ABS: Section 182(c)(1) of the 1990 Clean Air Act Amendments (CAAA) required the Administrator to promulgate rules for the enhanced monitoring of ozone, oxides of nitrogen (NOx), and volatile organic compounds (VOC) to obtain more comprehensive and representative data on ozone air pollution… Continue reading
Abs: A newly proven technology exists that allows industrial operators, researchers, and regulators to monitor short-term variations in airborne metals concentrations in near-real-time (NRT) intervals. This tool, a mobile ambient air X-ray fluorescence metals monitor, has proven itself to be a reliable, precise, and accurate monitor that has been validated through comparisons with federal reference method (FRM) sampling and laboratory analysis… Continue reading
Abs: The European Union (EU) has issued a directive (2008/50/EC) which requires the monitoring of organic carbon and elemental carbon in PM2.5 at selected rural back- 10 ground sites from mid-2010 with thermal optical analysis method… Continue reading
