Labcert Bulletin, November 1999

United States
Environmental Protection
Agency
Office of Ground Water
and Drinking Water
Cincinnati. OH
EPA-815-N-99-002b
November 1999
&EPA LabCert Bulletin
We've a New Team

Member

We are happy to report that the Technical
Support Center (TSC) Laboratory
Certification Team has a new member.
Patricia Hurr has transferred from the National
Exposure Research Laboratory (NERL) to TSC.
Many of you know Pat as the facilitator of the
Drinking Water Certification Officer's Training
course and the organizer of the triennial audits of
the regional laboratories for drinking water. Pat
will continue these duties and help us in other
areas of the certification program. Welcome Pat.

This is a special issue to inform you of the
proficiency test (PT) providers that were recently
approved by NIST. The information is in two
tables. One table includes names, addresses, etc.
and the second table charts the proficiency testing
program designations for which they have been
approved.

We'd love to hear from you. If there are
certification topics you would like to see
discussed, please call, write, fax or e-mail the
editors. There is a form on the last page for you to
use to update or add your name to our mailing
list.

Ed Click 513 569-7939, glick.ed@epa.gov
Pat Hurr 513 569-7678, hurr.pat@epa.gov
Caroline Madding 513 569-7402,
madding.caroline@epa.gov
USEPA
Technical Support Center
26 W. Martin Luther King Dr.
Cincinnati, OH 45268
In This Issue

S NIST Approved Proficiency Test (PT)
Providers
S Proficiency Testing Program
Designations
S Websites of Interest
Websites of Interest

The Office of Ground Water and Drinking
Water(OGWDW) website is
www.epa.gov/OGWDW/. From this
site you can find a wealth of information about
drinking water methods, current and future
regulations, certification issues, and more. The
"Manual for the Certification of Laboratories
Analyzing Drinking Water," the errata sheets,
past issues of the LabCert Bulletin and this issue
can all easily be found from this address.

There are two other websites that you may find
helpful. The first is the NIST/NVLAP website,
http://ts.nist.gov/ts/htdocs/210/214/214.htm.
This page lists the first accredited PT providers
in the NVLAP Directory of Accredited
Laboratories under the field of Chemical
Calibration, Providers of Proficiency Testing.
The other website is:
http ://www.gpo.gov/su_docs/aces/acesl40.html,
where you where you can find the drinking water
regulations.
FAX: 513 569-7191
Printed on Recycled Paper

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              Office of Water Proficiency Test (PT) Providers
The National Institiue of Standards and Technology (NIST) has developed the standards for the accreditation
of private sector PT providers and operates a provider accreditation program under an Interagency Agreement
with EPA. The study participants include participating analytical laboratories in water supply (WS) and Water
pollution (WP) studies, and permittees in the Discharge Monitoring Report-Quality Assurance (DMRQA)
studies.  The tables below list the names and contact information of the first group of providers approved by
NIST, and the parameters for which each provider has been approved.  The Accreditations are valid through:
September 30,2000.
Providers Approved forWater Supply (WS) Proficiency Testing Program Designations
NIST/NVLAP Approved PT Providers October 1999
NVLAP
Code
20AJ01
20/U02
2Q/U03
20/U04
20/U05
20/U06
2QAJ07
20/UOS
20/U09
20/U10
20/Ull
2G/TJ12
20/U13
20/U14
20/UJ5
20/U16
20/U17
20/U18
20/U19
2Q/U20
2CVU21
20/U22
2(VU23
20/U24
20/U25
2Q/U26
20/U27
USEPA Designation
WSCHEM Trace Metals "" 	 ~ 	 ""
WSCHEM Sodium
WSCHEM Nitrate, Nitrite, Fluoride, and
Orthophosphate
WSCHEM Bromate, Bromide, Chlorate, and
Chlorite
WSCHEM Sulfate
WSCHEM Residual Free Chlorine
WSCHEM Cyanide
WSCHEM Asbestos
WSCHEM Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs)
Group I
WSCHEM Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs)
Group II
WSCHEM Insecticides (Pesticides)
WSCHEM Herbicides
WSCHEM Carbamate Pesticides
WSCHEM Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons
WSCHEM Polychlorinated Bipjienyls
(PCBs/Aroclors)
WSCHEM Toxaphene and Chlordane
WSCHEM Dioxin (2,3,7,8-TCDD)
WSCHEM Adipate and Phthalate Esters
WSCHEM Haloacetic Acids
WSCHEM Chloral Hydrate
WSCHEM Total Organic Carbon (TOC)
WSCHEM Alkalinity (as CaCO,)
WSCHEM Calcium Hardness (as CaCO3)
WSCHEM Total Filterable Residue
WSCHEM pH
WSCHEM Turbidity
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Providers Approved for Water Pollution (WP) Proficiency Testing Program Designations
NIST/NVLAP Approved PT Providers October 1999
NVLAP
Code
20/U28
20/U29
20AJ30
20/U31
20/U32
20/U33
20/U34
20/U35
20/U36
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20/U38
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20/U45
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USEPA Designation
WPCHEM Trace Metals
WPCHEM Minerals : Calcium, Magnesium, Potassium,
and Sodium
WPCHEM Minerals: Chloride, Fluoride, and Sulfate
WPCHEM/DMRQACHEM Nutrients
WPCHEM/DMRQACHEM Total Residual Chlorine
WPCHEM/DMRQACHEM Cyanide
WPCHEM Volatile Halocarbon Compounds
WPCHEM Volatile Aromatic Compounds
WPCHEM Chlorinated Pesticides
WPCHEM Chlordane
WPCHEM Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs as
Aroclors) in Water
WPCHEM Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs as
Aroclors) in Oil
WPCHEM Total Phenolics
WPCHEM Demands
WPCHEM Total Alkalinity (as CaCO,)
WPCHEM Total Hardness (as CaCO,
WPCHEM Total Dissolved Solids
WPCHEM/DMRQACHEM Non-Filterable Residue
WPCHEM/DMRQACHEM Oil and Grease
WPCHEM/DMRQACHEM pH
WPCHEM Specific Conductance
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1.= Absolute Standards, Inc.
2.= AccuStandard, Inc.
3. = Analytical Products Group, Inc. (APG)
4. = CHRISOPE Technologies, A Division of Remel
5. = Environmental Resource Associates (ERA)
6. = New York State, DOH
7. = Protocol Analytical Supplies, Inc.
8. = Spex Certiprep, Inc.
9. = Ultra Scientific, Inc.

