The air monitoring station at the Foley West location began operating on March 1, 2017 — the beginning of the 2017 ozone-monitoring season. The department relocated its original Foley monitor to this new site because of a property transfer. The original site and the current site are less than a mile apart, and they share the same air mass. The Foley West site helps the department characterize ground-level ozone concentrations extremely downwind of the St. Louis area and monitor attainment of the ambient air quality standard for ozone. 

Pollutants

Ozone Pollutant

The primary National Ambient Air Quality Standard for ozone is 0.070 parts per million averaged over eight hours (annual fourth-highest daily maximum 8-hour concentration, averaged over three years). The federal ozone season for monitoring runs from March 1 to Oct. 31.

Departmental information about ozone (O3)

  • Description
  • Health effects
  • Tips to reduce ozone
  • 2008 and 2015 standards plus related documents
Foley West Air Monitoring Site
Address

2100 Hwy Y
Foley, MO 63347
United States

EPA Site ID
29-113-0004
County
Lincoln
Date Established
Pollutants Monitored
Ozone
Latitude/Longitude
39.04577, -90.84927