Environmental Information Policy, Procedures and Standards

Policy

• Environmental Information Quality Policy (pdf) (364.78 KB)
  This Policy establishes policy and program requirements for the preparation and implementation of the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Quality Program.

Procedures

• Environmental Information Quality Procedure (pdf) (424.72 KB)
  This procedure establishes management principles and responsibilities for ensuring that Environmental Protection Agency environmental information and technology operations products and services meet Agency quality-related requirements, are of sufficient quality for their intended use, and support EPA’s mission to protect human health and the environment.
• EPA QA Field Activities Procedure (pdf) (293.29 KB)
  The purpose of this procedure is to describe how the Agency quality management system shall be applied to sampling and non‐sampling field activities.
• CIO Notification for Environmental Data Quality Issues Procedure (pdf) (354.7 KB)
  This procedure describes the comprehensive, coordinated due diligence process for evaluating environmental data quality issues that could have an adverse effect on the EPA organizations.

Standards

• Quality Assurance Project Plan (QAPP) Standard (pdf) (523.25 KB)
  This Standard replaces EPA/QA-R5, "EPA Requirements for Quality Assurance Project Plan" and defines the minimum requirements for QAPPs for EPA and non-EPA organizations performing environmental information operations.
• Quality Management Plan (QMP) Standard (pdf) (508.88 KB)
  This Standard defines the minimum requirements for QMPs for all EPA and non-EPA organizations performing environmental information operations.