Please save Thursday May 16 for the Annual OELA/ORELAP Workshop in Salem, Oregon.
Just as last year we will be meeting from 8 til 4 at the beautiful Chemeketa Eola Viticulture Center in West Salem.
This year's program will focus on Sampling, Sampling Problems, and the new NEFAP* program from TNI
*(National Environmental Field Activities Program)
Friday, March 22, 2013
Tuesday, May 15, 2012
2010 Method Update Rule
Very soon the 2010 Method Update Rule will be finalized in the Federal Register. This affects anyone doing Clean Water Act (NPDES, wastewater) testing. For an explanation of the changes to approved testing methods in 40 CFR 136 read on:
Summary of the 2012 Method Update Rule
By
Jerry Parr
Catalyst Information
Resources
EPA has published a
pre-publication notice of a final rule that approves new methods, or changes to
existing methods, that affect 16 EPA methods, 26 Standard Methods, 7 ASTM
methods, and 8 alternate test procedures in 40 CFR Part 136. The rule also
contains a number of clarifications relating to approved methods, sample
preservation and holding times, and method modifications. Among the more significant changes is a new
section 136.7 that would require “essential” quality control activities for all
analyses. The rule will go into effect 30 days after publication in the Federal
Register. http://water.epa.gov/scitech/methods/cwa/update_index.cfm.
A. New EPA Methods and New
Versions of Previously Approved EPA Methods
EPA
approved a new version of Method 1664,
1664B: N-Hexane Extractable Material and Silica Gel Treated N-Hexane Extractable
Material. Some commenters recommended that Method 1664 Rev. A not
be withdrawn immediately because many permits currently specify the use of this
method. In response to these comments, EPA will continue to allow the use of
Method 1664 Rev. A for current permits because this method is not significantly
different from the revised version of the method. However, EPA strongly
encourages the use of the revised method in the future.
EPA approved Method 200.5,
Determination of
Trace Elements in Drinking Water by Axially Viewed Inductively Coupled Plasma – Atomic Emission
Spectrometry, which employs a plasma torch viewed in
the axial orientation
to measure chemical elements (metals). The
rule also clarifies that the axial orientation of the torch is allowed for use
with Method 200.7 and published Revision 4.4 of Method 200.7. Method 200.7 Revision 4.4 has also been approved for
the measurement of titanium. EPA removed Method 200.7 from Table IB for the
measurement of mercury. Although this pollutant is on the list of analytes in
Method 200.7, mercury may be lost to the atmosphere through the use of the
approved total recoverable metals digestion procedures (e.g., Method 200.2, or
the digestion procedures listed in Method 200.7) that must be applied to the
wastewater samples. Such losses can lead
to poor recovery in the samples compared to the sample preparation procedures
included in other mercury methods.
EPA approved:
- Method
525.2, an updated version of Method 525.1, as an additional approved method for all parameters for which EPA has
previously approved Method 525.1.
- Pesticide
Active Ingredients methods in Table IG.
These methods are:
o
Method 608.1 for Organochloride Pesticides.
o
Method 608.2 for Organochlorine Pesticides.
o
Method 614 for Organophosphorus Pesticides.
- Method 614.1 for
Organophosphorus Pesticides
- Method
617 for Organohalide Pesticides and PCBs.
- Method
619 for Triazine Pesticides.
- Method
622 for Organophosphorus Pesticides
o
Method 622.1 for Thiophosphate Pesticides.
- Method 632 for
Carbamate and Urea Pesticides
- Method
1627, Kinetic Test Method for the Prediction of Mine Drainage Quality.
EPA approved
updates to Method 1622, Cryptosporidium in Water by Filtration/IMS/FA and Method 1623, Cryptosporidium
and Giardia in Water by Filtration/IMS/FA to reflect changes made in the December 2005 versions of these methods.
EPA approved revised versions of Methods
1103.1, 1106.1, 1600, 1603, and 1680 to
correct technical errors.
