25 Pa. Code § 252.6 - Accreditation-by-rule
(a)
Purpose. Environmental laboratories performing testing or
analysis or reporting results described in this section will be deemed to have
accreditation-by-rule if the following general requirements are met:
(1) The environmental laboratory registers
with the Department in accordance with
27 Pa.C.S. §
4107(a) (relating to interim
requirements).
(2) The
environmental laboratory performs the testing or analysis in conformance with
applicable State or Federal laws, regulations, promulgated methods, orders and
permit conditions.
(3) The
environmental laboratory assures that samples for testing or analysis are
properly preserved, are in proper containers, do not exceed maximum holding
times between collection and analysis, and are handled in accordance with
applicable State or Federal laws, regulations, promulgated methods, orders and
permit conditions.
(4) The
environmental laboratory has the other necessary permits under the applicable
environmental protection acts and is operating under the acts and regulations
promulgated thereunder and the terms and conditions of permits.
(5) Records pertaining to the testing or
analysis of environmental samples are retained onsite and in accordance with
§
252.706 (relating to
recordkeeping). Records shall be made available to the Department upon
request.
(6) The environmental
laboratory is reporting only the results of the testing or analysis of
environmental samples specified in subsections (c) and (f) in conformance with
the applicable State or Federal laws, regulations, orders or permit
conditions.
(b)
Inappropriate activity. The Department may require an
environmental laboratory deemed to have accreditation-by-rule to apply for, and
obtain, environmental laboratory accreditation under Subchapter B (relating to
application, fees and supporting documents), or take other appropriate action,
when the environmental laboratory is not in compliance with the conditions of
accreditation-by-rule or is conducting an activity that harms or presents a
threat of harm to the health, safety or welfare of the people or the
environment of this Commonwealth.
(c)
Testing and analysis of samples
from public water suppliers. An environmental laboratory using an
individual meeting the requirements specified in §
109.704 (relating to operator
certification) and in compliance with subsections (a) and (b) will be deemed to
be accredited under this chapter to perform only those measurements identified
in §
109.304(c)
(relating to analytical requirements) as measurements that may be performed by
a person meeting the requirements of § 109.704.
(d)
Industrial wastewater treatment
facility laboratory. An environmental laboratory operated by an
industrial wastewater treatment facility in compliance with subsections (a) and
(b) will be deemed to be accredited under this chapter to perform testing or
analysis not mandated by the Department and those tests identified in
subsection (f).
(e)
Wastewater facility laboratory. An environmental laboratory
operated by a wastewater facility in compliance with subsections (a) and (b)
will be deemed to be accredited under this chapter to perform testing or
analysis not mandated by the Department and those tests identified in
subsection (f).
(f)
Other
testing and analysis. With the exception of environmental laboratories
testing or analyzing environmental samples to comply with the Pennsylvania Safe
Drinking Water Act (35 P. S. §§
721.1-721.17), an environmental laboratory in
compliance with subsections (a) and (b) will be deemed accredited under this
chapter for the following tests or analyses:
(1) Alkalinity.
(2) Carbon dioxide
(CO2).
(3)
Color.
(4) Conductivity.
(5) Dissolved oxygen.
(6) Field radioactivity using hand held
survey instruments.
(7) Flash point
and total halogen determination on waste oil by a waste oil transporter or
waste oil transfer facility as required by §
298.44 (relating to rebuttable
presumption for waste oil and flash point screening).
(8) Flow.
(9) Foam.
(10) Hardness.
(11) Odor.
(12) Oxidation reduction potential.
(13) Paint filter test.
(14) pH.
(15) Residual disinfectant
concentration.
(16) Settleable
solids.
(17) Sheen.
(18) Sludge volume index.
(19) Specific gravity.
(20) Sulfite.
(21) Taste.
(22) Temperature.
(23) Turbidity.
(24) Vapor analysis using hand held survey
instruments.
(25) Volatile acids in
wastewater and sludge.
(g)
Exclusion from
requirements. An environmental laboratory deemed to be accredited
under this section is not required to meet any other requirements in this
chapter.
Notes
The provisions of this § 252.6 amended under 27 Pa.C.S. §§ 4103(a), 4104 and 4105; and section 1920-A of The Administrative Code of 1929 (71 P.S. § 510-20).
This section cited in 25 Pa. Code § 252.1 (relating to definitions).
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