Quality assurance guidelines for organic analysis

Abstract : The US Army Corps of Engineers has a fundamental responsibility to produce analytical data that are precise and accurate and meet environmental regulations imposed by the Clean Water Act, the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Recovery act, the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act, the Safe Drinking Water Act, and the Toxic Substances Control Act. Numerous analytical methods for organic analysis are promulgated to provide the same basic information with only slight variations in procedure. This report was written to provide general quality assurance guidelines for organic analysis with specific quality assurance/quality control requirements for the various methods. Keywords: Environmental regulatory methods, Quality control, Organic analysis, Quality assurance guidelines.