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PM 2.5 -
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Guidance Documents and Supporting Tools
- PM2.5 continuous monitor comparability assessment tool
- Technical Note - PM2.5 Continuous Monitor Comparability Assessment (PDF) (4pp, 150k) - 2/22/12
- Spreadsheet Template for Candidate FEMs for PM2.5 and PM10-2.5
- Spreadsheet without example data (xls file) (378k)
- Spreadsheet with example data included (xls file) (410k)
- This spreadsheet can be used for assessing collocated FRM and continuous data at sites with up to 366 data pairs (XLT file) (913k)
- This spreadsheet can be used for assessing collocated FRM and continuous data at sites with up to 122 data pairs (XLT file) (443k)
- Data Quality Objectives (DQOs) for Relating Federal Reference Method (FRM) and Continuous PM2.5 Measurements to Report an Air Quality Index (AQI), EPA-454/B-02-002, November 2002 (PDF) (102pp, 1.9 MB) - 12/19/02
- "Guidance for Using Continuous Monitors in PM2.5 Monitoring Networks," EPA-454/R-98-012, May 1998 (PDF) (178pp, 1.4 MB) - 6/5/98
Policy and Data Management
- Instructions and Template for Requesting that data from PM2.5 Continuous FEMs are not compared to the NAAQS (Microsoft Word) (17pp, 1.2 MB) - 10/28/2013
- Memo (PDF) (1pg, 402k)
- Implementing Continuous PM2.5 Federal Equivalent Methods (FEMs) and Approved Regional Methods (ARMs) in State or Local Air Monitoring Station (SLAMS) Networks (PDF) (6pp, 416k) – 7/24/2008
- Parameter Codes Used to Report PM2.5Continuous Monitor and Speciation Sampler Data to AQS (PDF) (6pp, 29 kb) - 6/2/2006
Standard Operating Procedures
- DRAFT SOP for the Met One BAM-1020; Federal Equivalent Method EQPM-0308-170 for PM2.5 (PDF) (111p, 1.1 MB) - 8/28/2009
- Technical Note – Met One BAM Zero Tests (PDF) (3pp, 280k) – 10/05/2012
- DRAFT SOP for the Thermo Scientific FDMS® 1405-DF; Federal Equivalent Method EQPM-0609-182 for PM2.5 (PDF) (96pp, 1.4 MB) - 9/1/2009
- DRAFT SOP for the Thermo Scientific 1400a Ambient Particulate Monitor with 8500C FDMS®; Federal Equivalent Method EQPM-0609-181 for PM2.5 (PDF) (101pp, 2.5 MB) - 3/1/2011
Technical Systems Audit Checklists
- PM continuous TSA checklist – Met One BAM – Draft (PDF) (14pp, 336k) - May 12, 2015
- PM continuous TSA checklist – Thermo TEOM-FDMS – Draft (PDF) (13pp, 586k) - September 22, 2015
CASAC
Assessments and Verifications
- Environmental Verification statements and Reports for Ambient Fine Particulate Monitors
- Assessment of PM2.5 FEMs Compared to Collocated FRMs (PDF) (10pp, 114k) – April 7, 2011
Presentations
- National Air Quality Conference - Ambient Air Monitoring 2012: Best Practices for Operating PM2.5 Continuous FEMs
- Continuous PM Presentations from the 2009 National Air Monitoring Conference
- Continuous PM Presentations from the 2006 National Air Monitoring Conference