Quality Assurance Project Plans

1. Quality Assurance Project Plans Melinda Ronca-Battista, ITEP/TAMS Center

2. Homework Discussion Does anyone have questions or comments on importing NEI data into TEISS?

3. What is a QAPP Tool for project managers and planners to document the type and quality of data needed for environmental decisions Describes the methods for collecting and assessing those data The QAPP is an integral part of the fundamental principles and practices that form the foundation of the EPA Quality System Required by EPA

4. Why is a QAPP important? • EIs are the Foundation of Decisions • Sets Goals and Objectives • Road Map of How to Conduct EI • Provides Long-term Guidance • Makes Writing the EI Report Easier

5. Formats of QAPP ITEP QAPP Template Emission Inventory Improvement Plan (EIIP) Format TEISS Inventory Preparation Plan (IPP) Wizard

6. TEISS IPP Wizard

8. Inventory Planning • Determine the Audience • Determine the Uses • Chose a Category Level

9. Determine the Use Air quality program planning Assess contributions of future new sources Assess need for tribal permitting program Support development of TIP Support participation in regional AQ planning efforts

10. Levels of EI • After collection of existing NEI data is completed, decide which of two paths to take • Path 1 – Develop a Level 4 EI, QAPP might not be required, check with EPA Project Officer • Path 2 – Write a QAPP for a Level 1, 2, or 3 EI • How do you know which path to take?

11. Levels of EI • Do Level 4 report if tribe’s land area is very small AND you don’t have sources • Write report summarizing what you found • Which sources put out the most pollution? • Which are closest to you? • Which are upwind of you? • What pollutants concern you the most? • These data are NOT submitted to NEI by tribe— unless you want to claim a portion of those emissions to be assigned to reservation

12. Levels of EI • Do QAPP for Level 1, 2, or 3 EI if • Your tribe’s land area is larger AND/OR you have sources on tribal land • List sources on tribal land you will estimate emissions for • Use TEISS calculators to determine data you will need to collect to estimate emissions • Summarize off-reservation data in a separate section of the report

13. QAPP Introduction – Scope of the Inventory • Define • Geographic area – include a map! • Pollutants: Criteria and/or HAPs • Source types – point, nonpoint, mobile • Time period • Annual – state which year • Seasonal (e.g., Ozone season)

14. QAPP Introduction – Data Quality Objectives and Indicators • Data Quality Objectives (DQOs) • Establish to ensure accuracy, completeness, representativeness, and comparability of the EI • Example, Completeness DQO: Point and Nonpoint NEI data obtained for area of concern • Data Quality Indicators (DQIs) • Use to measure progress towards each DQO • Example, Completeness DQI: 100% of Title V sources in the NEI within the area of concern included in EI

15. QAPP Introduction – Summary of QAPP Organization Include a summary of how the rest of the QAPP is organized

16. What Else to Include in a QAPP • Project Organization Section • Organization chart • Establish staff and resources requirements • Inventory implementation timeline • Data Source Types Sections • For each source type (point, nonpoint, etc.), list the sources • For each source, list the data you need to collect and the method used to estimate emissions • You can get this from the TEISS calculators • Have a separate section of the QAPP for on-reservation and off-reservation sources

17. What Else to Include in a QAPP (cont.) Quality Assurance/Quality Control (QA/QC) Section How are data collected? How are data documented? How are data checked? Where are the data stored? How are the data reported?

18. Example of Details –Data Management and Reporting • Describe how data will be stored • In TEISS • Paper and electronic filing system • Data collection and calculations on paper • Calculations done in spreadsheets • Final Products of EI • Completed TEISS project – has ALL the details • Paper report – gives general details, summarizes results • Presentation – summarizes results

19. Homework due in 5 days: • Make a list of Point Sources in the NEI data that you plan to include in your EI • Look at the map in your TEISS project and list the facilities in the NEI that are on the reservation • List any additional facilities in the NEI that are off the reservation that you plan to include in your EI • Email your lists to the instructors • Draw out an organization chart

20. Example Point Source List

21. Example Organization Chart