[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 40, Volume 23]
[Revised as of July 1, 2007]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 40CFR160.190]

[Page 162]
 
                   TITLE 40--PROTECTION OF ENVIRONMENT
 
         CHAPTER I--ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (CONTINUED)
 
PART 160_GOOD LABORATORY PRACTICE STANDARDS--Table of Contents
 
                      Subpart J_Records and Reports
 
Sec. 160.190  Storage and retrieval of records and data.

    (a) All raw data, documentation, records, protocols, specimens, and 
final reports generated as a result of a study shall be retained. 
Specimens obtained from mutagenicity tests, specimens of soil, water, 
and plants, and wet specimens of blood, urine, feces, and biological 
fluids, do not need to be retained after quality assurance verification. 
Correspondence and other documents relating to interpretation and 
evaluation of data, other than those documents contained in the final 
report, also shall be retained.
    (b) There shall be archives for orderly storage and expedient 
retrieval of all raw data, documentation, protocols, specimens, and 
interim and final reports. Conditions of storage shall minimize 
deterioration of the documents or specimens in accordance with the 
requirements for the time period of their retention and the nature of 
the documents of specimens. A testing facility may contract with 
commercial archives to provide a repository for all material to be 
retained. Raw data and specimens may be retained elsewhere provided that 
the archives have specific reference to those other locations.
    (c) An individual shall be identified as responsible for the 
archives.
    (d) Only authorized personnel shall enter the archives.
    (e) Material retained or referred to in the archives shall be 
indexed to permit expedient retrieval.