Quality Systems Documents

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EPA New England Documents

Quality Management Plan (QMP) (PDF) (155 pp, 7.5MB)
The QMP describes policies, procedures and management systems within EPA NE that govern quality assurance and quality control activities.

Planning

General

Quality Assurance - Project Plan Program Guidance (QAPP) (PDF) (16 pp, 141K) | MS Word Version (16 pp, 623 KB)
This implementation document describes the EPA NE program for ensuring the collection and use of quality data.

EPA New England Example - Streamlined QAPP Tables/Template
Examples of tables that may be included in a QAPP to summarize information, supplement and simplify the text, or to create a useful list of important information for the user.

Examples of Approved Quality Assurance Project Plans (QAPPs)

Brownfields

Planning and Documenting Brownfields Projects Generic Quality Assurance Project Plans (PDF) (19 pp, 2.4MB)

• Appendix A: Brownfields Generic QAPPs - Guidance and Writer/Reviewer Checklist & Appendix B: Brownfields Site-Specific QAPPs Addenda - Guidance and Writer/Reviewer Checklist (PDF) (18 pp, 1.7MB)

Models

Generic Modeling Quality Assurance Project Plan and Quality Assurance Checklist
The QAPP guidance document and its companion checklist are designed to assist QAPP writers and reviewers involved in modeling projects, including the Total Maximum Daily Load Program (TMDL).

Example of Approved State Generic Quality Assurance Project Plan for Models (PDF) (52 pp, 5.8MB)

Water

Quality Assurance Project Plan Development Tool
This tool is designed to assist in developing a Quality Assurance (QA) Project Plan for projects that involve surface or groundwater monitoring and/or the collection and analysis of water samples. All information is also available on CD ROM including SOPs noted in Module 5. For a CD copy contact Pat Svetaka (svetaka.pat@epa.gov or 617-918-8396).

Drinking Water

New England States' Sample Collection & Preservation Guidance Manual for Drinking Water (PDF) (58 pp, 1.5MB)

Projects Using Only Existing (Secondary) Data

Quality Assurance Project Plan Guidance For Environmental Projects Using Only Existing (Secondary) Data (PDF) (10 pp, 66K)
This QAPP guidance is designed to assist QAPP writers and reviewers involved in environmental projects based solely on previously existing (secondary) data. It describes a streamlined approach for planning and documenting projects that do not include sampling, testing or measurement determinations.

Field Implementation

QA Bulletin - Calibration of Dissolved Oxygen Meters (PDF) (3 pp, 14K)

Monitoring Well Purging and Sampling Procedure
This document describes the low stress purging and sampling procedure.

Assessment and Data Review

Data Validation Guidelines
QA guidance document that describes the data generation and validation process, including project scoping, sample scheduling, data review and implementation of corrective actions.

Guidance for Annual Reporting of Quality System Progress (PDF) (6 pp, 242K)
Guidance and template designed to assist EPA-funded organizations in reporting on the status/progress of their quality systems.

EPA Agency-wide Quality Assurance Systems Documents