Open AccessSemi-annual report of the Department of Energy, Office of Environmental Management, Quality Assessment Program
Author(s) -
C.G. Sanderson,
Pamela D. Greenlaw
Publication year - 1996
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
DOI - 10.2172/188582
Subject(s) - environmental quality , quality (philosophy) , environmental impact assessment , test (biology) , operations management , environmental science , computer science , engineering , law , ecology , paleontology , philosophy , epistemology , political science , biology
This report presents the results from the analysis of the 43rd set of environmental quality assessment samples (QAP XLIII) that were received on or before December 1, 1995. This Quality Assessment Program (QAP) is designed to test the quality of the environmental measurements being reported to the Department of Energy by its contractors. Since 1976, real or synthetic environmental samples that have been prepared and thoroughly analyzed at the Environmental Measurements Laboratory (EML) have been distributed at first quarterly and then semi-annually to these contractors. Their results, which are returned to EML within 90 days, are compiled with EML`s results and are reported back to the participating contractors 30 days later. A summary of the reported results is available to the participants 2 days after the reporting deadline via a modem-telephone connection to the EML computer