Laboratory
Questions
and Concerns:
Do you have questions about laboratory procedures
and related issues? Contact our lab committee.
If we can't answer your question, we'll point you in the direction
of someone who can. Send your email to: labcomittee@iweasite.org
Model Quality Assurance Plan:
The IWEA Laboratory Committee has developed a Model Quality
Assurance Plan, QAP, that can be used by laboratory as a
guide for writing their in-house QAP . The Illinois
EPA requires laboratories to submit a QAP when applying for
laboratory certification.
The Model Quality Assurance Plan is available
in two versions: the Model QAP and the Small Laboratory Model
QAP. Click on the appropriate link below to access the
Model Quality Assurance Plan.
(PDF file requires Adobe
Acrobat)
Please read the note below before using the Model Quality
Assurance Plan.
In order for the IWEA Laboratory Committee to provide the
most accurate and up to date information regarding laboratory
accreditation please read the following paragraphs carefully.
The quality assurance manual provided on this website was
written to adhere to previous regulations and therefore may
not conform to present standards. The IWEA Laboratory Committee
may revise the manual some time in the future to reflect the
changes. Until that time please reference the websites listed
below from IEPA, USEPA and NELAC to obtain current information.
The Illinois Environmental Protection Agency adopted the National
Environmental Laboratories Association Conference (NELAC) standards
for laboratory accreditation on July 29, 2002 and are cited
as such in Title 35, Subtitle A, Chapter II, Part 186. The
NELAC standards that were adopted and cited are from July 2001,
there are several versions listed on the USEPA/ NELAC site.
Note that accreditation fees are listed in links in the IEPA
websites listed below. The fees listed in Title 35, Subtitle
A, Chapter II, Part 185 are not current.
http://www.epa.state.il.us/labs/index.html (IEPA
site for laboratory accreditation)
http://www.epa.state.il.us/labs/faqs.html (IEPA
FAQ site)
http://www.ipcb.state.il.us/Archive/dscgi/ds.py/Get/File-33690 (IEPA
Part 186)
http://www.epa.gov/ttn/nelac/2001standards.html (NELAC
Standards, July 2001)
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