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26,
2003
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Rulemaking
Record
for
the
Procedures
for
Detection
and
Quantitation
Proposed
Rule
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A
METHOD
EPA
Method
1631,
Revision
B:
Mercury
in
Water
by
Oxidation,
Purge
and
Trap,

and
Cold
Vapor
Atomic
Fluorescence
Spectrometry
05/
1999
Record
USEPA
38
U.
S.
EPA,
Office
of
Water,

Engineering
and
Analysis
Division
(
4303),
Washington,
D.
C.
EPA
821­
R­
99­
005
(
See
Method
1631,

III.
G.
1)

324
A
FRN
Appendix
B
to
Part
136­
Definition
and
Procedure
for
the
Determination
of
the
Method
Detection
Limit­
Revision
1.11
10/
26/
1984
Record
USEPA
2
Federal
Register
(
49
FR
43234)

329
A
FRN
Guidelines
Establishing
Test
Procedures
for
the
Analysis
of
Pollutants;
Proposed
Regulations
12/
3/
1979
Record
USEPA
113
Federal
Register
(
44
FR
69463)

337
A
DOC
Definition
and
Procedure
for
the
Determination
of
the
Method
Detection
Limit
­
Rev.
1.11
01/
21/
1981
Record
USEPA
7
USEPA­
ORD
381
A
FRN
Guidelines
Establishing
Test
Procedures
for
the
Analysis
of
Pollutants
Under
the
Clean
Water
Act;
Final
Rule
and
Interim
Final
Rule,
and
Proposed
Rule.
1984
Record
USEPA
220
Federal
Register
(
49
FR
43234)

382
A
FRN
National
Primary
Drinking
Water
Regulations
­
Synthetic
Organic
Chemicals
Monitoring
for
Unregulated
Contaminants;
Final
Rule
1987
Record
USEPA
24
Federal
Register
(
52
FR
25690)

383
A
FRN
National
Primary
Drinking
Water
Regulations
­
Synthetic
Organic
Chemicals
and
Inorganic
Chemicals;

Final
Rule
1992
Record
USEPA
75
Federal
Register
(
57
FR
31776)
DCN
Section
Type
of
Item
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of
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384
A
FRN
OMB
Circular
A­
119:
Federal
Participation
in
the
Development
and
Use
of
Voluntary
Consensus
Standards
and
in
Conformity
Assessment
Activities
1998
Record
USEPA
14
Federal
Register
(
63
FR
8546)

385
A
FRN
Guidelines
Establishing
Test
Procedures
for
the
Analysis
of
Pollutants;

Measurement
of
Mercury
in
Water
(
EPA
Method
1631,
Revision
B);
Final
Rule
1999
Record
USEPA
17
Federal
Register
(
64
FR
30417)
­

See
Method
1631­
III,
A.
1
386
A
AGREEME
NT
October
19,
2000
Settlement
Agreement
Between
the
Alliance
of
Automobile
Manufacturers,
Inc.,
the
Chemical
Manufacturers
Association,
and
the
Utility
Water
Act
Group,
the
American
Forest
&
Paper
Association,
and
the
US
Environmental
Protection
Agency.
10/
19/
2000
Record
USEPA
12
EPA
112
B1
DOC
Study
Plan
­
Evaluation
of
Statistical
Approaches
to
Developing
Detection
and
Quantitation
Limits
­
draft
01/
19/
1996
USEPA
Lynn
Riddick
6
DynCorp
135
B1
LETTER
Low
Level
Detection
Reporting
Requirement
Information
Request
01/
13/
1998
Wisconsin
Laboratories
John
Sullivan
1
Wisconsin
Department
of
Natural
Resources
191
B1
DOC
Peer
Review
of
the
Plan
for
the
Assessment
of
Detection
and
Quantitative
Limits
under
Section
304(
h)

