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New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 7 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › Chapter 18 - REGULATIONS GOVERNING THE CERTIFICATION OF LABORATORIES AND ENVIRONMENTAL MEASUREMENTS › Subchapter 2 - PROGRAM PROCEDURES AND REQUIREMENTS › Section 7:18-2.8 - Procedure for modification of certification status by the addition or deletion of parameters, categories and/or combined categories

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(a) A certified
				environmental laboratory seeking to modify its certification, or a laboratory
				seeking to modify its application for certification under
				7:18-2.5, shall submit an
				application to the Department at the address specified in
				7:18-2.5(a). In
				the application, the laboratory shall include the following:
1. Any changes that the laboratory seeks to
				make in the areas for which it is certified or has applied to be certified,
				including all information required under
				7:18-2.5(b)4;
2. Information required under
				7:18-2.5(b)6  and
				7, with respect to any additional personnel needed for additional areas of
				certification pursuant to
				7:18-2.10;
3. Information required under
				7:18-2.5(b)8, if
				applicable to the modification;
4.
				The certification required under
				7:18-1.9(a),
				signed by the person required under
				7:18-1.9(b);
				and
5. The fees required under
				7:18-2.9, in the form of a check
				payable to "Treasurer, State of New Jersey." However, if the modification is
				part of a renewal application under
				7:18-2.7(b), then
				the laboratory need not pay the fee for "Administrative Activities--Request for
				modification in certified, applied or interim approval status."
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 7 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › Chapter 18 - REGULATIONS GOVERNING THE CERTIFICATION OF LABORATORIES AND ENVIRONMENTAL MEASUREMENTS › Subchapter 2 - PROGRAM PROCEDURES AND REQUIREMENTS › Section 7:18-2.9A - Annual adjustment of fees

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(a)
				When, based on budget considerations, the Department determines to adjust the
				fees established in
7:18-2.9
,
				Fees, for the upcoming State fiscal year (which runs from July 1 to June 30),
				the Department shall:
1. Prepare a Fee
				Adjustment Report, in accordance with (b) below; and
2. Publish a notice of administrative change
				in the New Jersey Register that:
i. States
				that the Fee Adjustment Report is available on the Department's website at
www.nj.gov/dep/oqa
; and
ii. Sets forth the adjusted fees determined
				as provided at (b) below.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 7 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › Chapter 18 - REGULATIONS GOVERNING THE CERTIFICATION OF LABORATORIES AND ENVIRONMENTAL MEASUREMENTS › Subchapter 2 - PROGRAM PROCEDURES AND REQUIREMENTS › Section 7:18-2.10 - Environmental laboratory personnel requirements

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(a) A
				certified environmental laboratory shall employ qualified personnel who possess
				the education, training, and experience required under this section. The
				laboratory shall maintain current employee records that include a resume and
				college transcript documenting each employee's training, experience, duties,
				and dates of relevant employment. The laboratory shall include at least the
				following personnel:
1. An environmental
				laboratory manager, who shall be the individual in responsible charge of the
				laboratory;
2. One or more
				supervisors, who shall be qualified in accordance with the applicable
				provisions of (b) below to perform the tests and analyses within the Category
				or Categories for which the environmental laboratory is certified, or seeks
				certification. The environmental laboratory manager may also serve as a
				supervisor provided that the manager meets the qualifications for
				supervisor;
3. A Quality Assurance
				(QA) Officer. For a laboratory that is certified or seeks to be certified in
				any of Categories CLP01 through 6, the QA Officer shall meet the applicable
				requirements of (b)9 below. For any other laboratory, the QA Officer shall meet
				the applicable requirements of (b) below for a supervisor in any Category,
				provided, however, that an individual who meets only the requirements for a
				supervisor in the Categories listed in (b)2 below may serve as the QA Officer
				only in those Categories; and
4. If
				required under (b) below, technical support staff, who shall be qualified in
				accordance with the applicable provisions of (b) below for the tests and
				analyses within the Category or Categories for which the environmental
				laboratory is certified, or seeks certification.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 7 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › Chapter 18 - REGULATIONS GOVERNING THE CERTIFICATION OF LABORATORIES AND ENVIRONMENTAL MEASUREMENTS › Subchapter 2 - PROGRAM PROCEDURES AND REQUIREMENTS › Section 7:18-2.11 - Duties of environmental laboratory personnel

