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Monitoring update: loan transfer completed; some EVAN units had connectivity limits

Buncombe County Air Quality Board · November 21, 2025
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Summary

Steve reported the department completed the loan transfer of monitoring equipment and noted EVAN units lacked reliable real-time connectivity at some sites, prompting a temporary return of one EVAN to Raleigh.

Steve provided the monitoring update, reporting successful completion of a loan transfer and a recent system audit by the state that yielded positive results.

"We finally completed the loan transfer of the equipment to you. Got assigned and transferred over," Steve said, noting the county now controls the loaned equipment. He described challenges with EVAN units that could not maintain real-time connectivity at some sites (Fairview Elementary and other locations), and staff returned at least one EVAN to Raleigh while preparing for recertification and future redeployment.

The AB Tech monitoring site location was clarified — the monitor will sit near the Facilities Building and the toxic-monitoring shed will be reestablished when a new vendor arrives. Steve said staff plan to pick up equipment again in February during a scheduled workshop and continue preparing site logistics.