2024 National Ambient Air Monitoring Conference

ROOM: NAPOLEON A1-A3

ROOM: GRAND C

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AIR TOXICS

Moderators: Doris Chen (OAQPS) & Jaime Gore (GA DNR)

PM

Moderators: Tim Hanley (OAQPS) & Chad Hines (Polk Co)

QUALITY ASSURANCE

Moderators: Joey Richardson (EPA R10) & TJ Brado (ADEC)

COMMUNITY MONITORING

Moderators: Corey Mocka (OAQPS) & Brandon Feenstra (South Coast AQMD)

8:30am Overview of EPA’s Fourth NATTS Network Assessment - Regi Oommen (ERG)(pdf)

8:50am Louisiana’s Outdated Air Toxics Standards Undermine Environmental Justice - Kimberly Terrell (Tulane U)(pdf)

9:10am Expanded Use for Fenceline Measurements in EPA NESHAP Regulations- Ned Shappley (OAQPS)

9:30am An Overview of Eastern Research Group’s Approach to TO- 15A/NATTS TAD rev4 - Mitch Howell (ERG)(pdf)

9:50am Passive Sorbent Uptake Development – Case Study for Chloroprene - Dave Berkowitz (OAQPS)(pdf)

8:30am PM2.5 FRM and FEM Network and Method update - Tim Hanley (OAQPS)(pdf)

8:50am Multi-year Performance Evaluation of three FEM PM2.5 Monitors Operating Within the South Coast Air Basin - Xiang Li (SCAQMD)(pdf)

9:10am Navigating Challenges and Solutions: South Coast AQMD's Experience with the Met One BAM 1020 3rd Generation Monitors - Juan Garcia (SCAQMD)(pdf)

9:30am Introduction and Test Results of Thermo Scientific Models 5014iQ Beta Monitor and 5030iQ SHARP Monitor - Jeffrey Ambs (Thermo)(pdf)

9:50am Particulate Matter Concentration Evaluation of Vaisala's AQT560 Against Multiple Equivalence Reference Methods - Jani Marjamaa (Vaisala)(pdf)

8:30am National Performance Evaluation Program (NPAP, PM2.5-PEP, and Pb-PEP) Updates - Trisha Curran/Brannon Seay (OAQPS)(pdf)

8:50am EPA has updated its metrics for characterizing bias and precision in the PM2.5 national monitoring network. How has this change impacted estimated trends in network bias and precision? – Laura Aume (Battelle)(pdf)

9:10am Flow-based NPAP Audits – Joey Richardson (EPA R10)(pdf)

9:30am Results from the PM2.5 Gravimetric Round Robin - Colin Barrette (OAQPS)(pdf)

9:50am Protocol Gas and PGVP - Doug Jager (OAQPS)(pdf)

8:30am The Skagway air quality monitoring array and public dashboard – Barkley Sive (NPS)(pdf)

8:50am Air Sensors in SF Bay Area support air quality from decision making to community awareness – Helena Pliszka (TD Enviro)(pdf)

9:10am Empowering EJ communities through monitoring in the “energy capital of the world” – Juan Flores (Air Alliance Houston)(pdf)

9:30am Combining Community-based Monitoring and Backward Trajectory Modeling for Odor Evaluation and Culpability Analyses – Scott Adamson (Trinity Consultants)(pdf)

9:50am Insights learned from providing training courses and workshops to governments and communities – Tim Dye (TD Enviro)(pdf)

ROOM: NAPOLEON A1-A3

ROOM: GRAND C

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ROOM: GRAND DE

ROOM: BAYSIDE ABC

EtO

Moderators: Doris Chen (OAQPS) & Andrea Polidori (SCAQMD)

PM- SPECIATION

Moderators: Melinda Beaver (OAQPS) & Dan Johnson (Oregon DEQ)

QUALITY ASSURANCE

Moderators: Verena Joerger (EPA R3) & Sean Nolan (PA DEP)

SENSORS

Moderators: Elizabeth Good (OAQPS) & Janice Lam (Sac Metro AQMD)

PAMS

Moderators: Berkley Hillis (OAQPS) & Corey Mocka (OAQPS)

1:30pm Determination of Ethylene Oxide at Ultra-trace Concentrations in Ambient Air Using EPA Method TO 15A: Laboratory Experiments to Inform Development of a Guidance Document - Tamira Cousett (EPA ORD)(pdf)