EPA approved Method
624, Purgeables, for definitive measurements of acrolein and
acrylonitrile in wastewater. EPA revised footnote 4 to add a statement requiring
documentation of the ability to quantitatively measure these analytes and
advising analysts that other sample introduction techniques may be required to
achieve adequate performance.
EPA did not add Methods 1614A and Method 1668C as proposed.
EPA
also deleted from Table ID Method 525.1, for the measurement of ametryn,
diazinon, disulfoton, prometon, and trifluoralin. These analytes are not listed
within the scope of this method and their inclusion in the proposal was an
error.
B. New Standard Methods
and New Versions of Approved Standard Methods
EPA has changed how approved methods that are published by Standard Methods are identified.
EPA now
approves only
the most recent version of a method published by Standard Methods by listing only one version of
the method with the year
of publication designated by the last four digits in the method number (e.g., Standard
Method 2320 B-1997).
The following new methods
or new versions were approved:
5520 B-2001 and 5520 F-2001
|
Oil and Grease
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4500-NH3 G-1997
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Ammonia (as N) and TKN
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SM 4500-B B-2000
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Boron
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SM 4140-1997, Inorganic Ions
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(Bromide, Chloride, Fluoride, Orthophosphate, and Sulfate)
|
3114 B-2009
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Arsenic and Selenium
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3114 C-2009
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Arsenic and Selenium
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3111 E-1999
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Aluminum and Beryllium
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SM
3500–Cr B-2009
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Chromium
|
SM
4500–Norg D-1997
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Kjeldahl
Nitrogen
|
SM 3112 B-2009
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Mercury
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SM 4500–P G-1999 and SM 4500–P H-1999
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Phosphorus,
Total
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SM 4500–P E-1999 and SM 4500–P F-1999
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Phosphorus,
Total
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SM 4500–O B, D, E and F-2001
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Oxygen,
Dissolved
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SM 4500–O D-2001
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Oxygen,
Dissolved
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SM 4500–O E-2001
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Oxygen,
Dissolved
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SM 5530 B-2005
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Phenols
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SM 5530 D-2005
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Phenols
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SM 3500–K C-1997
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Potassium,
Total
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SM 2540 E-1997
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Residues
– Volatile
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SM 4500–SiO2 E-1997 and SM 4500–SiO2 F-1997
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Silica,
Dissolved
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SM 4500–SO42- C-1997, D-1997, E-1997, F-1997 and G-1997
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Sulfate,
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SM
4500–S2- B-2000 and C-2000
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Sulfide
|
EPA removed SM 3120 and SM
3125 for the measurement of mercury because mercury is not on the list of
analytes for these methods. In addition, EPA corrected the citation of SM 3113
to SM 3113B-2004 in the final rule and
has added SM 3113B-2004 for the measurement of cadmium, chromium, iron, lead,
and silver, because these analytes are covered by the method and they exhibit
acceptable analytical performance.
C. New ASTM Methods and
New Versions of Previously Approved ASTM Methods
EPA approved 4 new or revised
ASTM methods for cyanide:
·
D2036-09 Standard Test Methods for Cyanides in Water.
- D6888-09
Standard Test Method for Available Cyanide with Ligand Displacement and Flow Injection
Analysis (FIA) Utilizing Gas Diffusion Separation and Amperometric Detection.
- D7284-08 Standard Test
Method for Total Cyanide in Water by
Micro Distillation followed by Flow Injection Analysis with Gas Diffusion
Separation and Amperometric Detection.
- D75
11 -09e2 Standard Test Method for Total Cyanide by Segmented Flow Injection Analysis, In-Line
Ultraviolet Digestion and Amperometric Detection.
