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Beginner's Guide to Preparing Quality Assurance Project Plans for Environmental Projects in Region 9

This two-part training course is provided to assist you in meeting the quality assurance conditions of your grant.

Part 1 provides basic information about QA Project Plans (QAPPs) and answers some frequently asked questions
Part 2 provides an overview of the information that should be included in a QAPP

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R9 QAPP Web Training Presentation - Part 1 (PDF)(19 pp, 688 K)
Beginner’s Guide to Preparing Quality Assurance Project Plans for Environmental Projects - Part 1: Project QA Documentation
R9 QAPP Web Training Presentation - Part 2 (PDF)(41 pp, 1 MB)
Beginner’s Guide to Preparing Quality Assurance Project Plans for Environmental Projects - Part 2: Elements of a QA Project Plan