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The National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) for particulate matter (PM), in terms of PM10 and PM2.5, are ambient air concentration limits set by the EPA that should not be exceeded. Further, state air pollution regulatory agencies (SAPRAs) utilize the NAAQS to regulate criteria pollutants emitted by industries by applying the NAAQS as a property-line concentration limit. The primary NAAQS are health-based standards; therefore, an exceedance implies that it is likely that there will be adverse health effects for the public. Prior to and since the inclusion of PM10 and PM2.5 into the EPA's regulation guidelines, numerous journal articles and technical references have been written to discuss the epidemiological effects, trends, regulations, methods of determining PM10 and PM2.5, etc. A common trend among many of these publications is the use of samplers to collect information on PM10 and PM2.5. Often, the …