1:50pm Method 327 Development – Fenceline for EtO and VC - Dave Berkowitz (OAQPS)(pdf)

2:10pm Multi-State Field Demonstrations of Advanced Near Source Ethylene Oxide (EtO) Measurement Techniques in Various Climate Conditions - Ingrid George (EPA ORD)(pdf)

2: 30pm Results of two years of ethylene oxide measurements near three sterilization facilities in the South Coast Air Basin - Stephen Dutz (SCAQMD)(pdf)

2:50pm The delicate balancing of NESHAP and FIFRA: how commercial sterilizers are charting a path to compliance, safety, and process efficiency with next-generation CRDS EtO monitoring solutions - Jonathan Bent (Picarro)

1:30pm The Case of the Black Dust: Identifying and Correcting Spurious Elemental Carbon in the Chemical Speciation Network - Sean Raffuse (UCD)(pdf)

1:50pm Physico-Chemical Characterization of Dust: A Comprehensive Study of PM in the Environmental Justice Community of Eastern Coachella Valley (ECV) – Payam Pakbin (SCAQMD)(pdf)

2:10pm Next Generation Elemental Analyses in the Chemical Speciation Network: Investigation of Current X-ray Fluorescence Technology - Nicholas Spada (UCD)(pdf)

2: 30pm Intercomparison of Two Multi- Elemental Spectroscopic Techniques for Airborne Particulate Matter from a Nationwide Monitoring Network - Colleen Marciel F. Rosales (UCD)

2:50pm Demonstration of the new Aethalometer model AE36 performance - Martin Rigler (Aerosol-Magee)(pdf)

1:30pm Automation of Target/Reference Values in Automated QC Checks - Steve Drevik (Agilaire)(pdf)

1:50pm Standardization in QA Metadata Coding (Null/Qualifying Codes) – Lilian Turcios-Metho (BAAQMD)

2:10pm Building Comprehensive Quality Assurance for the Air Toxics and Ozone Precursors Monitoring Program at the State of Colorado’s APCD – Ashley Collier-Oxandale (Colorado APCD)(pdf)

2: 30pm Development of an audit program for a community air monitoring program: Lessons learned – Matthew Prather (SCAQMD)(pdf)

2:50pm QA Best Practices for Emerging Technology Air Sensors – Brandon Feenstra (SCAQMD)

1:30pm EPA Region 4 fenceline VOC sensor loan program – Katherine Meiser (EPA R4)(pdf)

1:50pm How Advanced Community Air Monitoring Technologies Support Complex Site Remediation Projects – Paul Pickering (Aeroqual)

2:10pm Field Evaluation of Affordable Community Condensation Particle Counters, Optical Particle Counters, and a Low-Cost Particle Sensor – Xiaoliang Wang (DRI)

2: 30pm Localized Variabilities in Traffic- related Air Pollutant Concentrations Revealed Using Compact Sensor Networks – Eric Morris (AUG Signals)(pdf)

2:50pm AirNow Fire & Smoke Map – Ron Evans (OAQPS)(pdf)

1:30pm Data Review and Processing for CAS Instruments: Tips, Tricks, & New Software – Crystal McClure (STI), Andrea Cooley (Louisville APCD) , Phillip Wenig (Lablicate)

1:50pm Carbonyl Sampler Flow Checks – Ryan James (Battelle)(pdf)

2:10pm Agilent PAMS Auto- GC: What could possibly go wrong? – Amy Plummer (Orsat)

2: 30pm Playing Error Whack- a-mole: Lessons learned operating the Auto-GC – Jenny Li (Washington State Dept. of Ecology)(pdf)

2:50pm Pinenes in PAMS Auto- GC Data- Where are they? – Carol Meyer (Orsat)(pdf)

ROOM: NAPOLEON A1-A3

ROOM: GRAND C

ROOM: GRAND AB

ROOM: GRAND DE

ROOM: BAYSIDE ABC

EtO

Moderators: Doris Chen (OAQPS) & Jason Schroder (CO DPHE)

PM- SPECIATION

Moderators: Melinda Beaver (OAQPS) & Dan Johnson (Oregon DEQ)

QUALITY ASSURANCE

Moderators: Brannon Seay (OAQPS) & April Hathcoat (Cherokee Nation)

MOBILE MONITORING (COMMUNITY & WILDFIRE)

Moderators: Laura Boyette (OAQPS) & Jill Schulte (WA ECY)

PAMS

Moderators: Berkley Hillis (OAQPS) & Dirk Felton (NY DEC)

