Section 1795.10  Qualified Laboratories

a)         Basic qualifications.  To be designated a qualified laboratory, a firm shall demonstrate that it:

1)         Is staffed with experienced, professional or technical personnel in fields applicable to the work to be performed;

2)         Has adequate space for material preparation and cleaning and sterilizing equipment and has stationary equipment, storage, and space to accomodate workloads during peak periods;

3)         Meets the requirements of MSHA set forth in 30 CFR 1 through 199 (1986) and the requirements of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration set forth in 29 CFR 1900 through 1999(1986);

4)         Has analytical, monitoring and measuring equipment capable of meeting applicable standards set forth in 62 Ill. Adm. Code 1780.21(a) and 1784.14(a);

5)         Has the capability of collecting necessary field samples and making hydrologic field measurements and analytical laboratory determinations by acceptable hydrologic, geologic, or analytical methods in accordance with the requirements of 62 Ill. Adm. Code 1780.21, 1780.22, 1784.14 and 1784.22.  Other appropriate methods or guidelines for data aquisition shall be approved by the program administrator if it is determined that these alternate methods will result in the collection of data as accurate as that collected by the previously mentioned methods, and

6)         Has the capability of performing services for either the determination or statement referenced in Section 1795.9(b).

b)         Subcontractors.  Subcontractors may be used to provide some of the required services provided their use is identified at the time a determination is made that a firm is qualified and they meet requirements specified in subsection (a).

(Source:  Added at 11 Ill. Reg. 8481, effective July 1, 1987)