Quality Management Documents for Santa Barbara County APCD
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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: Santa Barbara County APCD.
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 shown 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 | 9-29-2014 |
| QMP | MO - Santa Barbara County APCD Addendum to CARB QMP for Ambient Air Monitoring, Volume I, Revision 1.0, March 2019 | 6-23-2020 |
| QAPP | MO - A27: Santa Barbara County APCD Addendum to CARB QAPP for Gaseous Pollutants, May 2017 | 9-5-2018 |
| QAPP | MO - Particulate Pollutants, Revision 0 | 12-18-2017 |
| Training Plan | Applicable document not specified. | -- |
| 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 Review and Validation, First Revision | 9-8-2017 |
| SOPs for Gaseous Criteria Pollutants | ||
|---|---|---|
| Pollutant | Document | Date** |
| CO | MO - Thermo Environmental Model 48i Carbon Monoxide Analyzer, First Revision | 9-8-2017 |
| NO2 | MO - Thermo Environmental Model 42i Oxides of Nitrogen Analyzer, Second Revision | 10-28-2025 |
| O3 | MO - Teledyne/Advanced Pollution Instruments (API) T400 Ozone Analyzer, Second Revision | 5-18-2022 |
| SO2 | MO - Thermo Environmental Model 43i Sulfur Dioxide Analyzer, First Revision | 9-8-2017 |
| SOPs for Gaseous Trace Level Pollutants | ||
|---|---|---|
| Pollutant | Document | Date** |
| CO | Parameter not measured. | -- |
| NO | Parameter not measured. | -- |
| NOx | Parameter not measured. | -- |
| SO2 | Parameter not measured. | -- |
| SOPs for Particulate Matter Pollutants | ||
|---|---|---|
| Pollutant | Document | Date** |
| PM10 - Federal Equivalent Method (FEM) | MO - Met One BAM 1020 for PM10 and PM2.5 FEM Monitoring, First Revision | 9-8-2017 |
| PM10 - Federal Reference Method (FRM) | Parameter not measured. | -- |
| PM2.5 - FEM | MO - Met One BAM 1022 for PM2.5 FEM Monitoring, First Revision | 5-23-2025 |
| PM2.5 - FEM | MO - Met One BAM 1020 for PM10 and PM2.5 FEM Monitoring, First Revision | 9-8-2017 |
| PM2.5 - FRM | Parameter not measured. | -- |
| SOPs for Meteorological Parameters | ||
|---|---|---|
| Parameter | Document | Date** |
| Barometric Pressure | Parameter not measured. | -- |
| Relative Humidity | Parameter not measured. | -- |
| Temperature | Applicable document not specified. | -- |
| Wind Direction | Parameter not measured. | -- |
| Wind Speed | Parameter not measured. | -- |
| SOPs for Calibration | |
|---|---|
| Document | Date** |
| MO - Teledyne/Advanced Pollution Instruments (TAPI) Models 700E and T700 Dilution Calibration System, First Revision | 9-8-2017 |
| MO - Teledyne/Advanced Pollution Instruments (API) Model 701 Zero Air Generator, First Revision | 5-31-2019 |
| MO - Teledyne/Advanced Pollution Instruments (TAPI) Model T703 Ozone Calibration System, First Revision | 9-8-2017 |
| SOPs for Ambient Air Toxics | |
|---|---|
| Document | Date** |
| Parameter not measured. | -- |
*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.