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. 2021 Dec 16;2(3):206–222. doi: 10.1021/acsenvironau.1c00029

Table 1. Design Values (DV)a at Chicago and Detroit O3 Monitoring Sites.

Chicago
Detroit
monitor location 2016 DV (ppb) 2020 DV (ppb) monitor location 2016 DV (ppb) 2020 DV (ppb)
Kenosha 77 74 Port Huron 73 71
Northbrook 71 77 New Haven 72 71
O’Hare 69 73 Warren 67 68
Cicero 66 71 East 7 Mile 72 71
Morton Arboretum 68 71 Oak Park 69 72
Lemont 69 71 Ypsilanti 67 67
Hammond 65 66 Allen Park 65 67
Gary 67 70      
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Design values are the 3 year average of the 4th highest MDA8 at each site, the regulatory metric for determining whether the site is meeting the O3 standard. The 2015 O3 NAAQS (or O3 standard) is set at 70 ppb in the United States.