American Council of Independent Labs Environmental Sciences Section

American Council of Independent Labs Environmental Sciences Section March 27, 2019

Agenda 10: 00 am Opening Comments, Antitrust Statement, Introductions, and Chair’s Remarks 10: 05 am EPA Activities Update and Discussion (Friedman) CRA/SW-846 Program (Kim Kirkland, Christine Langlois-Miller, EPA/ORCR) Clean Water Act Program (Adrian Handley & Lemuel Walker, EPA/OW/OST) Safe Drinking Water Program Dan Hautman, EPA/OW/OGWDW) 1: 50 pm Report on January 2019 TNI Meeting (Morgan/Farrell) 2: 15 pm Business Practices Forum Update (Briscoe) 2: 30 pm Preparation for Hill Visits & PFAS Task Group Update (Oscar) 3: 00 Break Clean Air Act Program (Robin Segall, EPA/OAR/OAQPS) 3: 15 pm ESS-specific priorities for actions by the Governmental Relations Committee (Marvin) Discussion of Issue Papers and ACIL Follow up 11: 30 am Status of Current ACIL Activities Related to ESS Method 3050 C Validation Study Update (Briscoe) 600 Series Method QC Project Study Update (Morgan/Friedman) Analyst Enrichment Courses through ILI (Kennedy) 3: 45 pm Review/Update of ESS Objectives & ESS Survey Results (Morgan/Briscoe) Identified priorities Strategies for accomplishing priorities Metrics for measuring success 5: 00 pm End of program 12: 00 pm Lunch

Status of Current ACIL Activities 1. 2. 3. Method 3050 C Validation Study Update (Briscoe) 600 Series Method QC Project Study Update (Morgan/Friedman) Analyst Enrichment Courses through ILI (Kennedy)

600 Series Method QC Project Study Update

600 Series Validation - Timeline • September 2017 – Publish new 600 series methods • January 2018 – Organizations formed a partnership and contacted EPA to extend offer of support • Spring 2018 – Survey to determine interest • Fall 2018 - Met with APHL, TNI, WEF, EPA representatives • Winter 2018 - Drafted initial validation study plan • March 2019 - Meeting with team • March 2019 - Drafted version 2

600 Series Validation - Timeline • March 2019 – Version 2 is complete Goal: ü The primary goal of this study is to collect Quality Control (QC) data for the priority pollutant analytes in Table 1 of Methods 608. 3 and 624. 1 and Tables 1 and 2 of Method 625. 1, including • Method Detection Limit (MDL) from blanks and spikes • % Relative Standard deviation (RSD), % error, or % Relative Standard Error (RSE) for the initial calibration • % error for Continuing Calibration Verification • Results from the Initial Demonstration of Capability (DOC) study • Results from Method Blanks • Recoveries of Laboratory Control Samples (LCS), including Surrogates • Note: Some priority pollutant analytes in Table 2 of Method 608. 3 (e. g. , PCBs, chlordane) will also be included in this effort.

600 Series Validation - Timeline Looking to collect six months of QC data from at least 20 labs for each method Goal: QC Data Type Data Requested Method Detection Limit (MDL) spikes Results from initial study and all quarterly spikes since the methods were implemented. Initial Calibration Six months of data. Continuing Calibration Verification Six months of data. Initial Demonstration of Capability (DOC) Results from initial study. Method Blanks Six months of data. Laboratory Control Samples (LCS) Six months of data. Surrogates Six months of data. Matrix Spike (MS) and Matrix Spike Duplicate Six months of data. Field Duplicates (FD) Six months of data.

600 Series Validation - Timeline • Specific EDD for reporting • Attestation instead of SOP

TNI WINTER MEETING 2019

TNI 2016 Standard • Implementation January 2020 Florida – April 2019 • Calibration Guidance – V 1 M 4 • LOD/LOQ Guidance – In review • PT – PTRL Reporting • Mentor Session – Internal Auditing • Assessment Forum – 4. 6 Procurement: Purchasing Services and Supplies

Review/Update of ESS Objectives & ESS Survey Results

Survey • Identified 8 Major Areas of Interest w/ Examples • Asked participants to rank 1 – 5, with 1 being highest priority • Asked for potential volunteer leaders to champion discussions for the topics • Goal of discussions - to come up with specific steps that ACIL might be able to take to help the laboratories address the issue

Thoughts? • Identified Priorities via Survey • Strategies for accomplishing priorities • Metrics for measuring success

Thank You for Your Time Contact Info: Judy Morgan, MS, REM Chief Compliance and Training Officer Pace Analytical Services, Inc. Judy. morgan@pacelabs. com