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(a) In its quality
				assurance/quality control manual maintained pursuant to
				7:18-4.5, 5.5, 6.6, 7.7 and 8.4, a
				certified environmental laboratory shall include duties of the manager, all
				supervisors, and the quality control officer.
1. The duties of the manager include, but are
				not limited to, the following:
i. The manager
				shall administer the operations of the environmental laboratory including the
				reporting of tests and analyses. The manager shall be available for personal or
				telephone consultation with the environmental laboratory staff and the
				Department. If the manager is to be absent, the manager shall arrange for a
				substitute. When serving as supervisor or acting supervisor, the manager shall
				meet the requirements of
				7:18-2.10(b);
ii. The manager shall assure that all
				laboratory personnel meet the applicable requirements of
				7:18-2.10(b)  for
				their classification;
iii. The
				manager or designee thereof shall sign reports of analytical data. The
				laboratory shall inform the Department of the designee's name and authority to
				sign reports; and
iv. The manager
				or designee assigned in (a)1iii above, shall obtain a Personal Identification
				Number from the Department, as specified at
				7:18-1.9(c), for
				the electronic submittal of data required under the statutes listed at
				7:18-1.1(c).
				Submission of data using that PIN certifies that the manager or assigned
				designee believes that the submitted information is true, accurate, complete
				and generated according to the procedures contained in N.J.A.C. 7:18.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 7 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › Chapter 18 - REGULATIONS GOVERNING THE CERTIFICATION OF LABORATORIES AND ENVIRONMENTAL MEASUREMENTS › Subchapter 2 - PROGRAM PROCEDURES AND REQUIREMENTS › Section 7:18-2.12 - Criteria for acceptance and analysis of environmental regulatory samples

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(a) A certified
				environmental laboratory shall offer as a service only those tests, analyses,
				and procedures that:
1. Are within the scope
				of the laboratory's certification and Annual Certified Parameter
				List;
2. For which it has a
				qualified supervisor who meets the applicable requirements of
				7:18-2.10(b);
				and
3. For which personnel,
				equipment and facilities meeting the applicable requirements of this chapter
				are available.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 7 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › Chapter 18 - REGULATIONS GOVERNING THE CERTIFICATION OF LABORATORIES AND ENVIRONMENTAL MEASUREMENTS › Subchapter 2 - PROGRAM PROCEDURES AND REQUIREMENTS › Section 7:18-2.13 - Proficiency testing program

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(a) A laboratory
				seeking certification for any parameter shall successfully complete the
				proficiency testing program described in (h) through (j) below for that
				parameter.
(b) To maintain
				certification, a certified environmental laboratory shall successfully complete
				proficiency testing pursuant to (h) through (j) below.
1. For all categories other than
				radiochemical testing, radon in water, and radon/radon progeny-in-air:
i. Each certified laboratory shall obtain and
				analyze PT samples from a Department-approved PT sample provider within the
				timeframe and in accordance with the schedule that the Department establishes.
				A Department-approved PT sample provider is one that is accredited by a
				proficiency test provider accreditor that meets the TNI requirements. The
				Department will announce at least two pre-determined timeframes a year for the
				required parameters within a matrix. All laboratories certified for that
				parameter (including indicator parameters) shall participate in at least one
				proficiency test study each year per matrix in accordance with the
				predetermined schedule. If a laboratory fails to successfully complete a
				proficiency test study, it shall participate in another proficiency test study
				within the Department's prescribed timeframe;
ii. Upon the Department's request, a
				particular laboratory shall participate in proficiency tests in addition to the
				test or tests under (b)1 above. The Department may make such a request based
				upon information indicating that the laboratory's analyses for the parameter in
				question do not meet the requirements of this chapter; and
iii. A laboratory shall not be required to
				participate in more than two proficiency tests pursuant to (b)1i and ii above
				in a certification year.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 7 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › Chapter 18 - REGULATIONS GOVERNING THE CERTIFICATION OF LABORATORIES AND ENVIRONMENTAL MEASUREMENTS › Subchapter 2 - PROGRAM PROCEDURES AND REQUIREMENTS › Section 7:18-2.14 - On-site audits

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(a) A certified
				environmental laboratory or a laboratory seeking certification shall permit and
				facilitate scheduled and unscheduled audits by the OQA or its designee as a
				condition of obtaining and maintaining certification. The laboratory shall
				allow the OQA access to its facility to conduct the audit. A refusal to allow
				entry is grounds for revocation or denial of certification.
(b) During an on-site audit, a certified
				environmental laboratory or a laboratory seeking certification shall
				demonstrate compliance with the Department's standards as set forth in this
				chapter for performing the methods for which certification is sought.
(c) A certified environmental laboratory that
				has moved to a new location shall comply with
				7:18-2.19. The OQA shall perform an
				on-site audit at the new location.
(d) During an audit, the OQA shall assess the
				following: personnel qualifications; working conditions, including adequacy of
				space; equipment and supplies; organizational efficiency; sample handling and
				chain of custody; SOPs for quality control operations, methods, and data
				handling; maintenance of all required records; and compliance with the other
				requirements of this chapter.
(e)
				The OQA shall provide the laboratory with a written report listing the
				deficiencies identified during the audit. The Department may assess penalties
				pursuant to N.J.A.C. 7:18-10 or suspend or revoke the laboratory's
				certification (if any), if the audit identifies grounds for such
				action.
(f) Within 30 days after
				receiving the audit report under (e) above, the laboratory shall submit a plan
				to correct the deficiencies. In the plan, the laboratory shall list the
				corrective actions it will take, and the date by which the corrective actions
				are to be completed. For a certified environmental laboratory or a laboratory
				holding temporary approval, the date for completing the corrective actions
				shall be no later than 90 days after the date the audit report is delivered to
				the laboratory. For other laboratories, the laboratory may establish the date
				for completing the corrective actions at its discretion.
(g) The laboratory shall notify the
				Department in writing when it has completed the corrective actions identified
				in the plan under (f) above. Failure to correct all deficiencies by the date
				established in the plan is grounds for revocation or denial of
				certification.
(h) An out-of-State
				environmental laboratory shall pay a fee to cover the travel expenses incurred
				by an auditor during an on-site audit in accordance with
				7:18-2.9(f).
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 7 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › Chapter 18 - REGULATIONS GOVERNING THE CERTIFICATION OF LABORATORIES AND ENVIRONMENTAL MEASUREMENTS › Subchapter 2 - PROGRAM PROCEDURES AND REQUIREMENTS › Section 7:18-2.16 - Effect of suspension or revocation of certification

