IDEM has a Quality Management Plan (QMP) in place effective through April 17, 2012. The Agency QMP describes the organizational structure of the Agency quality system; quantifies the level of Agency resources committed to Quality Assurance/Quality Control (QA/QC) issues; documents Agency quality system QA/QC policies and practices; catalogs Agency QA/QC-related training, purchasing and document and record management practices; describes Agency planning tools and explains implementation practices; and establishes Agency quality system assessment and improvement strategies.
The Agency has in place Agency-wide QA/QC policies, standard operating procedures (SOPs) and quality assurance project plans (QAPPs). Under the Agency "Policy, SOP, and QAPP Documentation Policy," each QA-related policy and each program-level SOP must be reviewed every two (2) years, and revised to reflect any changes to associated statutes, rules or processes. Meanwhile, consistent with U.S. EPA's approval of the IDEM QMP, IDEM will continue to submit project and program Quality Assurance Project Plans (QAPPs) to U.S. EPA for all applicable environmental programs including Superfund pre-remedial and remedial activities under 40 CFR 35 Subpart O and Superfund removal program under 40 CFR 300. IDEM's submissions during the coming year to U.S. EPA Region 5 Waste, Pesticides and Toxics Division (WPTD) will include inspection program QAPPs for IDEM's Leaking Underground Storage Tank (LUST), RCRA Subtitle C, TSCA PCB and Asbestos programs.
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