standards and protocols

This list contains the standards and protocols collected from the Joint Canada-Alberta Implementation Plan for Oil Sands Monitoring (JOSM) partners that conduct environmental monitoring under the Implementation Plan. Environment Canada air-related documents are accredited to the ISO/IEC 17025 standard by the Canadian Association for Laboratory Accreditation Inc. (CALA), and therefore, are reviewed by CALA on a biennial basis. AEMERA will initiate a technical review process to bring consistency and comparability among these standards and protocols as appropriate. Where gaps are identified, new standards and protocols will be developed.

air

environment canada

• SOP No.:1.01/2.8/M Determination of Carbonyl Compounds in Ambient Air Using Absorbent Cartridge Followed by High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC)
• SOP No.: 1.03/1.7/M Determination of Organic Compounds and Elemental Carbon QC/EC) in Particulate Matter Collected on Quartz Filters
• SOP No.: 3.01/3.7/S Sample Reception and Processing
• SOP No.: 3.02/2.6/S Glassware Cleaning
• SOP No.: 3.02/4.1/M Dioxins/Furans in Ambient Air Samples (PM-Dioxin)
• SOP No.: 3.03/2.3/S Nitrogen Concentration
• SOP No.: 3.03/5.2/M Analytical Method for the Determination of Selected PACs in Ambient Air Samples
• SOP No.: 3.04/2.4/S Solvents
• SOP No.: 3.05/3.2/S Housekeeping
• SOP No.: 3.09/4.6/S Preparation, Use and Storage of Standard Solutions
• SOP No.: 3.10/3.4/S Gas Cylinders
• SOP No.: 3.12/3.5/S Chain of Custody for Legal Samples
• SOP No.: 3.13/3.1/S Reagents
• SOP No.: 3.17/1.0/S Sample Turnaround Times in the Chemical Analysis of Methods Unit
• SOP No.: 3.18/1.0/S Proficiency Testing - Organic Laboratories
• SOP No.: 3.19/1.3/S Procedures for Preparing and Receiving PAH Canisters and Filters
• SOP No.: 4.21/4.4/S Preparation of Polyurethane Foam Plugs (PUFs) for Ambient Air Monitoring
• SOP No.: 5.01/5.2/S High Resolution GC / Low Resolution MS Analysis
• SOP No.: 5.03/3.4/S PAH Analysis of Urban Dust Material (NIST_1649b)
• SOP No.: 5.04/2.5/S Sample Extract - Reception, Processing and Storage in the Instrumental Analysis Laboratory
• SOP No.: 5.07/1.5/S Preparation and Analysis of Sample Extract Dilutions by GC/MS - Instrumental Analysis Laboratory
• SOP No.: 5.08/1.2/S Determination of Analyte Specific Instrument Detection Limit (IDL)
• SOP No.: 6.01/3.0/S Sample Management
• SOP No.: 6.03/1.5/S Preparation, Storage and Use of Stock Standard Solutions
• SOP No.: 6.03/6.4/M Determination of Anions and Cations in Multi (2) - Ion Chromatography System
• SOP No.: 6.05/3.0/M Determination of Gaseous and Particulate Inorganic Air Pollutants by Ion Chromatography
• SOP No.: 6.06/1.8/S Extraction of Filters
• SOP No.: 6.08/1.6/M Determination of the Weight of Particulate Matter Collected on Teflon Filters
• SOP No.: 6.09/1.6/S Coating and Extraction of Honeycomb Denuders
• SOP No.: 6.09/3.5/M Multi-element Analysis of Ambient Aerosols Using Energy Dispersive X-ray Fluorescence Spectrometry
• SOP No.: 6.10/3.0/M Determination of Trace Elements in Aqueous Extracts of Airborne Particulate Matter and Other Aqueous Solutions by Inductively Coupled Plasma - Mass Spectrometry (ICP-MS)
• SOP No.: 6.10/3.0/S Preparation, Shipping, and Unloading of ChemComb Cartridges
• SOP No.: 6.11/2.2/S General Operations, Safety and Housekeeping Practices in the ICP-MS Laboratories
• SOP No.: 6.11/3.0/M Determination of Near-Total Trace Elements in Airborne Particulate Matter by Inductively Coupled Plasma - Mass Spectrometry (ICP-MS)
• SOP No.: 6.12/2.0/M Determination of Levoglucosan and other Carbohydrates in Atmospheric Aerosols by Ion Chromatography with Pulsed Amperometric Detection (IC-PAD)
• SOP No.: 6.12/3.0/S Microwave Digestion of Airborne Patriculate Matter Collected on Filters Using CEM MARS-5
• SOP No.: 6.13/1.0/M Determination of Total Trace Elements and Lanthanoids in Airborne Particulate Matter by Inductively Coupled Plasma - Mass Spectrometry (ICP-MS)
• SOP No.: 6.13/2.3/S Cleaning Procedures in ICP-MS Laboratories
• SOP No.: 6.14/3.1/S Agilent 7500ce Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometer operation, data acquisition, processing and reporting
• SOP No.: 6.15/1.1/S Acid Purification Using MILESTONE duoPUR "Subboiling" Distillation System
• SOP No.: 6,19/1.2/S PANalytical Epsilon 5 XRF Spectral Acquisition, Processing and Reporting
• SOP No.: 6.21/1.1/S Operation of the MTL AH225 Automated Filter Weighing System
• SOP No.: 6.22/1.0/S Agilent 7700x Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometer operation, data acquisition, processing and reporting
• SOP No.: 7.01/1.5/S Automated Cleaning of Sample Canisters
• SOP No.: 7.02/3.1/S Dilution of Samples in Canisters
• SOP No.: 7.03/3.1/S Canister Sampling Analysis Using the Entech Preconcentrator
• SOP No.: 7.05/4.1/S Updating the VOC Calibration Database
• SOP No.: 7.06/3.0/S Processing and Evaluation of Internal Standard Data
• SOP No.: 7.15/1.6/S VOC Sample Management Procedures
• SOP No.: 7.16/2.0/S Management and Archiving of Instrumental Data
• SOP No.: 8.06/2.0/M National Air Pollution Surveillance (NAPS) Network Reference Method for the Measurement of PM2.5 Concentration in Ambient Air Using Filter Collection and Gravimetric Mass Determination
• SOP No.: 8.06M_F1-ver1.0
• SOP No.: 8.06M_F2-ver1.0

