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Procedures for Detection and Quantitation

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

Meeting #10

Wednesday–Friday, September 19–21, 2007

L. William Seidman Center
3501 Fairfax Drive
Arlington, VA
Rooms 203 & 205

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Draft Meeting #10 Summary (PDF) (88 pages, 864 K)

Agenda

The purposes of the meeting are for the committee to reach agreement on recommendations to EPA on

  1. uses of detection and quantitation approaches in Clean Water Act programs,
  2. a procedure or procedures for detection and quantitation, and
  3. definitions for detection and quantitation.

In addition, the committee will also seek to reach agreement on approaches for determining National Quantitation Limits (QLnat); addressing matrix effects; addressing verification of detection and quantitation limits; determining target Measurement Quality Objectives bounds; and implementation of its recommendations.

Wednesday, September 19, 2007, 9:00AM to 8:00PM (EDT)
Time Topics Materials
9:00AM Opening and Introductions
9:10AM Welcome from Mary Smith, Director, Engineering and Analysis Division, EPA
9:15AM Agenda Overview and Grounding
  • Facilitator summary of goals for this meeting
  • FACDQ timeline and Charter
  • Review of decisions needed at this meeting
  • Decision process for the meeting
9:30AM Discussion and Approval of Meeting Summaries #7, #8 and #9 FACDQ Meeting Summaries (#7 only)
Final #7
Final #8 (PDF) (10 pages, 47K)
Final #9 (PDF) (9 pages, 44K)
10:00AM Caucus Reports of Outreach and FACDQ Member Statements
10:15AM BREAK
10:30AM Review of Uses Document (8-31-07) and Decision-Making
  • Presentation by Policy Work Group
  • Questions and responses
  • Plenary discussion of Revised Uses Document
 Revised Uses Document (8-31-07) (PDF) (12 pages, 78K)
11:45AM Caucus Lunch Assignments
  • Reaching agreement on Uses document
    • Options
    • Positions
    • Approaches for agreement
12:00PM LUNCH (In FDIC Cafeteria)

Caucus discussions
1:30PM Uses Document Decision-Making
  • Caucus reports
  • Discussion
  • Agreements and vote
2:30PM BREAK
2:45PM Work Group Reports on Draft Products - Brief Descriptions, Recommendations, Rationales
  • Matrix Effects, Verification, Implementation, Additional FACDQ Recommendations
  • Discussion
  • Approaches to reaching agreements
4:45PM Public Comment
5:00PM DINNER BREAK (Brought into FDIC)
6:30PM Detection and Quantitation FAC Single Lab (DQFAC) Procedure (Version 2.4), QLnat Determination Approach (Multi/Inter Lab), and Definitions - Basic Understandings
  • Technical Work Group presentation
  • Key components
  • Rationale
  • Key decisions needed
7:55PM Wrap-up; Agenda Review and Assignments for Day 2
8:00PM ADJOURN DAY ONE
Thursday, September 20, 2007, 9:00AM to 5:15PM (EDT)
Time Topics Materials
9:00AM Welcome, Day Two Agenda Review
9:15AM Recap Decisions from Day One
9:20AM DQFAC Procedure and Determining QLnat
  • TWG presentation of recommendations and rationale
  • Discussion
  • Identification of key issues to resolve
  • Caucus assignments during break
10:30AM BREAK
  • Caucus discussions on Procedure recommendation and approach to determining QLnat
11:00AM Caucus Reports on Reaching Agreement on Recommended Procedure and Determining QLnat
12:00PM LUNCH
1:00PM Agreements on Procedure and Determining QLnat
  • Discussion
  • Agreements and vote
3:00PM BREAK
3:15PM Definitions Discussion
  • TWG Presentation
  • Discussion
 Definitions
4:00PM Discussion, and Decision on Target MQO Bounds
  • Discussion on target MQO Bounds
  • Agreements and vote
 Target MQO Bounds
4:45PM Public Comment
5:00PM Wrap-up; Agenda Review and Assignments for Day 3
5:15PM ADJOURN DAY TWO
Friday, September 21, 2007, 1:00AM to 3:00PM (EDT)
Time Topics Materials
1:00AM Welcome, Day Three Agenda Review
8:15AM Final Decisions on Package of Agreements and Recommendations
10:30AM BREAK
10:45AM Discussion of the Final Report and Work Plan
  • Presentation by Final Report Work Group
  • Discussion of Final Report and potential recommendations
  • Agreement on direction to Final Report Work Group
11:30AM Recap of Decisions Made at FACDQ #10
12:00PM LUNCH
1:00PM Assignments
  • Policy Work Group
  • Technical Work Group
  • Implementation Work Group
  • Final Report Work Group
  • Other assignments
2:00PM Next Steps and Schedule
  • What needs to happen between FACDQ Meeting #10 and FACDQ Meeting #11, December 2007
  • Agreement on decisions at December Meeting
  • Schedule for completion of FACDQ work
2:30PM Public Comment
2:45PM Wrap-Up and Summary
3:00PM ADJOURN DAY THREE; FACDQ #10

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