EPA Region 3 Quality Assurance Project Plans

On this page:

• Preparing Plans
• Templates
• Topic-Specific Tools

Preparing Quality Assurance Project Plans (QAPPs)

•   Quality Assurance Project Plan (QAPP) Standard (pdf) (523.25 KB)  - 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)

• Region 3 Quality Assurance Project Plan (QAPP) Template (docx) (2.56 MB)
  This template is intended to aid in the writing of Quality Assurance Project Plans (QAPPs) in accordance with the EPA QAPP Standard. The EPA QAPP Standard should still be reviewed since every project is different. Using this template does not guarantee first round approval but helps streamline the process for author and quality reviewer.
• Interim Final Brownfields Quality Assurance Project Plan Template - template and addendum developed by Region 3 to assist those preparing a QAPP for Brownfields projects.
• EPA Region 3 Brownfields Quality Assurance Project Plan Template and Guidance Version 1.0 (docx) (561.7 KB, April 26, 2024)
  This Quality Assurance Project Plan (QAPP) template and guidance is intended to assist organizations in documenting the programmatic, procedural, and analytical requirements for brownfields assessment projects eligible for funding under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) § 104(k).

Topic-Specific Tools for Quality Assurance Project Plans

Air

• Ambient Air Monitoring Quality Assurance
• 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)

Brownfields

• EPA Region 3 Brownfields Quality Assurance Project Plan Template and Guidance Version 1.0 (docx) (561.7 KB, April 26, 2024)
• Interim Final Brownfields Quality Assurance Project Plan Template
• 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

Dioxin

• Site Evaluation for Dioxin at Superfund Sites - refer to User Guide and Template for Soils Assessment of Dioxin Sites.

Environmental Technology

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

Existing (Secondary) Data

• Guidance for Quality Assurance Project Plans, EPA QA/G-5 - Refer to Chapter 3.
• Uniform Federal Policy for Quality Assurance Project Plans: Evaluating, Assessing, and Documenting Environmental Data Collection and Use Programs - Part 1: UFP-QAPP Manual - refer to Section 2.7

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

Modeling

• Guidance for Quality Assurance Project Plans for Modeling EPA QA/G-5M
• Design and Implementation of New Tools for Quality Assurance in Modeling

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