Section 18 AAC 78.800 - Approval requirements(a) Laboratory chemical analyses of soil, water, and air required to be conducted under this chapter or under 18 AAC 75.355(e) must be performed by a laboratory approved by the department under 18 AAC 78.800 - 18 AAC 78.815. If an owner, operator, responsible person, or other party submits samples of soil, water, or air under 18 AAC 75.355(e), 18 AAC 78.090, 18 AAC 78.235, 18 AAC 78.271, 18 AAC 78.275, or 18 AAC 78.600 - 18 AAC 78.620, the manager of the laboratory that performs the chemical analysis shall include with each analysis the current state laboratory identification number. The department will assign a laboratory identification number if the department approves an application under (b) of this section. The department will not accept the submission of a soil, water, or air sample analysis without that number. In this subsection, "responsible person" has the meaning given in 18 AAC 75.990. (b) To obtain approval of the laboratory, the laboratory manager must submit (1) a complete application on a form supplied by the department; (2) a valid certificate from a NELAP or DoD-ELAP accreditation body for each analytical method, analyte, and matrix for which samples under 18 AAC 75.355(e), 18 AAC 78.090, 18 AAC 78.235, 18 AAC 78.271, 18 AAC 78.275, or 18 AAC 78.600 - 18 AAC 78.620 will be processed by the laboratory; and (3) the limit of detection and reporting limit for each analytical method, analyte, and matrix for which samples under 18 AAC 75.355(e), 18 AAC 78.090, 18 AAC 78.235, 18 AAC 78.271, 18 AAC 78.275, or 18 AAC 78.600 - 18 AAC 78.620 will be processed by the laboratory. (c) To maintain approval of the laboratory, and not later than three working days after the change in certification occurs, the laboratory manager must report to the department any change in certification status under a NELAP or DoD-ELAP accreditation body for each analytical method, analyte, and matrix for which the department has issued approval. Laboratory approval under this section is valid only if the NELAP or DoD-ELAP certification of the method, analyte, and matrix is currently valid. (d) To renew approval of the laboratory, the laboratory manager must reapply for approval under (b) of this section not later than 30 days before certification under a NELAP or DoD-ELAP accreditation body expires. (e) Laboratory approval runs concurrently with certification from the NELAP or DoD- ELAP accreditation body. The expiration date of approval granted under this section for an analytical method, analyte, or matrix is the same date that the laboratory's corresponding certificate from the NELAP or DoD-ELAP accreditation body expires. (f) The department will maintain a list of approved and provisionally approved laboratories and will distribute the list to interested persons upon request. Eff. 11/3/95, Register 136; am 1/22/99, Register 149; am 6/25/99, Register 150; am 7/1/2017,Register 222, July 2017Authority:AS 44.46.020
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