Tribal Environmental Management
Writing Quality Assurance Project Plans
Course overview
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An EPA-approved Quality Assurance Project Plan (QAPP) is required to implement EPA-funded work that involves acquisition of environmental data from direct measurement activities, collected from other sources, or compiled from computerized databases and information systems. Data gathering projects, including those that are self-funded, require a QAPP to ensure the project is designed and documented to provide legally-defensible data.
This course is for tribal professionals who are either writing a new QAPP or updating an existing QAPP. An outline of a QAPP is provided with all 24 elements, page headers, and a table of contents. The course provides example documents and resources for the following pollutants:
- Ozone with a Continuous Method
- PM2.5 with a Continuous Method
- PM2.5 with a Filter Method
- PM10 with a Continuous Method
- Meteorological Monitoring
- Radon
If you are writing a QAPP for a pollutant not listed, the available information may still be helpful. Contact the instructors with questions.
NOTE: If your project is US EPA-funded, your regional office may have specific guidance. This course is for everyone and strictly adheres to US EPA and American National Standards Institute (ANSI) guidance, but does not take into account specific requirements from different EPA regions. Each EPA region has a QA resources page and it is important you consult that page and your regional contacts.
Instructors:
Josie Kamkoff, Josephine.Kamkoff@nau.edu, 928-419-1009; Chris Lee, Christopher.Lee@nau.edu, 702-784-8264; Melinda Ronca-Battista, Melinda.Ronca-Battista@nau.edu, 602-616-2218.
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Course Content
Course Navigation Instructions
Meet your Instructor!
Background Info: Graded Approach to QAPPs
Announcements
Introduce Yourself Here
Identify Your QAPP Needs
Guest Speaker - Pamela Atcitty (Morongo Band of Mission Indians)
Files that may be useful as you write your QAPP
Link to the Electronic Code of Federal Regulations (e-CFR)
Link to TAMS Online Library
QAPP Shell
Watch these before you get started.
QAPP Quick Start Guide for video explanations below.
Video explanations for QAPP Elements
QAPP Checklist
Ozone QAPP Sample
Resources for QAPP: Ozone
Video explanations for QAPP Elements
Submit your QAPP (portions or completed version) for review
QAPP Checklist
After you submit your QAPP, complete the Reflectiv...
PM2.5 QAPP Sample
Resources for QAPP: Particulate Matter 2.5
Video explanations for QAPP Elements
Submit your QAPP (portions or completed version) for review
QAPP Checklist
After you submit your QAPP, complete the Reflectiv...
PM2.5 Filter QAPP Sample
Resources for PM2.5 Filter QAPP
Video explanations for QAPP Elements
Submit your QAPP (portions or completed version) for review
QAPP Checklist
After you submit your QAPP, complete the Reflectiv...
PM10 QAPP Sample
Resources for PM10 QAPP
Video explanations for QAPP Elements
Submit your QAPP (portions or completed version) for review
QAPP Checklist
After you submit your QAPP, complete the Reflectiv...
Meteorological QAPP Sample
Resources for QAPP: Meteorological
Video explanations for QAPP Elements
Submit your QAPP (portions or completed version) for review
QAPP Checklist
After you submit your QAPP, complete the Reflectiv...
Radon QAPP Sample
Resources for QAPP: Radon
Video explanations for QAPP Elements
Submit your QAPP (portions or completed version) for review
QAPP Checklist
After you submit your QAPP, complete the Reflectiv...
Reflective Writing
Course Evaluation
Certificate of Completion - Writing a Quality Assurance Project Plan