of
the
Clean
Water
Act
02/
2002
USEPA
Versar
156
Versar
269
B1
DOC
Plan
for
the
Assessment
of
Detection
and
Quantitative
Limits
under
Section
304(
h)
of
the
Clean
Water
Act
12/
10/
2001
Record
USEPA
18
USEPA
281
B1
LETTER
DL/
QL
Study
Plan
01/
07/
2002
Maria
Gomez­
Taylor
Steven
Koorse
10
Hunton
&
Williams
326
B1
DOC
Plan
for
the
Assessment
of
Detection
and
Quantitation
Limits
Under
Section
304(
h)
of
the
Clean
Water
Act
04/
2002
Record
USEPA
Office
of
Water
21
USEPA
Office
of
Water
(
EPA­
821­
R­
02­
010)
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Type
of
Item
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of
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389
B1
DOC
Response
to
Peer
Review
Comments
on
the
Draft
Assessment
of
Detection
and
Quantitation
Limits
under
Section
304(
h)

of
the
Clean
Water
Act
04/
2002
Record
USEPA
EPA
001
B2
DOC
Interlaboratory
Validation
of
EPA
1600
Series
Methods:
Draft
EPA
Method
1638
for
Analysis
of
Metals
in
Water
by
Inductively
Coupled
Plasma­
Mass
Spectrometry
(
ICP­
MS)
11/
2000
Record
N.
T.
Whiddon
358
EPRI
Technical
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ARTICLE
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and
Quantification
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Horwitz
3
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26
131
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A.
Currie,
G.

Svehla
14
Pure
&
Applied
Chemistry
66:

595­
608
144
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ARTICLE
Limit
of
Detection:
A
Closer
Look
at
the
IUPAC
Definition
06/
1983
Record
Gary
Long,
J.
D.

Winefordner
8
Analytical
Chem.
55:
712­
724
145
B2
METHOD
Standard
Practice
for
a
99%/
95%

Inter­
Laboratory
Detection
Estimate
(
IDE)
for
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Methods
with
Negligible
Calibration
Error
03/
1996
11
ASTM
6091­
97
170
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ARTICLE
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Recommendations
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L.
A.
Currie
22
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Acta
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105­
126
243
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ARTICLE
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Chemistry­
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98
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993­
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252
B2
ARTICLE
A
Statistical
Overview
of
Standard
(
IUPAC
and
ACS)
and
New
Procedures
for
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the
Limits
of
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and
Quantification:
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to
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Bond,
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G.
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LETTER
Detection/
Quantification
Assessment
08/
17/
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Geoff
Grubbs
Steve
Koorse
3
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&
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311
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REFERENC
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Shaarawi,

W.
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D,
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515
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DOC
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of
the
"
Technical
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Document
for
the
Assessment
of
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and
Quantitation
Concepts"
09/
2002
USEPA
Versar
191
Versar
325
B2
REPORT
Results
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the
Interlaboratory
Validation
Study
of
EPA
Method
1631
3/
1998
Record
USEPA
78
USEPA
327
B2
OPINION
Daubert
v.
Merrell
Dow
Pharmaceuticals,
Inc.;
No.
92­
102
6/
28/
1993
Record
USEPA
18
509
U.
S.
579,
113
S.
Ct.
2786
328
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OPINION
Kumho
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Carmichael;
No.
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1709
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23/
1999
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526
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119
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PAPER
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12/
1996
EMMC
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2
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373
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REPORT
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2002
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80
USEPA
Office
of
Water
391
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REPORT
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­
DRAFT
10/
2000
Record
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203
EPA
392
B2
REPORT
Results
of
the
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Validation
Study
of
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Method
1631
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Whiddon
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397
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14
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D­
6512­
00
398
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DOC
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2000
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L.
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97
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100­
B­
98­
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401
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DOC
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100­
B­
00­
001)
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402
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DOC
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Problems
Associated
with
Compliance
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1993
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EPA
821­
B­
93­
001
407
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DOC
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104
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Level
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136)
2001
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52
See
Method
1631­
IV,
B.
2
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select
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411
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BOOK
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BOOK
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select
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08/
13/
2002
Steven
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Maria
Gomez­

Talyor
1
USEPA
417
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LETTER
06/
27/
2002
Maria
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Talyor
Steven
Koorse
3
Hunton
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418
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DOC
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Response
to
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Review
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Draft
Assessment
of
Detection
Limit
Concepts
02/
25/
2003
Record
EPA
38
USEPA
100
C
LETTER
Quantification
Levels
(
includes
Quantification
Issue:
Historical
Overview)
05/
30/
1996
Robert
Perciasepe
Inter­
Industry
Analytical
Group
8
Inter­
Industry
Analytical
Group
101
C
LETTER
Vote
against
Standard
Method
1030E
08/
13/
1996
Ken
Osborn
Paul
Britton
14
USEPA
102
C
LETTER
Quantification
Levels
3/
30/
1998
Robert
Perciasepe
Inter­
Industry
Analytical
Group
4
Inter­
Industry
Analytical
Group
103
C
NOTES
Summary
of
EPA
and
Inter­
Industry
Analytical
Group
Meeting
­
April
26,

