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Application for Certification Resources

Application for Environmental Laboratory Certification

• Instructions for the Application for Certification (pdf)
• Application for Certification (pdf)

Checklists for the Application for Certification

The following is a list of checklists available to the laboratory to assist in completing the application package.

• Biosolids Preparation for Fecal Coliform Analysis (pdf) - This checklist provides guidance on applying for certification to perform fecal coliform analysis in biosolids (sludge) samples.
• EPA Method 1669 Checklist (pdf) - This checklist provides laboratories guidance on low-level metals sampling. This is currently only applicable to low-level mercury analysis.
• Inorganic Checklist (pdf) - This checklist provides in-state laboratories a list of items required to complete the application package for inorganic parameters such as residual chlorine, pH, turbidity, Biochemical Oxygen Demand (BOD), etc.
• Organic Parameters Checklist (pdf) - This checklist provides in-state laboratories a list of items required to complete the application package for organic parameters such as EPA Methods 524.2, 624, 8260B, 8011, 608, etc.
• Out-of-State Checklist (pdf) - This checklist provides laboratories located outside of South Carolina with a list of items required to complete the application package. This checklist encompasses inorganics, organics, trace metals, and toxicity.
• Oxygenates (pdf) - This document explain certification requirements for oxygenates.
• PT Recertification Checklist (pdf) - This checklist is for laboratories that lost certification as a result of failing to meet the annual PT requirements.
• Residual Chlorine Checklist (pdf) - This checklist was designed specifically for drinking water systems ground water well systems.
• Trace Metals Parameters Checklist (pdf) - This checklist provides in-state laboratories a list of items required to complete the application package for trace metals parameters such as EPA Methods 200.9, 200.7, 6020, and SM3111B, SM3113B, etc.
• Toxicity Checklist (pdf) - This checklist provides in-state laboratories a list of items required to complete the application package for toxicity testing

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