North Carolina Administrative Code › Title 15A - Environmental Quality › Chapter 02 - Environmental Management › Subchapter H - PROCEDURES FOR PERMITS: APPROVALS › Section .0800 - LABORATORY CERTIFICATION › Section 02H .0805 - CERTIFICATION AND RENEWAL OF CERTIFICATION

Current through Register Vol. 39, No. 2, July 15, 2024
(a) Prerequisites and requirements for
				  Certification. The following requirements shall be met by all laboratories,
				  excluding Field Laboratories, prior to Certification. Once certified, failure
				  to comply with any of the following items shall be a violation of Certification
				  requirements.
(1) Laboratory Procedures.
				  Analytical methods, sample preservation, sample containers, and sample holding
				  times shall conform to the requirements found in:
(A) 40 CFR Part 136 and 40 CFR Part
				  503;
(B) Standard Methods for the
				  Examination of Water and Wastewater;
(C) Test Methods for Evaluating Solid Waste,
				  SW-846, Third Edition;
(D) Control
				  of Pathogens and Vector Attraction in Sewage Sludge;
				  EPA/625/R-92/013;
(E) Massachusetts
				  Department of Environmental Protection, Method for the Determination of
				  Volatile Petroleum Hydrocarbons (VPH), February 2018, Revision 2.1, and Method
				  for the Determination of Extractable Petroleum Hydrocarbons (EPH), May 2004,
				  Revision 1.1, and
(F) The State
				  Laboratory may develop Approved Procedures for Field Parameters based upon the
				  methods in any of the sources referenced in Parts(a)(1)(A) through (E) of this
				  Rule.
(G) The procedures and
				  methods listed in this Subparagraph are incorporated by reference, including
				  subsequent amendments and editions.
(H) The materials in this Subparagraph are
				  available for inspection at the State Laboratory, 4405 Reedy Creek Road,
				  Raleigh, North Carolina, 27607 or may be obtained from:
(i) The Code of Federal Regulations, 40 CFR
				  Part 136 and 40 CFR Part 503, may be obtained from the Superintendent of
				  Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office (GPO), Superintendent of Public
				  Documents, Washington, D.C., 20402 and free of charge at
http://www.ecfr.gov
.
(ii) Standard Methods for the Examination of
				  Water and Wastewater, is available for purchase from American Water Works
				  Association (AWWA), 6666 West Quincy Avenue, Denver, CO 80235; American Public
				  Health Association (APHA), 8001 Street, NW, Washington, D.C. 20001; or Water
				  Environment Federation (WEF), 601 Wythe Street, Alexandria, VA 22314; and
http://www.standardmethods.org/
.
(iii) Test Methods for Evaluating Solid
				  Waste, SW-846, Third Edition may be obtained from the Superintendent of
				  Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office (GPO), Washington, D.C. 20402 and
				  free of charge at
http://www.epa.gov/osw/hazard/testmethods/sw846/online/
.
(iv) Control of Pathogens and Vector
				  Attraction in Sewage Sludge; EPA/625/R-92/013 is available from US EPA; Office
				  of Research and Development, Washington, D.C. 20460 and free of charge at
				  http://www.water.epa.gov/scitech/wastetech/biosolids/.
(v) Massachusetts Department of Environmental
				  Protection, Method for the Determination of Volatile Petroleum Hydrocarbons
				  (VPH), February 2018, Revision 2.1, et seq. and Method for the Determination of
				  Extractable Petroleum Hydrocarbons (EPH), May 2004, Revision 1.1, et seq may be
				  obtained from the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection, Senator
				  William X. Wall Experiment Station, 37 Shattuck Street, Lawrence, MA,
				  01843-1398 and free of charge at
https://www.mass.gov/files/documents/2018/02/23/VPH%20GC%20PIDFID_Revision%202_1_February%202018.pdf
and http://www.mass.gov/eea/docs/dep/cleanup/laws/eph0504.pdf,
				  respectively.
(vi) State Laboratory
				  Approved Procedures for Field Parameters may be obtained by request from the
				  State Laboratory or on the State Laboratory website at
https://deq.nc.gov/about/divisions/water-resources/water-resources-data/water-sciences-home-page/laboratory-certification-branch
.
(J) The Commission or assigned
				  delegate may approve other analytical procedures, parameters, or Parameter
				  Methods that produce verifiable and repeatable results.