Quality Management Documents for Northern Sierra 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: Northern Sierra 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 | 3-13-2014 |
| QMP | Applicable document not specified. | -- |
| QAPP | Applicable document not specified. | -- |
| 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 | 12-10-2020 |
| SOPs for Gaseous Criteria Pollutants | ||
|---|---|---|
| Pollutant | Document | Date** |
| CO | Parameter not measured. | -- |
| NO2 | Parameter not measured. | -- |
| O3 | MO - Teledyne Advance Pollution Instruments Model T400 and 400E Ozone Analyzer, First Edition | 6-14-2021 |
| 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) | Parameter not measured. | -- |
| PM10 - Federal Reference Method (FRM) | Parameter not measured. | -- |
| PM2.5 - FEM | MO - Thermo Scientific Inc. Partisol 2000i Air Sampler, First Edition | 8-7-2020 |
| PM2.5 - FRM | MO - Thermo Scientific Partisol Model 2025i Sequential Air Sampler, Fourth Edition | 8-7-2020 |
| 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 - Teledyne API T701 Zero Air Generators | 12-10-2020 |
| 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.