"
Keeping
the
Spirit
Alive
Since
1842!"
CATAWBA
COUNTY____________________________
P.
O.
Box
389
100­
A
South
West
Boulevard
Newton,
North
Carolina
28658­
0389
Telephone:
828­
465­
8201
www.
catawbacountync.
gov
Fax:
828­
465­
8392
March
23,
2005
Mr.
Robert
Myers
Associate
Assistant
Administrator
Office
of
Air
and
Radiation
Environmental
Protection
Agency
Washington,
DC
In
Re:
PM2.5
and
Air
Quality
in
Catawba
County
Dear
Mr.
Myers:

Initially,
I
would
like
to
thank
you
for
meeting
with
officials
from
Catawba
County
on
Monday,
March
7,
2005.
As
a
result
of
our
meeting,
you
indicated
that
you
would
forward
the
following
information
to
Catawba
County.
To
date,
we
still
have
not
received
the
information
and
therefore,
at
this
point,
we
respectfully
request
that
you
forward
the
information
to
our
attention.
I
have
listed
the
information
we
requested
below:

1.
Readings
at
other
monitors
that
have
been
placed
in
the
eastern
portion
of
the
United
States.
Specifically,
we
are
interested
in
receiving
information
on
all
monitors
that
have
been
placed
in
the
eastern
portion
of
the
United
State
that
have
registered
readings
that
have
been
considered
non­
attainment.
2.
We
presented
information
to
you
concerning
our
monitor
readings
in
Catawba
County.
We
indicated
that
there
was
a
spike
in
a
reading
in
the
third
quarter
of
2002.
We
asked
you
if
it
was
possible
to
determine
if
in
fact
this
was
an
anomaly
and
you
indicated
that
you
would
provide
us
with
additional
information
regarding
the
third
quarter
reading.
3.
We
also
discussed
monitor
readings
in
and
around
the
Catawba
County
area.
We
asked
that
you
provide
additional
information
concerning
the
difference
in
the
monitor
readings.
For
example,
we
would
like
to
know
specifically
what
the
differences
between
a
14.9
reading
and
a
15.0
reading.
Please
tell
us
what
the
difference
in
air
quality
with
regard
to
a
one­
tenth
of
a
point
reading
and
how
exponentially
better
or
worse
the
area
is
based
on
the
variation
in
the
readings.
As
we
continue
to
improve
the
air
quality
in
Catawba
County,
we
would
like
to
know
what
goal
we
should
strive
for
with
regard
to
the
health
of
our
citizens
in
the
long
run.
"
Keeping
the
Spirit
Alive
Since
1842!"
We
respectfully
request
that
you
send
this
information
to
our
attention
as
soon
as
possible.
The
deadline
of
April
5th
is
approaching
rapidly
and
we
would
like
to
look
at
this
additional
information
prior
to
that
time.
Please
forward
the
information
to
our
attention
as
soon
as
you
possibly
can.
I
would
like
to
receive
it
by
the
beginning
of
next
week,
March
28,
2005.

Thank
you
for
your
attention
to
this
matter
and
thank
you
for
meeting
with
us
in
Washington.

Sincerely,

Kitty
Barnes,
Chair
Catawba
County
Board
of
Commissioners
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