Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 567 - Environmental Protection Commission › Title VI - Certification of Operators › Chapter 83 - Laboratory Certification › Rule 567-83.2 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 3, July 24, 2024
"Certified"
means a laboratory demonstrates
				  to the satisfaction of the department its ability to consistently produce valid
				  data within the acceptance limits as specified within the department's
				  requirements for certification and meets the minimum requirements of this
				  chapter and all applicable regulatory requirements. A laboratory may be
				  certified for an analyte, an analytical series, or an environmental program
				  area, except in the UST program area, where certification for individual
				  analytes is not allowed.
"Environmental program area"
means the water
				  supply (drinking water) program, underground storage tank program, wastewater
				  program, or solid waste and contaminated site program pursuant to
				  83.1(3).
"Manual for the Certification of Laboratories
				  Analyzing Environmental Samples for the Iowa Department of'Natural
				  Resources"
(2017) (Iowa Manual) is incorporated by reference in this
				  chapter.
Chapter 1 of the Iowa Manual pertains to certification of
				  laboratories analyzing samples of drinking water and incorporates by reference
				  the Manual for the Certification of Laboratories Analyzing Drinking Water, 5th
				  edition, January 2005, EPA document 815-R-05-004, January 2005; Supplement 1,
				  June 2008, EPA 815-F-08-006; and Supplement 2, November 2012, EPA
				  815-F-12-006.
Chapter 2 of the Iowa Manual, (2017), pertains to
				  laboratories analyzing samples for the underground storage tank program.
Chapter 3 of the Iowa Manual, (2017), pertains to
				  laboratories analyzing samples for wastewater and sewage sludge disposal
				  programs.
Chapter 4 of the Iowa Manual, (2017), pertains to
				  laboratories analyzing samples for the solid waste and contaminated site
				  programs.
"Performance evaluation (PE) sample"
means a
				  reference sample provided to a laboratory for the purpose of demonstrating that
				  a laboratory can successfully analyze the sample within limits of performance
				  specified by the department. The true value of the concentration of the
				  reference material is unknown to the laboratory at the time of analysis. A PE
				  sample may also be referred to as a proficiency testing sample or PT
				  sample.
"Provisional certification "
means a
				  laboratory has deficiencies, which must be corrected within the specified time
				  frames listed in 83.7(2)
"d, "
but demonstrates to the
				  satisfaction of the department its ability to consistently produce valid data
				  within the acceptance limits as specified within the department's certification
				  requirements.
"Revoked certification "
means a laboratory
				  no longer fulfills the requirements of this chapter, and certification is
				  revoked by the director upon determination of the director that the laboratory
				  no longer fulfills the requirements for certification (455B.114).
"Suspended certification "
means a temporary
				  suspension of certification for a laboratory, conditional upon meeting the time
				  frames in 83.7(4)
"d "
for the correction of the
				  deficiency.
"Temporary certification"
means short-term
				  transitional certification granted in certain circumstances when the department
				  implements certification in a new environmental program area.