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URBAN
COMMUNITY AIR TOXICS MONITORING
PROJECT, PATERSON CITY, NJ
Background:
The New Jersey Department of Environmental
Protection (NJDEP) has initiated
an air toxic study in Paterson City
in April 2010 to further investigate
elevated levels of eight air toxics
that were measured during the Urban
Community Air Toxics Monitoring
Project, Paterson City, NJ (UCAMPP)
from November 2005 until December
2006.
Out
of 132 air pollutants measured during
the UCAMPP study, levels of p-dichlorobenzene
were significantly elevated at one
of the monitoring locations (176
Broadway) in Paterson for a two
month period compared to the other
monitoring locations in Paterson
and  around
the state. As a result, NJDEP has
determined that further study is
needed to determine if this two
month elevation was a one time event
or whether the levels are an ongoing
occurrence. Seven other air pollutants
were also elevated at all three
sites in Paterson as well as at
other air monitoring locations around
the state. The levels of these air
pollutants (benzene, ethyl benzene,
1,3-butadiene, carbon tetrachloride,
chloroform, chloromethane, tetrachloroethylene,
and p-dichlorobenzene) were above
NJDEP health guidelines at Paterson
and at the other New Jersey sites.
For
additional information on the UCAMPP
study, please click
here.
Goals
of the Additional Air Monitoring
in Paterson Study:
There are two goals for the additional
air monitoring study. The first
is to determine whether the levels
of p-dichlorobenzene remain elevated
or whether the two-month elevation
in p-dichlorobenzene levels observed
during UCAMPP was a one-time event.
The second is to determine the variation
in the levels of the specified air
pollutants around 176 Broadway.
For more information on this study,
please click
here.
If you or
your community group/organization
would like to meet with the project
team about UCAMPP, please contact
Dr. Linda Bonanno at (609) 984-9480
or email her at linda.bonanno@dep.state.nj.us.
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