| The following are some internet links that we have
found useful.
The National Environmental Laboratory Accreditation Conference (NELAC) is a voluntary association of State and Federal agencies whose purpose is to establish and promote mutually acceptable performance standards for the operation of environmental laboratories. EPA's National Environmental Laboratory Accreditation Program (NELAP) provides support to NELAC to oversee the accrediting authority programs. The entire contents of "Test Methods for Evaluating Solid Waste, Physical/Chemical Methods", SW-846, 3rd Edition, December 1996 and it's updates can be found here (and it’s free!). Each method can be accessed from a Table of Contents on this page. Draft versions of proposed methods can be found as well. EPA OSW Methods Team Home Page The Methods Team is the focal point within the US EPA's Office of Solid Waste (OSW) for expertise in analytical chemistry and characteristic testing methodologies, environmental sampling and monitoring, and quality assurance. The EPA publishes laboratory analytical methods that are used by industries and municipalities to analyze the chemical and biological components of wastewater, drinking water, sediment, and other environmental samples that are required by EPA regulations under the authority of the Clean Water Act and the Safe Drinking Water Act. ASTM methods can be found in the "store" area of the ASTM web site. These methods are available for a fee. Illinois Pollution Control Board The State of Illinois Pollution Control Board home page provides access to information pertaining to rules and regulations, statutes, legislation and various publications. Updates to legislation can be found there. Also, the complete text of Title 35 of the Illinois Administrative Code can be found and downloaded by specific part number. The State of Illinois Environmental Protection Agency was created to safeguard environmental quality, so as to protect health, welfare, property and the quality of life. Field Analytic Technologies Encyclopedia (FATE) The U.S. EPA Technology Innovation Office, in collaboration with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, developed this online encyclopedia of field analytic technologies. The encyclopedia provides information about field-screening technologies. EPA's Laws and
Regulations The Water Environment Federation is the publisher of "Standard Methods for the Examination of Water and Wastewater". |