Course Description:
This course is designed to provide tribal air quality professionals with the knowledge and skills needed to conduct PEP audits for PM2.5 monitoring and NPAP through-the-probe audits for gaseous pollutant monitoring. The course will focus on hands-on exercises to simulate actual audit situations and relies heavily on the participation of the attendees.

At the end of the course, participants will be tested; those who score 90% or greater will be certified by EPA’s Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards (OAQPS). Once certified, these tribal environmental professionals will be able to conduct audits which meet AQS requirements for various reporting agencies (Tribal, Local and State). Preference will be given to those who are actively monitoring for particulate matter (PM) or gaseous criteria pollutants (O3, NOx, SOx, CO).

Topics include:

• Pre-Audit Preparation
  
  
• Travel Logistics
  
  
• PM 2.5 Audit
  • Background Information, Theory and Principles
    
    
  • Site arrival
    
    
  • Set-up/Take down
    
    
  • Verification
    
    
  • Filter Handling
    
    
  • Data Download
    
    
  • Filter Shipping
    
    
• Through-The-Probe Audit
  • Background Information, Theory and Principles
    
    
  • Trailer/Transport Safety
    
    
  • Site arrival
    
    
  • Site Set-up/Take down
    
    
  • Line Loss Test
    
    
  • Ozone Audit
    
    
  • Multi-gas audit
    
    
  • Post-Audit Activity
    
    

• Introduction to Tribal Air Quality (or equivalent experience)
  
  
• Air Quality Computations (or equivalent experience)
  
  
• Air Pollution Technology (or equivalent experience)