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United States
Environmental Protection Agency
Office of Ground Water and Drinking Water
Cincinnati, OH 45268

Official business
Penalty for Private Use
$300

EPA-815-N-99-002b
    FIRST CLASS
POSTAGE & FEES PAID
        EPA
   PERMIT No. G-35
                  NIST/NVLAP Accredited Proficiency Test Providers (10/99)
Company Name
Absolute Standards, Inc.
AccuStandard, Inc.
APO.Inc
CHR1SOPE
Technologies, A Division
Of Rcmcl
Environmental Resource
Associates
New York State
(for internal use by NY
Laboratory Accreditation
Program)
Protocol Analytical
Supplies
Spex Certiprep, Inc.
Ultra Scientific. Inc
Address
PO Box 5585
Hamden, CT 065 18-0585
1 25 Market Street
New Haven, CT 06513 -3031
2730 Washington,Blyd.
Belpre, OH 457 14
LabProficiency
3941 Ryan St.
Lake Charles, LA 70605
5540 Marshall St.
Arvada, CO. 80002
Empire State Plaza
NYSDoH, Wadsworth Center
P.O. Box 509
Albany, NY 12201-0509
472 Lincoln Blvd
Middlesex, NJ 08846
203 Norcross Ave.
Metuchen, NJ. 08840
250 Smith St.
N.Kingstown, RI 02852-7723
Contact
Stephen J. Arpie
William McClain
TomCoyner 	 	
Jody D. Moss
Chuck Wibby
Matthew Caruso
William H. Hahn
Vanaja Sivakumar
Edward Martz
Phone/Fax
1-800-368-1131
1-800-41 0-2577 (fax)
1-203-786-5290 (ext.102)
1-203-786-5287 (fax)
J. -140-421-420.0 or_.. _
1-800-272-4442
740-423-5588 (fax)
1-800-256-4376 (ex 236)
1-318-479-1006 (fax)
1-800-372-0122
1-303-421-0159 (fax)
1-518-485-5570
1-5 18-485-5568 (fax)
1-732-627-0500
1-732-627-0979 (fax)
1-732-549-7144 (ex.418)
1-732-494-1747 (fax)
1-401-294-9400
1-401-295-2330 (fax)
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EMAIL
absolutest@aol.com
bm@accustandard.com
. APG@citynet.net 	
jdmoss @remelinc.com
eracxw@aol.com
caruso@wadsworth.org
bhahn@prostds.com
VSivakumar@spexcsp.c
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emartz@ ultrasci.com

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