Quality Systems Documents

EPA New England Documents

Quality Management Plan (QMP) (PDF) (155 pp., 7.46 MB, About PDF)
The QMP describes policies, procedures and management systems within EPA NE that govern quality assurance and quality control activities.

New England States' Sample Collection & Preservation Guidance Manual for Drinking Water (PDF) (58 pp., 534 KB, about PDF)

Planning

Quality Assurance - Project Plan Program Guidance (QAPP) (PDF) (16 pp., 141 KB, About PDF) | MS Word Version (16 pp., 623 KB)
This implementation document describes the EPA NE program for ensuring the collection and use of quality data.

Draft Generic Modeling Quality Assurance Project Plan and Quality Assurance Checklist
The QAPP guidance document and its companion checklist are designed to assist QAPP writers and reviewers involved in TMDL modeling projects. Included in the template document are internet links for EPA guidance and other state-of-the-art technical references on quality assurance and good modeling practices.

Populated Generic Quality Assurance Project Plan For Model Simulations (MS Word Document) (73 pp., 1.3 MB)
This document populates the generic QAPP template in the above link with example quality assurance specifications. It represents a menu of ideas to assist QAPP writers in the Total Maximum Daily Load Program. It may also be used for model simulations in other programs.

EPA New England Example - Streamlined QAPP Tables/Template
Examples of tables that may be included in a QAPP to summarize information, supplement and simplify the text, or to create a useful list of important information for the user.

Quality Assurance Project Plan Development Tool
This tool is designed to assist in developing a Quality Assurance (QA) Project Plan for projects that involve surface or groundwater monitoring and/or the collection and analysis of water samples. The tool is divided into modules which include a streamlined guidance, QA Project Plan template, example QA Project Plan, etc. All information is also available on CD ROM including SOPs noted in Module 5. For a CD copy contact Pat Svetaka (svetaka.pat@epa.gov or 617-918-8396).

Examples of Quality Assurance Project Plans (QAPPs)

Implementation

QA Bulletin - Calibration of Dissolved Oxygen Meters (PDF) (3 pp., 14 KB, About PDF)

Monitoring Well Purging and Sampling Procedure
This document describes the low stress purging and sampling procedure.

Assessment and Data Review

Data Validation Guidelines
QA guidance document that describes the data generation and validation process, including project scoping, sample scheduling, data review and implementation of corrective actions.

Guidance for Annual Reporting of Quality System Progress (PDF) (6 pp., 242 KB, About PDF)
Guidance and template designed to assist EPA-funded organizations in reporting on the status/progress of their quality systems.

EPA Agency-wide Quality Assurance Systems Documents