MONDAY July 19, 1993 Part VII Environmental Protection Agency National Lead Laboratory Accreditation Program; Notice of Availability of Requirements; Notice (This reprint was prepared from the electronic file that accompanied the original signed documents transmitted to the Office of the Federal Register. This file was certified to be a true copy of the original.) (This document appeared at 57 FR 38655 - 38656.) Federal Register / Vol. 58, No. 136 / Monday, July 19, 1993 / Notices ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY [OPPTS - 00138; FRL - 4590 - 8] National Lead Laboratory Accreditation Program; Notice of Availability of Requirements AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). ACTION: Notice of availability. SUMMARY: This notice announces the establishment of the Environmental Protection Agency National Lead Laboratory Accreditation Program (NLLAP). EPA is interested in entering into a memoranda of understanding (MOU) with qualified public or private laboratory accrediting organizations who wish to participate in the NLLAP. A model MOU, which includes the accrediting organization requirements and laboratory quality system requirements, is available from EPA. Laboratories accredited by the organizations participating in the NLLAP will be recognized by EPA as being capable of analyzing for lead in paint chips, soil, and/or dust samples. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: The National Lead Information Center Clearinghouse, 1019 19th St., NW., Suite 401, Washington, DC 20036 - 5105, Toll free: 1 - 800 - 424 - LEAD, Fax: (202) 659 - 1192. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Electronic Availability: This document and the NLLAP MOU model are available as an electronic file on The Federal Bulletin Board at 9 a.m. on the date of publication in the Federal Register. By modem dial 202 - 512 - 1387 or call 202 - 512 - 1530 for disks or paper copies. This file is also available in Postscript, Wordperfect, and ASCII. The NLLAP MOU is available in Wordperfect and ASCII. Under the Congressional mandate stated in section 405(b) of Title X, The Residential Lead-Based Paint Hazard Reduction Act of 1992, EPA is establishing the National Lead Laboratory Accreditation Program (NLLAP). The program is being established to assure the public that analytical laboratories, accredited by laboratory accrediting organizations recognized by EPA as participants in the NLLAP, are capable of analyzing for lead in samples consisting of paint chips, dust, and/or soil matrices. Laboratories accredited for the analysis of lead in samples of paint chips, dust, and/or soil by laboratory accrediting organizations recognized by EPA under the NLLAP will in turn be recognized by EPA under the NLLAP. A list of laboratories recognized under NLLAP will be published by EPA on a periodic basis. The EPA Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics is seeking private and public laboratory accrediting organizations who wish to participate in the NLLAP. These laboratory accrediting organizations would be responsible for conducting system audits, inclusive of on-site visits, of laboratories who wish to be recognized by EPA under the NLLAP. EPA will establish an MOU with laboratory accrediting organizations which wish to participate in the NLLAP and meet the program requirements. Requirements for laboratory accrediting organizations who wish to participate are contained in the model MOU for the NLLAP. Included with the requirements for laboratory accreditation organizations are the minimum quality system requirements for laboratories. These requirements are being incorporated in all MOUs between EPA and laboratory accrediting organizations participating in the NLLAP. The model MOU can be obtained from the National Lead Information Center Clearinghouse at the address and telephone number listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT. Dated: July 1, 1993. Mark Greenwood, Director, Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics. [FR Doc. 93 - 17059 Filed 7 - 16 - 93; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6560 - 50 - F