2024 National Ambient Air Monitoring Conference
The 2024 National Ambient Air Monitoring Conference occurred August 12-15 at the Sheraton in New Orleans. The conference is sponsored by EPA in conjunction with the Association of Air Pollution Control Agencies (AAPCA) and the National Association of Clean Air Agencies (NACAA) and is a must for federal, state, local and tribal air pollution organizations involved with operating, planning, or managing air monitoring networks and reporting data to AQS, and/or AIRNOW.
FINAL AGENDA AND PRESENTATIONS
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MONDAY, AUGUST 12, 2022 - TRAINING SESSIONS
8:30am – 12:00pm Training Sessions
ROOM: GRAND D |
ROOM: GRAND C |
ROOM: NAPOLEON A1-A3 |
ROOM: GRAND E |
ROOM: GRAND A |
ROOM: GRAND B |
INTRO TO AIR QUALITY SYSTEM (AQS) Brad Johns (EPA) |
QUALITY ASSURANCE EPA staff and invited speakers |
VENDOR-LED TRAINING - PM |
PHOTOCHEMICAL ASSESSMENT MONITORING (PAMS) EPA staff and invited speakers |
COMMUNITY AIR MONITORING SHOWCASE |
REAL TIME MASS SPECTOMETRY METHOD WORKSHOP EPA staff and invited speakers |
Thermo Fisher – Napoleon A1 Acoem-MetOne -- Napoleon A2 Teledyne-API – Napoleon A3 |
Vaisala – Consolidated Analytical Systems -- |
1:30PM - 5:00pm Training Sessions
ROOM: GRAND D |
ROOM: GRAND C |
ROOM: NAPOLEON A1-A3 |
ROOM: GRAND E |
ROOM: GRAND A |
AIRNOW TECH - TUTORIAL AND DEEP DIVE Marcus Hylton (Tantus) and EPA staff |
QUALITY ASSURANCE EPA staff and invited speakers |
VENDOR-LED TRAINING – PM & CRITERIA GASES |
PHOTOCHEMICAL ASSESSMENT MONITORING (PAMS) EPA staff and invited speakers |
DATA ANALYSIS & PRODUCTS EPA staff and invited speakers |
Training continues from the morning session… |
Thermo Fisher – Napoleon A1 Aerosol-Magee – Napoleon A2 Teledyne-API – Napoleon A3 |
Training continues from the morning session… Markes/Agilent – PerkinElmer -- |
TUESDAY, AUGUST 13, 2022 – PLENARY SESSIONS
8:45am - 2:45am Plenary Sessions
8:45am Welcome and Logistics
Colin Barrette, EPA Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards (OAQPS), Air Quality Assessment Division, Ambient Air Monitoring Group
8:55am Welcome from Tribes, AAPCA, and NACAA
Jim Parsons, Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma, Chair of TAMS Steering Committee; Cindy Duriscoe, Big Pine Paiute Tribe, Vice Chair of TAMS Steering Committee; Susie Attocknie, Quapaw Nation, TAMS Steering Committee, Ryan Biggerstaff, Environmental Programs Manager, Air Quality Division, Oklahoma Department of Environmental Quality, and co-chair of AAPCA Ambient Monitoring Committee, and Sam Rubens, Manager, Akron Regional Air Quality Management District, and co-chair of NACAA Monitoring Committee
9:05am Air Quality Analysis Division Roles and Priorities
Chet Wayland, Division Director, Air Quality Assessment Division, EPA Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards (OAQPS)
9:25am Ambient Air Monitoring, IRA/ARP & Grant Updates
Kristen Benedict, Group Leader, Ambient Air Monitoring Group (OAQPS)
10:30am Keynote Address – A Welcome and Overview of Louisiana’s Mobile Air Monitoring Laboratory (MAML) Program
Aurelia S. Giacometto, Secretary, Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality (LDEQ) and Jason Meyers, Administrator, Air Planning and Assessment Divison (LDEQ)
11:15am Air Quality Data Analysis Tools Update
Corey Mocka, Ambient Air Monitoring Group (OAQPS)
Jeanette Reyes and Brett Gantt, Air Quality Analysis Group (OAQPS)
1:15pm NAAQS Process Overview & Ongoing NAAQS Reviews
Rachel Sales, Health and Environmental Impacts Division (OAQPS)
1:55pm Update from EPA's Office of Research and Development
Gayle Hagler, Center of Environmental Measurements and Modeling, EPA Office of Research and Development (ORD)
2:25pm Update from EPA's Office of Atmospheric Protection
Rona Birnbaum, Division Director, Clean Air Markets Division (CAPD), EPA Office of Atmospheric Protection (OAP)
2:45pm Update from EPA's Office of Transportation Air Quality