Because
there were no EPA-approved methods for free cyanide when water quality criteria were established for
free cyanide EPA recommended measurement of cyanide after a “total” distillation. Analytical
methods for free cyanide have been developed, and EPA added free cyanide as a
parameter (24A in Table IB.) D4282-02 determines free cyanide as the cyanide that diffuses into a
sodium hydroxide solution from a solution at pH 6. It is not applicable to
cyanide complexes that resist dissociation, such as hexacyanoferrates and gold
cyanide, and it does not include thiocyanate and cyanohydrin.
Other
approved methods proposed:
·
D888-09 Standard Test Method for Dissolved Oxygen in Water. This method may be used for BOD
and Carbonaceous Oxygen Demand CBOD.
- D7573-09
Standard Test Method for Total Carbon and Organic Carbon in Water by High Temperature Catalytic Combustion
and Infrared Detection.
- D7065-06:
Standard Test Method for Determination
of five chemicals: Nonylphenol (NP), Bisphenol A (BPA), p-tert-Octylphenol
(OP), Nonylphenol Monoethoxylate
(NP1EO), and Nonylphenol Diethoxylate (NP2EO) in Environmental Waters by Gas Chromatography
Mass Spectrometry.
EPA did
not add ASTM Methods D7574-09 and D7485-09 as proposed.
D. Changes to Alternate
Test Procedures
EPA
approved eight alternate test procedures. These new methods are:
- Hach Company’s Method
10360 Luminescence Measurement of
Dissolved Oxygen (LDO®) in Water,
- In-Situ
Incorporated’s
- Method
1002-8-2009 Dissolved Oxygen (DO) Measurement by Optical Probe,
- Method
1003-8- 2009
Biochemical Oxygen Demand (BOD) Measurement by Optical Probe, and
- Method
1004-8- 2009
Carbonaceous Biochemical Oxygen Demand (CBOD) Measurement by Optical
Probe August 2009,
- Mitchell
Method M5271 and M5331 for measuring turbidity in wastewater;
- Thermo
Scientific’s Orion Method AQ4500 for measuring turbidity in wastewater;
and
- Systea
Scientific, LLC’s Easy (1-Reagent) Nitrate Method.
E. Clarifications and
Corrections to Previously Approved Methods
EPA clarified the purpose of the
immediate filtration requirement in orthophosphate measurements, which is to assess the
dissolved or bio-available form of orthophosphorus (i.e., that which passes
through a 0.45 micron filter), hence the requirement to filter the sample
immediately upon collection (i.e., within 15 minutes of
collection). This filtration excludes any particulate forms of phosphorus that might
hydrolyze into orthophosphorus in a slightly acidic sample during the allowed 48 hour holding time. Each grab sample
must be filtered within 15 minutes of collection to prevent orthophosphate
formation. Specifically, filtration may not be delayed until the final grab sample is collected; each grab sample must be
filtered upon collection. However, the filtered grab samples may be held
for compositing up to the 48-hour holding time. EPA added a footnote (24) to
Table II providing this clarification.
EPA corrected missing citations
to the table of microbiological methods for ambient water monitoring which are
specified in Table IH. Stakeholders asked EPA to separately specify the
microbiological methods that EPA has approved for wastewater (Table IA) from those
for ambient water. In
the final rule of March 26, 2007, EPA inadvertently omitted fecal coliform, total
coliform, and fecal streptococcus methods from the table. This omission is corrected in today’s rule.
EPA
added language to the end of footnote 63 to clarify that the Hach Method 10360
for measurement of dissolved oxygen can be used in conjunction with the methods
approved for measurement of biochemical demand (BOD) and carbonaceous
biochemical oxygen demand (CBOD).
EPA also corrected a number of typographical errors in the
tables and footnotes, correcting spelling and method availability information,
method title names, and document identification numbers.
F.
Proposed Revisions to Required Containers, Preservation Techniques, and Holding Times
EPA revised footnote 22 to read “Sample analysis should begin as soon as
possible after receipt; sample incubation must be started no later than 8 hours from time of collection.” EPA also revised footnote 4 to delete the
parenthetical statement specifying that samples analyzed for fecal coliforms
may be held up to six hours prior to commencing analysis. That statement in
footnote 4 is inconsistent with the requirement for an eight-hour holding time.