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(a) After
				certification for a parameter or method is revoked, or while certification for
				a parameter or method is suspended, a laboratory is not considered a certified
				environmental laboratory for purposes of that parameter or method. Accordingly,
				the laboratory is not authorized to analyze samples within that parameter or
				pursuant to that method for the purpose of establishing compliance with any
				regulatory program.
(b) A
				laboratory may apply for certification for any parameter or method for which
				its certification is revoked. However, the laboratory may not become
				recertified until at least one year after the revocation has become
				effective.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 7 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › Chapter 18 - REGULATIONS GOVERNING THE CERTIFICATION OF LABORATORIES AND ENVIRONMENTAL MEASUREMENTS › Subchapter 2 - PROGRAM PROCEDURES AND REQUIREMENTS › Section 7:18-2.17 - Procedure for requesting and conducting adjudicatory hearings

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(a) A
				laboratory may request an adjudicatory hearing to contest a decision by the
				Department to suspend, revoke or deny certification, or assess a civil
				administrative penalty.
(b) All
				requests for an adjudicatory hearing must be received by the Department within
				20 calendar days after the laboratory requesting the hearing receives notice of
				the Department's action. If the Department does not receive a hearing request
				within the allotted time, it shall deny the hearing request.
(c) A laboratory requesting a hearing shall
				provide the following information in writing to the Department at the address
				in (f) below:
1. The name, address, and
				telephone number of the laboratory requesting the hearing, and its authorized
				representative;
2. A copy of the
				document in which the Department has stated the decision;
3. A description of any facts or issues which
				the petitioner believes constitute a defense to the allegations made by the
				Department;
4. An admission or
				denial of each of the Department's findings of fact in the administrative
				order, notice of civil administrative penalty assessment or other document
				containing the Department decision. If the laboratory requesting the hearing
				lacks sufficient knowledge or information to form a belief as to the truth of a
				finding, the laboratory shall so state and this shall have the effect of a
				denial. A denial shall fairly meet the substance of the findings denied. When
				the laboratory intends in good faith to deny only a part or a qualification of
				a finding, the laboratory shall specify so much of it as is true and material
				and deny only the remainder. The laboratory may not generally deny all of the
				findings, but shall make all denials as specific denials of designated
				findings. For each finding the laboratory denies, the laboratory shall allege
				the fact or facts as the laboratory believes it or them to be;
5. Information supporting the request and
				specific reference to or copies of other written documents relied upon to
				support the request;
6. An estimate
				of the time required for the hearing (in days and/or hours);
7. A request, if necessary, for a
				barrier-free hearing location for physically disabled persons; and
8. A statement that the laboratory does or
				does not agree to the Department's holding the hearing request for 90 days
				before transmitting it to the Office of Administrative Law, to allow time to
				negotiate a settlement of the dispute as provided by
				1:1-8.1(b).
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 7 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › Chapter 18 - REGULATIONS GOVERNING THE CERTIFICATION OF LABORATORIES AND ENVIRONMENTAL MEASUREMENTS › Subchapter 2 - PROGRAM PROCEDURES AND REQUIREMENTS › Section 7:18-2.18 - Termination of certification upon transfer of controlling interest

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(a) A certified
				environmental laboratory's certification shall terminate upon transfer of a
				controlling interest in the laboratory, unless the transferor complies with the
				procedures set forth in (b) or (c) below. A transfer of a controlling interest
				occurs if:
1. A person who held a controlling
				interest in the laboratory before the transfer does not hold a controlling
				interest after the transfer; or
2.
				A person who did not hold a controlling interest in the laboratory before the
				transfer holds a controlling interest after the transfer.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 7 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › Chapter 18 - REGULATIONS GOVERNING THE CERTIFICATION OF LABORATORIES AND ENVIRONMENTAL MEASUREMENTS › Subchapter 2 - PROGRAM PROCEDURES AND REQUIREMENTS › Section 7:18-2.19 - Information to the Department

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If the name, location, address, telephone number, or
				  identity of the manager or a supervisor of a certified environmental laboratory
				  changes, the laboratory shall send written notice of the change within 15
				  calendar days to the Department, at the addresses listed in
				  7:18-1.6(a)  and
				  2.5(a). If the change involves the identity of a supervisor, the laboratory
				  shall include with the notice information establishing that the new
				  supervisor's qualifications satisfy the applicable requirements of
				  7:18-2.10(b).
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 7 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › Chapter 18 - REGULATIONS GOVERNING THE CERTIFICATION OF LABORATORIES AND ENVIRONMENTAL MEASUREMENTS › Subchapter 2 - PROGRAM PROCEDURES AND REQUIREMENTS › Section 7:18-2.20 - Application for alternate test procedure (ATP) approval

