Measurement and Technology Workgroup

The Measurement and Technology Workgroup consists of board members and volunteers interested in a topic being addressed at any given time. At the request of the Board and in concert with other Environmental Laboratory Advisory Board (i.e., ELAB or the Board) workgroups, the Measurement and Technology Workgroup will research, study, evaluate, and/or assess issues of concern to the environmental laboratory testing community and will make recommendations to the entire Board for action consistent with ELAB’s Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA) Charter, as appropriate. Issues relevant to this workgroup include, but are not limited to the following: the performance approach; adequacy and applicability of existing methodology’s; development of areas for method development; peer review of new or proposed changes to methods; management of volunteer laboratories for method validation/verification; proper and appropriate use and application of detection and quantification models (e.g., MDL, PQL) at all levels of government; review of relevance and adequacy of holding times in environmental analyses; adequacy of response to Homeland Security requirements; indices of acceptable environmental measurement methodology’s; and existence of a quality management plan potentially applicable to all programs.

Board Workgroup Members:

Jeff Lowry – Group Leader
Richard Burrows
Jack Farrell
Reza Karimi
Joe Pardue

Attached below are the minutes of the workgroup and draft documents by the workgroup for consideration of the Board. Workgroups are utilized to assist the Board in dealing with an array of matters under discussion and distribute the workload in information gathering for the Boards consideration. The files within this section are in no way considered approved or final products of the Board.

Measurement and Technology Workgroup

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