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QUALITY ASSURANCE AND QUALITY CONTROL FOR WASTE CONTAINMENT FACILITIES. Project Summary
Citation:
Daniel, D. E. AND R. M. Koerner. QUALITY ASSURANCE AND QUALITY CONTROL FOR WASTE CONTAINMENT FACILITIES. Project Summary. EPA/600/SR-93/182, 1995.
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Description:
It is generally agreed that both quality assurance (QA) and quality control (QC) are essential to the proper installation and eventual performance of environmentally safe and secure waste containment systems. Even further, there are both manufacturing and construction aspects to many of the natural and synthetic materials that are involved. At issue, however, is the appropriate level of QA and QC, the specific measures to be taken, the particular test methods to be used, the frequency of these test methods and the interrelationships of the various personnel that may be involved. This technical guidance document (TGD), or "manual", has been prepared in an effort to address these issues. The manual is not design oriented. It presumes that a separate set of plans and specifications has been, or will be, prepared for the specific site in question. Instead, the manual is focused on the preparation and necessary ingredients of a QA plan (synonymously called a QA document). This EPA technical guidance document presents information that can be used to craft a site-specific plan for QA (and QC) purposes.