The cyanide sample handling instructions in Footnote 5
of Table II were revised to recommend the
treatment options for samples containing oxidants described in ASTM’s sample handling practice for cyanide
samples, D7365-09a. This practice advises analysts to add a reducing agent only if an oxidant is present, and use
of the reducing agents sodium
thiosulfate (Na2S2O3), ascorbic acid, sodium arsenite (NaAsO2), or sodium
borohydride (NaBH4).
The cyanide sample
handling instructions in Footnote 6 of Table II were revised to describe
options available when the interference mitigation instructions in D7365-09a
are not effective, allowing use of any technique for removal or suppression of interference, provided the
laboratory demonstrates and documents that the alternate technique more accurately measures cyanide through quality
control measures described in the analytical test method.
Footnote 16 for handling Whole Effluent Toxicity (WET) samples
was revised by
adding two sentences. The two sentences
are “Aqueous samples must not be frozen. Hand-delivered samples used on the day
of collection do not need to be cooled to 0 to 6°C prior to test initiation.”
In addition, EPA will post, on the WET
website, corrections to errata in the “Short-term Methods for Estimating the
Chronic Toxicity of Effluents and Receiving Waters to Freshwater Organisms” manual.
Footnote
4 was revised to clarify the sample holding time for the Whole Effluent Toxicity (WET)
samples for the three toxicity methods to indicate that one sample of the
minimum of three required samples may be used for the renewal of the test solutions and that the sample
holding time refers to first use of each sample collected for the toxicity test.
The
rule adds three entries at the end of Table II with the containers,
preservation, and holding times for the alkylated phenols, adsorbable organic
halides, and chlorinated phenolics. When EPA proposed ASTM D7065-06 for the
alkylated phenols, commenters noted that EPA did not include preservation and
holding time information in Table II.
When EPA moved Methods 1650 and 1653 from Part 430 to Table IC, EPA
inadvertently omitted the associated parameters to Table II, and is correcting
this omission.
G.
Revisions to 136.4 and 136.5for Alternate Test Procedures
The
procedures for obtaining review and approval for the use of alternate test
procedures (alternate methods or ATPs) have been clarified. Separate sections
describe the procedures for obtaining EPA review and approval for nationwide
use, and the procedures for obtaining approval for limited use.
Today’s
rule finalizes these sections as proposed with one exception. EPA received comments that the proposed
language does not require that comparability data be submitted when seeking a
Regional limited use ATP approval. EPA
agrees that comparability data is an essential component of the ATP approval
process and had inadvertently omitted this language. As a result, the Agency
added language in today’s final rule that requires an applicant to provide
comparability data specific to the limited use for the performance of the
proposed alternative test procedure relative to the performance of the
reference method.
H. Revisions to Method Modification Provisions
EPA
encourages regulatory authorities to allow analysts the flexibility to modify
CWA methods without prior approval provided the user has documented equivalent
or better performance of the method in the
matrix type to which the user will apply the modified method. EPA recognizes that addressing specific matrix
interferences may require modifications to approved methods that do not require the extensive review and approval
process specified for an alternate test procedure. Based on users’ experiences
with 136.6, since it was promulgated
on March 12, 2007, EPA revised this section to provide more examples of
allowed and prohibited method modifications. Acceptable reasons for an analyst to modify a method include analytical
practices that lower detection limits, improve precision, reduce interferences, lower laboratory costs, and promote
environmental stewardship by reducing
generation of laboratory wastes. Acceptable modifications may use existing or
emerging analytical technologies that achieve these ends provided that they do
not depart substantially from the
underlying chemical principles employed in methods currently approved in Part 136. Analysts may use the examples in
this section to assess and document that their modification is acceptable and does not depart substantially from
the chemical principles in the method being modified.
