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AQS Futures (Where is AQS Heading?)

AQS Futures (Where is AQS Heading?). AQS Conference August 22, 2012 Robert Coats. AQS Program Objectives. Support EPA mission – Protect human health and the environment Support the implementation of environmental laws and regulations

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AQS Futures (Where is AQS Heading?)

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  1. AQS Futures(Where is AQS Heading?) AQS Conference August 22, 2012 Robert Coats

  2. AQS Program Objectives • Support EPA mission – Protect human health and the environment • Support the implementation of environmental laws and regulations • Support both EPA and external (state, local, and tribal) stakeholders • Data quality • System usability (ergonomics, availability, integrity, and performance) • Manage cost • Transparency Providence, Rhode Island

  3. New National Ambient Air Quality Standards • PM standard: • Proposed June 14, 2012 See: http://www.epa.gov/pm/actions.html • Strengthen primary standard • Establish secondary standard (visibility) • Expect rule by end of 2012 • Analyze, plan, and budget: January - September 2013 • Begin implementation: October 2013 Providence, Rhode Island

  4. Monitoring Program Initiatives • Quality assurance (new QA transactions) • Monitor metadata • Changes to certification • Computed parameters • Integration with annual monitoring network plans Providence, Rhode Island

  5. AQS and the Exchange Network • Phase 1 – Submission: Complete! • Phase 2 – Flow version 3.0 • New submission schema version • New QA assessments • Changes to monitor metadata • Publishing: • Allow AQS data to be retrieved by Exchange Network nodes • Formalize interface for data sharing • Expect to continue support for current version 2.2a for foreseeable future. Providence, Rhode Island

  6. AQS Technology Modernization • Technologies: • Discoverer: Near end of lifecycle with Oracle • Forms: Near end of lifecycle with Oracle • Reports: Near end of lifecycle with Oracle • Database: Server hardware at end of lifecycle with IBM • Plans: • Database Server: Move database to new Intel architecture server at EPA NCC (Q4 2012) • Software: Begin looking at alternative technologies • Will establish workgroups involving stakeholders to formalize requirements • Cost will be significant selection factor Providence, Rhode Island

  7. System Usability • Update and consolidate AQS documentation and on-line help • Migrate to agency-based access control • User registration: Better integration between AQS and Exchange Network • Dynamic AQS code tables on web (e.g. method codes) and web services • Graphical output instead of text only for standard reports Providence, Rhode Island

  8. System Usability (cont’d) • Better analytical, statistical, and mapping capabilities • Investigate moving protocol information from sample measurement to monitor • Optimizations for performance improvement • Simplify AQS summaries Providence, Rhode Island

  9. Data Quality • Review and update AQS data screening processes • Review AQS data handling for its effect on data quality • Improve numeric precision Providence, Rhode Island

  10. Manage Cost • Remove unused and/or obsolete functionality • Investigate integration between ad-hoc tool (presently Discoverer) and standard reports (presently Oracle Reports) advanced analytical tool (SAS) • Tighter integration between AQS and Data Mart Providence, Rhode Island

  11. Questions and Feedback? Providence, Rhode Island

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