Illinois Administrative Code › Title 35 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › Part 186 - ACCREDITATION OF ENVIRONMENTAL LABORATORIES › Section 186.115 - Incorporation by Reference

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
a) The Agency
			 incorporates the following documents by reference.
1) The NELAC Institute (TNI) Standard titled
			 Requirements for the National Environmental Laboratory Accreditation Program,
			 consisting of Volume 1, Management and Technical Requirements for Laboratories
			 Performing Environmental Analysis, EL-V1-2016-Rev.2.1; and Volume 2, General
			 Requirements for Accreditation Bodies Accrediting Environmental Laboratories,
			 EL-V2-2016-Rev.2.0, P.O. Box 2439, Weatherford TX 76086,
			 (817)598-1624.
2) "Test Methods for
			 Evaluating Solid Waste, SW846", "Laboratory Manual Physical/Chemical
			 Properties", volumes 1A, 1B and 1C, 3rd edition
			 (July 2014), Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response, U.S. Environmental
			 Protection Agency, available from the National Technical Information Service
			 (NTIS), (703)605-6000 (available at
https://www.epa.gov/hw-sw846/sw-846-compendium
).
1000 Series: Waste Characteristics and Leaching/Extracting
				Methods
3000 Series: Inorganic Sample Preparation
3500 Series: Organic Sample Extraction
3600 Series: Organic Extract Cleanup
5000 Series: Sample Preparation and Introduction for Volatile
				Organic Compounds
6000 Series: Inorganic Determinative Methods - Inductively
				Coupled Plasma (ICP) and Other Methods
7000 Series: Inorganic Determinative Methods - Atomic
				Absorption (AA) and Other Methods
8000 Series: Chromatographic Separation Methods
9000 Series: Miscellaneous Test Methods
3) USEPA, NSCEP. United States Environmental
			 Protection Agency, National Service Center for Environmental Publications, P.O.
			 Box 42419, Cincinnati OH 45242-0419 (available from
http://www.epa.gov/nscep/
).
Method 218.7, "Determination of Hexavalent Chromium in Drinking
				Water by Ion Chromatography with Post-Column Derivatization and UV - Visible
				Spectroscopic Detection", Revision 1.0, November 2011, EPA 815-R-11-005.
4) "Manual for the Certification
			 of Laboratories Analyzing Drinking Water", "Criteria and Procedures Quality
			 Assurance", 5th edition (EPA 815-R-05-004, January
			 2005), Office of Water, Office of Ground Water and Drinking Water,
			 Environmental Protection Agency, available from the National Service Center for
			 Environmental Publications (NSCEP), (800) 490-9198 (available at
https://www.epa.gov/dwlabcert/laboratory-certification-manual-drinking-water
).
"Supplement 1 to the Fifth Edition of the Manual for the
				Certification of Laboratories Analyzing Drinking Water" (Supplement 1 to EPA
				815-R-05-004, 2008), Office of Water, Office of Ground Water and Drinking
				Water, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, available from the National
				Service Center for Environmental Publications (NSCEP), (800) 490-9198
				(available at
https://www.epa.gov/dwlabcert/laboratory-certification-manual-drinking-water
).
5) EPA PFAS Drinking Water
			 Laboratory Methods (available at
www.epa.gov/pfas/epa-pfas-drinking-water-laboratory-methods
).
Method 533, "Determination of Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl
				Substances in Drinking Water by Isotope Dilution Anion Exchange Solid Phase
				Extraction and Liquid Chromatography/Tandem Mass Spectrometry," November 2019,
				EPA 815-B-19-20.
Method 537.1, "Determination of Selected Per- and
				Polyfluorinated Alkyl Substances in Drinking Water by Solid Phase Extraction
				and Liquid Chromatography/Tandem Mass Spectrometry (LC/MS/MS)," Revision 2.0,
				March 2020, EPA 600/R-20/006.
6) Environmental Sampling and Analytical
			 Methods (ESAM) Program (available at
https://www.epa.gov/esam/method-546-determination-total-microcystins-and-nodularins-drinking-water-and-ambient-water
).
Method 546, "Determination of Total Microcystins and Nodularins
				in Drinking Water and Ambient Water by Adda Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay,"
				August 2016, EPA 815-B-16-011.
7) The SW-846 Compendium (available at
https://www.epa.gov/hw-sw846/sw-846-compendium
).
Method 8327, "Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) By
				Liquid Chromatography/Tandem Mass Spectrometry (LC/MS/MS), SW-0846 Update VII,
				Revision 0, July 2021.
Method 3512, "Solvent Dilution of Non-Potable Waters," SW-846
				Update VII, Revision 0, July 2021.
8) CWA Analytical Methods for Per- and
			 Polyfluorinated Alkyl Substances (PFAS) (available at
https://www.epa.gov/cwa-methods/cwa-analytical-methods-and-polyfluorinated-alkyl-substances-pfas
).
Method 1633 "Analysis of Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances
				(PFAS) in Aqueous, Solid, Biosolids, and Tissue Samples by LC-MS/MS".