2022 National Ambient Air Monitoring Conference

AIR QUALITY SYSTEM (AQS)

(Continued)

Robert Coats

QUALITY ASSURANCE

EPA/OAQPS/Regions and Invited Speakers

Vendor-led Training – Criteria Gases

Start in Room 301-302

Data Analysis & Tools

EPA Staff & Invited Speakers

Training continues from the

morning session…

Submitting data to AQS Overall data flow (both from ENSC and full Exchange Network Nodes)

1:30pm 
Air Toxics Quality Assurance - Doug Turner (Battelle)

2:30 pm
Data Visualization Tools Demo

3:15pm
Best Practices for Review and Validation of Ambient Air Monitoring Data Verena Joerger/ Greg Noah (EPA)

1:30-1:50 pm - Room 301-302
Welcome and overview of vendor-led training period – Joann Rice and Nealson Watkins (EPA)

1:50 -2:00pm – Transition to vendor rooms below:
Participating vendors of criteria gas monitors and supporting equipment will be set up in individual rooms to provide overviews of their hardware and engage on instrument operations, including:

Principles of operation, Operational processes, User interfaces, Maintenance routines, and Troubleshooting.

Plus, vendors specific topics.

1:30pm
Chemical Speciation Network (CSN) Dart tool(pdf)  - Alex Murrain (UC Davis), Nicky Smith (UC Davis), and Jennifer DeWinter (STI)

2:45pm
CSN/IMPROVE Data Viewer Demonstration -Sean Raffuse (UC Davis)

3:30pm
Air Trends tool -Brett Gantt (EPA)
 

4:00pm
EPA’s Air Toxics Screen tool – Jeanette Reyes (EPA)

4:30pm
EPA’s Air Data website - Brett Gantt (EPA)

American Ecotech – Room 305 Teledyne API – Room 406 Thermo Fisher – Room 301-302

AIR TOXICS

Moderator –

Nealson Watkins (EPA)

Community Monitoring Moderators – Colin Barrette & Corey Mocka (EPA)

PM - Speciation

Moderator – Melinda Beaver (EPA)

QA

Moderators – Trisha Curran (EPA) & Yousaf Hameed (Clark Co., NV)

Tribal Monitoring Moderator – James Payne (EPA)

8:00am
Ambient Air Toxics Program Overview(pdf)  - Nealson Watkins (EPA)

8:20am
NATTS Assessment Overview and TAD Update(pdf)  - Doris Chen (EPA)

8:50am
EPA's Hazardous Air Pollutant (HAP) Ambient Monitoring Archive(pdf)  - Regi Oommen (ERG)

9:10am
How ERG is developing interactive apps (via Qlik Sense) to facilitate air toxics data review(pdf) - Jaime Hauser (ERG)

9:30am
Challenges for VOC and Carbonyl Sampler Certifications(pdf)  - Randy Bower (ERG)

8:00am
Unfair Air in the District of Columbia(pdf)  - Kane Samuel (DC)

8:20am
Health and Equity in the Historic West End Green District: A case study of community-led citizen science(pdf)  - Daisha Williams and Denise Bruce (Cleanaire NC)

8:40am
Development of community and fenceline monitoring network to measure air toxics and other pollutants in communities near refineries - Jason Low (SCAQMD)
 

9:00am
Insights from development and implementation of a community air monitoring project using a mobile monitoring platform in Richmond-N. Richmond-San Pablo, California(pdf)  - Daniel Alrick and Jack Connor (BAAQMD)

8:00am
Chemical Speciation Network Overview and Updates(pdf)  - Melinda Beaver (EPA)

8:20am
Source-specific emission factors of BC and OC considering 2 major urban aerosol sources: traffic and domestic heating(pdf) - Balint Alfoldy(Aerosol)

8:40am
Water Soluble Nitrogen(pdf)  – Kevin Mishoe (Wood)

9:00am
A Low-Cost, High Performance, Industrial Grade Carbon Sensor(pdf)  - David Gobeli (Met One)

9:20am
An Interlaboratory comparison of elemental loadings on PM2.5 samples via energy-dispersive XRF and single quadrupole ICP- MS (pdf) - Colleen Rosales (UC Davis)

9:40am
Suspected Stainless Steel Contamination on CSN filters(pdf)  - Sean Raffuse (UC Davis)

