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RECORD NUMBER: 380 OF 5037

Main Title Ambient monitoring guidelines for prevention of significant deterioration (PSD).
CORP Author Environmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle Park, N.C. Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards.
Publisher Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Air and Waste Management, Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards, Monitoring and Data Analysis Division ; For sale by the National Technical Information Service,
Year Published 1978
Report Number EPA-450/2-78-019; OAQPS-1.2-096
Stock Number PB-283 696
OCLC Number 04197983
ISBN pbk.
Subjects Air quality management ; Air--Pollution--Standards
Additional Subjects Air pollution ; Guidelines ; Regulations ; Monitoring ; Sites ; Laboratory equipment ; Concentration(Composition) ; Quality assurance ; Probes ; Particles ; Sulfur dioxide ; Carbon monoxide ; Oxidizers ; Nitrogen dioxide ; Ozone ; Meteorological data ; Data analysis ; Air quality ; Air pollution sampling ; Prevention of Significant Deterioration Regulations ; Significant deterioration(Air pollution)
Internet Access
Description Access URL
https://nepis.epa.gov/Exe/ZyPDF.cgi?Dockey=2000M8EE.PDF
Holdings
Library Call Number Additional Info Location Last
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Status
EKBD  EPA-450/2-78-019 Research Triangle Park Library/RTP, NC 08/13/1999
ELBD ARCHIVE EPA 450-2-78-019 Received from HQ AWBERC Library/Cincinnati,OH 10/04/2023 DISPERSAL
ERAD  EPA 450/2-78-019 Region 9 Library/San Francisco,CA 01/28/2013
ESAD  EPA 450-2-78-019 Region 10 Library/Seattle,WA 06/12/2018
NTIS  PB-283 696 Some EPA libraries have a fiche copy filed under the call number shown. 07/26/2022
Collation vi, 63 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm.
Abstract
Ambient air monitoring guidelines are described for sources that may be required to monitor the air quality under the Prevention of Significant Deterioration (PSD) regulations. Some step-by-step discussion is presented for a source to determine if monitoring will be necessary. Situations where existing air quality and meteorological data, modeling, and use of assumed background concentrations for certain areas may be used in lieu of monitoring, are shown. If a source must undertake a monitoring program, general guidance is given for pollutants to be monitored, number and location of monitoring sites, equipment, frequency and duration of sampling, and data reporting. More detailed guidance is discussed for air quality monitoring probe siting criteria for various pollutants, meteorological monitoring, and quality assurance procedures.
Notes
Issued May 1978. Includes bibliographical references.