Illinois Administrative Code › Title 77 - PUBLIC HEALTH › Part 465 - CERTIFICATION AND OPERATION OF ENVIRONMENTAL LABORATORIES › Subpart A - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 465.120 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
For purposes of this Part, unless otherwise specifically
				  defined or the context clearly requires a different meaning:
"Act" means Section 4(o) and (p) of the Environmental
				  Protection Act.
"Analyst" means any person who performs analyses for certain
				  or all parameters on samples submitted to the environmental laboratory and who
				  meets the qualifications set forth in Section
				  465.310(c).
"Annual" means a twelve-month interval.
"ASTM International" or "ASTM" means a not-for-profit,
				  voluntary standards development organization (American Society for Testing and
				  Materials) located at 100 Barr Harbor Drive, P.O. Box C700, West Conshohocken,
				  PA.
"Certification" means a status of approval granted to an
				  environmental laboratory that meets the criteria established by this Part or in
				  accordance with a reciprocity agreement entered into pursuant to Section
				  465.240.
				  Certification is not a guarantee of the validity of the data generated.
"Certification Officer" means any person who is designated by
				  the Department to inspect and evaluate environmental laboratories for
				  compliance in meeting the criteria set forth in this Part and who meets the
				  educational and experience qualifications set forth in Section
				  465.310(j).
"Day" means calendar day.
"Department" means the Illinois Department of Public
				  Health.
"Deficiency" means a failure of an environmental laboratory
				  to meet any requirement of this Part.
"Director" means the Director or the designee of the Director
				  of the Department of Public Health.
"Environmental Laboratory" means any facility that performs
				  analyses on environmental samples to determine the quality of food, milk,
				  public water supplies, surface water, ground water, recreational waters,
				  wastewater, air or land.
"Laboratory Pure Water" means water meeting the standards set
				  forth in Section
				  465.380.
"Laboratory Supervisor" means a person who supervises the
				  performance of the analytical procedures within an environmental laboratory and
				  who meets the qualifications set forth in Section
				  465.310(a).
"Major Remodeling" means any remodeling of the laboratory
				  facility that requires the acquisition of a local building permit.
"Principal State Laboratory" means the designated State
				  facility that performs analyses on environmental samples to determine the
				  quality of public water supplies in compliance with the Safe Drinking Water Act
				  and National Primary Drinking Water Regulations (40 CFR 141). Principal State
				  Laboratory is exempt from this Part and is certified by the regional USEPA
				  administrator.
"Proficiency Testing Samples" or "PTs" means samples provided
				  to a laboratory for the purpose of demonstrating that the laboratory can
				  successfully analyze the sample within acceptance limits specified in National
				  Standards for Water Proficiency Testing Studies Criteria Document, US EPA,
				  January 31, 2001. The composition of the reference material is unknown to the
				  laboratory at the time of the analysis.
"Program Certification Manager" means a person responsible
				  for managing the drinking water laboratory certification activities within the
				  Department. The Manager establishes one or more teams of Certification Officers
				  to audit drinking water laboratories. A Program Certification Manager shall
				  meet the educational and experience qualifications set forth in Section
				  465.310(k)
				  or must have served or be serving as a program certification manager prior to
				  November 1, 2022.
"Provisional Certification" means a certification status
				  granted to an environmental laboratory to allow time for the correction of
				  serious deficiencies. Failure to correct a deficiency during the provisional
				  certification period allows the Department to revoke certification as specified
				  in Section
				  465.180.
				  While on provisional certification, an environmental laboratory remains
				  approved for the analyses covered by its certification.
"Public Water Supply" means all mains, pipes and structures
				  through which water is obtained and distributed to the public, including wells
				  and well structures, intakes and cribs, pumping stations, treatment plants,
				  reservoirs, storage tanks and appurtenances, collectively or severally,
				  actually used or intended for use for the purpose of furnishing water for
				  drinking or general domestic use and that serve at least 15 service connections
				  or that regularly serve at least 25 persons at least 60 days per year.
"Quality Assurance" means an integrated system of management
				  activities involving planning, quality control, quality assessment, reporting
				  and quality improvement to ensure that a product or service meets defined
				  standards of quality with a stated level of confidence.
"Quality Assurance Plan" means a comprehensive plan detailing
				  the aspects of quality assurance needed to adequately fulfill the data needs of
				  a program. This document is required before the laboratory is certified.
"Quality Control" means the overall system of technical
				  activities whose purpose is to measure and control the quality of a product or
				  service so that it meets the needs of the users; operational techniques and
				  activities that are used to fulfill requirements for quality.
"Quarterly" means a three-month interval.
"Readily Accessible" means that the referenced item is
				  located upon the premises.
"Semi-annual" means a six-month interval.
"Standard Operating Procedure" means a written document that
				  details the method of an operation, analysis or action, the techniques and
				  procedures of which are thoroughly prescribed and that is officially approved
				  as the method for performing certain routine or repetitive tasks.
"The NELAC Institute" or "TNI" is an organization (National
				  Environmental Laboratory Accreditation Program) that recognizes associations
				  that offer accreditation of microbiology drinking water proficiency testing
				  providers, located at P.O. Box 2439, Weatherford TX 76086, 817-598-1624.
"Too Numerous to Count" or "TNTC" means greater than 200
				  colonies on the membrane filter in the absence of detectable coliforms when
				  analyzing drinking water for total coliforms.