Section Env-C 307.01 - Participation in Scheduled and Supplemental Proficiency Testing(a) Laboratories shall use proficiency testing (PT) providers approved by: (2) The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA);(3) Other proficiency test providers that are also accreditation bodies; or(4) A proficiency testing provider accreditor.(b) Laboratories seeking to become accredited or to maintain accreditation shall perform analyses of PT samples for each field of accreditation for which NH ELAP accreditation is sought, as described in Volume 1, Module 1 of the TNI standards.(c) Prior to requesting PT samples or otherwise participating in a PT study, a laboratory shall obtain an EPA laboratory identification code, where applicable, which is the EPA identification code the laboratory uses when reporting results to an approved PT provider.(d) The laboratory seeking or maintaining accreditation shall obtain scheduled and supplemental PT samples that meet the requirements of Volume 1, Module 1 of the TNI standards from any PT provider as required by Volume 1, Module 1 of the TNI standards. (e) Subject to (h), below, each laboratory seeking to become accredited or to maintain accreditation shall participate in at least 2 PT studies per year provided by a PT Provider as required by Volume 1, Module 1 of the TNI standards.(f) In addition to (e) above, the laboratory shall successfully participate annually in at least one PT study for each drinking water method and analyte for which accreditation is sought.(g) Subsequent PT studies for initial or continuing accreditation shall be conducted in accordance with Volume 1, Module 1 of the TNI standards.(h) Any laboratory seeking to obtain initial accreditation for whole effluent toxicity or to maintain such accreditation shall successfully participate in at least one discharge monitoring report-quality assurance (DMR-QA) study per year provided by a PT provider.N.H. Code Admin. R. Env-C 307.01
#4861, eff 7-6-90; ss by #5564, eff 1-28-93, EXPIRED: 1-28-99
New. #7035, INTERIM, eff 6-25-99, EXPIRES: 10-23-99
New. #7126, eff 10-29-99; ss by 9009, INTERIM, eff 10-29-07, EXPIRES: 4-26-08; ss by #9134, eff 4-19-08
Amended by Volume XXXVII Number 2, Filed January 12, 2017, Proposed by #12065, Effective 1/1/2017, Expires 1/1/2027.Amended by Volume XLI Number 49, Filed December 9, 2021, Proposed by #13291, Effective 11/23/2021, Expires 11/23/2031