Certifications and Accreditations

In order to provide assurance that the laboratory can exceed minimum levels of performance required for high quality data, ALSI participates in various certifications and accreditation programs instituted by individual states and third-party agencies. These programs formally recognize laboratories having data quality objectives and performance capabilities consistent with the expectations of the various agencies involved. ALSI holds the following certifications:

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Certification/Accreditation	Issuing Agency	Scope of Certification
DoD ELAP	A2LA	Wastewater Solid/Hazardous Waste Air
State Of Connecticut	Department of Public Health	Drinking Water: Wastewater Solid/Hazardous Waste Organic Chemicals Inorganic Chemicals
State of Maryland	Department of Health and Mental Hygiene Laboratories Administration	Drinking Water: Microbiology Inorganics Organics
Commonwealth of Virginia	Department of General Services; Division of Consolidated Laboratory Services	Drinking Water: Microbiology Inorganics Organics
State of New Jersey NELAP	Department of Environmental Protection and Energy; Office of Quality Assurance	Drinking Water Wastewater Solid/Haz Waste: Limited Chemistry Metals Organics
State of Delaware	Delaware Health and Social Services	Approval letter issued for Drinking Water analysis
State Of Delaware	Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control (DNREC)	Hazardous Substance Cleanup Act (HSCA)
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania NELAP	Pa Dept of Environmental Protection: Office of Management and Technical Services: Bureau of Laboratories	Drinking Water Microbiology Inorganics Organics
State of Georgia	Department of Natural Resources	Drinking Water: Inorganics Organics
State of Tennessee	Department of Health	Drinking Water: Inorganics Organics
State of New York NELAP	New York State Department Of Health	Potable Water Nonpotable Water Solid/Hazardous Waste
USACE - Missouri River Division	Department of the Army; U.S. Army Corps of Engineers - MRD; HTRW Mandatory Center of Expertise	Water and Soil: Volatile Organics Semi-volatile Organics Pesticides PCBs Herbicides TPH GRO DRO Metals Anions Cyanide TOC Explosives Perchlorite
NAVY (NFESC)	Department of the Navy; Navy Facilities Engineering Service Center	Water and Soil Volatile Organics Semi-volatile Organics Pesticides PCBs Herbicides TPH GRO DRO Metals Anions Cyanide TOC Oil & Grease Hexavalent Chromium Organophosphorus Pesticides Explosives
State of West Virginia	Department of Environmental Protection Division of Water and Waste Management	Wastewater Volatile Organics Semi-volatile Organics Pesticides PCBs Herbicides TPH GRO DRO Metals Anions Cyanide TOC Oil & Grease Hexavalent Chromium Organophosphorus Pesticides Explosives
State of Wyoming	EPA Region 8	Drinking Water
State of Louisiana	Department of Environmental Quality	Metals Wet Chemistry
State of Maine	Department of Health and Human Services	Drinking Water Wastewater
USDA Import Permit	Department of Agriculture	Soil Import

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Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
State of Maryland
Commonwealth of Virginia
State of North Carolina
State of New Jersey
State of Delaware
State of Connecticut
State of Georgia
State of Tennessee
USACE - Missouri River Division
United States Department of Agriculture
NELAP
State of Maine

Performance Evaluation Studies

Hand-in-hand with the accreditations and certifications by the regulatory agencies listed above, ALSI analyzes performance evaluation (PE) samples as an integral part of ALSI's quality program. Participation in PE programs provides ALSI and its' clients with evidence of correlation of results with other laboratories and national standards. Some of the programs we participate in are as follows:

• U.S. EPA Water Pollution (WP) Study - for laboratories analyzing wastewater samples
• U.S. EPA Water Supply (WS) Study - for laboratories analyzing drinking water samples
• State Agency Studies - As a requirement for certification, ALSI is directed periodically to analyze proficiency samples provided by a particular state agency
• Environmental Resource Associates (ERA) - for quarterly blind in-house proficiency studies supplied by ERA, a third-party vendor
• Resource Technology Corporation (RTC) - for laboratories analyzing soil samples; semi-annual performance evaluation studies are supplied by RTC, a third-party vendor