Quality Management Documents by Quality Management Document Type
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This Quality Management Document Repository is a comprehensive listing of the quality management documents utilized by CARB and the monitoring organizations within CARB’s Primary Quality Assurance Organization (PQAO). To ensure uniformity and consistency, monitoring organizations within CARB’s PQAO are encouraged to utilize CARB’s quality management documents, such as the Quality Management Plan (QMP), Quality Assurance Program/Project Plans (QAPP), and Standard Operating Procedures (SOP).
If a monitoring organization within CARB’s PQAO chooses to utilize an alternative quality management document or modify any portion of CARB’s quality management document by completing a Quality Management Document Addendum Form, they must submit the alternative document to their respective PQAO Liaison for CARB review and approval.
CARB utilizes the U.S. EPA’s QAPP Review Checklist and CARB’s SOP Review Checklist to confirm all required components of a QAPP and SOP, respectively, are present prior to approval.
Explore the quality management documents used by all monitoring organizations within CARB’s PQAO by Quality Management Document Type below. For questions or to request a specific document, please contact us at qa@arb.ca.gov.
| Quality Management Document Type | Description | View Documents |
|---|---|---|
| Roles and Responsibilities Agreements | CARB collaborates with each monitoring organization in its PQAO to define roles and responsibilities for operating the State’s ambient air monitoring network and ensuring compliance with State and federal air monitoring requirements. | View |
| Quality Management Plans (QMP) | QMPs describe the quality management system used by CARB and local air monitoring organizations to ensure data meet all applicable requirements. | View |
| Quality Assurance Program/Project Plans (QAPP) | QAPPs outline the quality assurance and quality control activities for CARB’s air monitoring programs to meet established performance criteria. | View |
| Training Plans | Training Plans outline procedures for recruiting, training, and providing ongoing education to staff. | View |
| Program Guidance Materials and Forms | Program Guidance Materials and Forms include resources related to the development of addendums, procedures for Corrective Action Notifications (CAN), associated forms, and other programmatic guidance materials. | View |
| SOPs for Ambient Air Toxics | SOPs for Ambient Air Toxics describe procedures for operating the equipment used to collect ambient air toxics samples. | View |
| SOPs for Audit Procedures | SOPs for Audit Procedures define the responsibilities for conducting system and performance audits and provide standardized procedures and reporting formats for these audits. | View |
| SOPs for Calibration | SOPs for Calibration documents outline procedures for maintaining air monitoring instruments used in calibrations. | View |
| SOPs for Data Quality Management | SOPs for Data Quality Management describe procedures designed to ensure the collection of high-quality data. | View |
| SOPs for Gaseous Criteria Pollutants | SOPs for Gaseous Criteria Pollutants outline procedures for operating and maintaining air monitoring instruments and for ensuring accurate measurement of CO, NO2, O3, and SO2. | View |
| SOPs for Gaseous Trace Level Pollutants | SOPs for Gaseous Trace Level Pollutants outline procedures for maintaining air monitoring instruments and for ensuring accurate measurement of trace levels of CO, NO, NOx, and SO2. | View |
| SOPs for Laboratory Procedures | SOPs for Laboratory Procedures outline standardized methods to ensure consistency, accuracy, and quality in laboratory operations. | View |
| SOPs for Meteorological Parameters | SOPs for Meteorological Parameters outline procedures for maintaining air monitoring equipment and for accurately measuring barometric pressure, relative humidity, temperature, wind direction, and wind speed. | View |
| SOPs for Particulate Matter Pollutants | SOPs for Particulate Matter Pollutants outline procedures for maintaining air monitoring samplers and for measuring PM10 and PM2.5 using Federal Equivalent Methods (FEM) and Federal Reference Methods (FRM). | View |