Table 1

Air Pollution Episodes - Ambient Concentration Criteria

PollutantAveraging TimeLevel 1Level 2
Sulfur Dioxide (SO2)24 hr.0.6 ppm (1600 µg/M³)0.8 ppm (2100 µg/M³)
Inhalable Particulate Matter (PM10)*24 hr.420 µg/M³500 µg/M³
Carbon Monoxide8 hr.30 ppm (34 mg/M³)40 ppm (46 mg/M³)
Ozone1 hr.0.4 ppm (800 µg/M³)0.5 ppm (1000 µg/M³)
Nitrogen Dioxide1 hr.1.2 ppm (2260 µg/M³)1.6 ppm (3000 µg/M³)
24 hr.0.3 ppm (565 µg/M³)0.4 ppm (750 µg/M³)

ppm = parts per million by volume
µg = microgram
mg = milligram
M³ = cubic meter

* THESE CRITERIA DO NOT APPLY TO EPISODES CAUSED BY DUST STORMS.