GLNPO’s Quality Assurance Resources Site for Grantees Supporting the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative
GLNPO’s Quality Assurance Resources Site provides tools and guidance for grantees planning projects funded by the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative. This page describes the site content, how to obtain access, navigate resources, and submit a Quality Assurance Project Plan (QAPP).
Overview
Contact your Project Officer as soon as possible to discuss:
- the level of quality documentation (QD) required.
- acceptable types of project-level QD.
- critical project dates.
- roles and responsibilities.
- any other project requirements.
Advanced planning and early communication can help streamline the development, review, and approval process.
We recognize that the development, review and approval process for project-level quality documentation may require significant effort. Our goal is to help:
- ensure you and your project benefits from the process.
- increase the scientific rigor of your environmental project.
- make results more transparent, reproducible, and legally defensible.
The ultimate success of an environmental project depends on the quality of the information collected and used in decision-making. The quality of this information may depend significantly on the adequacy of the project-level QD and the effectiveness of its implementation.
A Quality Assurance Project Plan (QAPP) is the most widely used form of QD for EPA assistance agreements. It is a document that provides comprehensive details about the quality assurance, quality control, and technical activities that must be implemented to ensure that project objectives are met. QAPPs should be prepared in accordance with EPA QAPP Standard (CIO 2105-S-02.2) (pdf) (523 KB).
EPA quality requirements, per 2 CFR 1500.11 , are defined in Environmental Information Quality Policy - EPA Order CIO 2105.1 supersedes CIO 2105.0, Policy and Program Requirements for the Mandatory Agency-Wide Quality Management System
Supplemental information is contained in EPA Quality Manual for Environmental Programs CIO 2105-P-01-0
Quality Assurance Resources
GLNPO is developing a new system for QAPP submissions and request that GLRI recipients send all QAPPs to your Project Officer copying (glrigrants@epa.gov) with the award number and topic in the subject (####, QAPP). See the Contact Us box for more support.