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• Preparing Plans
• Templates
• Topic-Specific Tools

Preparing Quality Assurance Project Plans (QAPPs)

• EPA Requirements for Quality Assurance Project Plans (QA/R-5) - Specifications for QA Project Plans prepared for activities conducted by or funded by EPA. 
• EPA Guidance on Quality Assurance Project Plans (QA/G-5) - Guidance on developing Quality Assurance Project Plans that meet EPA specifications. 

Templates for Region 3 Quality Assurance Project Plans (QAPPs)

• Interim Final Brownfields Quality Assurance Project Plan Template - template and addendum developed by Region 3 to assist those preparing a QAPP for Brownfields projects.
• New England Quality Assurance Project Plan Development Tool - For projects that involve surface or groundwater monitoring and/or the collection and analysis of water samples. 
• QAPP Templates and Checklists for Modeling Projects
  • Template for Developing a Generic Quality Assurance Project Plan (or Plan Elements) for Model Development, Modification, Evaluation and Application
  • QAPP Template for the Development, Modification, Evaluation and Application of Models (DOC)
  • New England Quality Assurance Plan Checklist for Model Applications
  • Modeling Journal: Checklist and Template (DOC)

Topic-Specific Tools for Quality Assurance Project Plans

Air

• Guide to Writing Quality Assurance Project Plans for Ambient Air Monitoring Networks
• Systematic Planning: A Case Study of Particulate Matter Ambient Air Monitoring (CS-2)
• Air Monitoring QAPP Review Checklist October 2018 (DOCX)
• Quality Assurance Handbook for Air Pollution Measurement Systems "Volume II Ambient Air Quality Monitoring Program"  EPA-454/B-17-001, January 2017 -  Full Document (PDF) (394 pp, 4.8 MB, About PDF)
• Quality Assurance Handbook for Air Pollution Measurement Systems "Volume IV: Meteorological Measurements Version 2.0" EPA-454/B-08-002 , March 2008 (PDF) (191 pp, 5.1 MB, About PDF)
• QA Handbook Appendix D: Measurement Quality Objectives and Validation Templates; March 2017 (PDF) (54 pp, 400 K, About PDF)

Brownfields

• Interim Final Brownfields Quality Assurance Project Plan Template
• US EPA - Region III Brownfields Site-Specific Sampling and Analysis Plan Template
• Generic Quality Assurance Project Plans and Site-Specific QAPP Addenda for Planning and Documenting Brownfields Projects from March 2009
• Region 4 Quality Assurance Project Plan (QAPP) Tool Box

Citizen Science

• Quality Assurance Handbook and Guidance Documents for Citizen Science Projects

Cleanups

• Assuring Quality in Federal Cleanups

Environmental Technology

• Guidance on Quality Assurance for Environmental Technology Design, Construction, and Operation EPA QA-G-11

Existing (Secondary) Data

• Quality Assurance Project Plan Requirements for Secondary Data Research Projects
• Guidance for Quality Assurance Project Plans, EPA QA/G-5 - Refer to Chapter 3.
• EPA New England Quality Assurance Project Plan Guidance For Environmental Projects Using Only Existing (Secondary) Data from 2009

Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA)

• Guidance for Quality Assurance Project Plan Development for EPA Funded Cooperative Agreements with State and Tribal Agencies for the Conduct of FIFRA Pesticide Programs from December 2000

Geospatial

• Guidance for Geospatial Data Quality Assurance Project Plans EPA QA/G-5G

Lead

• Get the Lead Out: EPA Region III Guidance for Preparing Lead-Monitoring Project Plans

Modeling

• Guidance for Quality Assurance Project Plans for Modeling EPA QA/G-5M
• Design and Implementation of New Tools for Quality Assurance in Modeling
• QAPP for Model Simulations in the Total Maximum Daily Load Program from the State of Maine Department of Environmental Protection
• Guidance for Quality Assurance Project Plans for Water Quality Modeling Projects

Tribal

• (Fictitious) Quality Assurance Project Plan for Monitoring of Surface Water

Waste

• Systematic Planning: A Case Study for Hazardous Waste Site Investigations (CS-1)

Water

• Quality Assurance Project Plan (QAPP) - for Biosolids
• Quality Assurance Project Plan Development Tool  - for projects that involve surface or groundwater monitoring and/or the collection and analysis of water samples

Wetlands

• Region 9 Wetlands Quality Assurance Project Plan Guidance and Template

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