Quality Assurance Project Plan

{
  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-022883",
  "term": "Quality Assurance Project Plan",
  "field": "Environment",
  "definition": "1. A document describing in comprehensive detail the necessary quality assurance, quality control and other technical activities that must be implemented to ensure that the results of the work performed will satisfy the stated performance criteria.\n\n2. A formal document describing in comprehensive detail the necessary quality assurance procedures, quality control activities, and other technical activities that need to be implemented to ensure that the results of the work performed will satisfy the stated performance or acceptance criteria.\n\n3. A document specifying the QA, QC, and other technical activities that must be implemented to ensure that the results of the work performed will satisfy stated performance criteria and the decision to be made.\n\n4. A document describing in comprehensive detail the necessary QA, QC, and other technical activities that must be implemented to ensure that the results of the work performed will satisfy the stated performance criteria.\n\n5. An organization's written procedures which delineate how it produces quality data for a specific project or measurement method. (Assistance Administration Manual)\n\n6. A project-specific document that specifies the data quality and quantity requirements of a study, as well as the procedures that will be used to collect, analyze, and report the data.\n\n7. A formal document describing in comprehensive detail the necessary quality assurance, quality control, and other technical activities that should be implemented to ensure that the results of the work performed will satisfy the stated performance criteria. {ORD} {OW/EAD} {OPP} {OW/TSC} {OAR/OAQPS} {OECA} {ORCR}\n\n8. Written document, associated with all remedial site sampling activities, which presents in specific terms the organization (where applicable), objectives, functional activities, and specific quality assurance (QA) and quality control (QC) activities designed to achieve the data quality objectives of a specific project(s) or continuing operation(s). The QAPP is prepared for each specific project or continuing operation (or group of similar projects or continuing operations). The QAPP will be prepared by the responsible program office, regional office, laboratory, contractor, recipient of an assistance agreement, or other organization. For an enforcement action, potentially responsible parties may prepare a QAPP subject to lead agency approval.\n\n9. Document describing in comprehensive detail the necessary quality assurance, quality control and other technical activities that must be implemented to ensure that the results of the work performed will satisfy the stated performance criteria.\n\n10. Written document, associated with remedial site sampling, which presents in specific terms the organization (where applicable), objectives, functional activities, and specific quality assurance and quality control activities and procedures designed to achieve the data quality objectives of a specific project(s) or continuing operation(s).\n\n11. A document describing in comprehensive detail the necessary quality assurance, quality control, and other technical activities that must be implemented to ensure that the results of the work performed will satisfy the stated performance criteria. [EPA 2004]\n\n12. A formal document describing in comprehensive detail the necessary quality assurance, quality control, and other technical activities that should be implemented to ensure that the results of the work performed will satisfy the stated performance criteria.\n\n13. A document describing in comprehensive detail the necessary QA, QC, and other technical activities that must be implemented to ensure that the results of the work performed will satisfy the stated performance objectives and criteria.\n\n14. A planning document related to a project or program that describes in comprehensive detail the necessary QA/QC requirements and other technical activities that must be implemented to ensure that the results of the work performed will satisfy the stated performance and acceptance criteria.\n\n15. The U.S. EPA has developed the QAPP as a tool for project managers and planners to document the type and quality of data needed for environmental decisions and to describe the methods for collecting and assessing those data. The development, review, approval, and implementation of the QAPP are components of U.S. EPA's mandatory Quality System.",
  "abbreviation": "QAPP",
  "subject": "Policy and guidance",
  "references": [
    "Chesapeake Bay Glossary; EPA 2004",
    "Guidance for Quality Assurance Project Plans; Glossary: Study of the Potential Impacts of Hydraulic Fracturing on Drinking Water Resources; EPA Study of the Potential Impacts of Hydraulic Fracturing on Drinking Water Resources: Progress Report at http://www.epa.gov/hfstudy/pdfs/hf-report20121214.pdf",
    "Great Lakes: Quality Management Training - Data Review Glossary",
    "Great Lakes: Quality Management Training - Quality Glossary",
    "Grants and Debarment Glossary",
    "Watershed Planning Glossary of Terms",
    "Forum on Environmental Measurements (FEM) Glossary",
    "40 CFR 300.5 (CFR 2013)",
    "Chesapeake Bay Glossary",
    "40 CFR 35.6015 (CFR 2018)",
    "Thesaurus of Terms Used in Microbial Risk Assessment",
    "Compendium: Project Quality Assurance and Quality Control: Chapter 1; QA Glossary",
    "Environmental Information Quality Procedure Glossary",
    "Glossary of Asbestos-related Terms and Acronyms"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/quality-assurance-project-plan/"
}