AQS Conference Highlights: Program Objectives, Air Quality Standards, and Technology Modernization
The AQS Conference held in Providence, Rhode Island, discussed various important topics such as program objectives supporting EPA's mission, new national ambient air quality standards, monitoring program initiatives, and AQS technology modernization efforts. The conference covered a range of critical updates and developments in the field of environmental air quality monitoring and management.
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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 Support both EPA and external (state, local, and tribal) stakeholders Data quality System usability (ergonomics, availability, integrity, and performance) Manage cost Transparency AQS Conference Providence, Rhode Island 2
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 AQS Conference Providence, Rhode Island 3
Monitoring Program Initiatives Quality assurance (new QA transactions) Monitor metadata Changes to certification Computed parameters Integration with annual monitoring network plans AQS Conference Providence, Rhode Island 4
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. AQS Conference Providence, Rhode Island 5
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 AQS Conference Providence, Rhode Island 6
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 AQS Conference Providence, Rhode Island 7
System Usability (contd) Better analytical, statistical, and mapping capabilities Investigate moving protocol information from sample measurement to monitor Optimizations for performance improvement Simplify AQS summaries AQS Conference Providence, Rhode Island 8
Data Quality Review and update AQS data screening processes Review AQS data handling for its effect on data quality Improve numeric precision AQS Conference Providence, Rhode Island 9
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 AQS Conference Providence, Rhode Island 10
Questions and Feedback? AQS Conference Providence, Rhode Island 11
