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Home My WebLink AboutNC0005321_Lab Certification_200207090 July 9, 2002 525 Mr. Bryan A. Laney_ Buckeye Lumberton Inc. P. O. Box 1305 Lumberton, NC 28359- SUBJECT: Wastewater/Groundwater Laboratory Certification Dear Mr. Laney: Michael F. Easley, Govemor William G. Ross Jr., Secretary North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources Alan W. Klimek, P.E. Director Division of Water Quality -EJL 1 0 2002 We have scheduled an on -site inspection of your laboratory for approximately 9:30 a.m., September 26, 2002. The scope of the inspection will include all methods marked. on Attachment I of the laboratory's current North Carolina Wastewater /Groundwater Certificate and /or marked on the application for NC Wastewater/Groundwater Laboratory Certification. A copy of the current Attachment I is enclosed for your reference. The purpose of the inspection will be to verify the laboratory's documented. quality control/quality assurance procedures and adequacy in meeting the requirements of 15A NCAC 2H .0800. Enclosed are inspection checklists for the upcoming inspection; Prior to the on -site inspection, excluding the data review sections, please have your analysts complete each checklist. Any checklists that your laboratory is unable to complete, or any specific items that you do not understand, will be completed during the inspection. Completion of these checklists prior to the on -site !audit; with comments by analysts relating to specific procedural differences, will help avoid any unnecessary 'interruption of the analyst's schedule. Please return these completed checklists, with 5 copies of completed benchsheet data for each inorganic parameter listed on your Attachment I. The checklists and requested data are to be received by this office on or before September 12, 2002. Please have available the DMR report sheets and corresponding bench data available for the months of January and March and July 2002 for us to review. If further data or `report sheets are required, we will notify you during the inspection. These data sets will be used to assess the quality of your data during the inspection. Review your last inspection report to assure that all deficiencies have been corrected. If the deficiencies cited in the inspection report have not been corrected, enforcers ent action will be recommended. Thank you for your time and cooperation. I can be contacted at (919) 733-3908 (extension 273), if you have questions. Frederick L. Bone Laboratory Section Enclosures • cc: James W. Meyer Fayetteville Regional Office Laboratory Section N. C. Division of Water Quality 1623 Mail Service Center Raleigh, NC 27699-1623 FAX: 919-733-6241 Internet: www.esb.enr.state.nc.us/Iab NCDENR (919) 733-3908 Attachment I North Carolina Wastewater/Groundwater Laboratory Certification Certified Parameters Listing Lab Name: Buckeye Lumberton Inc. Address: P. O. Box 1305 . - Lumberton, NC 28359- Certificate Number: 525 Effective Date: I 01/01/2002 Expiration Date::. 12/31/2002 Date of Last Amendment: t 07/03/2002 The above named laboratory, having duly met the requirements of 15A NCAC 2H.0800, is hereby certified for the measurement of the parameters listed below. CERTIFIED PARAMETERS INORGANICS BOD Std Method 5210E CONDUCTIVITY Std Method 2510B DISSOLVED OXYGEN Std Method 4500 0 G AMMONIA NITROGEN Std Method 4500 NH3 F pH Std Method 4500 H B RESIDUE SUSPENDED Std Method 2540D TEMPERATURE Std Method 2550E - This certification requires maintance of an acceptable quality assurance program, use of approved methodology, and satisfactory performance on evaluation samples. Laboratories are subject to civil penalties and/or decertification for infractions as set forth in 15A NCAC 2H.0807.