alberta environmental monitoring evaluation and reporting agency (AEMERA)

• SOP-001 for H2S and SO2 Converter
• SOP-002 of ACCU System Particulate Matter sampler in Ambient Air in conjuntion with the Tapered Element Oscillating Microbalance (TEOM)
• SOP-003 for Air Quality Reporting Index Reporting System
• SOP-004 for the Tapered Element Oscillating Microbalance (TEOM)
• SOP-005 for Environmentally protected Beta Attenuation Monitor (E-BAM)
• SOP-006 for Whatman and Air Liquide model hydrogen generators
• SOP-007 for Meteorological Instruments of Canada (MIC) precipitation collector
• SOP-008 for NH3 Analyzers
• SOP-009 for the Ecochem PAS 2000 analyzer
• SOP-010 for Hydrogen Sulphide (H2S) and Total Reduced Sulphur (TRS) detectors
• SOP-011 for Dilution Calibrations
• SOP-012 for Sabio 2010 and 4010 Dilution Calibrator
• SOP-013 for AENV EDAS Ambient Data Polling System Operation and Daily Data Evaluation
• SOP-014 for Measurement of Particulate Matter in Ambient Air by Orthogonal Light Scattering
• SOP-015 for Sample Collection Using Tedlar Bags and Adsorbent Tubes
• SOP-016 for the Collection of VOCs in Ambient Air Using Summa Canisters and Xontech Sampler
• SOP-017 for the Measurement of Wind Speed and Direction Using Ultrasonic Systems
• SOP-018 for Measurement of Wind Speed and Direction - Anemometer & Vane System
• SOP-019 for Ambient Air Sampling Using a Versatile Air Pollution Sampler (VAPS) with Annular Denuder System (ADS)
• SOP-020 for Measurement of Total Hydrocarbon Using a Flame Ionization Detection
• SOP-021 for Measurement of SO2 by SO2 Fluorescence
• SOP-022 for Measurement of Ozone in Ambient Air by Ultraviolet (UV) Photometry
• SOP-023 for Measurement of Methane/Non-Methane Hydrocarbons Using FID Detection
• SOP-024 for Measurement of CO in Ambient Air by Gas Filter Correlation (GFC)
• SOP-025 for Elemental and Organic Carbon (EC and OC) using Non-Dispersive Infrared Detection (NDIR)
• SOP-026 for Measurement of Ethylene (C2H4) in Ambient Air by Reduced Gas Detection (RGD)
• SOP-027 for High-Volume Polyurethane Foam Sampler
• SOP-028 for Measurement of Particulate Matter in Ambient Air using the Partisol 2000H
• SOP-029 for R&R Environmental Devices Model MFC201 Gas Dilution Calibrator
• SOP-031 for R&R Environmental Devices Model 200 Zero Span Module
• SOP-032 for Flow Measurement Using a Primary Flow Meter
• SOP-033 for Fluke Portable Voltage Calibrator
• SOP-034 for Dasibi Model 5008 Gas Dilution Calibrator
• SOP-035 for Measurement of Barometric Pressure Using Vaisala PTB 220
• SOP-036 for Air Dryers
• SOP-037 for Measurement of Oxides of Nitrogen in by Chemiluminescence
• SOP-039 for Thermo-Miran SapphIRe portable gas analyzer
• SOP-040 for Compressed Gas Cylinder Handling
• SOP-041 for Zero-Air Generators
• SOP-042 for Mobile Air Monitoring Laboratory (MAML) Systems

lakeland industry and community association (LICA)