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(a)
				Modifications to DSAMs or new methods not included in DSAMs, Laboratory
				Developed, and/or Non-Standard Methods are considered ATPs. A certified
				environmental laboratory or laboratory holding temporary approval shall not use
				such a modification or new Laboratory Developed and/or Non-Standard Method
				unless the Department has approved it as an ATP and added it to the
				laboratory's Annual Certified Parameter List. Any certified environmental
				laboratory may apply to the Department for approval of an ATP, in accordance
				with this section. The Department will not approve a proposed ATP unless it
				meets the following requirements:
1. An ATP
				proposed as a modification to a DSAM must achieve equal or improved precision,
				accuracy, and method detection limits or quantitation limits as appropriate
				when compared to the approved method for the specified parameters;
2. If the ATP is proposed as a new method
				rather than as a modification to a DSAM, the laboratory must demonstrate that
				the proposed ATP will achieve precision, accuracy, and method detection limits
				or quantitation limits as appropriate, that are sufficient to meet the data
				quality requirements of the regulatory program for which the ATP is to be used;
				and
3. For methods that include
				modifications to the determinative step, preservations, or pretreatment
				procedures, the laboratory can obtain certification for a laboratory developed
				and/or non-standard method option on its Annual Certified Parameter List as
				long as the laboratory and its client agree to the use of the method for other
				than the reporting of compliance data, or for use as specified in a Quality
				Assurance Project Plan or other form of contracted analytical
				services.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 7 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › Chapter 18 - REGULATIONS GOVERNING THE CERTIFICATION OF LABORATORIES AND ENVIRONMENTAL MEASUREMENTS › Subchapter 2 - PROGRAM PROCEDURES AND REQUIREMENTS › Section 7:18-2.21 - Changes in status of DSAMs

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(a) Changes in the
				DSAM status of methods approved for use by certified environmental laboratories
				shall be accomplished by the Department as follows:
1. New or revised methods promulgated as
				amendments or supplements to a rule incorporated by reference under
				7:18-1.5(a)  shall
				become DSAMs on the effective date of the amendment or supplement;
2. New or modified CERCLA CLP methods shall
				become DSAMs when new or revised Invitation for Bid (IFB) documents containing
				these methods are published in the Commerce Business Daily;
3. New or revised Department analytical
				methods for sludge analysis shall become DSAMs on the operative date of the
				amendments or supplements to N.J.A.C. 7:14C adding or revising such
				methods.
4. The Department may
				establish additional DSAMs by amending this chapter pursuant to the
				Administrative Procedure Act,
				52:14B-1 et seq. Examples of
				additional DSAMs include:
i. Discretionary
				USEPA methods published in the CFR or in USEPA methods manuals;
ii. Methods published by organizations with
				recognized expertise in method development, including, but not limited to, the
				American Society for Testing Materials (ASTM), the American Public Health
				Association (APHA), and the United States Geological Survey (USGS);
				and
iii. Other methods that the
				Department determines are necessary to fulfill the analytical requirements
				imposed by one of the regulatory programs listed at
				7:18-2.2(a), are
				Department validated methods and shall be included in the DSM category. A
				Department validated method shall become a DSAM upon fulfillment of the
				rulemaking procedures contained in N.J.A.C. 1:30. In addition to publication in
				the New Jersey Register as a part of the rule promulgation process, copies of
				proposed Department validated methods will be available from the Office of
				Quality Assurance at the address listed at
				7:18-1.6.
5. Notification of methods withdrawn from
				DSAM status shall be published in the New Jersey Register pursuant to N.J.A.C.
				1:30.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 7 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › Chapter 18 - REGULATIONS GOVERNING THE CERTIFICATION OF LABORATORIES AND ENVIRONMENTAL MEASUREMENTS › Subchapter 2 - PROGRAM PROCEDURES AND REQUIREMENTS › Section 7:18-2.22 - Required use of DSAMs

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(a) In analyzing a
				regulatory sample, a certified environmental laboratory shall use only:
1. A DSAM from an applicable category for
				which the laboratory is certified; or
2. An ATP approved by the Department for the
				laboratory and, if applicable, for the facility in question.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 7 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › Chapter 18 - REGULATIONS GOVERNING THE CERTIFICATION OF LABORATORIES AND ENVIRONMENTAL MEASUREMENTS › Subchapter 3 - GENERAL REQUIREMENTS FOR FACILITIES, EQUIPMENT AND SAFETY › Section 7:18-3.1 - Scope

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This subchapter establishes requirements for the facilities,
				  general instrumentation, and equipment that a certified environmental
				  laboratory shall maintain, and safety practices that a certified environmental
				  laboratory shall implement, when performing analyses. The requirements of the
				  subchapter are minimum performance standards that an environmental laboratory
				  shall achieve when analyzing regulatory samples by methods for which it is
				  certified. In addition to the requirements of this subchapter, requirements for
				  the use of more specialized procedures, equipment, and supplies are found in
				  N.J.A.C. 7:18-4 through 9.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 7 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › Chapter 18 - REGULATIONS GOVERNING THE CERTIFICATION OF LABORATORIES AND ENVIRONMENTAL MEASUREMENTS › Subchapter 3 - GENERAL REQUIREMENTS FOR FACILITIES, EQUIPMENT AND SAFETY › Section 7:18-3.2 - Environmental laboratory facilities and safety

