EPA Quality Assurance Requirement and Guidance Documents
EPA has developed a number of documents which contain requirements and guidance to assist in the development and implementation of quality systems for both EPA and non-EPA organizations.
These documents include:
- EPA Requirements for Quality Management Plans (CIO 2105-S-01.0)
- EPA Requirements for QA Project Plans (CIO 2105-S-02.0)
- Guidance on Systematic Planning Using the Data Quality Objectives Process (QA/G-4)
- Guidance for Quality Assurance Project Plans (QA/G-5)
- Guidance for Geospatial Data Quality Assurance Project Plans (QA/G-5G)
- Guidance for Quality Assurance Project Plans for Modeling (QA/G-5M)
- Guidance for Preparing Standard Operating Procedures (QA/G-6)
- Guidance on Technical Audits and Related Assessments for Environmental Data Operations (QA/G-7)
- Data Quality Assessment: Practical Methods for Data Analysis (QA/G-9), A Reviewer's Guide (QA/G-9R) and Data Quality Assessment: Statistical Methods for Practitioners (QA/G-9S)
Additional documents can be found on the US EPA Agency Wide Quality Systems Documents webpage.