18 AAC 78.810. Laboratory status

Based on its review of the application, the QA manual, and the PE results submitted under 18 AAC 78.800, and subject to change under 18 AAC 78.815, the department will, upon initial application or renewal, place a laboratory in one of the following classifications:

(1) "provisionally approved," for a limited approval that allows a laboratory to operate as an approved laboratory while the laboratory's application is pending due to circumstances described in (A) - (C) of this paragraph, or for one year, whichever period is less; for a laboratory with provisional approval, the laboratory manager shall ensure that all requirements for full approval are completed before provisional approval expires or the department will deny approval upon reapplication; the department will grant provisional approval to a laboratory that is not currently provisionally approved and that has not previously been denied approval, if at least one of the following circumstances exist:

(A) the department cannot process applications for approval in a timely manner;

(B) the department determines that the laboratory has minor deficiencies in its QA manual; or

(C) the laboratory fails one or more parameters from a PE and provides an acceptable corrective action report as required in 18 AAC 78.800(c) ;

(2) "approved," for the full or partial approval of a laboratory that meets the requirements of 18 AAC 78.800; the department will send a letter of acceptance and a certificate of approval to the laboratory manager; an approval

(A) is effective for one year;

(B) is partial if the department denies approval for a specific parameter; the department will deny approval for a specific parameter if the laboratory has not passed the PE for that parameter as required under 18 AAC 78.800; and

(C) for gasoline range organics, diesel range organics, residual range organics, and BTEX is limited to the methods for which the laboratory demonstrated the ability to successfully analyze PE samples under 18 AAC 78.800;

(3) "disapproved," for a laboratory that does not receive approval; the department will disapprove an application if the department determines that the laboratory manager has

(A) failed to demonstrate that the laboratory meets the requirements of 18 AAC 78.800;

(B) misrepresented the laboratory's capabilities;

(D) failed to pay the required fee.

History: Eff. 11/3/95, Register 136; am 1/22/99, Register 149; am 6/25/99, Register 150

Authority: AS 44.46.020

AS 44.46.025

AS 46.03.020

AS 46.03.365

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