PM2.5 speciation -- objectives, requirements, and approach
- Environmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle Park, NC (United States). Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards
Chemical speciation of selected PM2.5 monitor samples is included in the discussion of major monitoring requirements and principles described in the Part 58 Rule. The regulation requires the implementation of a modest chemical speciation network of 50 PM2.5 sites that provides a first order characterization of the metals, ions, and carbon constituents of PM2.5. These data are to be used to support several areas of interest, including: (1) Helping to implement the PM2.5 standard through the use of speciated data as inputs to air quality modeling analyses and as indicators to track progress of controls; (2) Aiding the interpretation of health studies by linking effects to PM2.5 constituents; (3) Understanding the effects of atmospheric constituents on visibility impairment; and (4) Using speciated particulate data to aid in monitoring network design and siting adjustment. For these reasons, EPA has developed plans for the initial 50-site speciation monitoring network that include collocating at least 25 monitors within the Photochemical Air Monitoring System (PAMS) which collect data for a range of volatile hazardous air pollutants and ozone. Therefore these initial speciation sites will provide EPA and the research community a baseline of gaseous and particulate atmospheric characterization information. Current plans include the outfitting of up to 300 PM2.5 speciation monitoring sites. The speciation monitors are currently being fabricated under EPA National Federal Reference Method monitor procurement contracts and are projected to begin to be deployed in 10/98. This paper will present a detailed discussion of the design and implementation of the speciation monitoring network and explain EPA`s approach to implementation of the monitoring activities which includes siting, target analytes of interest, sample handling, analytical SOPs, and data reduction, validation and reporting.
- OSTI ID:
- 361961
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-980632--
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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