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Ambient Monitoring Technology Information Center (AMTIC)
This page contains links to Quality Assurance guidance documents for the ambient air monitoring networks.
  - NPAP Implementation Decision Memorandum for Calendar Year 2021 (PDF) (10 pp, 3 MB)
 
  - Technical Note- Clarifications and Guidance on Residence Time Determination (PDF) (5 pp, 431 K, June 2019)
 
  - Guide to Writing Quality Assurance Project PLans for Ambient Air Monitoring Networks (PDF) (46 pp, 534 K, August 2018)
 
  - QA Handbook for Air Pollution Measurement Systems: "Volume I: A Field Guide to Environmental Quality Assurance (PDF) (54 pp, 1 MB, April 1994)
 
  - QA Handbook for Air Pollution Measurement Systems:"Volume II: Ambient Air Quality Monitoring Program (PDF) (346 pp, 5 MB, January 2017)
 
  - Planned Edits for Revision to the 2017 QA Handbook (PDF) (1 pg, 85 K, March 2018)
 
  - QA Handbook Appendix D Validation Templates (PDF) (54 pp, 410 K, March 2017)
 
  - Minor Changes to the January 2017 Version of the Validation Template (PDF) (2 pp, 94 K, March 2017)
 
  - QA Handbook for Air Pollution Measurement Systems: "Volume V: Precipitation Measurement Systems (PDF) (260 pp, 9 MB, April 1994)
 
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