A Quality Assurance Management Plan

Abstract

California Air Resources Board (CARB) staff developed a phased integrated approach to implement the Standing Air Monitoring Work Group’s (SAMWG) quality assurance requirements. This approach separates quality assurance requirements into a single project with a management plan and manager, and assigns each requirement to one of three key task areas—standardized methods and procedures measurement standards and tests, and audits. Tasks are assigned priorities and a detailed management plan is developed with SAMWG dates as milestones. Benefits of the phased integrated approach are a streamlined, flexible quality assurance program; maximum utilization of personnel and resources; timely implementation of SAMWG requirements; a uniform quality assurance program applied to state, local, and private industry monitoring programs; and data with documented precision and accuracy. Additionally, peculiarities of procedures and analyzers that lead to data inaccuracies are quickly identified and corrected. © 1979 Air & Waste Management Association.