Contract Laboratory Program

{
  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-006493",
  "term": "Contract Laboratory Program",
  "field": "Environment",
  "definition": "1. See http://www.epa.gov/superfund/programs/clp/index.htm. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)'s Contract Laboratory Program (CLP) is a national network of EPA personnel, commercial laboratories, and support contractors whose fundamental mission is to provide data of known and documented quality. The CLP supports the EPA's Superfund effort originally under the 1980 Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) and under the 1986 Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act (SARA).\n\n2. Analytical program developed for CERCLA waste site samples to fill the need for legally defensible analytical results supported by a high level of quality assurance and documentation.\n\n3. The analytical program developed for CERCLA waste site samples to fill the need for legally defensible analytical results supported by a high level of quality assurance and documentation.",
  "abbreviation": "CLP",
  "subject": "Health and safety",
  "references": [
    "Superfund Acronyms",
    "40 CFR Appendix A to Part 300 (CFR 2013)",
    "Hazard Ranking System Glossary"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/contract-laboratory-program/"
}