Information Update #35 (March 27, 1997)

• "Externalization of EPA’s Water Laboratory Performance Evaluation Programs" (refer also to Information Update #34, item #1)
• NELAC PT Committee
• Non-promulgation of Standard Method 3113B for thallium in drinking water
• Cyanide analysis in drinking water, waste water, and groundwater

• Method 1664 update
• Streamlining EPA’s Test Methods Approval Program
• EPA’s notice on recently approved/accepted methods
• "Cryptosporidium and Water" audio conference
• ADHS Administrative Hearing to revoke Westech’s License
• "Partnership for the Future" sponsored by ASTPHLD

• Arizona’s revised Administrative Rules for the Environmental Laboratory Licensure Program
• SW-846 Update III
• Matrix spike limits by 8000 series method
• EPA 608 and Laboratory Licensure Program’s QC criteria for multi-peak components
• MDL’s for 608, 8080 and 8081
• Initial method capability study for partial compound lists or a complete list
• Reporting requirements for diluted samples

• Arizona’s Laboratory Licensure’s New Rules
• USEPA’s Labcert Bulletin information: Externalization of PE studies, mercury by 200.8, radionuclide final rule, streamlining and PBMS, Colilert-18, quanti-tray Colisure medium, cryptosporidium and water handbook
• Web sites and phone numbers
• The National Environmental Laboratory Accreditation Conference (NELAC) progress
• Information Update web site and downloading instructions

• Client satisfaction survey results
• Method 8015AZ "C₆ - C₃₂ Hydrocarbons in Soil" update

• Arizona Environmental Rules amendment update
• Method 8015AZ update
• Standard Arizona VOC analyte list for 8021AZ (refer also to clarification in Information Update #42, item #3)
• Data Evaluation/Analyst Training workshops