1996
11/
11/
1997
30
USEPA
105
C
EMAIL
ML
meeting
summary
07/
01/
1998
William
Telliard
Larry
LaFleur
2
WCRC­
NCASI
106
C
LETTER
Response
to
ASTM
Committee
D­
19
on
Water
"
Inter­
laboratory
Quantitation
Estimate"
(
IQE)
­
DRAFT
01/
14/
1999
James
Lichtenberg
William
Telliard
1
USEPA
108
C
MEMO
Resolution
of
Quantification/
Detection
Level
Issues
01/
26/
1996
Bill
Telliard
Jim
Taft
1
USEPA
DCN
Section
Type
of
Item
Title
Date
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Sender
Number
of
Pages
Source
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113
C
PRESENT
The
Calculation
of
Method
Detection
Limits:
An
Alternative
to
the
EPA
Procedure
Using
Quality
Control
Precision
Data
08/
11/
1993
Record
Kenneth
Osborn
9
WEF
Specialty
Conference
Series,

08/
11/
93,
Santa
Clara,
CA
139
C
LETTER
Quantitative
Meeting
05/
28/
1996
Tudor
Davies
Inter­
Industry
Analytical
Group
2
Inter­
Industry
Analytical
Group
146
C
LETTER
Interlaboratory
Quantitative
Estimate
(
IQE)
negative
vote
03/
31/
1998
Nancy
Grams
of
ASTM
William
Telliard
5
USEPA
150
C
COMMENT
American
Water
Works
Association
­

Review
and
Comment
Letter
Ballot
­

SMLB
#
107­
20
02/
10/
1998
AWWA
Richard
Reding
5
USEPA
151
C
MEMO
Use
of
the
Minimum
Levels
(
ML)
in
Water
Quality
Standards
05/
04/
1998
George
Golliday
of
EPA
Region
3
William
Telliard
2
USEPA
153
C
LETTER
List
of
AML
issues
for
discussion
at
EPRI
meeting
on
04/
26/
96
04/
16/
1996
Babu
Nott
William
Telliard
3
USEPA
154
C
MEMO
Summary
of
April
26,
1996
meeting
with
Inter­
Industry
Analytical
Group
05/
1996
Tudor
Davies
William
Telliard
9
USEPA
155
C
LETTER
Response
to
IIAG
letter
dated
05/
28/
96
to
Tudor
Davies
06/
20/
1996
Babu
Nott
William
Telliard
1
USEPA
157
C
MEMO
Summary
of
phone
calls
and
meetings
associated
with
the
ASTM
D19
Committee
meetings
in
Louisville,
KY,

June
13­
17,
1999
06/
21/
1999
Bill
Telliard
Dale
Rushneck
2
Interface
160
C
PRESENT
Quantitation
/
Detection
Limits
for
the
Analysis
of
Environmental
Samples
1990
Record
WG
Krochta,
LI
Bone,
BA
Cucherini,
TL
Dawson,
KJG
Hillig,

RA
Javick,
NE
Prange,
BM
Hughes,
FI
Saksa,
27
Norfolk
Conference
224
C
LETTER
Quantification
Levels
09/
11/
1998
Charles
Fox
Inter­
Industry
Analytical
Group
5
Inter­
Industry
Analytical
Group
DCN
Section
Type
of
Item
Title
Date
Recipient
Sender
Number
of
Pages
Source
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Docket
#
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0002
February
26,
2003
8
225
C
BALLOT
Negatives
on
D19.02
items
in
ASTM
Ballot
D19
(
98­
02)
Item
2
­

Interlaboratory
Quantitation
Estimate
1998
Record
ASTM
13
ASTM
267
C
TRANSCRI
PT
Detection/
Quantitation
Workshop
transcript
from
Norfolk
2001
Conference
05/
10/
2001
Record
DynCorp
61
DynCorp
268
C
NOTES
Detection/
Quantification
Study
Planning
Matrix
08/
17/
2001
Geoff
Grubbs
Steve
Koorse
11
Hunton
&
Williams
282
C
LETTER
Detection/
Quantification
Assessment
08/
17/
2001
Geoffrey
Grubbs
Steven
Koorse
10
Hunton
&
Williams
308
C
PRESENT
Method
Detection
Limits:
Application
to
Organic
Environmental
Chemistry
Data
08/
2002
Record
T.
L.
Wade,
J.
L.

