Section 465.120  Definitions

For purposes of this Part unless otherwise specifically defined or the context clearly requires a different meaning:

            "Act" means Sections 4(o) and (p) of the Environmental Protection Act [415 ILCS 5/4(o) and (p)].

            "Analyst" means any person who performs analyses for certain or all parameters on samples submitted to  the environmental laboratory and who meets the qualifications set forth in Section 465.310(b).

            "ASTM" means the American Society for Testing and Materials, West Conshohocken PA, a not-for-profit, voluntary standards development system.

            "Certification" means a status of approval granted to an environmental laboratory that meets the criteria  established by this Part or in accordance with a reciprocity agreement entered into pursuant to Section  465.240. Certification is not a guarantee of the validity of the data generated.

            "Certification Officer" means any person who is designated by the Department to inspect and evaluate environmental laboratories for compliance in meeting the criteria set forth in this Part.  Certification officers shall meet the educational and experience qualifications for laboratory supervisors as set forth in Section 465.310(a).

            "Department" means the Illinois Department of Public Health.

            "Deficiency" means a failure of an environmental laboratory to meet any requirement of this Part.

            "Environmental Laboratory" means any facility  that performs analyses on environmental samples in order to determine the quality of food, milk, public water supplies, surface water, ground water, recreational waters, wastewater, air, or land.

            "Laboratory Pure Water" means water meeting the standards set forth in Section 465.380.

            "Laboratory Supervisor" means a person who supervises the performance of the analytical procedures within an environmental laboratory and who meets the qualifications set forth in Section 465.310(a).

            "Major Remodeling" means any remodeling of the laboratory facility which requires the acquisition of a local building permit.

            "NIST" means the United States Department of Commerce, Technology Administration, National Institute of Standards and Technology (formerly National Bureau of Standards).

            "Parameter" means a microbiological organism.

            "Performance Evaluation Sample (PES)" means a sample used to determine accuracy, prepared either by the Department or an authority recognized by the certifying agency, in which the true value and acceptance limits are unknown to the laboratory at the time of analysis.

            "Provisional Certification" means a certification status granted to an environmental laboratory in order to allow time for the correction of a deficiency.  Failure to correct a deficiency during the provisional certification period allows the Department to revoke certification as specified in Section 465.180.  While on provisional certification, an environmental laboratory remains approved for the analyses covered by its certification.

            "Public Water Supply" means all mains, pipes and structures through which water is obtained and distributed to the public, including wells and well structures, intakes and cribs, pumping stations, treatment plants, reservoirs, storage tanks and appurtenances, collectively or severally, actually used or intended for use for the purpose of furnishing water for drinking or general domestic use and which serve at least 15 service connections or which regularly serve at least 25 persons at least 60 days per year.