8:00am
National QA Program Updates(pdf)  - Greg Noah (EPA)

8:30am
Station Operation by the Numbers(pdf)  – Juan Garcia and Ricardo Morales (SCAQMD)

9:00am
Investigation of Gaseous Pollutant Transport Efficiency as a Function of Tubing Material(pdf)  - Robert Yaga (EPA)

9:30am
NATTS/PAMS VOC/Carbonyl Manifolds - Leak identification, corrective actions, reoccurrence minimization, and lessons learned(pdf)- Brandon Feenstra (SCAQMD)

8:00am
Building Federal- Tribal Partnerships through Air Quality and Atmospheric Deposition Monitoring(pdf)  - Melissa Puchalski (EPA)

8:30am
Tribal Air Quality Monitoring Programs - Tiffany Wolfe (Pechenga Band of Luiseno Indians)

9:00 – 10:00am
Tribal discussion forum: Tribal attendees, TAMS staff, NTAA, and EPA.

Toxics

Moderator – Susan Kilmer (Michigan EGLE)

Community Monitoring Moderator – Denise Bruce (CleanAirNC) & Colin Barrette (EPA)

PM

Moderators – Tim Hanley (EPA) & Rene Bermudez (SCAQMD)

QA

Moderator – Verena

Joerger (EPA) & Namita Verma (VA DEQ)

AQS & AirNow

Moderator – Robert Coats & Brad Johns (EPA)

10:30am
Air Toxics Trends in Seattle and Tacoma WA - Preliminary Results(pdf)  - Matt Harper (PSCAA)

11:00am
Air Toxics Trends in the South Coast Air Basin - Multiple Air Toxics Exposures Study V –Monna Trinh (SCAQMD)

11:30am
Use of Air Data in Health Consultations by the Agency for Toxics Substances Registry (ATSDR) and State/Local Health Agencies(pdf)  - Motria Caudill (CDC/ATSDR)

10:30am
Community Air Monitoring Project for VOCs in South Portland/Portland, Maine(pdf)  - Andy Johnson (Maine DEP)

10:50am
AQEarth: Providing turn- key air monitoring to cities, tribes, and community groups – Story Schwantes (TDE)

11:10am
New Tools and Approaches for Approaching Localized Community Air Monitoring as implemented in AB 617 - Jason Low (SCAQMD)

11:30am
Air Monitoring in Mexicali, Mexico. The evolution of air pollution monitoring in a border city(pdf)  - Jose Landeros (SCS Engineers)

10:30am
10 years of Ncore: PM2.5 FEMs vs FRMs(pdf)  - Brett Gantt (EPA)

11:00am
Continuous PM: Road to Transition(pdf)  - Rene Bermudez (SCAQMD)

11:30am
Indoor and Outdoor PM in 6 Asian Cities(pdf)  - Anil Namdeo (Northumbria Univ.)

10:30am
Getting 0.3% difference: Calibrating a multi-gas calibrator to generate calibration gas concentrations under 1 ppb accurately(pdf) - Matthew Shrensel (Oregon DEQ)

11:00am
Protocol Gas and Protocol Gas Verification Program (PGVP)(pdf)  - Doug Jager (EPA)

11:30am
Certifications - Best Practices (Gases, Calibration, Equipment(pdf)  SRP) - Trisha Curran (EPA)

10:30 AM – 12:00 PM

Planned Unified Ambient Air Data System – The Vision and Concept

Air Toxics – Lightning Talks

Moderator – Ned Shappley (EPA)

Sensors

Moderators – Daniel Johnson

(OR DEQ) & Corey Mocka (EPA)

PM

Moderators – Tim Hanley

(EPA) & Rene Bermudez (SCAQMD)

QA

Moderators – Will

Wallace (EPA) & Matt Harper (PSCAA)

AQS & AirNow Moderator – Robert Coats & Brad Johns (EPA)

1:30pm
Continuous Multi-metals monitoring(pdf)  - Krag Petterson (Cooper Environmental/SCI)

1:40pm
New measurement method for reactive, particle-bound and gaseous oxidized Mercury - Sarrah Dunham- Cheatham (Univ. of Nevada - Reno)

1:50pm
Collection and extraction of PFAS using styrene-divinylbenzene resin and accelerated solvent extraction(pdf)  - Jason Hoisington (Restek)

