Quality Assurance

Policy and Guidance

Quality System Implementation

• Department of Defense Instruction requiring the use of the "Uniform Federal Policy for Implementing Environmental Quality Systems" and the "Uniform Federal Policy for Quality Assurance Project Plans" by all DoD components. Department of Defense Instruction: Environmental Quality Systems (PDF, 6 pages, 31KB) - December 2006.


• Uniform Federal Policy for Implementing Environmental Quality Systems (505-F-03-001) (PDF, 126 pages, 418KB) - March 2005.

Systematic Planning Process

• The Assistant Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Environment, Safety and Occupational Health, Mr. Alex Beehler, issued this Memorandum, requesting DoD components begin immediate implementation of the UFP-QAPP ADUSD Memo (PDF, 1 page, 19.1KB)
• Part 1: Uniform Federal Policy for Quality Assurance Project Plans (UFP-QAPP) Manual (505-B-04-900A) (PDF, 177 pages, 1.7MB) This document has been approved by EPA and DoD and is considered Version 1.
• Part 2A: UFP-QAPP Workbook (505-B-04-900C) (PDF, 45 pages, 315KB; Word, 44 pages, 739 KB) This document has been approved by EPA and DoD and is considered Version 1.
• Part 2A(e): Electronic version of UFP-QAPP Workbook (505-B-04-900C). This version is a Microsoft Word program that provides automated assistance in completing the Worksheets in the Workbook. It is provided as a ZIP (compressed) file that must be extracted before setup. Instructions for download, extraction, installation, and use are provided in this Word (5 pages, 437KB) document, and it's also available in PDF (5 pages, 125KB). Click on the following link to download the ZIP file: QAPP Workbook.
• Part 2B: Quality Assurance/Quality Control Compendium: Minimum QA/QC Activities (505-B-04-900B) (PDF, 76 pages, 661KB) This document has been approved by EPA and DoD and is considered Version 1.
• Example Quality Assurance Project Plan (PDF, 69 pages, 502KB)
• OSWER Directive 9272.0-17 (PDF, 5 pages, 159KB) Implementation of the Uniform Federal Policy for Quality Assurance Project Plans (UFP-QAPP) at Federal Facility Hazardous Waste Sites.
• OSWER Guidance 9272.0-20 (PDF, 3 pages, 38KB) Applicability of the Uniform Federal Policy for Quality Assurance Project Plans (UFP-QAPP)

Data Quality

• Navy Environmental Sampling and Test Programs
• Department of Defense (DoD) Audit Report (HTML) (PDF, 47 pages, 2MB)
• Summary of EPA Regional Data Quality "Best Practices" for Federal Facilities (HTML) (PDF, 11 pages, 62KB)
• Department of Defense Best Practices for Data Quality Oversight of Environmental Sampling and Testing Activities (HTML) (PDF, 27 pages, 1.6MB)

Background

• Intergovernmental Data Quality Task Force: Fact Sheet (HTML) (PDF, 2 pages, 124KB)
• Quality Management Plan for EPA's Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response (OSWER) (PDF, 56 pages, 372KB) - September 11, 2003.
• Navy Environmental Data Quality Training and Intergovernmental Data Quality Task Force
  Presentations from the Perchlorate Testing Roundtable, Dallas, Texas - October 23, 2003.
• Intergovernmental Data Quality Task Force Scope, Elements, Basis, Benefits, Implementation
• Office of the Inspector General (IG) Report on Laboratory Data Quality (HTML) (PDF, 76 pages, 298KB)