Sericano,
Y.
Qian,

G.
Wolff,
G.

Denoux
12
ACS
Annual
Meeting,
Boston,
MA
2002
309
C
PRESENT
Environmental
Quality:
Closing
the
Decision­
Data
Loop
8/
21/
2002
Record
Deana
Crumbling
37
224th
ACS
National
Meeting,

Boston,
MA
320
C
CORRESPO
ND
DL/
QL
Assessment
11/
11/
2002
Maria
Gomez­
Taylor
James
Christman
3
Hunton
&
Williams
330
C
EMAIL
Replicates
for
MDL
02/
03/
2003
Dale
Rushneck
John
Glaser
2
Email
02/
03/
03
331
C
MEMO
MDL
Improvement
­
DRAFT
7/
16/
1998
Joe
Slayton
William
Telliard
2
USEPA
332
C
LETTER
Invitation
to
present
at
meeting
on
04/
26/
96
04/
26/
1996
Babu
Nott
William
Telliard
3
USEPA
333
C
LETTER
Thank
you
for
allowing
EPRI
to
present
at
the
04/
26/
96
meeting
05/
03/
1996
James
Taft
Babu
Nott
1
EPRI
334
C
PRESENT
EPRI's
presentation
materials
from
the
04/
26/
96
meeting
04/
26/
1996
Record
Babu
Nott
19
EPRI
335
C
LETTER
Response
to
"
Analytical
Detection
and
Quantification"
letter
dated
04/
30/
97
06/
09/
1997
William
Sonntag
Jr.
Robert
Perciasepe
3
USEPA
339
C
LETTER
Negative
on
Interlaboratory
Quantitation
Estimate
(
IQE)
10/
10/
1999
ASTM
D­
19
Members
William
Telliard,

Richard
Reding,

Dale
Rushneck
3
USEPA,
Interface
340
C
PRESENT
Statistically
Valid
Detection
Limits
and
Quantitation
Limits
Record
David
Coleman
110
Alcoa
DCN
Section
Type
of
Item
Title
Date
Recipient
Sender
Number
of
Pages
Source
E­
Docket
#
OW­
2003­
0002
February
26,
2003
9
341
C
MEMO
Detection/
Quantitation
Limit
Issues;

EMMC
Draft
Paper
Dated
September
10,
1996
­
DRAFT
EMMC
QA
Panel
William
Telliard
2
USEPA
342
C
PAPER
Detection/
Quantitation
Limit
Issues
­

DRAFT
09/
10/
1996
EMMC
QA
Panel
4
EMMC
QA
Panel
343
C
MEMO
Approval
of
EMMC
Levels
of
Method
Performance
Documentation
09/
12/
1996
Nancy
Barmakian,

Wendy
Blake­
Coleman,

Laurie
Schuda
3
EMMC
QA
Panel
345
C
PRESENT
Estimation
of
Precision
of
Low
Concentration
Chemical
Analytical
Measurements
and
Establishing
Detection
and
Quantification
Limits
04/
01/
1997
Record
Henry
Kahn,

Kathleen
Stralka,

Raphael
Kuznetsovski
31
USEPA
12th
Annual
Conference
on
Statistics,
April
1­
3,
1997
346
C
MEMO
August
2­
3,
1995
Meeting
on
the
Draft
"
National
Guidance
for
the
Permitting,

Monitoring,
and
Enforcement
of
Water
Quality­
Based
Effluent
Limitations
Set
Below
Analytical
Detection
or
Quantitation
Levels"
07/
14/
1995
Meeting
Attendees
James
Taft
16
USEPA
347
C
PAPER
The
Problem
with
EPA's
MDLs
and
MLs
06/
21/
1995
USEPA
R.
Gibbons,
R.

Maddalone,
D.

