EPA New England Regional Laboratory (Office of Environmental Measurement and Evaluation)

Quality Assurance

The Quality Assurance Unit is a multi-disciplinary group of chemists, scientists, environmental protection specialists, and a chemical engineer. The staff is responsible for assuring the quality of data used to make decisions in support of the Agency mission, and implementing and assessing the regional Quality system.

Quality Assurance: Frequently Asked Questions

The QA Unit provides the following services:

• Technical Assistance: Project planning, expert chemistry and engineering advice, method reviews, and document reviews

• Plan Reviews: Quality Assurance Project Plans and Quality Management Plans

• Training: Quality Assurance and Technical Training

• Assessments: Laboratory, field, management systems, and data

• Contract Management: Contract Laboratory Program, and Environmental Services Assistance Team

• Quality Systems Documents