Ali Kamal, Assessments and Standards Division, EPA Office of Transportation Air Quality (OTAQ)
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 14, 2022 – TECHNICAL SESSIONS
8:30am – 10:10am Technical Sessions
ROOM: NAPOLEON A1-A3 |
ROOM: GRAND C |
ROOM: GRAND AB |
ROOM: GRAND DE |
AIR TOXICS Moderators: Doris Chen (OAQPS) & Jaime Gore (GA DNR) |
PM Moderators: Tim Hanley (OAQPS) & Chad Hines (Polk Co) |
QUALITY ASSURANCE Moderators: Joey Richardson (EPA R10) & TJ Brado (ADEC) |
COMMUNITY MONITORING Moderators: Corey Mocka (OAQPS) & Brandon Feenstra (South Coast AQMD) |
8:30am Overview of EPA’s Fourth NATTS Network Assessment - Regi Oommen (ERG) 9:10am Expanded Use for Fenceline Measurements in EPA NESHAP Regulations- Ned Shappley (OAQPS) 9:50am Passive Sorbent Uptake Development – Case Study for Chloroprene - Dave Berkowitz (OAQPS) |
8:30am PM2.5 FRM and FEM Network and Method update - Tim Hanley (OAQPS) |
9:10am Flow-based NPAP Audits – Joey Richardson (EPA R10) 9:30am Results from the PM2.5 Gravimetric Round Robin - Colin Barrette (OAQPS) |
8:30am The Skagway air quality monitoring array and public dashboard – Barkley Sive (NPS) |
10:40am – 12:00pm Technical Sessions
ROOM: NAPOLEON A1-A3 |
ROOM: GRAND C |
ROOM: GRAND AB |
ROOM: GRAND DE |
AIR TOXICS Moderators: Nealson Watkins (OAQPS) & Doris Chen (OAQPS) |
PM Moderators: Tim Hanley (OAQPS) & Chad Hines (Polk Co) |
QUALITY ASSURANCE Moderators: Clarence Jackson (EPA R6) & Ryan Biggerstaff (OK DEQ) |
COMMUNITY MONITORING DATA & SENSOR QA Moderators: Ryan Brown (EPA R4) & Eben Cross (Quant AQ) |
10:40am Updates to EPA's Ambient Monitoring Archive for HAPS - Regi Oommen (ERG) 11:20am A Study for Canister Humidification by Static Method - George Dai (Nutech) 11:40am Using SPODs for remote and mobile monitoring of VOCs as a triggering mechanism for Summa Cannisters – Evaluating the Efficacy of Complex Triggering Schemas - Jason Gu (SENSIT Technologies) |
10:40am PM Data Analysis - Bret Gantt (OAQPS) 11:20am Community/Facility/Fire Visible Emission Monitoring, estimating PM and Health Impact remotely over wide areas, Valid Theory, Solid Technology, Next Validation - Shawn Dolan (Virtual Tech.) |
11:20am Developing a Practical Field Check for Ultrasonic Wind Sensors – Ken Moody (Oregon DEQ) 11:40am Lessons from Environmental Metrology: What were we trying to measure? - Matthew Shrensel (Oregon DEQ) |
11:20am Quality assurance in an optical sensor network for public health information – Daniel Johnson (Oregon DEQ) |
1:30pm – 3:10pm Technical Sessions
ROOM: NAPOLEON A1-A3 |
ROOM: GRAND C |
ROOM: GRAND AB |
ROOM: GRAND DE |
ROOM: BAYSIDE ABC |
EtO Moderators: Doris Chen (OAQPS) & Andrea Polidori (SCAQMD) |
PM- SPECIATION Moderators: Melinda Beaver (OAQPS) & Dan Johnson (Oregon DEQ) |
QUALITY ASSURANCE Moderators: Verena Joerger (EPA R3) & Sean Nolan (PA DEP) |
SENSORS Moderators: Elizabeth Good (OAQPS) & Janice Lam (Sac Metro AQMD) |
PAMS Moderators: Berkley Hillis (OAQPS) & Corey Mocka (OAQPS) |
1:50pm Method 327 Development – Fenceline for EtO and VC - Dave Berkowitz (OAQPS) 2:50pm The delicate balancing of NESHAP and FIFRA: how commercial sterilizers are charting a path to compliance, safety, and process efficiency with next-generation CRDS EtO monitoring solutions - Jonathan Bent (Picarro) |
2: 30pm Intercomparison of Two Multi- Elemental Spectroscopic Techniques for Airborne Particulate Matter from a Nationwide Monitoring Network - Colleen Marciel F. Rosales (UCD) 2:50pm Demonstration of the new Aethalometer model AE36 performance - Martin Rigler (Aerosol-Magee) |
1:30pm Automation of Target/Reference Values in Automated QC Checks - Steve Drevik (Agilaire) 1:50pm Standardization in QA Metadata Coding (Null/Qualifying Codes) – Lilian Turcios-Metho (BAAQMD) 2:50pm QA Best Practices for Emerging Technology Air Sensors – Brandon Feenstra (SCAQMD) |