The
additional examples provide further guidance to laboratories and permittees on
allowable method modifications that do not require an application through the
ATP program. Today’s rule includes the following revisions to the regulatory
text: (a) adds language to clarify that modifications to sample collection,
preservation, and holding time do not fall within the scope of 136.6, (b)
revises the language tp be more specific with respect to the use of gas
diffusion across a hydrophobic semi-permeable membrane to separate the analyte
of interest from the sample matrix in place of manual or automated distillation
for the analysis of certain analytes, (c) revises the equation for Relative
Standard Error (RSE) to make it consistent with the description in other EPA
methods, and (d) adds the use of an axially viewed torch with Method 200.7 as
an allowable modification.
I.
New Quality Assurance and Quality Control Language
EPA has
specified “essential” quality control at Part 136.7 for use in conducting an analysis with an approved
method and when insufficient instructions are contained in an approved method. Auditors, co-regulators, laboratory
personnel, and the regulated community have
noted the different amounts and types of quality assurance (QA) and quality
control (QC) procedures practiced by
laboratories that use Part 136 methods. Some of these methods are published by voluntary consensus standards
bodies, such as Standard Methods, and
ASTM. Each organization has its unique structure. QA and QC method
guidance or requirements may be listed
directly in the approved consensus method, or, as is more often the case, these
requirements are listed elsewhere. For example, in Standard Methods each specific Part and section can contain additional QA and QC requirements. ASTM specifies QA and QC requirements in the
Referenced Documents section and in
the analyte method. Both organizations require the analyst to reference this additional
information to achieve the QA and QC expected for valid results.
Regardless
of the publisher, edition or source of an analytical method approved for CWA compliance monitoring, analysts
must use suitable QA/QC procedures whether EPA or other method publishers have
specified these procedures in a specific method, or referenced these procedures by other means. Consequently, today’s rule clarifies that an analyst using these methods will also comply with the QA/QC requirements listed in the
appropriate sections. EPA’s approval
of use of these voluntary consensus standard body methods contemplated that any
analysis using such methods would also meet the quality assurance and quality
control requirements prescribed for the particular method. Thus, not following
the applicable and appropriate quality assurance and quality control
requirements of the respective method means that the analysis does not comply
with the requirements in EPA’s NPDES regulations to monitor in accordance with
the procedures of Part 136 for analysis of pollutants.
For
methods that have insufficient QA/QC requirements, analysts could refer to and
follow the QC published in several public sources. In addition to and regardless of the source of the
laboratory’s QA and QC instructions, EPA
specified twelve essential quality control checks that must be in the laboratory’s
documented quality system unless a written rationale is provided to explain why
these controls are inappropriate for a
specific analytical method or application. This written rationale will
be included in the laboratory’s Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) for each method to which specific controls do not apply
(e.g., internal standards, surrogate standards or tracers do not apply to
analyses of inorganic parameters) as well as being included with the monitoring
data produced using each method. These twelve essential quality control checks
must be clearly documented in the written
SOP (or method) along with a performance specification or description
for each of the twelve checks.
J. Withdrawal of
Appendices at 40 CFR 136
EPA
proposed to incorporate by reference in Table IB all of the methods printed in
Part 136 Appendices A and C, and to remove most of the information in Appendix
D. The methods in Appendix A are EPA Method Numbers 601 through 613, 624, 625,
1613B, 1624B and 1625B. Appendix C contains Method 200.7. However, Federal regulations at 1 CFR Part
51.7 prohibit the incorporation by reference of material previously published
in the Federal Register. Thus, EPA is
not withdrawing Appendices A or C. Because Method 200.7 has been revised, EPA
is replacing the current version of this method in Appendix C with Rev. 4.4 of
Method 200.7.