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(a) No certified
				environmental laboratory shall perform analyses unless the facility and
				equipment meet the following requirements:
1.
				Each certified environmental laboratory shall have available at least 100
				square feet of floor space per analyst and at least 15 linear feet of bench
				space per analyst. Floor space and bench space are not required for
				analyze-immediately parameters and continuous monitors. Environmental
				laboratory space shall include the following equipment:
i. A sink with hot and cold running water,
				except a sink with hot and cold running water is not necessary for radon/radon
				progeny analysis of air samples, analyze-immediately parameters and continuous
				monitors;
ii. Polarized, grounded
				electrical outlets rated at 120 VAC and sufficient amperage to meet the needs
				of installed equipment. If equipment requires an electrical supply other than
				120 VAC, the laboratory shall provide the equipment with the required service
				and outlet;
iii. When required by
				the method, a supply of natural gas or liquefied petroleum gas with proper
				attachments and a vacuum line, pump, or aspirator; and
iv. An exhaust hood if noxious fumes are
				generated.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 7 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › Chapter 18 - REGULATIONS GOVERNING THE CERTIFICATION OF LABORATORIES AND ENVIRONMENTAL MEASUREMENTS › Subchapter 3 - GENERAL REQUIREMENTS FOR FACILITIES, EQUIPMENT AND SAFETY › Section 7:18-3.3 - Requirements for environmental laboratory equipment, supplies, materials, and general instrumentation

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(a) No certified
				environmental laboratory shall perform testing and analysis of regulatory
				samples unless it has on the premises the equipment, supplies, materials, and
				instruments needed to perform those tests and analyses for which it is
				certified. The equipment, supplies, materials, and instruments shall be under
				the control of the supervisor and meet both the requirements of N.J.A.C. 7:18-4
				through 8 and the following:
1. Analytical
				balances shall meet and be operated in accordance with the following
				requirements:
i. Each analytical balance
				shall have a sensitivity of 0.1 mg;
ii. The analytical balance shall be mounted
				on a heavy, shockproof table. The balance level shall be checked prior to each
				use and shall be adjusted as necessary;
iii. The analytical balance shall be located
				in an area that is away from environmental laboratory traffic and is protected
				from sudden drafts and humidity changes;
iv. The balance temperature shall be
				equilibrated with room temperature;
v. The interior of the balance housing shall
				be kept clean and free from spillage of corrosive chemicals on the pan or
				inside the balance case;
vi. The
				accuracy of each analytical balance shall be checked once a month using at
				least two class "S" weights, one in the gram range (five g to 50 g) and one in
				the milligram range (10 mg to 500 mg). The nominal values of the weight
				checked, observed weight values to the nearest 0.1 mg, dates on which checks
				were performed, analyst signature, and other pertinent information shall be
				recorded in a log book; and
vii.
				Each analytical balance shall be checked and adjusted annually by a service
				person employed by the environmental laboratory, or by a balance consultant and
				a notation recorded in the weight check logbook. A balance which malfunctions
				between annual checks shall be serviced before being used again.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 7 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › Chapter 18 - REGULATIONS GOVERNING THE CERTIFICATION OF LABORATORIES AND ENVIRONMENTAL MEASUREMENTS › Subchapter 4 - MICROBIOLOGICAL TESTING › Section 7:18-4.1 - Scope

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(a) This subchapter applies to certified
				environmental laboratories when performing microbiological testing on
				regulatory samples, and to other laboratories performing microbiological
				testing on PT samples to become certified. This subchapter applies to
				microbiological testing for parameters in the following categories:
1. Categories DW01 and DW02, Microbiology and
				Parasitology and Molecular Microbiology;
2. Categories NPW01 and NPW02, Microbiology
				and Parasitology and Molecular Microbiology; and
3. Category SCM01, Microbiology.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 7 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › Chapter 18 - REGULATIONS GOVERNING THE CERTIFICATION OF LABORATORIES AND ENVIRONMENTAL MEASUREMENTS › Subchapter 4 - MICROBIOLOGICAL TESTING › Section 7:18-4.2 - Requirements for environmental laboratory equipment, supplies and materials

