NESCAUM MAC Meeting May 16 and 17, 2006 Newport, RI Mercury Trends Network (MTN) Is it MDN? Is it NADP? Is it USDA? Is it BLM? Is it F&WS Is it NPS? Is it TVA? Is it FDA? Is it USGS? Is it CASTNet? Is it NOAA-NMFS Is it Clean Air Markets?

Objectives: This initiative establishes a Mercury Trends Network (MTN) to serve scientists, modelers, policy makers, federal, state, and tribal government agencies, and the public. The MTN will be the part of the NADP-MDN and is intended to provide a more complete understanding of the fate of mercury emissions with respect to total (i.e., wet and dry) deposition. The MTN will measure atmospheric mercury species via automated (3-hour interval) and manual (6-day interval) gas and particulate measuring systems and event-based mercury wet deposition. Meteorological variables for computing mercury wet deposition and estimating mercury dry deposition will be measured or obtained from collocated programs. Data will be collected with standardized methods developed through USEPA research, quality-assured, and archived in an on-line database.

Specific objectives to be achieved with the MTN are to:  Determine the status and trends in the concentrations of ambient air mercury species: Reactive gaseous (RGM) Particulate bound (PHg) Elemental (Hg0) Wet, dry and total atmospheric deposition of mercury  Operate MTN stations to monitor the status and trends in mercury deposition for ecosystems that are influenced by local, regional, continental and global scale mercury sources. The priority will be to establish MTN stations to evaluate the efficacy of forthcoming mercury emission changes from implementation of state and federal regulations  Evaluate the status and trends in total deposition of atmospheric mercury to ecosystems with a high potential for mercury methylation and mercury bioaccumulation in fish and wildlife.  Provide the capability to link changes in mercury emissions to changes in atmospheric mercury concentrations and total deposition of atmospheric mercury  Improve the information base for models of atmospheric mercury chemistry, transport, and deposition

Duration: The MTN will begin operation in fiscal year 2007 (FY07, Oct 06 through Sept 07) and operate indefinitely. Potential Funding Sources It is anticipated that the MTN will attract a diversity of sponsors. Interested sponsors will include state agencies, tribal organizations, electric power industry partners, regional EPA offices, and the Canadian government. Long-term support is anticipated from the NADP’s primary federal sponsors, which include the USEPA, the USGS, and the National Park Service. A minimum 5-year commitment will be requested from individual station sponsors. Funds Transfers All fund transfers for the MTN will be handled through the Program Office. State agencies will sign individual Memoranda of Agreements with the University of Illinois. Federal partners within the NADP Interagency Agreement will transfer funds to the University of Illinois through that agreement. Sample analysis costs will be paid by the Illinois State Water Survey to the HAL.

Manual Sampling System

Automated Sampling System

Initial Network Design Analysis for MTN Station Locations

1 Grand Canyon Natl. Park, Arizona GRC474 2 Chiricahua Natl. Mon., Arizona CHA467 3 Sequoia Natl Park, California CA75 SEK402 4 Mesa Verde Natl. Park, Colorado CO99 MEV405 5 Everglades Natl. Park, Florida FL11 EVE419 6 Sumatra, Florida SUM156 7 Bondville, Illinois IL11 BVL130 8 Vincennes, Indiana VIN140 9 Indiana Dunes Natl Lakeshore, Indiana IN34 10 Acadia Natl. Park, Maine ME98 ACA Beltsville, Maryland BEL Ann Arbor, Michigan ANA Glacier Natl. Park, Montana MT05 GLR Great Basin Natl. Park, Nevada GRB Beaufort, North Carolina BFT Oxford, Ohio OXF Arendtsville, Pennsylvania PA00 ARE Penn State, Pennsylvania SCR Smoky Mts. National Park, Tennessee TN11 GRS Walker Branch, Tennessee ESP Shenandoah National Park, Virginia VA28 SHN Underhill, Vermont VT99 24 Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming WY08 YEL Longview, Texas TX21 26 Chase, Louisiana LA10 27 Coffeeville, Mississippi MS30 28 Erie, Pennsylvania PA30 29 Lake Geneva, Wisconsin WI99 30 Devils Lake, Wisconsin WI31 Locations for MTN stations based on preliminary network design analysis