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EPA Quality Documents:

The Office of Environmental Information's Quality Staff is responsible for developing Agency-wide policy for quality assurance, developing guidance and tools, providing training and outreach, and overseeing implementation by EPA organizations. The Quality Staff may be contacted by phone at (202) 564-6830, FAX at (202) 565-2441, or E-mail at quality@epa.gov. Their web page is located at http://www.epa.gov/quality/.

The Quality Staff has developed a variety of guidance documents. To go straight to these documents, click on http://www.epa.gov/quality/qa_docs.html. This page also contains the EPA Order and associated Quality Manual.

EPA's Region 9 and Region 10 also have these documents plus some additional QA documents and guidance.

A high visibility program managed by NRMRL and NERL is the Environmental Technology Verification Program (ETV). To view the ETV Quality Management Plan (QMP), go to this web address: http://epa.gov/etv/pubs/600r08009.pdf.

Information regarding EPA methods & Good Laboratory Practices:

For a listing of publications numbers and some links, see the following EPA web page: http://www.epa.gov/osa/fem/methcollectns.htm

AMTIC contains information and files on ambient air quality monitoring programs, details on monitoring methods, relevant documents and articles, information on air quality trends and non-attainment areas, and federal regulations related to ambient air quality monitoring. http://www.epa.gov/ttn/amtic/

SW-846 methods are also available on the web at: http://www.epa.gov/epaoswer/hazwaste/test/main.htm This manual contains good information about many laboratory related QA practices and procedures.

Analytical Methods for Drinking Water, EPA's Office of Water http://www.epa.gov/OGWDW/methods/methods.html

Accreditation of laboratories performing environmental analyses is becoming an increasingly hot topic. For information regarding the National Environmental Laboratory Accreditation Program, go to http://www.epa.gov/nerlesd1/land-sci/nelac/index.html

The EPA has a long history of certifying laboratories that analyze drinking water. To see a manual related to Quality Assurance of these measurements, go to: http://www.epa.gov/safewater/labcert/labindex.html

EPA's Contract Laboratory Program (CLP) has developed many quality assurance related documents, including guidance on data validation. To view this information go to: http://www.epa.gov/oerrpage/superfund/programs/clp/guidance.htm#org

Good Laboratory Practice Standards:

40 CFR Part 160 - Environmental Protection Agency, Thursday, August 17, 1989, can be found at: http://www.ovpr.uga.edu/qau/epaglp_a.html

Journals & Societies for Promotion of QA practices:

American Society for Quality: This web site introduces many topics about Quality. Learn the details of the organization's background and structure. The site also provides information on the ISO 9000 and ISO 14000 standards, QS-9000 requirements, and ASQ certification programs. ASQ Provides a search via the Virtual Quality Network, for products and services for quality and continuous improvement. http://www.asq.org/

Society of Quality Assurance: The Society of Quality Assurance (SQA) was organized to promote the quality assurance profession through the discussion and exchange of ideas and the promulgation and continued advancement of high professional standards. For their web site, go to: http://www.sqa.org/

Quality Assurance; Good Practice, Regulation, and Law: is an international peer-reviewed quarterly publishing original papers on quality principles and procedures in all fields of science, especially the biological, physical, environmental, and engineering sciences. Of particular interest are articles that promote an understanding of the scientific, regulatory, legal, and international harmonization issues that are of the utmost importance to the generation of the highest quality data or product. For their web site, go to: www.tandf.co.uk/journals/tf/10529411.html

Miscellaneous Information:

Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, Laboratory Certification and Registration Program developed a Quality Assurance Document For A Small Wastewater Lab. The Quality Assurance Document For A Small Wastewater Lab provides a condensed version of code requirements as well as information regarding the essential elements of a quality control program in a wastewater laboratory. The booklet consists of 7 sections that may be downloaded individually as Adobe portable document format files (PDF files).
http://www.dnr.state.wi.us/org/es/science/lc/

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