Quality Management Documents for Sacramento Metropolitan AQMD
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Welcome to your resource for exploring approved quality management documents for CARB’s Primary Quality Assurance Organization (PQAO), specifically for the monitoring organization: Sacramento Metropolitan AQMD.
Quality management documents, or related addendums, include program guidance documents, such as a Roles and Responsibilities Agreements (R&R), Quality Management Plans (QMP), Quality Assurance Program/Project Plans (QAPP), and Training Plans. Other quality management documents, or related addendums, may include a variety of more detailed guidance documents, such as Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) for Data Quality Management, Gaseous Pollutants, Particulate Matter (PM) Pollutants, and Meteorological Parameters. These documents are utilized to ensure effective air quality monitoring practices.
Approved quality management documents* within CARB's PQAO are listed based on their origin:
- A#: Addendum number assigned to an addendum developed by a monitoring organization and approved by CARB.
- CARB: Developed and approved by CARB.
- MO: Developed by a monitoring organization within CARB's PQAO and approved by CARB.
- --: Not applicable.
*For copies of quality management documents, or related addendums, please contact qa@arb.ca.gov.
**The date of the document reflects when the document was approved by CARB, or U.S. EPA, as applicable.
| Program Guidance Documents | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Document | Date** |
| R&R | Roles and Responsibilities Agreement | 6-10-2015 |
| QMP | CARB - Quality Management Plan for Ambient Air Monitoring, Revision 1.0, March 2019 | 5-8-2019 |
| QAPP | MO - Air Monitoring and Analysis to Characterize Wintertime Air Toxics, Version 1.3.1 | 5-26-2020 |
| Training Plan | MO - Air Monitoring Field Training Plan, First Edition | 3-22-2024 |
| Program Guidance Materials and Forms | ||
| Type | Document | Date** |
| Corrective Action Process | Applicable document not specified. | -- |
| SOPs for Data Quality Management | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Document | Date** |
| Data Review and Validation | MO - Data Validation, Version 1.0 | 1-13-2026 |
| SOPs for Gaseous Criteria Pollutants | ||
|---|---|---|
| Pollutant | Document | Date** |
| CO | MO - Teledyne T300U (Carbon Monoxide), Revision 0 | 5-20-2024 |
| NO2 | MO - Teledyne T200UP (NO/NO2/NOx) Analyzer, Version 1.0 | 9-3-2025 |
| O3 | MO - Teledyne T400 (Ozone), Revision 0 | 8-4-2023 |
| SO2 | MO - Teledyne T100U (SO2) Analyzer, Version 1.0 | 8-20-2025 |
| SOPs for Gaseous Trace Level Pollutants | ||
|---|---|---|
| Pollutant | Document | Date** |
| CO | MO - Teledyne T300U (Carbon Monoxide), Revision 0 | 5-20-2024 |
| NO | Parameter not measured. | -- |
| NOx | Parameter not measured. | -- |
| SO2 | MO - Teledyne T100U (SO2) Analyzer, Version 1.0 | 8-20-2025 |
| SOPs for Particulate Matter Pollutants | ||
|---|---|---|
| Pollutant | Document | Date** |
| PM10 - Federal Equivalent Method (FEM) | CARB - Met-One Instruments Beta Attenuation Mass Monitor (BAM-1020), Second Edition | 8-14-2019 |
| PM10 - Federal Reference Method (FRM) | MO - Size Selective Inlet PM10 Sampler, Revision 0 | 5-26-2020 |
| PM10 - FRM | MO - Laboratory Gravimetric Analysis of PM10 Filter Samples, Revision 0 | 12-16-2018 |
| PM2.5 - FEM | MO - Operation Of Met-One Instruments Beta Attenuation Mass Monitor (Bam-1020), Revision 0 | 1-14-2022 |
| PM2.5 - FRM | Applicable document not specified. | -- |
| SOPs for Meteorological Parameters | ||
|---|---|---|
| Parameter | Document | Date** |
| Barometric Pressure | Parameter not measured. | -- |
| Relative Humidity | Applicable document not specified. | -- |
| Temperature | Applicable document not specified. | -- |
| Wind Direction | Applicable document not specified. | -- |
| Wind Speed | Applicable document not specified. | -- |
| SOPs for Calibration | |
|---|---|
| Document | Date** |
| MO - Zero Air Generator Teledyne API Model T701H, Version 1.0 | 10-23-2025 |
| SOPs for Ambient Air Toxics | |
|---|---|
| Document | Date** |
| Applicable document not specified. | -- |
*Quality Management documents not linked above are available upon request by contacting qa@arb.ca.gov.
**The date of the document reflects when the document was approved by CARB, or U.S. EPA, as applicable.