United States Department of the Interior 

NATIONAL PARK SERVICE 

Air Resources Division 

P.O. Box 25287 

Denver, Colorado 80225 

IN REPLY REFER TO: 

February 27, 2012 

Mr. David Lutz 

MQAG (C339-02) 

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 

Research Triangle Park, NC 27711 

Re: Certification of Pinnacles National Monument, Gaseous Pollutant Monitoring Program Ozone Data for 2011 

Dear Mr. Lutz: 

 The National Park Service, Air Resources Division, hereby certifies the Pinnacles National Monument ozone 

data that reside on the EPA AQS for the year 2011. These data have undergone stringent validation procedures and are 

believed to be a consistent and accurate representation of ambient air quality conditions within Pinnacles National 

Monument. 

Attached are: 

 • AMP450 report (Quick Look Criteria Parameters) for Pinnacles NM 2011 ozone data. 

 • AMP255 report (Precision and Accuracy Quality Indicator Summary) for Pinnacles NM 2011 Precision and 

Accuracy data. 

 Please contact me (john_d_ray@nps.gov; 303-9969-2820) if you have any questions. 

 

 Sincerely, 

 John D. Ray, Ph.D. 

 Program Manager 

JR:jw 

Cc: Bill Chevalier (Monterey Bay Air Pollution Control District) 

 Gwen Yoshimura (EPA Region 9) 

 
UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

QUICKLOOK CRITERIA PARAMETERS

Report Request ID: 972708 Report Code: AMP450 Mar. 27, 2012

Selection Criteria Page 1

User ID: LDJ

State County Site Parameter POC City AQCR UAR CBSA CSA

EPA

Region Method Duration Begin Date End Date

06 069 0003 44201

GEOGRAPHIC SELECTIONS

SELECTED OPTIONS

EVENTS PROCESSING

MERGE PDF FILES

WORKFILE DELIMITER

Option Type Option Value

EXCLUDE REGIONALLY CONCURRED EVENTS

YES

,

SORT ORDER

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

Order Column

PARAMETER_CODE

STATE_CODE

COUNTY_CODE

SITE_ID

POC

DATES

EDT_ID

GLOBAL DATES

2011

Start Date End Date

2011

Tribal

Code

APPLICABLE STANDARDS

Standard Description

Ozone 1-hour Daily 2005

Ozone 8-Hour 2008
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Note: The * indicates that the mean does

not satisfy summary criteria.

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EXCEPTIONAL DATA TYPES

EDT DESCRIPTION

0

1

2

5

NO EVENTS

EVENTS EXCLUDED

EVENTS INCLUDED

EVENTS WITH CONCURRENCE EXCLUDED
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Note: The * indicates that the mean does

not satisfy summary criteria.

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Ozone (44201) California Parts per million (007)

SITE ID

P

O

C PQAO CITY COUNTY ADDRESS YEAR METH

VALID

DAYS

MEAS

1ST

MAX

1-HR CERT EDT

06-069-0003 1 0745 Pinnacles 

National 

Monument

San Benito NE ENTRANCE, 

PINNACLES NM

2011 047 361 .082 .080 Y 0

2ND

MAX

1-HR

1-HOUR 

NUM

DAYS

REQ

365 .079

3RD

MAX

1-HR

.077

4TH

MAX

1-HR

DAY

MAX>

STD

0

EST

DAYS>

STD

 0.0

MISS

DAYS<

STD

4
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Note: The * indicates that the mean does

not satisfy summary criteria.

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Ozone (44201) California Parts per million (007)

SITE ID

P

O

C PQAO CITY COUNTY ADDRESS YEAR METH

VALID

DAYS

MEAS

4TH

MAX

8-HR CERT EDT

06-069-0003 1 0745 Pinnacles 

National 

Monument

San Benito NE ENTRANCE, 

PINNACLES NM

2011 047 .073 .071 Y 0

8-HOUR 

NUM

DAYS

REQ

365 .069 .069

DAY

MAX>

STD

357 0

%OBS

98

1ST

MAX

8-HR

2ND

MAX

8-HR

3RD

MAX

8-HR
Mar. 27, 2012

Note: The * indicates that the mean does

not satisfy summary criteria.

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44201 047 INSTRUMENTAL ULTRA VIOLET

PARAMETER

METHOD

CODE COLLECTION METHOD ANALYSIS METHOD

METHODS USED IN THIS REPORT
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Note: The * indicates that the mean does

not satisfy summary criteria.

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PQAOS USED IN THIS REPORT

PQAO AGENCY DESCRIPTION

0745 National Park Service