• SOP-001 Hydorgen Sulphide
• SOP-002 Total Hydrocarbon
• SOP-003 Sulphur Dioxide
• SOP-004 Methane and Non-Methane Hydrocarbons
• SOP-005 Ozone
• SOP-006 Particulate Matter (TEOM-FDMS Method)
• SOP-007 Oxides of Nitrogen
• SOP-008 Total Reduced Sulphur

wood buffalo environmental association (WBEA)

• WBEA SOP-MET-004 Tipping Bucket Continuous Precipitation Gauge
• WBEA SOP-MET-006 Temperature and Relative Humidity
• WBEA OPS-001 On Call
• WBEA SOP-PAR-001 Procedures for Operating Continuous R&P TEOM PM10 and PM2.5 Analyzers
• WBEA SOP-PAR-010 Procedures for Operating Continuous Thermo Scientific SHARP 5030 PM10 and PM2.5 Analyzers
• WBEA SOP-ANA-001-SO2 Procedures for Operating Continuous Sulphur Dioxide Analyzers
• WBEA SOP-ANA-002-H2S/TRS Procedure for Operating Continuous Hydorgen Sulphide and Total Reduced Sulphur Analyzers
• WBEA SOP-ANA-003-NO2 Procedures for Operating Continuous Nitrogen Oxides (NOx/NO/NO2) Analyzers
• WBEA SOP-ANA-004-THC Procedures for Operating Continuous Total Hydorcarbon (THC) Analyzers
• WBEA SOP-ANA-005-NH3 Procedure for Operating Continuous Ammonia (NH3) Analyzers
• WBEA SOP-ANA-006-O3 Procedures for Operating Continuous Ozone (O3) Analyzers
• WBEA SOP-ANA-007-CO Procedures for Operating Continuous Carbon Monoxide (CO) Analyzers
• WBEA SOP-ANA-008-NMHC Procedures for Operating Continuous Methan/Non-Methane Hydrocarbon Analyzers
• WBEA SOP-ANA-009-TRS converter Procedures for Operating TRS Converters
• WBEA SOP-INT-001 General Integrated Sampling Instructions
• WBEA SOP-INT-004 Procedures for Operating Volatile Organic Compound Samplers Using SUMMA Canisters
• WBEA SOP-INT-008 Procedures for Sampling Poly Aromatic Hydrocarbons Using Poly Urethane Foam
• WBEA SOP-SUP-001 Zero Air Generators
• WBEA SOP-SUP-002 Dilution Calibrators
• WBEA SOP-SUP-006 Regulator Purge Procedure

water

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biodiversity

alberta biodiversity monitoring institute (ABMI)

• 10006 Processing Terrestrial Bird Recordings, Version 2009-11-23
• 10009 Labratory Protocols for Processing Bryophytes, Version 2010-05-31
• 10010 Processing Mites and Springtails, Version 2009-05-08
• 10011 Processing Tree Core Samples, Version 2014-10-30
• 10012 Processing Vascular Plant Samples, Version 2009-06-08
• 10017 Processing Aquatic Invertebrates, 2011-07-05
• 10020 Processing Water Samples, Version 2010-11-18
• 10043 Processing Mineral Soil Samples, Version 2014-10-30
• ABMI Human Footprint Map. 2010 Version 1.1_2013-11-06
• Human Footprint Map Layer 3x7 Areas Version 1.0- Metadata_2013-03-04
• Terrestrial Field Data Collection Protocols_ 2014-03-21
• Wetland Field Data Collection Protocols_2014-03-02

environment canada (EC)

• JOSM EC CauseEffect SOP1 Preparing Sept 2013 Final
• JOSM EC CauseEffect SOP2 Training Sept 2013 Final
• JOSM EC CauseEffect SOP3 Point Counts Sept 2013 Final
• JOSM EC CauseEffect SOP4 Vegetation Sept 2013 Final
• JOSM EC CauseEffect SOP5 Data Sept 2013 Final
• JOSM EC CauseEffect SOP6 Terr Mapping Draft May-13-2014

ecological monitoring committee for the lower athabasca (EMCLA)

• 2013 Yellow Rail Monitoring Plan For Lower Athabasca Planning Region
• 10012 Processing Vascular Plant Samples, Version 2009-06-08
• EMCLA Amphibian Monitoring Using Wildlife Acoustics SM2 Detector
• EMCLA Audio Listening Protocol- BETA 2012 Version
• Targeted Rare Plant Surveys in the Lower Athabasca
• Technical Report to EMCLA- Owl Monitoring using Wildlife Acoustics aru Recorders Versus Standard Playback Methods

alberta environmentenal monitoring evaluation and reporting agency (AEMERA)

• Aerial Ungulate Survey Protocol Manual Jan 2010 Final
• Hettinga et al 2012 The Journal of Wildlife Management
• WR Class Protocol 002 - Recreational Bird Banding
• WR Class Protocol 006 - Call Playback for Owls
• WR Class Protocol 013 - Ungulate Survey Protocol for Species Detection and Monitoring Purposes.