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(a) The supervisor
				shall have control over the equipment, supplies and materials used in
				microbiological testing. The equipment, supplies and materials shall meet the
				requirements of N.J.A.C. 7:18-3, the applicable DSAM, and the following:
1. Air or water-jacketed incubators, aluminum
				block incubators, and water baths shall meet the following requirements:
i. Incubators and water baths shall be sized
				to accommodate periods of peak work load;
ii. Incubators and water baths must maintain
				internal temperatures as specified in the analytical method being
				performed;
iii. When aluminum block
				incubators are used, culture dishes and tubes shall fit snugly within the
				block;
iv. The water bath shall be
				equipped with a calibrated temperature monitoring device graduated in
				increments of at least 0.2 degrees Celsius; and
v. Whenever an air incubator is in use, a
				calibrated temperature monitoring device with its sensor or bulb immersed in
				liquid shall be placed on the topmost and bottommost shelf in use within the
				incubator. If only one shelf in the incubator is in use, the calibrated
				temperature monitoring device shall be placed on that shelf.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 7 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › Chapter 18 - REGULATIONS GOVERNING THE CERTIFICATION OF LABORATORIES AND ENVIRONMENTAL MEASUREMENTS › Subchapter 4 - MICROBIOLOGICAL TESTING › Section 7:18-4.3 - Required use of DSAMs

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(a) In performing
				microbiological analysis of a regulatory sample (including, without limitation,
				analysis of a PT sample by a laboratory that is applying to become certified),
				a laboratory shall use only:
1. A DSAM from
				the applicable Category listed in
				7:18-4.1(a)  for
				which the laboratory is certified or is applying to become certified;
				or
2. An ATP approved by the
				Department for the laboratory and, if applicable, for the facility in
				question.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 7 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › Chapter 18 - REGULATIONS GOVERNING THE CERTIFICATION OF LABORATORIES AND ENVIRONMENTAL MEASUREMENTS › Subchapter 4 - MICROBIOLOGICAL TESTING › Section 7:18-4.4 - Requirements for general environmental laboratory practices

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(a) A laboratory
				performing microbiological analysis shall practice and meet the requirements
				listed in (a)1 through 4 below.
1. The
				laboratory shall follow sterilization procedures meeting the following
				requirements:
i. The times for autoclaving
				materials at 121 degrees Celsius are listed below. Except for membrane filters
				and pads and carbohydrate-containing media, indicated times are minimal times
				which may necessitate adjustment depending upon volumes, containers, and loads;
Material
Time (Minutes)
Membrane filters and pads
10
Carbohydrate-containing media (lauryl
						tryptose,
12-15
brilliant green lactose bile broth, etc.)
Contaminated materials and discarded
						tests
30
Membrane filter assemblies (wrapped),
						sample
15
collection bottles (empty), individual glassware
items
Rinse water
15
Dilution water blanks
15
ii. Membrane
				filter assemblies shall be sterilized at the start of the first filtration
				series, either by autoclaving in accordance with (a)1i above, or by two minutes
				of exposure in an ultraviolet sterilizer unit. The laboratory shall not use the
				ultraviolet sterilizer unit if its use affects the validity of the results. The
				laboratory shall test the ultraviolet lamps quarterly with a light meter and a
				spread plate irradiation test. The laboratory shall not reuse a filtration unit
				without sterilizing it if 30 minutes or more has elapsed since the last sample
				was filtered; and
iii. If glassware
				is sterilized in a hot air oven, the temperature shall be held at 170 degrees
				Celsius for a minimum of two hours.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 7 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › Chapter 18 - REGULATIONS GOVERNING THE CERTIFICATION OF LABORATORIES AND ENVIRONMENTAL MEASUREMENTS › Subchapter 4 - MICROBIOLOGICAL TESTING › Section 7:18-4.5 - Requirements for quality assurance/quality control program

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(a) The
				laboratory shall develop and keep current a quality assurance/quality control
				manual. The laboratory shall not perform analyses of regulatory samples without
				having a current quality assurance/quality control manual covering the analysis
				in question. In the manual, the laboratory shall describe the following:
1. The procedures that the laboratory will
				use in meeting the quality control requirements of this chapter and all
				applicable DSAMs, including, but not limited to, requirements pertaining to
				laboratory equipment, instrumentation and supplies; and
2. The frequency with which the laboratory
				will perform the procedures listed pursuant to (a)1 above.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 7 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › Chapter 18 - REGULATIONS GOVERNING THE CERTIFICATION OF LABORATORIES AND ENVIRONMENTAL MEASUREMENTS › Subchapter 4 - MICROBIOLOGICAL TESTING › Section 7:18-4.6 - Requirements for records and data reporting

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(a) The
				laboratory shall retain records concerning microbiological analyses. The
				records to be retained include raw data records, quality control data records
				(including records of all quality control checks under
				7:18-4.5(c)  ),
				chain-of-custody forms, laboratory reports, and the information required under
				(d) below. The laboratory shall retain each record for at least five years
				after the date of the analysis, provided however, that the laboratory shall
				retain records of analyses for 10 years if the person requesting the analyses
				has informed the laboratory that the analyses were to be performed because of
				epidemiological or public health concerns.
(b) The laboratory shall file and maintain
				data and other records in an accessible location on the laboratory's premises
				for one year after the date of analysis so that reviews can be conducted during
				on-site audits.
(c) The laboratory
				shall not accept custody of regulatory samples unless a chain-of-custody form
				is submitted with the samples, in accordance with
				7:18-9.2(c)9.
1. Before accepting custody of a regulatory
				sample, the laboratory shall determine that the sample is properly labeled and
				has met the handling and preservation requirements. If the sample fails to meet
				those requirements, the laboratory shall indicate that failure on the
				chain-of-custody section of the sample request form or the chain-of-custody
				form;
2. The laboratory's sample
				custodian accepting responsibility for the sample shall sign the
				chain-of-custody form;
3. The
				laboratory shall have an internal chain-of-custody procedure or an alternate
				sample tracking procedure which establishes a sample's integrity and completely
				tracks its custody during its lifetime in the laboratory; and
4. If the analysis was not performed at the
				environmental laboratory that first received the sample, the chain-of-custody
				form shall include the name, address and identification number of the New
				Jersey certified environmental laboratory to which the sample was
				forwarded.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 7 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › Chapter 18 - REGULATIONS GOVERNING THE CERTIFICATION OF LABORATORIES AND ENVIRONMENTAL MEASUREMENTS › Subchapter 5 - CHEMICAL TESTING › Section 7:18-5.1 - Scope

