Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 567 - Environmental Protection Commission › Title VI - Certification of Operators › Chapter 83 - Laboratory Certification › Rule 567-83.1 - Authority, Purpose, and Applicability

Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 3, July 24, 2024
(1)
Authority.
Pursuant to
				Iowa Code section
				455B113.,
				a laboratory certification program is required for laboratories performing
				analyses of samples which are required to be submitted to the department as a
				result of Iowa Code provisions, rules, operation permits, or administrative
				orders. Pursuant to Iowa Code section
				455B114.,
				the department may suspend or revoke the certification of a laboratory upon
				determination of the department that the laboratory no longer fulfills one or
				more of the requirements for certification.
(2)
Purpose.
The purpose of
				these rules is to provide the procedures for laboratories to use to apply for
				certification, to establish laboratory certification fees, to maintain
				certification, and to provide the appropriate methods and references for
				evaluating laboratory competence including the requirements for laboratories to
				become certified.
(3)
Applicability to environmental program areas.
a.
Water supply (drinking
				water).
The requirements of this chapter apply to all laboratories
				conducting drinking water analyses pursuant to 567-Chapters 40, 41, 42, and 43.
				Routine, on-site monitoring for alkalinity, calcium, conductivity, residual
				disinfectant, orthophosphate, pH, silica, temperature, turbidity and on-site
				operation and maintenance-related analytical monitoring are excluded from this
				requirement, and may be performed by a Grade I, II, III, or IV certified
				operator meeting the requirements of 567-Chapter 81, any person under the
				supervision of a Grade I, II, III, or IV certified operator meeting the
				requirements of 567-Chapter 81, or a laboratory certified by the department to
				perform water supply analyses under this chapter.
b.
Underground storage
				tanks.
The requirements of this chapter also apply to all laboratories
				conducting underground storage tank analyses for petroleum constituents
				pursuant to 567-Chapter 135. Routine on-site monitoring conducted by or for
				underground storage tank owners for leak detection or a nonregulatory purpose
				is excluded from this requirement.
c.
Wastewater.
The
				requirements of this chapter also apply to all laboratories conducting analyses
				of wastewater, groundwater or sewage sludge pursuant to 567-Chapters 63, 67,
				and 69. Routine on-site monitoring for pH, temperature, dissolved oxygen, total
				residual chlorine and other pollutants that must be analyzed immediately upon
				sample collection, settleable solids, physical measurements such as flow and
				cell depth, and operational monitoring tests specified in 567-subrule 63.3(4)
				are excluded from this requirement.
d.
Solid waste and contaminated
				sites.
The requirements of this chapter also apply to all laboratories
				conducting analyses of solid waste parameters pursuant to 567-Chapters 100
				through 130, contaminated site parameters pursuant to 567-Chapters 133 and 137,
				and regulated substances other than petroleum parameters regulated under
				567-Chapter 135. Any parameter that must be analyzed immediately upon sample
				collection is excluded from the requirements of this chapter. Any samples
				collected or testing conducted that is not part of the specific monitoring
				required by the department for regulatory purposes are also excluded from the
				requirements of this chapter.