2:00pm
Complimentary monitoring of online PAMS and HAP VOCs(pdf)  - Allen Chou (Tricorntech)

2:10pm
Cavity Ring-down Spectroscopy(pdf) -James Hargrove (ALTI (Activated Light))

2:20pm
AROMA: Realtime EtO measurements in ambient air - Aurelie Marcotte (Entanglement Technologies)

2:30pm
Systems for continuous, ambient monitoring of Ethylene Oxide – Updates from the field(pdf)  - Dave Miller (Picarro)

2:40pm
Realtime measurements of EtO(pdf) -Scott Herndon (Aerodyne)

2:50pm
Continuous VOC Monitoring for Emissions Location and Sample Acquisition(pdf)  - Jacob Melby (Sensit)

1:30pm
Sensor evaluations: The impact of PM monitor type(pdf)  – Karoline Barkjohn (EPA)

1:45pm
Atlanta Rail and Port Sensors Project: An Air Quality Pilot Study(pdf)  – Daniel Garver (EPA)

2:00pm
Long-term evaluation of low-cost particulate and gaseous air sensors in Middle Tennessee(pdf)  - Michelle Oakes (Tenn. DEC)

2:20pm
The Sensor Verification System - A novel way to check performance of air sensors anywhere(pdf) - Tim Dye (TDE)

2:40pm
Can Low-cost NO2 sensors be used to aid in understanding ozone formation(pdf)  – Joshua Uebelherr (Maricopa)

1:30pm
State of the art ambient ultrafine particle monitoring: the blind spot of current methods(pdf)  – Tim Wright (TSI)

1:50pm
A low-cost, high performance, industrial grade particle counter for simultaneous PM1, PM2.5, PM4, and PM10 Measurement(pdf)  – David Gobeli (Met One)

2:10pm
Quantifying Salton Sea's Harmful PM During High Wind Events(pdf)  - Sergio Valenzuela (SCS Engineers)

2:30pm
A difference-in- differences approach for assessing the effectiveness of dust mitigations at the Oceano Dunes(pdf)  - Karl Tupper (San Luis Obispo APCD)

1:30pm
Embrace the Change: The Data Validation Journey(pdf)  - Gina Curvin (Alabama DEM)

2:00pm
DQOs in the PM2.5 National Ambient Air Monitoring Network(pdf)  - Bob Lordo (Battelle)

2:30pm
T640 & T640x Validation Template(pdf)  -Tim Hanley (EPA)

1:30 – 3:00PM

Unified Ambient Air Workshop Series: Who Are You?

Air Toxics
Moderator – Doris Chen (EPA)

Sensors
Moderator – Daniel

Johnson (OR DEQ) & Colin Barrette (EPA)

Near-road
Moderator - Ben Davis (Maricopa Co., AZ)

Ozone Moderator – Jim Norris (NIST) & Joann Rice (EPA)

AQS & AirNow
Moderator – Robert Coats & Brad Johns (EPA)

3:30pm
Initial assessment of a pilot program for measuring PFAS in wet deposition in the eastern US - John Offenburg (EPA)
 

3:50pm
Fenceline monitoring applications and measurement technology(pdf)  - Ned Shappley (EPA)

4:10pm
Determination of an EPA Method 325B uptake rate for Chloroprene(pdf)  - David Berkowitz (Montrose)

4:30pm
Low volume sampling indicates increased efficiency in PAH capture(pdf)  - Benjamin Ayres (Oregon DEQ)

4:50pm
Spatial and temporal variability of PAHs in the ambient air(pdf)  – Xianqiang Fu (Univ. of Memphis)

5:10pm
Comparison of PTR- ToF-MS against four other VOC methods using standard techniques in fence-line monitoring(pdf)  - Antonios Tasoglou (RJ Lee Group)

3:30pm
Real-time air quality modeling driven by measurement data(pdf)  – Ali Akherati (Ramboll)

3:50pm
Lessons Learned from Air Sensor Loan Pilot Programs(pdf)  Andrea Clements, (EPA)

4:10pm
Improving Tribal and Citizen Science with Low-cost Air Sensor Collocation Shelters(pdf)  - Ryan Brown (EPA)

4:30pm
Air Sensors for Education and Community Engagement(pdf)  - Olivia Ryder (STI)

4:50pm
Communities in Action - Jason Low (SCAQMD)

5:10pm
Lightning Talk - A low-cost handheld sulfur dioxide tester with a hybrid nanomaterials- based sensor chip(pdf)  - Yale Wang - (NanoAffix Sci)

5:20pm
Lightning Talk- Combustion focused monitoring with wireless AQ networks(pdf)  - Julien Caubel (Dist. Sensing Tech.)

