Designing a Fence Line Monitoring Program to Detect Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs) on a Real-Time Basis

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• Personal Author:
  Crampton R ; Gamiles D ; Olive B
• Description:
  Technologies having the capability to detect Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs) using beams of light traversing an open path have been described since the late 1970s. However, the approach has had limited use as a commercially available method for detecting VOCs in real-world applications. Identification of technologies that can meet regulatory standards has increased in importance given enactment of regulatory policy that specifically pinpoints fence-line air monitoring as a primary method of detecting VOCs in the air. This presentation presents an overview of the methods used to create a fence-line air monitoring program that can meet regulatory standards for the detection and quantification of VOCs on a real-time basis. This includes identification of technologies that can meet regulatory standards as proposed by the Bay Area Air Quality Management District (BAAQMD) in Northern California, developing a Quality Assurance/Quality Control (QA/QC) program, creating a publically available data reporting system, and designing a large scale data management plan for the management of both real-time and QA/QC'd data. The presentation will focus on results and lessons learned from two actual locations where these techniques have been utilized to provide real-time results to the public on a 24/7 basis. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Air Pollution Environmental Exposure Environmental Monitoring Environmental Pollution Occupational Health Safety Volatile Organic Compounds
• Keywords:
  Air Pollution Control Equipment Air Quality Monitoring Detectors Environmental Contamination Environmental Monitoring Exposure Levels Monitoring Systems VOCs Volatile Organic Compounds
• Publisher:
  The NELAC Institute
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Abstract or Summary
• Place as Subject:
  Alabama ; OSHA Region 10 ; OSHA Region 4 ; Washington
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20053034
• Citation:
  2015 National Environmental Monitoring Conference (NEMC), July 13-16, 2015, Chicago, Illinois. Weatherford, TX: The NELAC Institute, 2015 Jul; :1
• Contact Point Address:
  B. Olive, University of North Alabama, One Harrison Plaza Box 5204, Department of Chemistry and Industrial Hygiene, Florence, AL, 35632, United States
• Email:
  bsolive@una.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2015
• Performing Organization:
  University of North Alabama, Florence
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Start Date:
  20050701
• Source Full Name:
  2015 National Environmental Monitoring Conference (NEMC), July 13-16, 2015, Chicago, Illinois
• End Date:
  20270630
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:fe9547b9b2f77dda53413531d4a02687bfc33abc262170dac095397dbd67f129e87956e5734df07b93bc923a3792d8eacdc2db74bf42fb2165de301270912a52
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/215894/cdc_215894_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 130.86 KB ]