Laboratory Quality Assurance Evaluation Program for Analysis of Cryptosporidium under the Safe Drinking Water Act
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The U. S. Environmental Protection Agency's Office of Ground Water and Drinking Water plans to implement a Laboratory Quality Assurance Evaluation Program for Analysis of Cryptosporidium under the Safe Drinking Water Act (Lab QA Program). The purpose of the Lab QA Program is to identify laboratories that can reliably measure for the occurrence of Cryptosporidium in surface water using EPA Method 1622 and
EPA Method 1623. EPA will approve those laboratories that meet the personnel and laboratory criteria specified in the Application Cover Letter.
The laboratory approval is a voluntary program. Any laboratory may participate provided it meets the personnel and laboratory criteria as outlined in the Federal Register Notice. Interested laboratories should download the application package, fill it out and submit it with supporting documentation to EPA's Laboratory Quality Assurance Coordinator. Laboratories are expected to analyze initial performance testing (IPT) samples. Upon successful analysis of the IPT samples, EPA intends to conduct an on-site evaluation and data audit. Following the audits, laboratories would be notified of their approval status. The following are links to provide supplemental information.
Laboratories interested in participating should mail their application package to:
EPA's Laboratory Quality Assurance Evaluation Program Coordinator
c/o Dyncorp I&ET, Inc.
6101 Stevenson Avenue
Alexandria, VA 22304-3540
For technical inquiries contact:
Mary Ann Feige
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Office of Ground Water and Drinking Water, Technical Support Center
26 West Martin Luther King Highway (MS-140)
Cincinnati, Ohio 45268
fax number, (513) 569-7191
e-mail address, feige.maryann@epa.gov.
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