3:30pm
Monitoring of 3 criteria air pollutants at an international port of entry(pdf)  - Wen-Whai Li (Univ. of Texas El Paso)

4:00pm
Mobile and sensor measurements to assess community impacts and mitigation strategies for transportation sources(pdf)  - Rich Baldauf (EPA)

4:30 pm
Contributions of non- tailpipe emissions to PM2.5 and PM10 near highways(pdf)  - Xiaoliang Wang (DRI)

3:30pm
VOC and O3 Measurements at Carlsbad Caverns National Park(pdf)  - Barkley Sive (NPS)

4:00pm
Integration of Nafion sample conditioner into existing FEM ozone monitor(pdf)  - Bryan Bibeau (Teledyne API)

4:30pm
Updating the Absorption Cross-Section for Surface Ozone Measurements(pdf) - Joann Rice (EPA)

3:30 – 5:30 PM

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Air Toxics – EtO Session Moderator – Joann Rice (EPA)

Wildfire Impacts Moderator -Gwen Yoshimura (EPA)

Near-road

Moderator - Rich Baldauf (EPA)

PAMS

Moderator – Corey Mocka (EPA) and Lara Hrobak (NH DES)

AQS & AirNow

Moderator - Robert Coats & Brad Johns (EPA)

8:00am
Ambient EtO Monitoring Challenges(pdf)  – Sara Waterson (EPA)

8:30am
Georgia’s Experience in EtO Monitoring(pdf)  – DeAnna Oser (GA EPD)

9:00am
Status of EtO Source Measurements(pdf)  – Peter Kariher (EPA)

9:30am
Analysis of EtO by TO-15(pdf)  – Kyle Rasmus (ERG)

8:00am
Ambient Monitoring of Wildland Urban Interface Fires(pdf)  - Amara Holder (EPA)

8:20am
Air Quality Monitoring during extreme events: Observations during record-breaking smoke and heat events in Oregon(pdf)  - Zach Koch (Oregon DEQ)

8:40am
Comparison of tools to quantify wildfire smoke influence ozone concentrations(pdf)  - Cari Gostic (STI)

9:00am
Characterization of PM collected zhonusing passive samplers during wildfire episodes - Gary Casuccio (RJ Lee Group)

9:20am
Community-Facility- Fire visible emissions monitoring: Estimating PM and volatile concentrations remotely over wide areas(pdf)  - Shawn Dolan (Virtual Technology)

8:00am
Diesel particulate source apportionment study(pdf)  - Benjamin Ayres (Oregon DEQ)

8:30am
Characterizing nitrogen oxides and fine PM near major highways in the U.S. using the national near-road monitoring network(pdf)  - Brett Gantt (EPA)

9:00am
Non-parametric trajectory analysis of high time resolution PM2.5 data from EPA's near-road monitoring network(pdf)  - Janet Burke (EPA)

9:30am
Exploring near-road data with the near-road dashboard - demonstration(pdf)  - Charles Scarborough (STI)

8:00am
PAMS Program Update -Corey Mocka (EPA)

8:20am
Long-term air quality trends and an evaluation of VOC measurements in the District(pdf)  - Joseph Jakuta (DC)

8:40am
Data analysis of measurements collected under an Enhanced Monitoring Plan (EMP) to better understand Long Island Sound ozone(pdf)  - Lucas Valin (EPA)

9:00am
Two years of CAS Auto-GC PAMS Monitoring: Successes and Challenges in Software/Hardware Implementation, Monitoring, and Data QC(pdf)  - Crystal McClure (STI)

9:20am
Unified Ceilometer Network: Aerosol Profiling and Planetary Boundary Layers Retrievals in Support of PAMS(pdf)  - Ruben Delgado (Univ. Maryland- Balt. Co.)

9:40am
SUMMA and PUF sampling in support of characterizing ozone formation in Maricopa County(pdf)  - Joshua Uebelherr (Maricopa Co.)

8:00 – 10:00am

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