South Carolina Code of Regulations › Chapter 61 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL › Subchapter 61-81 - State Environmental Laboratory Certification Program › Section 61-81.D - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 6, June 28, 2024
(1) "Acceptable
			 results" means a variance of less than plus or minus two (2) standard
			 deviations from the true value of a performance audit sample, as utilized by
			 the EPA for its evaluation of state laboratories, unless another variance for a
			 specific parameter is announced prior to the analysis.
(2) "Board" means the governing body of the
			 South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control.
(3) "Certificate" means that document issued
			 by the State Environmental Laboratory Certification Officer showing those
			 parameters for which a laboratory has received certification. The certificate
			 remains the property of the Department and must be surrendered at the direction
			 of the Department.
(4)
			 "Certification" means a declaration by the Department that a laboratory has
			 been evaluated under the State Environmental Laboratory Certification Program
			 and found acceptable to analyze specified parameters.
(5) "CFR" means the Code of Federal
			 Regulations.
(6) "Commissioner"
			 means the duly constituted Commissioner of the Department or his authorized
			 agent.
(7) "Department" means the
			 South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control, including
			 personnel thereof authorized and empowered by the Board to act on behalf of the
			 Department or Board.
(8) "EPA"
			 means the United States Environmental Protection Agency.
(9) "Evaluation" means a complete review of
			 the quality control procedures, records keeping, reporting procedures,
			 methodology, and analytical technique of a laboratory for specific
			 parameters.
(10) "Interim approval"
			 means a declaration by the Department that a laboratory has been evaluated
			 under the State Environmental Laboratory Certification Program prior to the
			 date of required certification and has been determined to be in substantial
			 compliance with its requirements.
(11) "Laboratory" means any facility that
			 performs analyses to determine the quality of air, drinking water, solid waste,
			 hazardous waste, wastewater, performs bioassays; or any other analyses related
			 to environmental quality evaluations required by the Department or which will
			 be officially submitted to the Department.
(12) "Laboratory Director" means that person
			 who has been given the responsibility by the laboratory's governing body
			 (owners, directors, commissioners, councilmen, mayor, board members or who so
			 ever occupies the status of proprietor) of supervising the operations of the
			 laboratory and insuring the quality of data reported.
(13) "Performance audit sample" means a
			 sample in which the concentrations of the constituents required for
			 certification are known only to the State Environmental Laboratory
			 Certification Officer and is used to determine analysts' proficiency.
(14) "State Environmental Laboratory
			 Certification Officer" means that person designated by the Department who is
			 responsible for the management of the State Environmental Laboratory
			 Certification Program or his authorized delegate.