Quality Management Documents for Monterey Bay ARD
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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: Monterey Bay ARD.
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 | 3-3-2014 |
| QMP | MO - A35: Monterey Bay ARD Addendum to CARB QMP for Ambient Air Monitoring, Volume I, Revision 1.0, March 2019 | 1-24-2020 |
| QAPP | MO - A34: Monterey Bay ARD Addendum to CARB QAPP for Gaseous Pollutant Monitoring, Revision #0, September 2018 | 1-24-2020 |
| 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 Validation, Review, E-Logbooks, Revision 2 | 6-9-2023 |
| SOPs for Gaseous Criteria Pollutants | ||
|---|---|---|
| Pollutant | Document | Date** |
| CO | MO - TECO Model 48 Carbon Monoxide Analyzer, Revision 2 | 8-14-2019 |
| NO2 | MO - Thermo Environmental Model 42i Oxides of Nitrogen Analyzer, First Revision | 2-19-2019 |
| O3 | Applicable document not specified. | -- |
| SO2 | Parameter not measured. | -- |
| 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 - A23: Monterey Bay ARD Addendum to CARB SOP for Met One Instruments E-BAM Mass Monitor, 1st Edition, April 2008 | 9-19-2017 |
| PM10 - Federal Reference Method (FRM) | Parameter not measured. | -- |
| PM2.5 - FEM | MO - Met-One Instruments Beta Attenuation Mass Monitor (BAM-1020), Revision 1 | 8-14-2019 |
| PM2.5 - FRM | MO - A21: Monterey Bay ARD Addendum to CARB SOP for Rupprecht & Patashnick Partisol - FRM Model 2000 PM2.5 Air Sampler, May 1999 | 9-19-2017 |
| SOPs for Meteorological Parameters | ||
|---|---|---|
| Parameter | Document | Date** |
| Barometric Pressure | Parameter not measured. | -- |
| Relative Humidity | Parameter not measured. | -- |
| Temperature | Applicable document not specified. | -- |
| Wind Direction | MO - RM Young Series 86000 Ultrasonic Anemometer, First Edition | 2-19-2019 |
| Wind Speed | MO - RM Young Series 86000 Ultrasonic Anemometer, First Edition | 2-19-2019 |
| SOPs for Calibration | |
|---|---|
| Document | Date** |
| MO - TECO Model 111 Zero Air Supply | 3-26-2024 |
| 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.