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(a) This subchapter applies to certified
				environmental laboratories when performing chemical testing on regulatory
				samples, and to laboratories performing chemical testing on PT samples to
				become certified. This subchapter applies to chemical testing for parameters in
				the following categories:
1. Air and
				Emissions:
i. Category AE01: Inorganics -
				Non-Metals Analysis;
ii. Category
				AE02: Inorganics - Metals Analysis;
iii. Category AE03: Asbestos
				Analysis;
iv. Category AE04:
				Organics Analysis;
v. Category
				AE06: Air - Laboratory Developed and/or Non-Standard Method; and
vi. Category AE07: Air Sample
				Collection.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 7 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › Chapter 18 - REGULATIONS GOVERNING THE CERTIFICATION OF LABORATORIES AND ENVIRONMENTAL MEASUREMENTS › Subchapter 5 - CHEMICAL TESTING › Section 7:18-5.2 - Requirements for environmental laboratory equipment and instruments

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(a) The supervisor
				shall have control over the equipment and instruments used in chemical testing.
				The laboratory shall use only equipment and instruments that meets the
				applicable requirements listed in (a)1 through 17 below, the applicable
				requirements of N.J.A.C. 7:18-3, and the requirements of the applicable DSAM.
1. Spectrophotometers (other than atomic
				absorption spectrophotometers) shall meet the following requirements:
i. The spectral range shall be at least 400
				to 700 nanometers (nm). The maximum spectral bandwidth shall be no more than 20
				nm;
ii. Wavelength accuracy shall
				be within +/-2.5 nm; and
iii.Spectrophotometers shall employ a cell
				path length permitting a linear calibration of the instrument in the
				anticipated concentration range consistent with the DSAM.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 7 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › Chapter 18 - REGULATIONS GOVERNING THE CERTIFICATION OF LABORATORIES AND ENVIRONMENTAL MEASUREMENTS › Subchapter 5 - CHEMICAL TESTING › Section 7:18-5.3 - Required use of DSAMs

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(a) In performing
				chemical analysis of a regulatory sample (including, without limitation,
				analysis of a PT sample by a laboratory that is applying to become certified),
				a laboratory shall use only:
1. A DSAM from
				the applicable Category listed in
				7:18-5.1(a)  for
				which the laboratory is certified or is applying to become certified;
				or
2. An applicable ATP approved by
				the Department pursuant to
				7:18-2.20 for the laboratory and,
				if applicable, for the facility in question.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 7 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › Chapter 18 - REGULATIONS GOVERNING THE CERTIFICATION OF LABORATORIES AND ENVIRONMENTAL MEASUREMENTS › Subchapter 5 - CHEMICAL TESTING › Section 7:18-5.4 - Requirements for general environmental laboratory practices

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(a) A
				laboratory shall meet the following requirements with respect to laboratory
				chemicals, reagents, and standards used in chemical testing:
1. The laboratory shall use analytical
				reagent grade (AR) chemicals;
2.
				The laboratory shall examine stock and working standard solutions weekly and
				before each use for signs of decomposition, including, but not limited to,
				discoloration, formation of precipitates, and concentration change due to
				obvious evaporation. If the laboratory finds that a solution shows any such
				conditions, the laboratory shall discard the solution immediately;
3. The laboratory shall label all reagents
				and reagent solutions to indicate identity and, when applicable, titer,
				strength or concentration, recommended storage requirements, preparation date,
				expiration date, and any other pertinent information;
4. The laboratory shall immediately discard
				any reagent or reagent solution that is past its expiration date;
5. The laboratory shall use only standards of
				high purity for inorganic methods;
6. The laboratory shall mark all purchased
				chemicals, solutions, and standards with the date received by the laboratory
				and the date first opened by the laboratory;
7. If a DSAM requires the use of special
				purity solvents or reagents, a laboratory shall not perform an analysis
				pursuant to that DSAM using solvents or reagents of lesser purity;
8. The laboratory shall initially standardize
				prepared titrants. The laboratory shall restandardize such titrants at least
				quarterly. The laboratory shall restandardize purchased titrants at least
				quarterly. In standardizing or restandardizing a titrant, the laboratory shall
				use primary or secondary reagents as specified in the applicable DSAM;
9. The laboratory shall not use
				purchased standards or titrants unless they have a lot-specific certificate of
				analysis; and
10. The laboratory
				shall obtain or prepare calibration check standards and QC check samples from
				lots of materials different from those used to prepare calibration
				standards.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 7 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › Chapter 18 - REGULATIONS GOVERNING THE CERTIFICATION OF LABORATORIES AND ENVIRONMENTAL MEASUREMENTS › Subchapter 5 - CHEMICAL TESTING › Section 7:18-5.5 - Requirements for quality assurance/quality control program