Coleman,
B.
Nott,

L.
LaFleur,
J.
Rice
29
Inter­
Industry
Analytical
Group
348
C
PAPER
An
Alternative
Minimum
Level
06/
21/
1995
USEPA
R.
Gibbons,
R.

Maddalone,
D.

Coleman,
B.
Nott,

L.
LaFleur,
J.
Rice
61
Inter­
Industry
Analytical
Group
352
C
PAPER
White
Paper
on
EPA's
Draft
"
National
Guidance
for
the
Permitting,
Monitoring,

and
Enforcement
of
Water
Quality­
Based
Effluent
Limitations
Set
Below
Analytical
Detection/
Quantitation
Levels"
Michael
Cook
Steven
Koorse
13
Hunton
&
Williams
DCN
Section
Type
of
Item
Title
Date
Recipient
Sender
Number
of
Pages
Source
E­
Docket
#
OW­
2003­
0002
February
26,
2003
10
355
C
PRESENT
Much
Ado
about
Next
to
Nothing
­

Judging
Compliance
at
the
Limit
of
Detection
05/
14/
1991
Record
P.
M.
Berthouex
16
64th
Annual
Meeting
og
the
Central
States
Water
Pollution
Control
Association
367
C
PAPER
A
Simple
Rule
for
Judging
Compliance
Using
Highly
Censored
Samples
01/
1991
Record
P.
M.
Berthouex,

Ian
Hau
19
The
Consortium
for
Water
Pollution
Control
Research
368
C
PAPER
The
Method
Detection
Limit:
Fact
or
Fantasy?
1997
Record
Richard
Burrows,

Jack
Hall
4
15th
Annual
Waste
Testing
and
Quality
Assurance
Symposium
369
C
PRESENT
EPA's
Efforts
on
Detection
and
Quantitation
06/
2001
Record
Maria
Gomez­
Taylor
21
2001
AOAC
Meeting
370
C
PRESENT
Hypothesis
Tests
with
Censored
Data
04/
2001
Record
USEPA
Quality
Staff
39
2001
Annual
EPA
QA
Conference,

St.
Louis,
MO
371
C
PRESENT
Analyzing
Censored
Data
04/
2001
Record
USEPA
Quality
Staff
42
2001
Annual
EPA
QA
Conference,

St.
Louis,
MO
372
C
PRESENT
Detection
Limits
04/
2001
Record
USEPA
Quality
Staff
36
2001
Annual
EPA
QA
Conference,

St.
Louis,
MO
374
C
PRESENT
Alternative
Estimates
of
Detection
1997
Record
H.
D.
Kahn,
C.
E.

White,
K.
Stralka,

R.
Kuznetsovski
14
20th
Annual
Conference
on
Analysis
of
Pollutants
in
the
Environment,
May
7­
8,
1997,

Norfolk,
VA
376
C
MEMO
Updated
Annotated
Bibliography
02/
27/
1998
Chuck
White
Raphael
Kuznetsovski
30
SAIC
377
C
LETTER
Thank
for
10/
17/
96
IIAG
meeting
(
with
AML
software
user
manual)
10/
23/
96
Sheila
Frace
Babu
Nott
1+
att(
25p)
Inter­
Industry
Analytical
Group
378
C
LETTER
Summary
of
10/
16/
96
IIAG­
EPA
meeting
11/
5/
96
Sheila
Frace
Babu
Nott
9
Inter­
Industry
Analytical
Group
379
C
PRESENT
Quantification
Level
Properties
Explanations
10/
17/
96
IIAG
EAD
16
USEPA
380
C
LETTER
Discussions
with
IIAG,
suggested
meeting
09/
17/
96
Sheila
Frace
Babu
Nott
5
IIAG
387
C
CORRESPO
ND
DL/
QL
Assessment
06/
06/
2002
Sheila
Frace
Steven
Koorse
5
Hunton
&
Williams
DCN
Section
Type
of
Item
Title
Date
Recipient
Sender
Number
of
Pages
Source
E­
Docket
#
OW­
2003­
0002
February
26,
2003
11
415
C
MEMO
June
6,
2002
Letter
from
Steven
J.

