokane area the week of September 4th. The winds developed under a high pressure ridge and associated subsidence inversion, which restricted dispersion of the smoke. This resulted in some of the worst air quality on record for the region with the Air Quality Index (AQI) reaching the Unhealthy (red) category on the 4th and 8th and the Very Unhealthy (purple) category on the 5th, 6th, and 7th (Figure 1).

September 2017 Activity Report Page 6 of 12 Smoke from Montana wildfires was transported into the Spokane area again on the 14th. Although the smoke problem continued, a cooler air mass meant less active fire activity and less smoke than earlier in the month. The smoke lingered until the 19th, when a cold upper-level trough (low pressure) brought cool and wet conditions to the region, ending the wildfire smoke problem for the season. Federal air quality standards correspond to an AQI value of 100, i.e., an AQI value of 101 or above exceeds air quality standards. That is the level of the threshold between the Moderate and Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups categories. Fine particulate matter (PM2.5) exceeded federal air quality standards on the six above-mentioned days and particulate matter (PM10) also exceeded the federal standard on the 4th, 5th, 6th, and 7th. There was one exceedance of the ground-level ozone standard when the 8-hour average ozone concentration reached 0.71 ppm (AQI = 101, Unhealthy) at Spokane-Greenbluff on the 7th. Figure 1: Air Quality Index (AQI) values for September 2017. The data represent the maximum AQI values across all monitoring stations within Spokane County.

The Air Quality Index (AQI), based on the maximum 24-hour average (midnight-to-midnight) PM2.5 mass concentration was in the Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups category on one day in September, the

September 2017 Activity Report Page 7 of 12 Unhealthy category on two days, and the Very Unhealthy category on three days. The maximum AQI value for the month was 256, based on PM2.5 levels on the 7th (24-hour mass concentration = 205.5 g/m3). Smoke pushed particulate matter (PM10; 24-hour) into the Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups category on four days. Ozone, based on the maximum 8-hour running average concentration, was in the Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups category on one day. Tables 1 and 2 summarize the maximum AQI values for each pollutant for the month and for the year to date. Table 3 summarizes the year to date daily AQIs by category and compares them to last year’s AQIs. See Appendix 1 of this report for information about federal air quality standards or Appendix 2 for a description of the AQI.

Table 1: Maximum AQI values and pollutant concentrations for this reporting period

Pollutant AQI/Concentration Location Date O3 101/0.071 ppm (8 hour) Spokane, Greenbluff 9/7 PM10 137/227 µg/m3 Spokane, E. Augusta Ave. (Augusta & Fiske) 9/7 PM2.5 256/205.5 µg/m3 Spokane Valley, E. Broadway Ave. (near

Broadway and University) 9/7

Table 2: Maximum AQI values and pollutant concentrations for calendar year 2017

Pollutant AQI/Concentration Location Date O3 105/0.072 ppm (8 hour) Spokane, Greenbluff 8/4 PM10 137/227 µg/m3 Spokane, E. Augusta Ave. (Augusta & Fiske) 9/7 PM2.5 256/205.5 µg/m3 Spokane Valley, E. Broadway Ave. (near

Broadway and University) 9/7

Table 3: AQI summary as of September 30, 2017.

Category Number of Days This Year

Good (0-50) 176 Moderate (51-100) 79 Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups (101-150) 11 Unhealthy (151-200) 4 Very Unhealthy (201-300) 3 Hazardous (>300) 0

September 2017 Activity Report Page 8 of 12 Daily mass concentrations of PM2.5 monitored in September throughout the network are shown in Figure 2. Daily air quality data for September at all monitoring stations in the Spokane region are provided in Appendix 3. Current and historical air quality data can be obtained electronically from Ecology’s air monitoring data website, https://fortress.wa.gov/ecy/enviwa/Default.htm. Figure 2: Multi-station 24-hour average PM2.5 for September 2017; Spokane County.

Ground-level ozone is formed when nitrogen oxides and volatile organic compounds chemically react in the presence of sunlight. It is measured in units of parts per million (ppm) in ambient air. Ozone is a strong oxidizer and can damage lung tissue, thereby impairing respiratory function. The main sources of ozone precursors are motor vehicle emissions and refueling, gasoline storage and transport, paints, solvents and industry. The maximum 8-hour running average ozone concentration for the month was 0.071 ppm measured at Greenbluff on the 7th (Figure 3). Eight hour average ozone concentrations in the range 0.055 to 0.070 ppm are in the “Moderate” air quality category the AQI and 0.071 to 0.085 ppm are in the “Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups” category. When concentrations are below 0.055 ppm, air quality is “good” with respect to ground-level ozone.

September 2017 Activity Report Page 9 of 12 Figure 3: Eight hour maximum ozone concentrations for the Spokane region in September. An ozone measurement above 0.070 ppm, averaged over eight hours, exceeds the federal ozone standard. However, it is not a violation of the standard to exceed this level on a given day because determination of attainment status is based on averaging data over a period of years. See Appendix 1 for more detailed information about attainment of federal air quality standards.

Appendix 1 – National Ambient Air Quality Standards The Clean Air Act requires EPA to set National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) for six common air pollutants, carbon monoxide (CO), lead (Pb), nitrogen dioxide (NO2), particulate matter (PM10 and PM2.5), ground-level ozone (O3) and sulfur dioxide (SO2; Table A-1). These are known as “criteria” pollutants because the US EPA established regulatory limits to concentrations in ambient air using human health or environmentally based criteria. Carbon monoxide, particulate matter and ozone are monitored in Spokane County by the Spokane Regional Clean Air Agency (SRCAA) and the Washington State Department of Ecology (Ecology).

