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Procedures for Detection and Quantitation

Federal Advisory Committee on Detection and Quantitation for Uses in Clean Water Act Programs

Meeting #9 (teleconference)

Tuesday, August 28th, 2007; 1:00PM EDT (10:00AM PDT) to 4:00PM EDT (1:00PM PDT)

The conference call-in number is 1-866-299-3188; the participant code is 202 566-1045#.

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Final Meeting Summary (PDF) (9 pages, 44K)

Agenda

The purposes of this teleconference meeting are to:

  1. Provide the framework and develop the expectations for the September FACDQ meeting including what decisions will be made.
  2. Hear brief report outs on expected September topics, including products expected and key September issues and decisions.
  3. Review and discuss latest version of the Revised Uses Document 8-22-07.
  4. Hear additional recommendations for the September FACDQ meeting.
Teleconference: Tuesday, August 28, 2007, 1:00PM to 4:00PM (EDT)
Time Topics Materials
1:00PM Welcome, Meeting Purpose, Agenda Review, and Introductions
1:10PM Conference Call Protocols and Ground Rules on Voting Protocols, Groundrules, & Voting
1:15PM Other Issues
  • Potential additional recommendations, for September meeting, from FACDQ members
    • For example: "To maintain consistency between all EPA programs, the FACDQ recommends the EPA consider adopting a single procedure for all programs; including SDWA and SW-846 programs. As this procedure has been thoroughly studied and vetted by a group of stake-holders, the FACDQ suggest this procedure be a primary candidate."
  • Others
1:30PM September Meeting: Topics, Updates, Products Expected, Key Issues and Decisions
  • Implementation
  • Final Report
  • Matrix Effects
  • Verification
  • FACDQ #8 MQO Vote
  • Target MQO Bounds
  • Single Lab DQFAC Procedure
  • Multi/Inter Lab Procedure
  • Definitions
2:15PM Revised Uses Document
  • Policy Work Group Presentation and Rationale for Revisions
  • Invited Guests from ASTM & Standard Methods
  • Discussion
  • Expected Product, Key September Issues and Decisions
 Revised Uses Document 8-22-07 (PDF) (11 pages, 81K)
3:15PM Expectations for FACDQ Meeting #10, September 19-21 at FDIC in Arlington, VA
  • Key Issues and Decisions
    • September Vote on Uses
    • September Vote on Procedure
    • September Votes on Other Issues
3:45PM Public Comment
3:50PM Wrap-up, Next Steps
4:00PM ADJOURN

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