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HUNTERDON COUNTY

Hunterdon County Average 2014 NATA Modeled Air Concentrations Compared to Health Benchmarks
Pollutant Modeled Air Concentration (ug/m3) Health Benchmark (ug/m3) Risk Ratio % Contribution by Source Category
Point Sources Nonpoint Sources Onroad Mobile Nonroad Mobile

Background& Secondary

0.033 0.033 1 0% 33% 41% 23% 3%
0.92 0.45 2 0% 4% 4% 2% 90%*
0.49 0.13 3.7 <1% 46% 32% 20% 2%
0.55 0.17 3.2 0% 0% 0% 0% 100%
0.000061 0.000083 0.7 89% 10% 0% 1% 0%
0.38 0.0033 115 0% 0% 59% 41% 0%
0.00079 0.00043 1.8 99% 1% 0% 0% 0%
1.1 0.077 14 0% 5% 4% 3% 88%*
0.00000087 0.0002 0.004 100% 0% 0% 0% 0%
0.03 0.029 1 1% 55% 27% 13% 4%
70% 18% 8% 4% 0%
0.00000008 0.025 0.01 35% 65% 0% 0% 0%
0.021 0.17 0.12 6% 94% 0% 0% 0%
0.00059 0.11 0.005 100% 0% 0% 0% 0%












  • Chemicals with risk ratios greater than or equal to 1 are in bold.
    Risk Ratios based on noncarcinogenic effects are in italics.
    The symbol ug/m3 is micrograms per cubic meter, the amount (in micrograms) of a chemical in a cubic meter of air. This is also known as a concentration.
    For diesel particulate matter, onroad and nonroad concentrations include a model-estimated background concentration.
    *Acetaldehyde, acrolein and formaldehyde concentration estimates include secondary formation, which is the process by which chemicals in the air are transformed into other chemicals.
    **PAH/POM is "polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons/polycyclic organic matter." These define a broad class of compounds. The chemicals making up this class were broken up into 8 groups based on toxicity, and each group was assigned a cancer-weighted toxicity estimate. 0.0072 ug/m3 is the health benchmark average across the 8 groups.


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