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The Office of Quality Assurance (OQA) certifies
over 800 laboratories granting nearly 125,000 certifications
each year. Certification is available in drinking water,
wastewater, ambient water, soils, solid/hazardous waste,
sludge and air for microbiological, toxicity, inorganic,
organic, radon, radiochemical and biological properties.
Most Department programs requiring the collection of
data require certification. Certification is offered
through both the state Environmental Laboratory Certification
Program and the state run National Environmental Laboratory
Accreditation Program. The OQA also administers the
Department's Quality Assurance Program. It has the responsibility
to ensure that environmental data is generated, compiled
and reviewed using specific quality assurance / quality
control (QA/QC) procedures. These procedures help to
ensure that data is of documented quality and suitable
for its intended use. These QA/QC requirements are based
on Title 40 Code of Federal Regulations Parts 31 and
35 which lists both general and specific requirements
for a state's environmental program and acceptable quality
assurance for federally funded programs.
NJDEP - OQA
P.O. Box 424
9 Ewing Street
Trenton, New Jersey 08625
Phone: (609) 292-3950
Fax: (609) 777-1774
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