BOARD MEETING DATE: August 1, 2003
AGENDA NO. 12

Recognize Revenues from U.S. Department of Defense for Adaptation of Urban Air Monitoring Instruments to Demonstrate Feasibility to Measure Low Level Pollutant Concentrations

SYNPOSIS:

An AQMD proposal has been selected for award by the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) for the adaptation of urban air monitoring instruments to measure low level pollutant concentrations in an amount of $900,000. Under the provided funding, the AQMD will evaluate various, and purchase the best suited, measurement instruments to detect low level concentrations. This action is to recognize the revenue of $900,000 and execute a contract with DOD to conduct the study.

COMMITTEE:

Administrative, July 18, 2003, Recommended for Approval

RECOMMENDED ACTION:

1. Recognize $900,000 revenue in the General Fund from DOD for the Adaptation of Urban Air Monitoring Instruments to Demonstrate Feasibility to Measure Low Level Pollutant Concentrations. Upon award of contract, appropriate $900,000 from the Undesignated Fund Balance to the FY 2003-04 Budget as set forth below.
    
2. Authorize the Chairman to execute a contract with DOD to conduct a study to measure low level pollutant concentrations.

Barry R. Wallerstein, D.Env.
Executive Officer

Background

An AQMD proposal submitted in response to Broad Agency Announcement 2002, has been selected for award by the DOD for the adaptation of urban air monitoring instruments to measure low level pollutant concentrations in an amount of $900,000. This proposal seeks to assess, develop, and adapt various technologies for both field analysis and sample collection to assist in the characterization of a release of chemical agents. Specifically, the contract will be used to evaluate technology to determine its capabilities and adaptabilities in the detection and quantification of chemical agents. The best candidate instrumentation would then be purchased, modified if necessary, and mounted in either the AQMD’s existing Emergency Response Vehicle (ERV) or an air monitoring station for real-world condition testing and evaluation. If successful, the instrument may be permanently housed in the ERV. In addition to the analytical aspect of the grant, a meteorological system with integrated dispersion modeling software is proposed to evaluate the dispersion of any chemical agent. Given that many of the agents have molecular weights between 140 and 270, heavier hydrocarbons will be used to evaluate the effectiveness of these technologies. This evaluation would be needed since most existing analysis software and dispersion models are based on lower molecular weight compounds. As such, part of the contract funds would be used to enhance the computer software for the heavier hydrocarbons

Proposal

Staff has submitted a proposal to the DOD to conduct an evaluation of technology to be applied to the measurement of low level pollutant concentrations. A summary of the proposed funding allocation is provided below:
 

$140,000	Salaries (51000)
$660,000	Fixed Assets (77000)
$90,000	Laboratory Supplies (68050)
$5,000	Travel (67800)
$5,000	Mileage (67700)

The fixed assets considered for inclusion are: IMS-based RAID CW Detector ($25,000), Passive Scanable Open Path Fourier-Transform Infra-Red System ($225,000), Meteorological System with Integrated Dispersion Modeling ($30,000), Remotely Activated, Sequential Canister Samplers ($110,000), and Analytical Instrumentation - TOF GC/MS or IMS and Autosampler ($270,000).

Resource Impacts

DOD funding will fully support this effort.

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