Document ID: EPA-HQ-OAR-2009-0837-0072
Agency: epa
Document Type: Supporting & Related Material
Title: 
Posted Date: 2010-12-21T05:00Z

From:	Scott Evans <sevans@cleanair.com>

To:	Jim Meador <jmeador@testair.com>, Bill Mullins
<billmullins@airsamplingassociates.com>, Bob Finken
<bobfinken@deltaaqs.com>, Phillip Billick <pbillick@aircomp.com>, Augie
de la Vega <Augie_De_La_Vega@fpl.com>, Jim Locke
<JimLocke@consolenergy.com>, Robert Platt <rplatt@mostardiplattenv.com>,
Rob Patterson <rpatterson@testamericainc.com>, Mike Hartman
<answers@ipass.net>, Scott Swiggard <sswiggard@GOLDENSPECIALTY.COM>,
Angela Hansen <ahansen@hoeflernet.com>, John
Schakenbach/DC/USEPA/US@EPA, Howard Schiff <hschiff@trcsolutions.com>,
Quinn Bierman <quinn@airhygiene.com>, Phil Schwindt
<phil_schwindt@yahoo.com>, Thomas Leach <leachtd@oge.com>, Charles Simon
<cgsimon@gowebway.com>, Fred Ballay <fred.ballay@dep.state.nj.us>

Cc:	Troy.M.Burrows@dom.com, David Elam <delam@summaconsultants.com>,
Walt Smith <walt@waltersmith.com>, Bill Walker <bwalker@cleanair.com>

Date:	01/23/2009 03:18 PM

Subject:	Great News from Louisiana

OK. Hold on to your hats here...

After extensive discussions with LA DEQ at the TNI (NELAC) meeting in  

Miami, LA DEQ has agreed to scrap their stack testing accreditation  

program and in its place substitute accreditation to ASTM D7036 AND  

agrees to recognize third party accreditors such as STAC. Paul  

Bergeron has asked us to draft some proposed statutory language by mid- 

February so that the required changes can be made to state code.

Amazing. I always thought that Louisiana would be the last state to  

come around and instead it is the first.

There are some things that we as STAC need to get done in order for  

this to happen. First of all, STAC is going to be recognized by TNI as  

an accrediting body. In order for this to happen, we need to review  

all of our procedures to ensure they conform to ISO 17011. This should  

not be too much of a problem since this was the standard we used when  

they were put together. Second, we have to re-assess our existing  

accredited companies to ensure they fully comply with the TNI Field  

Activities standard, which is equivalent to ISO 17025. Again, this  

should not be too much of a problem since the ASTM standard is also  

equivalent to ISO 17025. There may be a few small gaps however that  

must be addressed. Third, we have to complete our field audit  

procedures and begin to perform the field assessments. Frank Jarke and  

I are working on this. Finally, we need to identify field assessors  

and provide them with training.

All of this must be done by the end of this year if we want this to  

happen. So... we have a busy year. I need assistance from all of you  

to make this happen. I cannot do this alone. If you are too busy,  

perhaps you can designate someone from your organization to help.

This is our moment and we must seize it if we want STAC to be a  

success. Once we have Louisiana, other states (such as Texas) are also  

within reach. This is our chance to avoid a patchwork of  

accreditations and create one single unified national program. Let's  

git er done.

Best Regards,

Scott

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Scott Evans

Clean Air Engineering

500 W. Wood St.

Palatine, Illinois 60041

847-654-4569 - voice

847-991-3385 - fax

sevans@cleanair.com