3:40pm Application of Thermal Desorption Cavity Ring-Down Spectroscopy to Address Recent Air Toxics Regulations - Aurielle Marcotte (Entanglement)

4:00pm Advancements in the detection and monitoring of background Ethylene Oxide and VOCs - Dan Cohen (Picarro)

4:420pm Measurement of Ethylene Oxide from Ambient Air using SIFT-MS - Leslie Silva (Syft)(pdf)

3:40pm Atmospheric Science and Chemistry mEasurement NeTwork (ASCENT): Advanced, Ground-based Aerosol Measurement Network Across the United States - Sean Raffuse (UCD)(pdf)

4:00pm Exploration of Sulfate, Nitrate, and Ammonium concentrations in PM2.5 species across the United States using multiple monitoring networks and data fusion approaches - Gregory Beachley (EPA OAP)(pdf)

4:20pm Continuous Carbon Data Dashboard: This r-coded application provides a QA and data analysis dashboard for continuous carbon measurements submitted to the EPA’s AQS database – Charles Scarborough (STI)(pdf)

4:40pm Revisiting the Chemical Speciation Network’s Shipping Practices – Melinda Beaver(pdf)

3:40pm Open Session; Q&A Opportunity

3:40pm High resolution mobile monitoring in disadvantaged communities in NY State – Dominic Moronta (NY DEC)

4:00pm Hyperlocal mobile monitoring of PM metals – Payam Pakbin (SCAQMD)(pdf)

4:20pm Real-time portable Air Pollution Sensor Data for Informing Communities and Guiding Local Decisions – Janice Lam (Sacramento Metro AQMD)(pdf)

4:40pm Filling data gaps: EPA monitor loan program supporting wildfire smoke response – Gayle Hagler (EPA ORD)

3:40pm Identifying VOC Emission Sources through the Analysis of PAMS data – Jay Turner (Washington Univ.)

4:00pm Ozone Precursor Detection in Printing Enterprises - Zhang Weimin (China-US Enviro.)(pdf)

4:20pm Development and validation of two on-line auto-GC systems for the continuous monitoring of trace level VOCs and OVOCs. - Jean- Philippe Amiet (Chromatotec)

4:40pm Unified Ceilometer Network - Jim Szykman (EPA ORD)(pdf)

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CRITERIA GAS /CASTNET

Moderators: Nealson Watkins (OAQPS) & Dan Alrick (Bay Area AQMD)

AUTOMATION

Moderators: Doug Jager (OAQPS) & Dave Lemery (ME DEP)

TRIBAL MONITORING

Moderators: Jim Parsons, Cindy Duriscoe, Susie Attocknie (TAMS) & Hayden Hardie (EPA ORIA)

8:20am Implementation of a New Value of the Ozone Absorption Cross-section at 253.65 nm - Melinda Beaver (OAQPS)(pdf)

8:40am Field Testing Nafion Dryers on Co-located CASTNET Ozone Analyzers - Kevin Mishoe (WSP)(pdf)

9:00am Update on the Tropospheric Emissions: Monitoring of Pollution (TEMPO) mission and Level 2 Data Product Validation - Jim Szykman (NASA)(pdf)

9:20am Scientific Review of a National Ambient Air Monitoring Program: Process, Recommendations, and Next Steps for the Clean Air Status and Trends Network - Katie Praedel/Dirk Felton (NY DEC)

9:40am CASTNET: Next Steps - Melissa Puchalski (EPA OAP)(pdf)

8:20am MassDEP utilizes AirVision(AV) for automation - Patrick Shea (MA DEQ)(pdf)

8:40am Hand-averaging to email notifications: Oregon DEQ’s journey from manual operations to automation and remote control - Matthew Shrensel (OR DEQ)(pdf)

9:00am Pennsylvania DEP's Air Monitoring Dashboard - Sean Nolan (PA DEP)

8:20am Building Federal-Tribal Partnerships: EPA’s Rural and Tribal Air Quality Monitoring Program – Tim Sharac (EPA OAP)(pdf)

8:40am California Tribal Air Monitoring Collaborative - Tiffany Wolfe (Pechanga Band)(pdf)

9:00am Blue Lake Rancheria’s Community Air Quality Monitoring Projects - Olivia Ryder (STI)(pdf)

9:20am Community Air Monitoring in the TriChapter Area of the Navajo Nation – Helena Pliszka (TD Enviro)