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Procedures for Detection and Quantitation
Federal Advisory Committee on Detection and Quantitation for Uses in Clean Water Act Programs
Meeting #3
Presentations
Background Materials
- Policy Work Group
- Technical Work Group
- Interpretations of Detection and Quantitation Procedures Evaluation Characteristics (PDF) (5 pages, 22 K)
- Draft Pilot Study Purposes and Objectives
- Single-lab Pilot Study Design Progress Report (PDF) (4 pages, 19 K)
- Multi-lab Pilot Study Design Progress Report (PDF) (3 pages, 19 K)
- Draft Evaluation Criteria
- Blank Subtraction Issue
- Summary of Technical Work Group Questions
- Background Document from Technical Work Group (PDF) (3 pages, 18 K)
- Revised Glossary of Terms (PDF) (9 pages, 61 K)
L. William Seidman Center
3501 Fairfax Drive
Arlington, VA
Rooms 203 & 205
AGENDA
| DAY ONE: Thursday, December 8, 2005, 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM | |
|---|---|
| Time | Activity |
| 9:00 AM | Opening and Introductions |
| 9:15 AM | Welcome From Ephraim King, Director, Office of Science and Technology, EPA |
| 9:30 AM | Agenda Overview and Grounding |
| 9:45 AM | Discussion and Approval of Meeting #2 Summary |
| 9:55 AM | Caucus Outreach Efforts Reports
|
| 10:30 AM | BREAK |
| 10:45 AM | Policy Issues Related to Uses of Detection and Quantitation Approaches
|
| 12:00 PM | Working LUNCH
|
| 1:00 PM | Caucus Reports and Continued Committee Discussion of Policy Issue |
| 3:00 PM | BREAK |
| 3:15 PM | Summary of Policy Issues Discussion |
| 3:35 PM | Introduction of Evaluation Criteria for Discussion on Day 2 |
| 4:10 PM | Technical Work Group Report: Matrix Characteristics & Glossary of Terms |
| 4:40 PM | Public Comment |
| 4:50 PM | Wrap-up and Agenda Review for Day 2 |
| 5:00 PM | ADJOURN |
| DAY TWO: Friday, December 9, 2005, 8:00 AM to 4:00 PM | |
| Time | Activity |
| 8:00 AM | Welcome, Agenda Review |
| 8:15 AM | Committee Discussion of Evaluation Criteria
|
| 9:00 AM | Technical Work Group Report: Pilot Testing Study Design |
| 9:45 AM | Caucus Discussion
|
| 11:00 AM | Committee Discussion of Pilot Testing Approach and Recommendations
|
| 12:00 PM | Working LUNCH
|
| 1:00 PM | Progress Report to Michael Shapiro, Deputy Assistant Administrator for the Office of Water, EPA |
| 2:30 PM | BREAK |
| 3:00 PM | Policy and Technical Work Group Assignments |
| 3:30 PM | Public Comment |
| 3:45 PM | Wrap-Up and Next Steps |
| 4:00 PM | ADJOURN |