1:30pm EPA Region 4 fenceline VOC sensor loan program – Katherine Meiser (EPA R4) 1:50pm How Advanced Community Air Monitoring Technologies Support Complex Site Remediation Projects – Paul Pickering (Aeroqual) 2:10pm Field Evaluation of Affordable Community Condensation Particle Counters, Optical Particle Counters, and a Low-Cost Particle Sensor – Xiaoliang Wang (DRI) |
1:30pm Data Review and Processing for CAS Instruments: Tips, Tricks, & New Software – Crystal McClure (STI), Andrea Cooley (Louisville APCD) , Phillip Wenig (Lablicate) 1:50pm Carbonyl Sampler Flow Checks – Ryan James (Battelle) 2:10pm Agilent PAMS Auto- GC: What could possibly go wrong? – Amy Plummer (Orsat) 2:50pm Pinenes in PAMS Auto- GC Data- Where are they? – Carol Meyer (Orsat) |
3:30pm – 5:30pm Technical Sessions
ROOM: NAPOLEON A1-A3 |
ROOM: GRAND C |
ROOM: GRAND AB |
ROOM: GRAND DE |
ROOM: BAYSIDE ABC |
EtO Moderators: Doris Chen (OAQPS) & Jason Schroder (CO DPHE) |
PM- SPECIATION Moderators: Melinda Beaver (OAQPS) & Dan Johnson (Oregon DEQ) |
QUALITY ASSURANCE Moderators: Brannon Seay (OAQPS) & April Hathcoat (Cherokee Nation) |
MOBILE MONITORING (COMMUNITY & WILDFIRE) Moderators: Laura Boyette (OAQPS) & Jill Schulte (WA ECY) |
PAMS Moderators: Berkley Hillis (OAQPS) & Dirk Felton (NY DEC) |
3:40pm Application of Thermal Desorption Cavity Ring-Down Spectroscopy to Address Recent Air Toxics Regulations - Aurielle Marcotte (Entanglement) 4:00pm Advancements in the detection and monitoring of background Ethylene Oxide and VOCs - Dan Cohen (Picarro) 4:420pm Measurement of Ethylene Oxide from Ambient Air using SIFT-MS - Leslie Silva (Syft) |
4:40pm Revisiting the Chemical Speciation Network’s Shipping Practices – Melinda Beaver (OAQPS |
3:40pm Open Session; Q&A Opportunity |
3:40pm High resolution mobile monitoring in disadvantaged communities in NY State – Dominic Moronta (NY DEC) 4:00pm Hyperlocal mobile monitoring of PM metals – Payam Pakbin (SCAQMD) 4:40pm Filling data gaps: EPA monitor loan program supporting wildfire smoke response – Gayle Hagler (EPA ORD) |
3:40pm Identifying VOC Emission Sources through the Analysis of PAMS data – Jay Turner (Washington Univ.) 4:00pm Ozone Precursor Detection in Printing Enterprises - Zhang Weimin (China-US Enviro.) 4:20pm Development and validation of two on-line auto-GC systems for the continuous monitoring of trace level VOCs and OVOCs. - Jean- Philippe Amiet (Chromatotec) |
THURSDAY, AUGUST 15, 2022 – TECHNICAL & CLOSING PLENARY SESSIONS
8:20am – 10:00am Technical Sessions
ROOM: GRAND C |
ROOM: GRAND AB |
ROOM: GRAND DE |
CRITERIA GAS /CASTNET Moderators: Nealson Watkins (OAQPS) & Dan Alrick (Bay Area AQMD) |
AUTOMATION Moderators: Doug Jager (OAQPS) & Dave Lemery (ME DEP) |
TRIBAL MONITORING Moderators: Jim Parsons, Cindy Duriscoe, Susie Attocknie (TAMS) & Hayden Hardie (EPA ORIA) |
8:40am Field Testing Nafion Dryers on Co-located CASTNET Ozone Analyzers - Kevin Mishoe (WSP) 9:20am Scientific Review of a National Ambient Air Monitoring Program: Process, Recommendations, and Next Steps for the Clean Air Status and Trends Network - Katie Praedel/Dirk Felton (NY DEC) |
8:20am MassDEP utilizes AirVision(AV) for automation - Patrick Shea (MA DEQ) 9:00am Pennsylvania DEP's Air Monitoring Dashboard - Sean Nolan (PA DEP) |
8:40am California Tribal Air Monitoring Collaborative - Tiffany Wolfe (Pechanga Band) 9:00am Blue Lake Rancheria’s Community Air Quality Monitoring Projects - Olivia Ryder (STI) 9:20am Community Air Monitoring in the TriChapter Area of the Navajo Nation – Helena Pliszka (TD Enviro) |
10:30pm - 12:00pm Closing Plenary Session - GRAND C
10:30am Update on Fenceline, Near-Source, and Fugitive Monitoring
Ned Shappley, Measurement Technologies Group (OAQPS)
11:00am OAQPS’ Consolidated Data Platform
Ketan Patel, Outreach and Information Division (OAQPS)
11:20am Update on GAO's Asset Management Recommendations
Berkley Hillis, Ambient Air Monitoring Group (OAQPS)
11:30am Update on GAO's Modernization Recommendations
Tim Hanley, Ambient Air Monitoring Group (OAQPS)