How will the air monitoring study be conducted?
The monitoring study is being developed by a team of academic, scientific, EPA, USDA, industry and environmental experts. The monitoring of the selected sites will be conducted by a team of scientists from various universities and overseen by Purdue University and EPA over a 22 to 24-month period to account for seasonality/temporal variability and operational change impacts. Conducting the study for a period in excess of one year is intended to allow the team to check the repetitive nature of the data set and account for any data anomalies. Farm monitoring sites are selected based on: (a) how typical the site design is of the specific animal sector; (b) the age and size of the facility; (c) site geography and climate factors; (d) building ventilation methods; (e) proximity to important centers of production for each specific animal sector; and other factors. The number of sites selected is intended allow data from monitored operations to be extended to unmonitored operations for each o
