EPA New England Regional Laboratory (Office of Environmental Measurement and Evaluation)
Regional Staff involved in environmental sampling and measurement
Currently being displayed is an abridged version of the EPA New England QMP customized for Regional Staff involved in collecting measurement data and/or using existing (secondary) data. The following QMP Sections describe the roles, responsibilities, mandatory training and procedures associated with ensuring QA requirements are met for all environmental data activities conducted by the Agency.
- QA Policy: 1.2
- Responsibilities: 1.3.9; 8.3
- Training: 3.5.3; 8.4; QA Training Website
- QAPP Requirements: 7.4 - 7.8
- SOPs: 8.0 - 8.2
- Documents and Chain-of-Custody Records: 5.1.1 - 5.1.2; 5.3 - 5.4
- Project Oversight: 5.2; 8.6
- Technical Assessments: 9.2.1.2; 9.4 - 9.5
Key QA Responsibilities and Activities for projects involving environmental data:
- Plan and document Regional data activities using the EPA NE QA Project Plan Program Guidance (PDF) (18pp, 352 K, about PDF)
- Conduct work in conformance with approved QAPPs, SAPs and approved amendments
- Use the most current approved version of SOPs and methods
- Record deviations from approved SOPs and QAPP
- Implement and document corrective actions as necessary
- Identify and document problems encountered during data collection and evaluate limitations on the use of the data