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The primary goal of the EPA Quality System is to ensure that its environmental data are of sufficient quantity and quality to support the data's intended use. The EPA Quality System is defined by EPA Order 5360.1 A2 (May 2000) and described in the EPA Quality Manual 5360.1 A1 (May 2000). The Quality System is modeled after the national standard ANSI/ASQ E4.
The EPA Quality System requires that each EPA Office, Region, and Research and Development Laboratory or Center develop and implement supporting Quality Systems. National Risk Management Research Laboratory's (NRMRL) approach for implementing EPA Quality System requirements is described in the NRMRL Quality Management Plan (QMP).
The purpose of this web site is to provide information to contractors, assistance recipients, other federal agencies, and grantees on elements of NRMRL's Quality System. This information may be needed to effectively meet QA requirements defined in contracts, cooperative agreements, IAGs, or grants.
The links to the left are discussed below:
Guidance Documents & Forms - Guidance and required forms used by personnel to document and implement the quality system.
Related Links - Provides links to quality-related sites, both inside and outside EPA.
Contacts- Identifies the EPA QA organization for the Office of Research & Development (ORD) and the QA contacts for NRMRL.
Please be assured that the NRMRL QA Staff strive to provide:
- Useful and usable guidance
- Timely and accurate review services and responses to quality related issues
- Knowledgeable and complete technical input as required and needed
- Courteous and constructive oral and written communication
- Leadership in promoting partnerships for quality outputs.
If you have any suggestions for improvement to the NRMRL QA Program, please call Tom Wagner at (513) 569-7013, or email him at wagner.tom@epa.gov.