1. American Council of Independent Labs
Environmental Sciences Section
March 27, 2019

2. Agenda
10:00 am Opening Comments, Antitrust Statement, Introductions, and Chair’s Remarks 10:05 am EPA Activities Update and Discussion (Friedman) CRA/SW-846 Program (Kim Kirkland, Christine Langlois-Miller, EPA/ORCR) Clean Water Act Program (Adrian Handley & Lemuel Walker, EPA/OW/OST) Safe Drinking Water Program Dan Hautman, EPA/OW/OGWDW) Clean Air Act Program (Robin Segall, EPA/OAR/OAQPS) 11:30 am Status of Current ACIL Activities Related to ESS Method 3050C Validation Study Update (Briscoe) 600 Series Method QC Project Study Update (Morgan/Friedman) - Analyst Enrichment Courses through ILI (Kennedy) 12:00 pm Lunch
1:50 pm Report on January 2019 TNI Meeting (Morgan/Farrell) 2:15 pm Business Practices Forum Update (Briscoe) 2:30 pm Preparation for Hill Visits & PFAS Task Group Update (Oscar) 3:00 Break 3:15 pm ESS-specific priorities for actions by the Governmental Relations Committee (Marvin) Discussion of Issue Papers and ACIL Follow up 3:45 pm Review/Update of ESS Objectives & ESS Survey Results (Morgan/Briscoe) Identified priorities Strategies for accomplishing priorities - Metrics for measuring success 5:00 pm End of program

3. Status of Current ACIL Activities
Method 3050C Validation Study Update (Briscoe)
600 Series Method QC Project Study Update (Morgan/Friedman)
Analyst Enrichment Courses through ILI (Kennedy)

4. 600 Series Method QC Project Study Update

5. 600 Series Validation - Timeline
September 2017 – Publish new 600 series methods
January 2018 – Organizations formed a partnership and contacted EPA to extend offer of support
Spring 2018 – Survey to determine interest
Fall Met with APHL, TNI, WEF, EPA representatives
Winter Drafted initial validation study plan
March Meeting with team
March Drafted version 2

6. 600 Series Validation - Timeline
March 2019 – Version 2 is complete
Goal:
The primary goal of this study is to collect Quality Control (QC) data for the priority pollutant analytes in Table 1 of Methods and and Tables 1 and 2 of Method 625.1, including
Method Detection Limit (MDL) from blanks and spikes
% Relative Standard deviation (RSD), % error, or % Relative Standard Error (RSE) for the initial calibration
% error for Continuing Calibration Verification
Results from the Initial Demonstration of Capability (DOC) study
Results from Method Blanks
Recoveries of Laboratory Control Samples (LCS), including Surrogates
Note: Some priority pollutant analytes in Table 2 of Method (e.g., PCBs, chlordane) will also be included in this effort.

7. 600 Series Validation - Timeline
Looking to collect six months of QC data from at least 20 labs for each method Goal:
QC Data Type
Data Requested
Method Detection Limit (MDL) spikes
Results from initial study and all quarterly spikes since the methods were implemented.
Initial Calibration
Six months of data.
Continuing Calibration Verification
Initial Demonstration of Capability (DOC)
Results from initial study.
Method Blanks
Laboratory Control Samples (LCS)
Surrogates
Matrix Spike (MS) and Matrix Spike Duplicate
Field Duplicates (FD)

8. 600 Series Validation - Timeline
Specific EDD for reporting
Attestation instead of SOP

9. TNI WINTER MEETING 2019

10. TNI 2016 Standard Implementation January 2020 Florida – April 2019
Calibration Guidance – V1M4
LOD/LOQ Guidance – In review
PT – PTRL Reporting
Mentor Session – Internal Auditing
Assessment Forum – 4.6 Procurement: Purchasing Services and Supplies

11. Review/Update of ESS Objectives & ESS Survey Results

12. Survey Identified 8 Major Areas of Interest w/ Examples
Asked participants to rank 1 – 5, with 1 being highest priority
Asked for potential volunteer leaders to champion discussions for the topics
Goal of discussions - to come up with specific steps that ACIL might be able to take to help the laboratories address the issue

15. Thoughts? Identified Priorities via Survey
Strategies for accomplishing priorities
Metrics for measuring success

16. Thank You for Your Time
Contact Info:
Judy Morgan, MS, REM
Chief Compliance and Training Officer
Pace Analytical Services, Inc.