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Table A-1: National Ambient Air Quality Standards

Pollutant [links to historical tables of NAAQS reviews]

Primary/ Secondary Averaging Time Level Form

Carbon Monoxide (CO) primary 8 hours 9 ppm Not to be exceeded more than once

per year 1 hour 35 ppm

Lead (Pb)

primary and secondary

Rolling 3 month period 0.15 μg/m3 (1) Not to be exceeded

Nitrogen Dioxide (NO2)

primary 1 hour 100 ppb 98th percentile of 1-hour daily maximum concentrations, averaged over 3 years

primary and secondary 1 year 53 ppb (2) Annual Mean

Ozone (O3)

primary and secondary 8 hours 0.070 ppm (3)

Annual fourth-highest daily maximum 8-hour concentration, averaged over 3 years

Particle Pollution (PM)

PM2.5

primary 1 year 12.0 μg/m3 annual mean, averaged over 3 years

secondary 1 year 15.0 μg/m3 annual mean, averaged over 3 years

primary and secondary 24 hours 35 μg/m3 98th percentile, averaged over 3

years

PM10 primary and secondary 24 hours 150 μg/m3 Not to be exceeded more than once

per year on average over 3 years

Sulfur Dioxide (SO2)

primary 1 hour 75 ppb (4) 99th percentile of 1-hour daily maximum concentrations, averaged over 3 years

secondary 3 hours 0.5 ppm Not to be exceeded more than once per year

(1) In areas designated nonattainment for the Pb standards prior to the promulgation of the current (2008) standards, and for which implementation plans to attain or maintain the current (2008) standards have not been submitted and approved, the previous standards (1.5 µg/m3 as a calendar quarter average) also remain in effect. (2) The level of the annual NO2 standard is 0.053 ppm. It is shown here in terms of ppb for the purposes of clearer comparison to the 1-hour standard level. (3) Final rule signed October 1, 2015, and effective December 28, 2015. The previous (2008) O3 standards additionally remain in effect in some areas. Revocation of the previous (2008) O3 standards and transitioning to the current (2015) standards will be addressed in the implementation rule for the current standards. (4) The previous SO2 standards (0.14 ppm 24-hour and 0.03 ppm annual) will additionally remain in effect in certain areas: (1) any area for which it is not yet 1 year since the effective date of designation under the current (2010) standards, and (2)any area for which implementation plans providing for attainment of the current (2010) standard have not been submitted and approved and which is designated nonattainment under the previous SO2 standards or is not meeting the requirements of a SIP call under the previous SO2 standards (40 CFR 50.4(3)). A SIP call is an EPA action requiring a state to resubmit all or part of its State Implementation Plan to demonstrate attainment of the require NAAQS.

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Appendix 2 – Air Quality Index The Air Quality Index (AQI) is EPA’s color-coded tool for communicating daily air quality to the public and can be calculated for any of the criteria pollutants except lead, provided monitoring data are available. An index value above 100 indicates that the concentration of a criteria pollutant exceeded the limit established in the NAAQS. Categories of the AQI are “good” (green, 0-50), “moderate” (yellow, 51-100), “unhealthy for sensitive groups” (orange, 101-150), “unhealthy” (red, 151-200), “very unhealthy” (purple, 201-300) and “hazardous” (maroon, 301-500; Table A-2).

Table A-2: Air pollutant breakpoints for the Air Quality Index.

Air Quality Index Levels of Health Concern

Color Code

Index Numerical

Value

Breakpoints Health Effects O3 (ppm) 8-

hour PM2.5

( g/m3) 24-hour

PM10 ( g/m3) 24-hour

CO (ppm) 8-hour

Good Green 0-50 0.000-0.054 0.0-12.0 0-54 0.0-4.4 Air quality is considered satisfactory and air pollution poses little or no risk.

Moderate Yellow 51-100 0.055-0.070 12.1-35.4 55-154 4.5-9.4 Air quality is acceptable; however, for some pollutants there may be a moderate health concern for a very small number of people who are unusually sensitive to air pollution.

Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups

Orange 101-150 0.071-0.085 35.5-55.4 155-254 9.5-12.4 People especially sensitive to air pollution may experience health effects. The general public is not likely to be affected. An AQI in this category or above indicates that air pollution exceeds levels acceptable under federal air quality standards.

Unhealthy Red 151-200 0.086-0.105 55.5-150.4 255-354 12.5-15.4 Everyone may begin to experience health effects; members of sensitive groups may experience more serious health effects.

Very Unhealthy

Purple 201-300 0.106-0.200 150.5-250.4

355-424 15.5-30.4 Health alert: everyone may experience more serious health effects.

Hazardous Maroon >300 0.201 to the Significant Harm Level* (0.600 ppm, 2 hour average)

250.5+ 425+ 30.5+ Health warnings of emergency conditions. The entire population is more likely to be affected.

*The significant harm level (SHL) is set at a level that represents imminent and substantial endangerment to public health.

Appendix 3 Table A-3: Summary air quality data for September for air monitoring stations in Spokane County. The ground-level ozone data are maximum 8-hour running averages in parts per million (ppm) and the PM data are 24-hour averages in micrograms per cubic meter of air (µg/m3). There are no data for Augusta & Fiske because of a sample tape error (broken tape) or Airway Heights for the 19th through the 22nd because of failure of the data logging system to restart after a power outage.

September 2017 Activity Report Page 12 of 12 Turnbull PM10 is not reported elsewhere in this document because readings were affected by road dust as fire crews traveled on gravel roads close to the monitor.

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