Common use of Quality Assurance Project Plan Clause in Contracts

Quality Assurance Project Plan. The Quality Assurance Project Plan (QAPP) augments the FSP and addresses sample analysis and data handling regarding the RD Work. The QAPP must include a detailed explanation of Respondents’ quality assurance, quality control, and chain of custody procedures for all investigation, treatability, design, compliance, and monitoring samples. Respondents shall develop the QAPP in accordance with EPA Requirements for Quality Assurance Project Plans, QA/R- 5, EPA/240/B-01/003 (Mar. 2001, reissued May 2006); Guidance for Quality Assurance Project Plans, QA/G-5, EPA/240/R-02/009 (Dec. 2002); and Uniform Federal Policy for Quality Assurance Project Plans, Parts 1-3, EPA/505/B- 04/900A through 900C (Mar. 2005). The QAPP also must include procedures: (1) To ensure that EPA and its authorized representative have reasonable access to laboratories used by Respondents in implementing the Settlement (Respondents’ Labs); (2) To ensure that Respondents’ Labs analyze all samples submitted by EPA pursuant to the QAPP for quality assurance monitoring; (3) To ensure that Respondents’ Labs perform all analyses using EPA- accepted methods (i.e., the methods documented in USEPA Contract Laboratory Program Statement of Work for Inorganic Analysis, ILM05.4 (Dec. 2006); USEPA Contract Laboratory Program Statement of Work for Organic Analysis, SOM01.2 (amended Apr. 2007);

Quality Assurance Project Plan. The Quality Assurance Project Plan (QAPP) augments the FSP and addresses sample analysis and data handling regarding the RD Work. The QAPP must include a detailed explanation of Respondents’ Respondent’s quality assurance, quality control, and chain of custody procedures for all investigationinvestigations, treatability, design, compliance, and monitoring samples. Respondents Respondent shall develop the QAPP in accordance with EPA Requirements for Quality Assurance Project Plans, QA/R- 5, EPA/240/B-01/003 (Mar. 2001, reissued May 2006); Guidance for Quality Assurance Project Plans, QA/G-5, EPA/240/R-02/009 (Dec. 2002); and Uniform Federal Policy for Quality Assurance Project Plans, Parts 1-3, EPA/505/B- 04/900A through 900C (Mar. 2005). The QAPP also must include procedures: (1) To ensure that EPA and its authorized representative have reasonable access to laboratories used by Respondents Respondent in implementing the Settlement Agreement (Respondents’ Respondent’s Labs); (2) To ensure that Respondents’ Respondent’s Labs analyze all samples submitted by EPA pursuant to the QAPP for quality assurance monitoring; (3) To ensure that Respondents’ Respondent’s Labs perform all analyses using EPA- accepted methods (i.e., the methods documented in USEPA Contract Laboratory Program Statement of Work for Inorganic Analysis, ILM05.4 (Dec. 2006); USEPA Contract Laboratory Program Statement of Work for Organic Analysis, SOM01.2 (amended Apr. 2007);

Quality Assurance Project Plan. The Quality Assurance Project Plan (QAPP) augments the FSP and addresses sample analysis and data handling regarding the RD Work. The QAPP must include a detailed explanation of Respondents’ quality assurance, quality control, and chain of custody procedures for all investigationinvestigations, treatability, design, compliance, and monitoring samples. Respondents shall develop the QAPP in accordance with EPA Requirements for Quality Assurance Project Plans, QA/R- 5, EPA/240/B-01/003 (Mar. 2001, reissued May 2006); Guidance for Quality Assurance Project Plans, QA/G-5, EPA/240/R-02/009 (Dec. 2002); and Uniform Federal Policy for Quality Assurance Project Plans, Parts 1-3, EPA/505/B- 04/900A through 900C (Mar. 2005). The QAPP also must include procedures: (1) To ensure that EPA and its authorized representative have reasonable access to laboratories used by Respondents in implementing the Settlement (Respondents’ Labs); (2) To ensure that Respondents’ Labs analyze all samples submitted by EPA pursuant to the QAPP for quality assurance monitoring; (3) To ensure that Respondents’ Labs perform all analyses using EPA- accepted methods (i.e., the methods documented in USEPA Contract Laboratory Program Statement of Work for Inorganic Analysis, ILM05.4 (Dec. 2006); USEPA Contract Laboratory Program Statement of Work for Organic Analysis, SOM01.2 (amended Apr. 2007);