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(a) The
				laboratory shall develop and keep current a quality assurance/quality control
				manual. The laboratory shall not perform analyses of regulatory samples without
				having a current quality assurance/quality control manual covering the analysis
				in question. In the manual, the laboratory shall describe the following:
1. The procedures that the laboratory will
				use in meeting the quality control requirements of this subchapter, N.J.A.C.
				7:18-3, and all applicable DSAMs, including, but not limited to, requirements
				pertaining to laboratory equipment, instrumentation and supplies; and
2. The frequency with which the laboratory
				will perform the procedures listed pursuant to (a)1 above.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 7 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › Chapter 18 - REGULATIONS GOVERNING THE CERTIFICATION OF LABORATORIES AND ENVIRONMENTAL MEASUREMENTS › Subchapter 5 - CHEMICAL TESTING › Section 7:18-5.6 - Requirements for records and data reporting

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(a) The
				laboratory shall retain records concerning chemical analyses. The records to be
				retained include raw data records, quality control data records (including
				records of all quality control checks under
				7:18-5.5(c)  ),
				chain-of-custody forms, laboratory reports, and the information required under
				(d) below. The laboratory shall retain each record for at least five years
				after the date of the analysis, provided however, that the laboratory shall
				retain records of analyses for 10 years if the person requesting the analyses
				has informed the laboratory that the analyses were to be performed because of
				epidemiological or public health concerns.
(b) The laboratory shall file and maintain
				data and other records in an accessible location on the laboratory's premises
				for one year after the date of analysis so that reviews can be conducted during
				on-site audits.
(c) The laboratory
				shall not accept custody of regulatory samples unless a chain-of-custody form
				is submitted with the samples, in accordance with
				7:18-9.3(b)4.
1. Before accepting custody of a regulatory
				sample, the laboratory shall determine that the sample is properly labeled and
				has met the handling and preservation requirements. If the sample fails to meet
				those requirements, the laboratory shall indicate that failure on the
				chain-of-custody section of the sample request form or the chain-of-custody
				form;
2. The laboratory's sample
				custodian accepting responsibility for the sample shall sign the
				chain-of-custody form;
3. The
				laboratory shall have an internal chain-of-custody procedure or an alternate
				sample tracking procedure which establishes a sample's integrity and completely
				tracks its custody during its lifetime in the laboratory; and
4. If the analysis was not performed at the
				environmental laboratory that first received the sample, the chain-of-custody
				form shall include the name, address and identification number of the New
				Jersey certified environmental laboratory to which the sample was
				forwarded.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 7 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › Chapter 18 - REGULATIONS GOVERNING THE CERTIFICATION OF LABORATORIES AND ENVIRONMENTAL MEASUREMENTS › Subchapter 6 - RADIOCHEMICAL TESTING PROCEDURES INCLUDING RADON GAS/RADON PROGENY › Section 7:18-6.1 - Scope

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(a) This subchapter applies to certified
				environmental laboratories when performing radiochemical testing or radon/radon
				progeny-in-air testing on regulatory samples, and to laboratories performing
				radiochemical testing or radon/radon progeny-in-air testing on PT samples or
				two cross check samples to become certified. This subchapter also applies to
				laboratories performing the 48-Hour Rapid Gross Alpha Test for compliance with
				the PWTA. This subchapter applies to radiochemical testing and radon/radon
				progeny-in-air testing for parameters in the following categories:
1. Drinking Water Matrix:
i. Category DW10, Radiochemistry -
				Radioactivity & Radionuclides;
ii. Category DW11, Radon in Drinking Water;
				and
iii. Category DW13, Drinking
				Water - Laboratory Developed and/or Non-Standard Methods;
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 7 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › Chapter 18 - REGULATIONS GOVERNING THE CERTIFICATION OF LABORATORIES AND ENVIRONMENTAL MEASUREMENTS › Subchapter 6 - RADIOCHEMICAL TESTING PROCEDURES INCLUDING RADON GAS/RADON PROGENY › Section 7:18-6.2 - Requirements for radiochemistry environmental laboratory facilities

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(a) The laboratory
				shall not perform radiochemical testing unless its facilities meet the
				requirements of (a)1 and 2 below, the applicable requirements of N.J.A.C.
				7:18-3, and the requirements of the applicable DSAM.
1. The laboratory shall properly ground
				counting instruments required to measure activities or specific radionuclides
				described in 40 CFR l4l, Methods for the Safe Drinking Water Act. The
				laboratory shall have available a regulated power supply, either external or
				internal, for use with each such instrument. The laboratory shall not locate
				any such instruments:
i. In a room in which
				samples and standards are being prepared; or
ii. In a room in which other types of
				chemical analyses are being performed.