Laboratory Standard Operating Procedures for Ambient Air

The laboratory standard operating procedures (SOPs) are documents which describe the steps necessary to conduct a measurement and the critical parameters to be evaluated during the analysis.  SOPs set out detailed steps that implement the general guidance of the quality control manual.  SOPs are written such that a chemist or laboratory technician with experience in the particular analytical technique can follow the procedure and obtain the same result as another similarly trained chemist.  The SOPs are specific to the Air Resources Board laboratories because they describe the actual instrumentation and equipment used.  Mention of specific equipment and products do not constitute endorsement or recommendation for use by the Air Resources Board. 

SOPs have been written for each method used by the Air Resources Board to generate data for record.  The listed SOPs are used by the Air Resources Board laboratories to analyze ambient air samples.  The following table provides a summary of each active SOP along with the entire document.  Inactive SOPs and their summaries currently not in use are archived for future reference. 

Please contact Kathy Gill at (916) 445-9483 or Michael Werst at (916) 322-6202 for questions or information regarding the Organics Laboratory and Inorganics Laboratory SOPs, respectively.