Koorse
(
Hutton
Williams)
on
behalf
of
the
Inter­
Industry
Analytical
group
(
IIAG)

regarding
EPA's
ongoing
assessment
of
detection
and
quantitation
limit
2/
2003
Record
Maria
Gomez­

Taylor
3
USEPA
419
C
LETTER
IIAG
Proposal
for
Sensitivity
Test
and
Full­
Range
Interlaboratory
Validation
Study
12/
27/
02
Maria
Gomez­

Taylor
James
Christman
10
Hunton
&
Williams
130
D
PAPER
Some
Statistical
and
Conceptual
Issues
in
the
Detection
of
Low
Level
Environmental
Pollutants
07/
12/
1995
G.
P.
Patil
Robert
Gibbons
43
University
of
Illinois
at
Chicago,

Biometrics
Laboratory
134
D
DOC
Analytical
Detection
Limit
Guidance
and
Laboratory
Guidance
for
Determining
Method
Detection
Limits
04/
1996
Record
Wisconsin
Dept.

Natural
Res.
33
Wisconsin
Dept.
Natural
Res.

PUBL­
TS­
056­
96
135
D
REPORT
Method
Detection
Limit
Survey
Results
and
Analysis
12/
1998
Record
Kerilynn
Carden
36
Wisconsin
Dept.
Natural
Res.

PUBL­
SS­
930­
98
147
D
GUIDELINE
S
Guideline
for
Calibration
in
Analytical
Chemistry­
Part
1.
Fundamentals
and
Single
Component
Calibration
1998
Record
IUPAC
21
IUPAC
270
D
TEXT
Statistical
Methods
of
Detection
and
Quantification
of
Environmental
Contamination
2001
Record
Robert
Gibbons,

David
Coleman
2
select
John
Wiley
&
Sons
286
D
DOC
Literature
Search
Regarding
Detection
and
Quantitation
Limit
Concepts
­
June
2002
6/
2002
Chuck
White
Chip
McCarty
12
DynCorp
312
D
TEXT
Chapter
10:
Testing
Differences
Between
Monitoring
Records
when
Censored
Data
Records
Exist
1998
Record
E.
A.
McBean,
F.
A.

Rovers
23
select
In:
Statistical
Procedures
for
Analysis
of
Environmental
Monitoring
Data
and
Risk
Assessment
pp222­
242
315
D
TEXT
Chapter
5:
Errors
and
Detection
Limits
1992
Record
M.
J.
Adams
19
In
Methods
of
Environmental
Data
Analysis
by
Elsevier
Applied
Science,
p.
181­
213
DCN
Section
Type
of
Item
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Date
Recipient
Sender
Number
of
Pages
Source
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Docket
#
OW­
2003­
0002
February
26,
2003
12
349
D
DOC
Estimating
the
99th
Percentile:
Methods
and
Difficulties
06/
1989
Record
P.
Mac
Berthouex,

Ian
Hau
28
The
Consortium
for
Water
Pollution
Control
Research
350
D
DOC
A
Study
of
the
Precision
of
Lead
Measurements
at
Concentrations
Near
the
Method
Limit
of
Detection
12/
1991
Record
P.
M.
Berthouex
25
The
Consortium
for
Water
Pollution
Control
Research
351
D
DOC
A
New
Model
for
Measurement
Precision
at
Low
Concentrations
02/
1992
Record
P.
M.
Berthouex,

D.
R.
Gan
13
The
Consortium
for
Water
Pollution
Control
Research
393
E
FRN
Guidelines
Establishing
Test
Procedures
for
the
Analysis
of
Pollutants;

Procedures
for
Detection
and
Quantitation;
Proposed
Rule
TBD
Record
USEPA
TBD
Federal
Register
(
TO
BE
DETERMINED)

394
E
FRN
Guidelines
Establishing
Test
Procedures
for
the
Analysis
of
Pollutants;

Procedures
for
Detection
and
Quantitation;
Notice
of
Document
Availability
and
Public
Comment
Period
TBD
Record
USEPA
TBD
Federal
Register
(
TO
BE
DETERMINED)

395
E
FRN
Guidelines
Establishing
Test
Procedures
for
the
Analysis
of
Pollutants;

Procedures
for
Detection
and
Quantitation;
Public
Meeting
02/
24/
2003
Record
USEPA
2
Federal
Register
(
68
FR
8596)

396
E
DOC
Technical
Support
Document
for
the
Assessment
of
Detection
and
Quantitation
Concepts
02/
03
Record
USEPA
485
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