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CAPE MAY COUNTY

Cape May 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

0.014 0.033 0.42 0% 14% 21% 56% 9%
0.66 0.45 1.4 0% 1% 2% 3% 94%*
0.33 0.13 2.5 1% 19% 19% 57% 4%
0.55 0.17 3.2 0% 0% 0% 0% 100%
0.000022 0.000083 0.26 12% 4% 1% 83% 0%
0.27 0.0033 81 0% 0% 14% 86% 0%
0.00011 0.00043 0.25 0% 100% 0% 0% 0%
0.9 0.077 11 0% 1% 1% 3% 95%*
0.0 0.0002 0 100% 0% 0% 0% 0%
0.017 0.029 0.5 0% 19% 14% 48% 19%
2% 1% 1% 96% 0%
0.00000001 0.025 4E-07 0% 100% 0% 0% 0%
0.019 0.17 0.16 1% 99% 0% 0% 0%
0.00098 0.11 0.009 99% 1% 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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