Note: Course prices are
current as of publication date, however they are subject to change without
notice. Please contact ETMD for current information.
Per Person Price: $780 Firm Fixed Price: Available Upon Request
Class Size: 10 (Minimum) Training Hours: 24
Duration: 3 Days
Delivery Method: Classroom Lecture &
Exercises
Intended Audience:
This
workshop is intended for Department of Defense (DOD) and Department of Energy
(DOE) personnel, industrial and government scientists, field engineers, EPA
enforcement project managers, and environmental managers who must: (1)
understand the process for selecting and characterizing HAPs from industrial
processes and hazardous waste sites; (2) develop and implement a HAPs program
involving design and operation of sampling methods for trace organics and
inorganic constituents; and (3) operate an ambient air monitoring network as
part of an industrial monitoring program or remediation activity at abandoned
waste sites.
Course Description:
Air
pollution has been a subject of interest and concern for many years. With the
passage of the Clean Air Act of 1990, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
has placed emphases on the sampling and analysis of hazardous air pollutants
(HAPs) or air toxics from industrial sources and hazardous waste sites. Concern
has been raised by many people, regional regulatory authorities, and
environmentalists that governments were not adequately prepared to address the
problems posed by air toxics or HAPs. There was no planned environmental
programs for measuring air toxics/HAPs; rather, there were a number of
individual unrelated networks or special studies in which a variety of
monitoring and analytical techniques were used to obtain results that varied
widely in data quality. The absence of standardized sampling and analytical
procedures raised serious concern about the compatibility of the data collected
with its ultimate use. Ensuring data compatibility is critical because major
decisions are based on the interpretation of such data relating to health
effect issues and applicable control options. Consequently, there is a need to
provide training to industrial and government personnel alike associated with
recently published sampling methods for quantifying HAPs or air toxics in the
ambient air utilizing EPA’s Compendium methodologies.
Course Objective:
The
objective of this 3-day workshop is to provide ambient air monitoring personnel
with the needed background, information, and guidance associated with
methodologies involving the sampling and analysis of HAPs. This workshop will
address air toxic regulations, developing monitoring plans and
protocols,
establishing quality assurance/quality control protocols, and sampling and
analysis techniques. In particular, this course will cover sampling for
volatile organics compounds (VOCs) utilizing specially-treated canisters,
multibed adsorbent tubes, cryogenic trapping, and on-line GC monitoring; acid
aerosols utilizing annular denuder technology; semi-volatiles organic compounds
(SVOCs, dioxin/furans/PCBs) utilizing PUF/XAD-2 adsorbent cartridge; and
particulate matter/metals utilizing time-integrated and real-time monitors for
PM- 10/PM-2.5. This workshop will present standardized sampling procedures for
ambient air monitoring of HAPs as outlined in three U.S. Environmental
Protection Agencies (EPA’s) documents: Compendium of Methods for Determination of Toxic Organic Compounds
in Ambient Air-Second Edition; Compendium of Method for Determination of Inorganic
Compounds in Ambient Air; and Design, Installation and utilization of Fixed-
Fenceline Sample Collection and Monitoring Systems (FFMS).
Specifically,
this workshop will address the following new recent advance EPA methods:
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Method TO-1A: Solid Adsorbent Sampling for Volatile Organic Compounds
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Method TO-9A: Sampling for Dioxin/Furans/PCB Congeners
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Method TO-11A: Sampling for Formaldehyde and other Carbonyls
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Method TO-13A: Sampling for Semi-volatile Organics
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Method TO-14A: Sampling for Volatile Organics Using SUMMA Canisters
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Method TO-17: Multi-bed Adsorbent Technology for Sampling Volatile Organics
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Method IO-1: Continuous Real-time Monitoring for PM-10/PM-2.5 in Ambient Air
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Method IO-2: Time-integrated Monitoring for PM-10/PM-2.5 in Ambient Air
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Method IO-4: Sampling for Atmospheric Acidic and Basic Gases
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Method IO-5: Sampling for Atmospheric Mercury
The
participant will learn how to develop an air monitoring sampling and analysis
plan (SAP), learn how to establish QA/QC program air monitoring, how to develop
project specific data quality objectives (DQOs), learn how to relate sampling
and analysis to risk-base agency programs, develop site specific target
compound list (TCL) for acceptable ambient air levels (AALs), and identify
environmental data bases for regulatory use. Finally, several case studies will
be presented associated with implementation of a sampling program at several
hazardous waste sites/Superfund sites.
Course Manuals
Participants
of this workshop will receive various handouts of two course manuals. They are:
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Student Workbook: The Student Workbook contains the course agenda, copies of
selected slides from each of the lectures and timely articles.
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Student Manual: The Student Manual contains full copies of selected sampling
methods found in the Organic Compendium-Second Edition and the Inorganic Compendium. In addition, the student manual
will contain monitor specific operational checklist to be used by field
personnel in the operation of field samplers as part of an air toxic monitoring
program.
In
addition, numerous vendor handouts will be provided as part of the student
workbook illustrating the sampling tools for characterizing volatile,
semi-volatile and particulate matter HAPs in ambient air.
For additional information, please contact our Training and
Registration Center at 865/481-3922 or visit our website at www.etmdtraining.net