Quality Management Documents for North Coast Unified 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: North Coast Unified 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 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 | 2-24-2015 | |
| QMP | MO - A41: North Coast Unified AQMD Addendum to CARB QMP for Ambient Air Monitoring, Volume I, Revision 1.0, March 2019 | 2-23-2022 | |
| QAPP | MO - A40: North Coast Unified AQMD Addendum to CARB QAPP for Gaseous Pollutant Air Monitoring Program, Revision #0, September 2018 | 2-18-2022 | |
| QAPP | MO - A35: North Coast Unified AQMD Addendum to CARB QAPP for Particulate Matter Pollutant Air Monitoring Program, Revision #0, February 2020 | 4-12-2021 | |
| 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 Management and Validation, Version 1.0 | 12-30-2018 |
| Other | MO - General Air Monitoring Station Operations, Version 1.0 | 9-20-2017 |
| SOPs for Gaseous Criteria Pollutants | ||
|---|---|---|
| Pollutant | Document | Date** |
| CO | Parameter not measured. | -- |
| NO2 | Parameter not measured. | -- |
| O3 | MO - Thermo 49i, Version 1.0 | 6-23-2020 |
| 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 - Met One BAM-1020, Version 1.0 | 4-13-2020 |
| PM10 - Federal Reference Method (FRM) | Parameter not measured. | -- |
| PM2.5 - FEM | MO - Met One BAM-1020, Version 1.0 | 4-13-2020 |
| PM2.5 - FRM | MO - A28: North Coast Unified AQMD Addendum to CARB SOP for R&P Partisol-FRM Model 2000 PM-2.5 Air Sampler 403, May 1999 | 1-14-2019 |
| SOPs for Meteorological Parameters | ||
|---|---|---|
| Parameter | Document | Date** |
| Barometric Pressure | Parameter not measured. | -- |
| Relative Humidity | Parameter not measured. | -- |
| Temperature | Parameter not measured. | -- |
| Wind Direction | Parameter not measured. | -- |
| Wind Speed | Parameter not measured. | -- |
| SOPs for Calibration | |
|---|---|
| Document | Date** |
| MO - Thermo 146i, Version 1.0 | 4-12-2021 |
| SOPs for Ambient Air Toxics | |
|---|---|
| Document | Date** |
| Parameter not measured. | -- |
*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.