Continuous monitoring of VOC precursors

Technical Report · Fri Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1993

OSTI ID:6849813

Purdue, L J

Section 182 (c) (1) of the 1990 Clean Air Act Amendments requires the EPA Administrator to promulgate rules for the enhanced monitoring of ozone, oxides of nitrogen and volatile organic compounds to obtain more comprehensive and representative data on ozone air pollution. The subsequent revisions to Title 40 Code of Federal Regulations, Part 58 (40CFR58) require States to establish Photochemical Assessment Monitoring Stations (PAMS) as part of their SIP (State Implementation Plans) monitoring networks in ozone nonattainment areas classified as serious, severe, or extreme. The primary objective of the enhanced ozone monitoring revisions is to provide an air quality data base that will assist air pollution control agencies in evaluating, tacking the progress of, and, if necessary, refining control strategies for attaining the ozone National Ambient Air Quality Standard (NAAQS). The design and results of an automated gas chromatography demonstration/experiment conducted at Research Triangle Park, N.C. during September 1992 will be discussed. The five commercially available automated GC systems that were evaluated during the experiment will be described.

• Research Organization: Environmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle Park, NC (United States). Atmospheric Research and Exposure Assessment Lab.
• OSTI ID: 6849813
• Report Number(s): PB-93-167211/XAB; EPA--600/A-93/045
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
540120* -- Environment
Atmospheric-- Chemicals Monitoring & Transport-- (1990-)
AIR POLLUTION CONTROL
AIR POLLUTION MONITORING
AIR POLLUTION MONITORS
AIR QUALITY
AMENDMENTS
AUTOMATION
CHALCOGENIDES
CHROMATOGRAPHY
CONTROL
DATA BASE MANAGEMENT
DESIGN
DETECTION
ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
EVALUATION
GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY
IMPLEMENTATION
LAWS
MANAGEMENT
MEASURING INSTRUMENTS
MONITORING
MONITORS
NATIONAL GOVERNMENT
NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
NITROGEN COMPOUNDS
NITROGEN OXIDES
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
OXIDES
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
OZONE
PERFORMANCE TESTING
PLANNING
POLLUTION CONTROL
POLLUTION CONTROL AGENCIES
POLLUTION LAWS
QUALITY ASSURANCE
REGULATIONS
RESEARCH PROGRAMS
SAMPLING
SEPARATION PROCESSES
TESTING
US CLEAN AIR ACT
US EPA
US ORGANIZATIONS