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Procedures for Detection and Quantitation
Federal Advisory Committee on Detection and Quantitation Approaches and Uses in Clean Water Act (CWA) Programs Summary of Technical Work Group Conference Call #1 Action Items Richard Reding of US EPA will
David Rocke, John Phillips and Tim Fitzpatrick will draft definitions and a glossary for review by the Technical Work Group. John Phillips will
The facilitators, Triangle Associates, will send the final ground rules, the draft matrix of existing procedures, desirable characteristics, and the draft summary of the first teleconference to Technical Work Group members by email. Welcome and Introductions Bob Wheeler, facilitator, welcomed participants to the call at 1:00 p.m. (EDT) and conducted a roll call of Technical Work Group members. He briefly reviewed protocols for the teleconference and explained that ground rules for the Technical Work Group would be sent to all participants early next week. Protocols for Technical Work Group teleconference meetings
Richard Reding of US EPA and the Designated Federal Officer of the Federal Advisory Committee on Detection and Quantitation Approaches and Uses in Clean Water Act (CWA) Programs (committee) briefly summarized progress made at the first federal advisory committee meeting held in Washington, D.C. June 21-22, 2005. All but one of the 21 committee members attended this meeting, and most members provided individual statements of interest, which will be posted on the EPA website. The committee was given a short history of detection and quantitation procedures, and a list of several current procedures. The committee drafted some characteristics of desirable procedures, recommended a slate of members to serve on a technical workgroup, and charged this workgroup with several tasks which are described under Task Assignments. To keep the group at a manageable size, the Technical Work Group is comprised of two members from each of the five stakeholder groups represented on the committee, two members from US EPA, and one other member from the federal family (DOD). Although Bill Foreman of the US Geological Survey and one of the developers of the long-term MDL was unable to participate due to workload, he agreed to provide a copy of his procedure for the group to consider. Task Assignments Mr. Wheeler described the four assignments from the committee to the Technical Work Group. The Technical Work Group was asked to:
He explained that the general timeline for completion of any draft products would be at least two weeks before the next committee meeting. The next committee meeting, he said, is to be held on September 29-30, 2005.
Mr. Wheeler said that the committee had identified the following terms for the Technical Work Group to define:
He added that it was important to cite sources and the history of the definitions in developing the draft for review.
Mr. Wheeler explained that Triangle Associates and US EPA were working together to draft a matrix of procedures and desirable characteristics for these procedures based on input from committee members at the first meeting. He said the draft matrix would be circulated to Technical Work Group members along with the draft summary of the first Technical Work Group meeting before the next teleconference call on July 13, 2005. (See schedule below.) He asked Technical Work Group members to focus on filling in the matrix in preparation for the July 25, 2005 teleconference meeting.
Mr. Wheeler identified the characteristics of a desirable procedure identified by the committee at its first meeting. He explained that the characteristics would be used as criteria to evaluate the procedures and that they would be included in the draft matrix distributed to Technical Work Group members. Mr. Wheeler asked for additions or clarifications to the characteristics identified by the federal advisory committee. Mr. Reding clarified that Technical Work Group members could add characteristics but could not remove any that the committee had identified.
Mr. Wheeler suggested that this task would likely be completed once the Technical Work Group had the chance to review, refine and fill in the draft matrix. Mr. Reding briefly described the existing procedures that were evaluated in the Revised Assessment Document (EPA). Schedule Mr. Wheeler mentioned the possibility of having assistance from a technical consultant and/or calling on “experts” in the field as the need arose and suggested that Technical Work Group members consider the need for this assistance at future meetings. Mr. Wheeler proposed and Technical Work Group members agreed to the following schedule:
Public Comment Bob Wyeth, ELAB Advisory Committee Chair, expressed his appreciation for the additional phone lines. He asked if there would be a way for other interested people to know when the teleconference meetings would take place. Mr. Reding said that US EPA anticipated having up to 25 lines for each teleconference meeting: 15 would be reserved for Technical Work Group members and the facilitators; the remainder would be for other interested parties. Mr. Reding also added that the next committee meetings were scheduled for September 29-30 (Washington, DC) and December 8-9 (TBD). Mr. Wheeler thanked everyone and reminded participants that the next Technical Work Group meeting was scheduled for Wednesday, July 13, 2005 from 1:00 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. (EDT).
Attendance
Technical Work Group Members
Triangle Associates - Derek Van Marter and Bob Wheeler Guests: Steve Wendelken ( US EPA) and Bob Wyeth (ELAB Chair) |