Not going to be able to get PTs in by the August 15th deadline?
Don't want a lapse in your accreditation(s)? Don't panic; there are still options.
Administrative Code only allows us to accept PT results for accreditation renewal
until August 15th of each year. Re-application is required for re-instatement.
But, the accreditation period does not begin until September 1st.
That means that you have a little more than 2 weeks after the PT deadline to (1) get
your PTs results completed and (2) submit a revised application.
If the application is complete and we receive it and
your PT results prior to the end of the day August 31, then we can re-instate your accrediation
effective September 1 to coincide with the expiration
of your accreditations for which PTs were not received prior to August 15th. It's a
work-around for a time-challenged system, but it allows you to have no lapse in your accreditations.
Historically, facilities have only been required to report LOD/LOQ information for ammonia, residual chlorine, trace metals, and many organics. With the recent phosphorus rule, however, it becomes important to get a handle on ability of facilities to achieve required reporting limits.
The next meeting of the Laboratory Certification Standards Review Council is scheduled for Tuesday February 8, 2011, beginning at 10:00 am, at DNR Science Operations Center (2801 Progress Drive, Madison WI 53716). When available, an agenda for this meeting and minutes from the previous meeting can be found here.
The LabCert program offers certification for multiple forms (acids, esters, salts) of herbicides when, in standard herbicide analysis, all forms of a particular herbicide are converted to the methyl ester and reported as acid equivalents. In fact, most of the methods then instruct the user to report results as the "acid equivalents. A number of labs are (for example) currently certified for both "2,4-DB" and "2,4-DB, salts and esters". Realistically, those are redundant certifications. It should be noted that SW-846 method 8321 offers a thermospray LC/MS technique that would be capable of determining specific esters as long as the hydrolysis and methylation steps are not performed. That being said, the program currently has no labs certified herbicides using LC/MS. We offer certification for the following herbicide forms:
At its March 16, 2010 meeting, the Natural Resources Board approved the LabCert Program budget and fee package for FY2011 (July 1, 2010 through June 30, 2011) While the complete fee schedule is available here the net effect is that the cost per RVU will decrease by $0.50 to $57.00 per RVU. This translates to a net decrease of about 1%, the second consecutive year in which fees have decreased. Review the complete package presented to the Natural Resources Board.
The following laboratories received their awards at the March 16, 2010 Natural Resources Board meeting.
Congratulations go out to:
For more information about the Lab-of-the-Year award, click here.
"Does the new criteria apply when the sample result is no detect.The purpose of reporting a QC Flag I failure is to indicate that the sample result may have been positively biased by contamination added to the sample during sample handling. If the sample result is no detect, it would not have been positively biased. Thus, in response to the laboratory’s question, the program is revising the original criteria as follows:
The answer is "No".
The entire Proficiency Testing (PT) section of the website has been updated to reflect new PT requirements for initial accreditation and renewal. These changes provide detailed requirements including which analytes (groups) require a PT, which approved providers offer specific PTs, how we grade PT results, and tips for how to ensure a smooth accreditation renewal or obtain initial accreditation.
A new edition of our newsletter, LabNotes, has been completed
and
an electronic copy has been posted on the website. All labs in the program will
receive a copy by mail in early to mid-December. Note that we may be moving forward
to a solely electronic distribution in the future, with hard copies available on request.
This edition features a new "look" and is largely devoted to developments in and changes
to PT program requirements.
Natural Resources Board authorizes public hearings on NR 140. Proposed changes to ch. NR 140, which establishes groundwater quality standards, would establish standards for 15 new analytes and revise standards for 15 others.
Historically the DNR's Drinking Water and Groundwater program has
required all drinking water compliance samples for PCBs to be analyzed by EPA method 508A.
Subsequently, the LabCert program has only offered certification for the analysis of PCBs
in drinking water by EPA method 508A.
Method 508A, and s. NR 809.21 (12) indicate that a screening analysis for PCBs
may be performed using any approved method for organochlorine pesticides in drinking
water, and no further analysis by method 508A is required if Aroclors are not detected.
This provision has not been offered (until now) due to the inability of most laboratories
to meet the detection limit requirements necessary to use the screening technique.
With advances in instrument and detection technology, the mandated detection requirements
associated with the screening protocol can be more readily achieved. Consequently the
LabCert program is now prepared to offer certification for PCB screening using approved
methods.
We have developed a flyer which outlines the requirements to obtain certification
to screen samples for PCBs in drinking water and the conditions under which no follow-up
analysis by method 508A is required.
We have separated the former "Fee Calculator" into separate "Application Fee Calculator" and "Renewal Fee Calculator". These calculators can be accessed on the Fees page. Note that the Renewal Fee Calculator has been updated based on the final fee package approved at the March Natural Resources Board meeting.
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