Section 186.105  Purpose

Pursuant to the authority contained in Section 4(n) and (o) of the Illinois Environmental Protection Act [415 ILCS 5/4(n) and (o)], which authorize the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency to establish and enforce minimum standards for the operation of laboratories relating to analyses and laboratory tests for air pollution, water pollution, noise emissions, contaminant discharges onto land, and sanitary, chemical, and mineral quality of water distributed by a public water supply, and to issue certificates of competency to persons and laboratories meeting the minimum standards established by the Agency...and to promulgate and enforce regulations relevant to the issuance and use of such certificates, the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency adopts this Part.