Preparing Quality Assurance Project Plans.ppt

Preparing Quality Assurance Project Plans Presented By: Denise L. Goddard, Chemist Quality Assurance Section Athens, Georgia EPA DISCLAIMER This Presentation is for Training Purposes Only. EPA - QA Documents for Preparing Quality Assurance Project Plans Guidance on Systematic Planning Using the Data Quality Objectives Process, EPA QA/G-4, EPA/240/B-06/001 (February 2006) Requirements for Quality Assurance Project Plans, EPA QA/R-5, EPA/240/B-01/003 (March 2001) Guidance for Quality Assurance Project Plans, EPA QA/G-5, EPA/240/R-02/009 (December 2002) Are QAPPs Really Required??? YES!! Quality System Requirements – “Approved Quality Assurance Project Plans (QAPPs) or equivalent documents defined by your organization’s QMP, for all applicable projects and/or studies that will involve environmental data collection or where environmental decisions will be made for a particular site. QAPP must be approved prior to any data gathering work or activities, except under circumstances requiring immediate action (emergency response) to protect human health and the environment or operations conducted under police powers.” Organizational Applicability?? EPA Organizations – Covered under Executive Order 5360.1, A2: “The Agency-wide Quality System requirements defined by this Order apply to all EPA organizations, and components thereof, in which the environmental programs conducted involve the scope of activities described in Section 5.a above. The authority of this Order applies only to EPA organizations except as addressed by Section 5.d(2) below.” External Organizations Requirements Extramural Agreements: Agency-wide Quality System requirements may also apply to non-EPA organizations. These requirements are defined in the applicable regulations governing extramural agreements. Agency-wide Quality System requirements may also be invoked as part of negotiated agreements such as memoranda of understanding (MOUs). Non-EPA organizations that may be subject to quality system re