American Council of Independent Labs

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 2018 - Met with APHL, TNI, WEF, EPA representatives • Winter 2018 - Drafted initial validation study plan • March 2019 - Meeting with team • March 2019 - 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 608.3 and 624.1 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 608.3 (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:

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. Judy.morgan@pacelabs.com