AGENCY: Department of Environmental Quality. Division of Air Quality

SERIES: 7582
TITLE: Visible emission training record
DATES: 1982-
ARRANGEMENT: None

DESCRIPTION: This is a record of certification of air pollution observers for bureau inspectors, local health department employees, and employees of pollution sources. This certificate is good for 6 months. It includes name of the observer being certified, his business affiliation, his mailing address, the dates of the training, the number of hours of training, a description of the background air at the time of the test (blue sky, hazy, etc), the weather conditions at the time of the test including the wind speed and direction and the temperature, and any weather changes during the test, the observer's distance from the pollution source, the results of the tests for black and for white smoke giving the number of the reading, the number of the observer's opacity reading, the transmission meter's reading, and the percentage of the observer's deviation, the number of deviation readings greater than 15%, the average black and white smoke deviations, the certification requirements, and the signature of the certifying official.

RETENTION

Retain for 1 year(s)

DISPOSITION

Destroy.

RETENTION AND DISPOSITION AUTHORIZATION

These records are in Archives' permanent custody.

APPROVED: 01/1986

FORMAT MANAGEMENT

Paper: Retain in Office for 1 year and then destroy.

APPRAISAL

Administrative

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