README FIRST (November 13, 1996)

                For the electronic version of the        
        
        Quality Assurance/Quality Control Program Manual
                Ambient Air Monitoring Network
                   Tijuana, Baja California
                         Revision: 2
                      December 12, 1995


NOTE:  This report was prepared by TEAM Environmental Services, Inc.,970 Los 
Vallecitos Blvd., Suite 100, San Marcos, CA 92069, for the California Air 
Resources Board, Monitoring and Laboratory Division, 1927 13th Street, 
Sacramento, CA 95812.


The Quality Assurance/Quality Control Program Manual provides operational 
procedures which are utilized for the collection and reporting of air quality 
and meteorological monitoring data for the monitoring network in Tijuana, 
Baja California.  These procedures have been designed to meet or exceed the 
requirements for quality assurance (QA) and quality control (QC) for ambient 
monitoring set forth by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the 
California Air Resources Board (ARB) and any applicable local regulatory 
requirements.

This manual provides: an overview on the objectives of the QA/QC program; a 
list of hardware used on monitoring programs as well as their descriptions and 
specifications; detailed procedures for QA and QC; an overview of data 
processing and reporting procedures; and references.  The manual includes 
appendices that contain detailed information on hardware used on the 
monitoring programs.  The information includes step by step calibration 
procedures, preventive maintenance schedules and instrument specific forms 
used by TEAM Environmental Services, Inc., in its monitoring program.

The manual and appendices provided here are in WordPerfect 5.1 format.  
Instrument specific forms are in Quatro Pro spreadsheet format (*.wb1 file 
extensions). The file name of the manual & appendix is TJQAMANE.ZIP; the
file name for the Quatro Pro spreadsheets is TJQAFRME.ZIP.

Please direct questions to the CICA Information Line: (919) 541-1800;
CICA FAX: (919) 541-0242; or leave an E-Mail message by selecting the 
appropriate item from the menu on the previous screen.