The rule
also removes most of the data from Appendix D for all EPA methods that are no
longer approved, and retains only the Precision and Recovery Statements for
Method 279.2 for thallium and Method 289.2 for zinc, and corrects typographical
errors in the Appendix.
K. Revisions to Part 423
for Steam Electric Power Generators
EPA
revised the definitions for total residual chlorine and free available chlorine. The current definitions
restrict the
permittee to the use of the specific amperometric titration method cited in the
definitions. The
revised definitions will allow the permittee flexibility to use additional
approved methods.
- The
term total residual chlorine (or total residual oxidants for intake
water with bromides)
means the value obtained using any of the “chlorine – total residual”
methods in Table IB 136.3(a), or other methods approved by the permitting authority.
- The
term free available chlorine means the value obtained using any of
the “chlorine –
free available” methods in Table IB 136.3(a) where the method has the capability of measuring free
available chlorine, or other methods approved by the permitting authority.
L. Revisions at 40 CFR 430 (Pulp, Paper, and
Paperboard Point Source Category)
EPA
also proposed to remove Appendix A at Part 430 and to incorporate by reference
the methods in this Appendix. Appendix A
contains two methods, Method 1650 for adsorbable organic halides or AOX, and
Method 1653 for chlorinated phenolics.
As explained above, EPA cannot incorporate by reference this material,
so Appendix A remains unchanged. EPA added these two methods to Table IC for
general use.
M. Revisions at 40 CFR 435 (Oil and Gas Extraction
Point Source Category)
The rule
makes several changes to Part 435, Oil and Gas Extraction Point Source
Category. First, EPA is moving the methods and associated quality assurance
requirements from Part 435, Subpart A (Offshore Subcategory) to an EPA document
(Analytic Methods for the Oil and Gas
Extraction Point Source Category, EPA-821-R-11-004), and incorporating by reference
this document in the revised regulation. This approach organizes the analytical
methods for the Offshore Subcategory into one document and allows for easier
access to the methods for this category.
EPA is
also incorporating additional quality assurance procedures in the marine
anaerobic biodegradation method (Appendix 4) and is correcting some erroneous
references and omissions in the method for identification of crude oil
contamination (Appendix 5) into the new document (EPA821-R-11-004).
Additionally, as proposed, EPA corrected some erroneous references and omissions in the method for
identification of crude oil contamination (Appendix 5), as follows:
·
Adding
a schematic flow for qualitative
identification of crude oil,
·
Correcting
erroneous citations in sections 9.5, 9.6, 11.3, and 11.3.1 of Appendix 5, and
·
Adding
a missing “<“ (less than) sign for identification of crude oil contamination
in the asphaltene crude discussion at
Section 11.5.4.2.
Tuesday, April 10, 2012
OELA/ORELAP Workshop: May 24, 2012
Once again West Salem is the place to be for the Annual get-together of ORELAP Accredited laboratories. Check out the program at www.oelaonline.com. This year's program includes a live demonstration of the new capabilities of the ODIE program. Also there will be a presentation by Spencer Bohaboy on DEQ's Reasonable Potential Analysis (RPA) program for NPDES dischargers. This is a must-see talk if you do work for an NPDES Permitee. See you at the Chemeketa Viticulture Center! Keith
Tuesday, May 11, 2010
TNI Standard Workshop Presentation
The presentation for the May 13 TNI Standard Workshop is posted with the OELA Documents. Click on this link: http://docs.google.com/fileview?id=0B8JR3oWz11RsNzg2YzVmNGMtOTk5Ny00ZTBmLWIyMTYtNmRlYjZlMGI3MzAz&hl=en
There are 70 registrants for the workshop. Hope to see you there.
There are 70 registrants for the workshop. Hope to see you there.
Friday, March 19, 2010
SAVE THE DATE!
Mark Your Calendars for Thursday, May 13, 2010.
OELA/ORELAP Annual Environmental Laboratory Workshop
Getting ready for the New TNI Lab Accreditation Standard that goes into effect July, 2011: A program that will be of interest to all environmental laboratories.
