Articles

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For more information on quality assurance and environmental chemistry, please read the following articles:
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• Data Quality Assessment - It's Not Just Pushing Paper
  
• Understanding Laboratory Reporting Limits
• Performance Based Measurement System (PBMS)
• What is "Good" Data?
• Risk Assessment - A Typical Scenario
• Laboratory Fraud - The Need for Raw Data Reprocessing

Links

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Quality Assurance

• EPA National QA Guidance and Requirements
  
• EPA National Functional Guidelines (NFG) for Data Review
  
• EPA Region 1 Environmental Data Review Program
  
• EPA Region 2 Quality Assurance Guidance and Standard Operating Procedures
  
• EPA Region 3 Data Validation
  
• Risk Assessment Guidance for Superfund (RAGS)
  

Laboratory Analysis

• Index to EPA Test Methods
  
• National Environmental Methods Index (NEMI)
  
• On-line SW-846 Methods
  
• The NELAC Institute (TNI)
  
• Best Practices for the Detection and Deterrence of Laboratory Fraud
  

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Environmental Regulations

• Office of Ground Water and Drinking Water
  
• Office of Land and Emergency Management
  
• National Primary Drinking Water Regulations
  
• NPDES Industrial Effluent Guidelines
  
• Louisiana Risk Evaluation/ Corrective Action Program (RECAP)
  
• Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection (MADEP)
  
• Missouri Risk-Based Corrective Action (MRBCA)
  
• New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP) Technical Guidance
  
• New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (NYSDEC) Technical Guidance (DER-10)
  
• Texas Risk Reduction Program (TRRP)
  

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Chemistry

• ASTM Standards
  
• American Chemical Society (ACS)
  
• Chemical Abstracts Service (CAS)
  
• ChemSpider Search Form
  
• National Technical Information Service (NTIS)
  
• National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Chemistry WebBook