Environmental Laboratory Accreditation Program
State-specific Requirements (Minnesota)
The Minn. Rules, Chapter 4740 and the standard for accreditation require laboratories to ensure conformance with client requirements. The list of primary clients for environmental data is available under the Ask the Experts link on the home page for MN-ELAP. MN-ELAP maintains a summary of known state-specific requirements, by category, through links on this page.
MN-ELAP also maintains links to known federal requirements for federal programs via a separate webpage.
Federal Requirements (U.S. EPA, et.al.)
Air
Vapor Intrusion Assessments Performed during Site Investigations
Air Emission Controls
Emerging Contaminants
Perfluorinated Chemicals in Drinking Water and Nonpotable Water Samples by HPLC/MS-MS (PDF: 49KB/7 pages)
Methamphetamine Testing
Inorganic Chemistry
BOD/cBOD
MPCA Policy on BOD/cBOD holding time (PDF: 11 KB/1 page)
Ammonia, Fluoride and Organic Nitrogen (under Clean Water Program)
- Instructions for Distillation Form (PDF: 14KB/1 page)
- Distillation form in spreadsheet format (XLS: 20KB/1 page)
- Distillation form in PDF format (PDF: 13KB/1 page)
Microbiology
Wells and Borings: Total Coliform Sample Handling and Transit Requirements (PDF: 9KB/1 page)
Requirements for Monitoring of Beaches and Recreational Waters
Organic Chemistry (also see Air)
Analytical Requirements for Ethanol-blended Fuel Releases
Soil Sample Collection and Analysis Procedures
Ground Water Sample Collection and Analysis Procedures
Radiochemistry
Technical Assistance for Methods - References, guidance documents and assessor training information.
Updated Wednesday, 01-Jun-2011 10:54:25 CDT