Registration information available at www.oelaonline.com . Click on the Events tab for the registration form..
Summary of Workshop
The NELAC Institute (TNI) National Environmental Laboratory Accreditation Program (NELAP) has adopted for use within the program four new accreditation standards:
Management and Technical Requirements for Laboratories Performing Environmental Analysis
General Requirements for Accreditation Bodies Accrediting Environmental Laboratories
General Requirements for Environmental Proficiency Test Providers
General Requirements for an Accreditor of Environmental Proficiency Test Providers
The new standards will replace the 2003 NELAC standard and will be implemented in 2011. All NELAP-accredited laboratories will need to comply with the new requirements by July 1, 2011. This workshop will review in detail the standard applicable to laboratories, briefly review the other three standards, and present the plan for implementation.
PROGRAM:
8:00 Registration
8:15 Welcome, Background and Implementation Schedule
8:45 Proficiency Testing Requirements Affecting Laboratories
9:30 Break
10:00 Quality Systems: General Requirements
12:00 Lunch Break (provided)
1:00 Quality Systems: Technical Requirements
2:00 Interpretations, Clarifications and Guidance
2:30 Accreditation Body Requirements Affecting Laboratories
3:00 Questions and Answers
New Meeting Location:
Northwest Viticulture Center 215 Doaks Ferry Rd. Salem, OR 97304 503.584.7272
For directions: http://www.chemeketa.edu/aboutus/locations/eola/flocation.html
OELA/ORELAP Annual Environmental Laboratory Workshop
Getting ready for the New TNI Lab Accreditation Standard that goes into effect July, 2011: A program that will be of interest to all environmental laboratories.
Registration information available at www.oelaonline.com . Click on the Events tab for the registration form..
Summary of Workshop
The NELAC Institute (TNI) National Environmental Laboratory Accreditation Program (NELAP) has adopted for use within the program four new accreditation standards:
Management and Technical Requirements for Laboratories Performing Environmental Analysis
General Requirements for Accreditation Bodies Accrediting Environmental Laboratories
General Requirements for Environmental Proficiency Test Providers
General Requirements for an Accreditor of Environmental Proficiency Test Providers
The new standards will replace the 2003 NELAC standard and will be implemented in 2011. All NELAP-accredited laboratories will need to comply with the new requirements by July 1, 2011. This workshop will review in detail the standard applicable to laboratories, briefly review the other three standards, and present the plan for implementation.
PROGRAM:
8:00 Registration
8:15 Welcome, Background and Implementation Schedule
8:45 Proficiency Testing Requirements Affecting Laboratories
9:30 Break
10:00 Quality Systems: General Requirements
12:00 Lunch Break (provided)
1:00 Quality Systems: Technical Requirements
2:00 Interpretations, Clarifications and Guidance
2:30 Accreditation Body Requirements Affecting Laboratories
3:00 Questions and Answers
New Meeting Location:
Northwest Viticulture Center 215 Doaks Ferry Rd. Salem, OR 97304 503.584.7272
For directions: http://www.chemeketa.edu/aboutus/locations/eola/flocation.html
Friday, August 7, 2009
Going to San Antonio!
Several OELA Board members will be attending the TNI/NEMC Forum in San Antonio Texas Aug 10-14. This will be my first chance to find out if the Alamo really has a basement as well as to see TNI in action. The National Environmental Measurement Conference meeting that is also taking place also has many interesting topics.
Check out the program by clicking on this link: http://www.nemc.us/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=73:technical-program&catid=45:nemc-2009-info
I will be attempting to post daily updates of conference happenings on the OELA Blog.
Keith
Check out the program by clicking on this link: http://www.nemc.us/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=73:technical-program&catid=45:nemc-2009-info
I will be attempting to post daily updates of conference happenings on the OELA Blog.
Keith
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