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Office of Analytical Services & Quality Assurance
Mid-Atlantic Env'l Assessment & Innovation Division - Organizational Information
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- How We're Organized
- Office of the Division Director
- Office of Env'l Information & Analysis
- Office of Analytical Services & Quality Assurance - this page
- Office of Env'l Programs
- Office of Env'l Innovation
- Office of Monitoring & Assessment
- A to Z Subject Index
On this page
Vision
- Improving the environment by being champions of applied and innovative science.
Mission
- Trusted environmental advocates of good science, fostering partnerships with our customers, providing and assuring the most appropriate quality of data for environmental decision making.
Responsibilities
- responsible for laboratory analytical services, site/project level data quality assurance, data management and integration
- provides both routine and non-routine laboratory analysis
- plays a major role in quality assurance of all Regional data collection and analysis
The work is organized into 2 branches:
- accredited by the National Laboratory Accreditation Program
to perform analyses of a wide array of contaminants in drinking water, waste water and solid and chemical materials - primary responsibility for all analytical, quality control and other tasks related to analyzing environmental samples for chemical and microbiological contaminants
- certifies state laboratories for Safe Drinking Water Act chemistry and microbiological methods
- oversees state Safe Drinking Water Act chemistry and microbiological laboratory certification programs
- provides technical assistance and training to state agencies regarding laboratory practices, techniques, and management
- provides technical assistance and support to Regional programs regarding methods, detection limits, data results and interpretation, sampling and analysis requirements, etc.
- supports regional criminal investigations and other enforcement actions with sample analysis and interpretation of results and expert witness testimony
- manages the acquisition and oversight of laboratory analytical services for Regional program offices
- provides technical and administrative support to the Superfund Contract Laboratory Program
- provides technical support, assistance and oversight of environmental data collection activities
- provides quality assurance support of field and program activities through review of Quality Assurance Project Plans, Sampling and Analysis Plans and work plans
- reviews and assesses environmental data
- provides other support to Regional programs and state agencies including training, lab audits and inspections, and other technical assistance
Programs
- Quality Assurance
- Laboratory Accreditation
- Laboratory Analysis
- Regional Sample Brokerage
Contact
Environmental Science Center
701 Mapes Road
Fort Meade, MD 20755-5350
Cynthia Metzger (metzger.cynthia@epa.gov)
Associate Division Director
Office of Analytical Services and Quality Assurance (3EA20)
410-305-2735
Cynthia Caporale (caporale.cynthia@epa.gov)
Chief, Laboratory Branch (3EA21)
410-305-2732
Fred Foreman (foreman.fred@epa.gov)
Chief, Technical Services Branch (3EA22)
410-305-2629
Joe Slayton (slayton.joe@epa.gov)
Senior Scientist (3EA20)
410-305-2653