| Main Title |
U.S. EPA Ambient Air Protocol Gas Verification Program : annual report for calendar year 2015. |
| CORP Author |
Environmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle Park, NC. Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards. |
| Publisher |
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards, Air Quality Assessment Division, |
| Year Published |
2016 |
| Report Number |
EPA-454/R-16-001 |
| Stock Number |
PB2016-104784 |
| OCLC Number |
959929447 |
| Subjects |
Air--Pollution--United States--Measurement ;
Air quality management ;
Gases--Identification ;
Air--Pollution--Measurement
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| Additional Subjects |
Air pollution monitoring ;
Calibration standards ;
Quality assurance ;
US EPA ;
Audits ;
Certification ;
Chemical analyses ;
Performance standards ;
Quality control ;
References(Standards) ;
Protocol gases ;
Annual report
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| Internet Access |
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| Holdings |
| Library |
Call Number |
Additional Info |
Location |
Last
Modified |
Checkout
Status |
| EKBD |
EPA-454/R-16-001 |
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Research Triangle Park Library/RTP, NC |
10/29/2018 |
| ELBD ARCHIVE |
EPA-454-R-16-001 |
Received from HQ |
AWBERC Library/Cincinnati,OH |
10/04/2023 |
| NTIS |
PB2016-104784 |
Some EPA libraries have a fiche copy filed under the call number shown. |
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07/26/2022 |
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| Collation |
vi, 36 pages : color illustrations ; 28 cm |
| Abstract |
The basic principles of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agencys (EPA) Traceability Protocol for the Assay and Certification of Gaseous Calibration Standards (EPA, 1997) were developed jointly by EPA, the National Bureau of Standards (now National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)), and specialty gas producers over 30 years ago. At the time, commercially-prepared calibration gases were perceived as being too inaccurate and too unstable for use in calibrations and audits of continuous source emission monitors and ambient air quality monitors. The protocol was developed to improve their quality by establishing their traceability to NIST Standard Reference Materials (SRMs) and to provide reasonably priced products. This protocol established the gas metrological procedures for measurement and certification of these calibration gases for EPA's Acid Rain Program under 40 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Part 75, for the Ambient Air Quality Monitoring Program under 40 CFR Part 58, and for the Source Testing Program under 40 CFR Parts 60, 61, and 68. EPA required monitoring organizations implementing these programs (the regulated community) to use EPA Protocol Gases as their calibration gases. EPA revised the protocol to establish detailed statistical procedures for estimating the total uncertainty of these gases. EPA's Acid Rain Program developed acceptance criteria for the uncertainty estimate. |
| Notes |
EPA project officer: Solomon Ricks. "EPA-454/R-16-001." "April, 2016." "AA-PGVP 205 Report 4/2016." |
