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Quality Assurance
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On This Page
- Intra-office Quality Assurance
- Policy
- Uniform Federal Policy for Quality Assurance Project Plans
- Other Information
- Contacts
The Federal Facilities Restoration and Reuse Office (FFRRO) plays a unique role in the quality assurance process for land cleanup, as it provides oversight to other Federal agencies cleaning up federally owned land. While the main focus of the office is on NPL sites, FFRRO staff members provide technical support for cleanups at non-NPL sites and sites being cleaned up under other authorities, such as RCRA. The program's quality assurance efforts set a minimum standard for how to conduct land cleanup activities and help to provide guidance to agencies and contractors planning cleanups.
Intra-office Quality Assurance
FFRRO follows the EPA Quality Program's procedures and guidance when setting its own internal standards. The office has established standard operating procedures for reviewing all documents produced internally; it also runs weekly data audit reports to ensure that regional data in the CERCLIS database are correct.
Policy
Memorandum: Uniform Federal Policy for Quality Assurance Project Plans (PDF) (1 pg, 19K)
Issued by the Assistant Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Environment, Safety and Occupational Health in 2006, requesting DoD components begin immediate implementation of the UFP-QAPP.
Uniform Federal Policy for Quality Assurance Project Plans
The Uniform Federal Policy for Quality Assurance Project Plans (UFP-QAPP) is a consensus document prepared by the Intergovernmental Data Quality Task Force (IDQTF). It provides instructions for preparing Quality Assurance Project Plans (QAPPs) for any environmental data collection operation.
A QAPP is a formal document describing in comprehensive detail the necessary quality assurance (QA), quality control (QC), and other technical activities that must be implemented to ensure that the results of the work performed will satisfy the stated performance criteria.
Part 1: UFP-QAPP Manual (PDF) (126 pp, 988K) - March 2005
Part 2A (Original): UFP-QAPP Workbook (505-B-04-900C) - March 2005 (PDF) (45 pp, 302K)
Part 2A (Revised): Optimized UFP-QAPP Worksheets - March 2012 (ZIP) (607K)
You also can download the revised worksheets individually, using the links below. If you do not have Microsoft Word on your computer, you can download the Word Viewer 
in order to access these documents.
- Executive Summary (MS Word) (4 pp, 31K)
- QAPP Worksheet #1 & 2: Title and Approval Page (MS Word) (1 pg, 19K)
- QAPP Worksheet #3 & 5: Project Organization and QAPP Distribution (MS Word) (1 pg, 27K)
- QAPP Worksheet #4, 7 & 8: Personnel Qualifications and Sign-off Sheet (MS Word) (1 pg, 46K)
- QAPP Worksheet #6: Communication Pathways (MS Word) (1 pg, 20K)
- QAPP Worksheet #9: Project Planning Session Summary (MS Word) (1 pg, 22K)
- QAPP Worksheet #10: Conceptual Site Model (MS Word) (1 pg, 19K)
- QAPP Worksheet #11: Project/Data Quality Objectives (MS Word) (2 pp, 22K)
- QAPP Worksheet #12: Measurement Performance Criteria (MS Word) (1 pg, 23K)
- QAPP Worksheet #13: Secondary Data Uses and Limitations (MS Word) (1 pg, 20K)
- QAPP Worksheet #14/16: Project Tasks & Schedule (MS Word) (1 pg, 23K)
- QAPP Worksheet #15: Project Action Limits and Laboratory-Specific Detection/Quantitation Limits (MS Word) (1 pg, 25K)
- QAPP Worksheet #17: Sampling Design and Rationale (MS Word) (1 pg, 19K)
- QAPP Worksheet #18: Sampling Locations and Methods (MS Word) (1 pg, 25K)
- QAPP Worksheet #19 & 30: Sample Containers, Preservation, and Hold Times (MS Word) (1 pg, 29K)
- QAPP Worksheet #20: Field QC Summary (MS Word) (1 pg, 25K)
- QAPP Worksheet #21: Field SOPs (MS Word) (1 pg, 25K)
- QAPP Worksheet #22: Field Equipment Calibration, Maintenance, Testing, and Inspection (MS Word) (1 pg, 24K)
- QAPP Worksheet #23: Analytical SOP's (MS Word) (1 pg, 27K)
- QAPP Worksheet #24: Analytical Instrument Calibration (MS Word) (1 pg, 21K)
- QAPP Worksheet #25: Analytical Instrument and Equipment Maintenance, Testing, and Inspection (MS Word) (1 pg, 28K)
- QAPP Worksheet #26 & 27: Sample Handling, Custody, and Disposal (MS Word) (1 pg, 30K)
- QAPP Worksheet #28: Analytical Quality Control and Corrective Action (MS Word) (1 pg, 26K)
- QAPP Worksheet #29: Project Documents and Records (MS Word) (3 pp, 32K)
- QAPP Worksheet #31, 32 & 33: Assessments and Corrective Action (MS Word) (2 pp, 24K)
- QAPP Worksheet #34: Data Verification and Validation Inputs (MS Word) (2 pp, 22K)
- QAPP Worksheet #35: Data Verification Procedures (MS Word) (2 pp, 24K)
- QAPP Worksheet #36: Data Validation Procedures (MS Word) (2 pp, 25K)
- QAPP Worksheet #37: Data Usability Assessment (MS Word) (2 pp, 25K)
Part 2B: Quality Assurance/Quality Control Compendium: Minimum QA/QC Activities (PDF) (76 pp, 616K)
Uniform Federal Policy for Quality Assurance Project Plans - Training Materials
This page contains materials for running a training on how to plan projects using the Uniform Federal Policy for Quality Assurance Project Plans (UFP QAPP).
Other Information
The collection, use, and dissemination of information of known and appropriate quality are integral to ensuring that EPA achieves its mission. Disseminated information should adhere to a basic standard of quality, including objectivity, utility, and integrity.
Intergovernmental Data Quality Task Force: Scope, Elements, Basis, Benefits, Implementation
Superfund Analytical Services: Quality Assurance/Quality Control
Contacts
For more information or to submit your comments, please contact:
Reggie Cheatham
Director, US EPA Federal Facilities Restoration and Reuse Office
Chair, Intergovernmental Data Quality Task Force (IDQTF)
Telephone: (703) 603-0047
E-mail: cheatham.reggie@epa.gov
Ellen Treimel
US EPA Federal Facilities Restoration and Reuse Office
Telephone: (703) 603-0720
E-mail: treimel.ellen@epa.gov