Environmental Services Program
Richards Gebaur South, Kansas City
Site Operator: Missouri Department of Natural Resources' Environmental Services Program.
County: Cass Site ID: 29-037-0003
Pollutants Monitored: Ozone (O3), Inhalable Particulate (PM2.5)
Ozone (O3)
Updated: Quarterly.
National Ambient Air Monitoring Standard:
Eight-hour Standard
The three-year average of the fourth highest daily maximum eight-hour average must not be greater than 0.075 ppm (parts per million). To attain this standard, the three-year average of the fourth-highest daily maximum eight-hour average ozone concentrations measured at each monitor within an area over each year must not exceed 0.075 ppm. (Effective May 27, 2008).
Exceedances allowed without a violation being recorded:
The term exceedance does not apply to the eight-hour standard. The three-year average is used to determine designation of attainment or non-attainment.
Disclaimer: Yearly and quarterly data shown below has been subject to data review and validation procedures by the reporting agency. Monthly data and data shown graphically is raw, unreviewed and unvalidated data.
| Year | Number of Days Over Standard |
Maximum 1-Hour Average |
Maximum 8-Hour Average |
Fourth Maximum 8-Hour Average |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 | 0 | 0.094 | not available | not available |
| 1994 | 0 | 0.093 | not available | not available |
| 1995 | 0 | 0.088 | not available | not available |
| 1996 | 0 | 0.097 | not available | not available |
| 1997 | 0 | 0.092 | not available | not available |
| 1998 | 0 | 0.108 | not available | not available |
| 1999 | 0 | 0.119 | not available | not available |
| 2000 | 1 | 0.152 | not available | not available |
| 2001 | 0 | 0.091 | not available | not available |
| 2002 | 0 | 0.106 | 0.088 | 0.083 |
| 2003 | 1 | 0.107 | 0.097 | 0.082 |
| 2004 | 1 | 0.096 | 0.080 | 0.061 |
| 2005 | 2 | 0.108 | 0.091 | 0.081 |
| 2006 | 1 | 0.096 | 0.085 | 0.078 |
| 2007 | 0 | 0.087 | 0.081 | 0.072 |
| 2008 | 1 | 0.107 | 0.079 | 0.066 |
| 2009 | 1 | 0.109 | 0.087 | 0.064 |
| 2010 | 0 | 0.087 | 0.070 | 0.067 |
| 2011 | 2 | 0.089 | 0.077 | 0.072 |
| Year | Number of Days Over Standard |
Maximum 1-Hour Average |
Maximum 8-Hour Average |
Fourth Maximum 8-Hour Average |
| 2012 | ||||
| First Quarter | 0 | 0.105 | 0.090 | 0.078 |
| Second Quarter | 2 | |||
| Third Quarter | 8 | |||
Inhalable Particulate (PM2.5)
Updated: Quarterly
National Ambient Air Monitoring Standard: (24-hour samples; one taken every third day) A three-year average of the 98th percentile 24-hour averages equal or greater than 35 ug/m3 (micrograms per cubic meter) and/or a three-year average of annual averages equal or greater than 15.0 ug/m3 (micrograms per cubic meter).
Exceedances allowed without a violation being recorded: Two percent of daily observations
Disclaimer: Yearly and quarterly data shown below has been subject to data review and validation procedures by the reporting agency. Monthly data and data shown graphically is raw, unreviewed and unvalidated data.
| Year | First Maximum 24-Hour Average |
Second Maximum 24-Hour Average |
Annual Average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 30.1 | 27.6 | 10.95 |
| 2000 | 40.9 | 34.3 | 11.77 |
| 2001 | 34.5 | 30.0 | 11.4 |
| 2002 | 30.7 | 27.7 | 11.7 |
| 2003 | 49.5 | 35.5 | 11.1 |
| 2004 | 29.7 | 23.3 | 9.83 |
| 2005 | 32.4 | 31.6 | 11.63 |
| 2006 | 22.5 | 21.3 | 10.08 |
| 2007 | 31.7 | 28.4 | 10.80 |
| 2008 | 28.4 | 20.9 | 9.95 |
| 2009 | 36.7 | 31.0 | 9.42 |
| Year | First Maximum 24-Hour Average |
98th Percentile Value | Annual Average |
| 2010 | 30.3 | 22.6 | 10.34 |
| 2011 | 28.2 | 24.1 | 10.87 |
| 2012 | |||
| Through Third Quarter |
25.7 | 23.3 | 14.73 |
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