We are now 8 weeks into the 2009 ozone season and North Carolina has yet to register a single high ozone day anywhere in the state. It should be pointed out that this is under the new, very stringent EPA standard of .076 parts per million of ambient air. If an area is above this level for an 8-hour period on a particular day it is said to have a code orange day. I just received the data below from North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR). The first column lists the name of the site where an ozone monitor is located, column 2 shows the county where the site is located, and all the zeros represent the number of high ozone days, year-to-date, for the individual monitor. This is very good news, unless you are running a left wing environmental group whose revenue flows depend on there being lots of horror stories to tell.
Site Name County >.076YTD
BushyFork Person 0
Barnett Knob Jackson 0
Butner Granville* 0
Bryson City Swain 0
Castle Hayne New Hanover 0
Cooleemee Davie 0
Duke Armory Durham * 0
Golfview Cumberland 0
Joanna Bald Graham 0
Jamesville Martin 0
West Johnston Johnston * 0
Lenoir community College Lenoir 0
Linville Falls Avery 0
Leggett Edgecombe 0
Lenoir Caldwell 0
Mendenhall Guilford 0
Mount Mitchell Yancey 0
Millbrook Wake 0
Monroe middle school Union 0
Pitt County Ag. Cr. Pitt 0
Bethany Rockingham* 0
Cherry Grove Caswell 0
Enochville Rowan* 0
Franklington Franklin* 0
Crouse Lincoln 0
Pittsboro Chatham* 0
Fuquay Wake* 0
Wade Cumberland 0
Waggin Trail Alexander 0
Bent Creek WNC 0
Frying Pan Haywood 0
Purchase knob Haywood 0
Rockwell CSS Rowan 0
Waynesville Haywood 0
Clemmons Forsyth Co 0
Hattie Ave. (U) Forsyth Co 0
Shiloh Church Forsyth Co 0
Union Cross Forsyth Co 0
Arrowood Meck. Co 0
County Line (U) Meck. Co 0
Garinger Meck. Co. 0
