Lee County-Fort Myers . The average TSP for the Fort Myers area was about 

 40 ug/m3 in 1979. 



Manatee County . In the early 1970' s Manatee County had relatively high 

 TSP readings at several locations. They ranged from 48 to 64 ug/m ^ but by 

 1979 they dropped to 30 to 45 ug/m I The only exception to the decline was 

 reported from station 102540012 which was not representative (Florida State 

 Department of Environmental Regulation 1980a). 



Sarasota County . TSP data have been collected at five major particulate 

 monitoring stations or sites. In 1973-79, average annual TSP's at three sta- 

 tions declined from about 50 to 40 ug/m^, and the TSP at another station fell 

 from 73 to 45 ug/ml TSP's at two sites increased from 30 to 46 ug/m^. All 

 TSP's were well below the State and Federal primary TSP standards. 



Sulfur Dioxide 



Pinellas County . Pinellas County has been declared as a sulfur dioxide 

 (SO2) nonattainment area because of violations of State and Federal air qual- 

 ity standards. Sulfur dioxide concentrations in the other counties of south- 

 west Florida have been relatively low and do not constitute a problem. 



Hillsborough County-Tampa . Nine air monitoring stations were located in 

 Hillsborough County-Tampa Bay in 1972-79. Most stations reported a decline in 

 SO2. The highest, in Tampa, fell from 44.2 to 10 ug/m^ in 1974-79 and SO2 at 

 more rural stations fell from 26 to 10 ug/m^ in 1973-77. 



Pinellas County-St. Petersburg . SQ2 concentrations at each of three sta- 

 tions in 1978-79 was about 2 to 3 ug/m^, whereas SO2 fell from 49 to 18 ug/m 

 and from 59 to 3 ug/m at two stations near Tarpon Springs. 



Lee, Manatee and Sarasota Counties. All stations maintained low concen- 

 trations (3-5 ug/m^) in 1973-79. 



Nitrogen Dioxide 



All counties tested for nitrogen dioxide (NO2) were well below the State 



primary and secondary air quality standards. For example, average annual 



nitrogen dioxide concentrations at Tampa in 1974-79 ranged between 25 and 

 30 ug/m" 



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ECONOMIC LOSS CAUSED BY AIR POLLUTION 



The approach used in estimating the economic costs of secondary impacts 

 from air pollution are wide and varying. The secondary costs (dollar loss) of 

 air pollution in the United States as determined by Waddell (1974) were $4.3 

 billion for health, $1.1 billion for material damage, and $5.5 for property 

 damage. Another estimate of secondary costs is about $16.1 billion per year, 

 which averages about $74.00 per person per year (Seskin and Lane 1977). 



The concern of Floridians about environmental policy were revealed in a 

 report on "Florida Citizens' Policy and Trade Off Attitudes: Environmental 

 Development and Energy" prepared by the Department of Economics and Government 

 at Florida State University. It stated that: 



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