What data governance practices are in place to avoid irregularities and to build trust in the data?
Data quality is extremely important for the ongoing work at Red Hill. Regulators review the Navy’s environmental laboratory data, which is a critical component of the decision-making process. A certified laboratory analyzes samples submitted by the Navy. The Navy’s laboratory reports are also validated by a third-party. This means that a third-party checks all data and, in some cases, scrutinizes details in the laboratory report to ensure the results are accurately represented. This includes evaluation laboratory quality assurance (QA) processes – systematic processes and procedures that ensure the reliability, accuracy, and consistency of laboratory results.
Related Questions
- Is the Navy required to investigate and remediate all confirmed releases from the Red Hill Facility, even those before the 2021 JP-5 releases?
- Will remedial options besides natural attenuation be considered?
- Is the Navy currently considering any active remediation technologies?
- Where is the Navy required to sample for historical releases during site assessment?
- Is there a remediation standard the Navy must comply with?
- Did delays in reporting results between May and November 2021 prevent regulators from conducting in-depth analysis of water contaminants and impacts to Red Hill Shaft?
- Navy labs modified reports after they were issued – is this normal?
- Why would regulators allow a drinking water well to operate or reopen within a mile of the Red Hill Release?
- Why did the Navy’s lab change the sample matrix on the laboratory reports from “drinking water” to “groundwater” in September and October of 2021?
- Why does it take so long before laboratory reports are finalized?
- Why are sample numbers missing from the groundwater samples collected between May and November of 2021?
- Has potential contamination from the Oily Waste Disposal Facility been characterized?
- Has potential contamination from the Oily Waste Disposal Facility been characterized?