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Please note: This is a special issue of APG eNews designed to guide you through DMRQA Study 28.  This message will primarily benefit NPDES Permit Holders and laboratories that regularly perform testing for an NPDES Permit Holder.

Official DMRQA 28 Dates



APG is pleased to announce that our April WP, May WP, June WP, and July WP Studies are available to meet your reporting needs. Of course, we will continue to offer an official DMRQA Specific Study that opens May 1, 2008 and ends August 29, 2008.

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DMRQA News for Study 28
In the DMRQA announcement 308 letter for Study 28, the US EPA announced that the study will begin on May 1, 2008. For the chemical and microbiological tests under DMR-QA, you are responsible only for those analytes that are both in your permit and included in Study 28.

APG is accredited by A2LA (Certification Code 2430.01) for all the chemistry and microbiological analytes included in Study 28.

We have also developed a DMRQA Desk Reference to walk you through the process. Call us today to discuss your DMRQA Study 28 needs.




Download the DMRQA 28 Desk Reference Guide
http://www.apgqa.com/DeskReference

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Place Your DMRQA Order Now
The DMRQA Announcement Letter (US EPA 308 Letter) states that DMRQA orders must be placed by May 1, 2008. If you need assistance determining what you need, call our customer service department at 800.272.4442. Many laboratories across the country use APG's QC samples to identify analytical problems and to verify that a problem has been resolved.

Order DMRQA Chemistry and Microbiological Samples
[http://www.apgqa.com/dmrqa]

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Win a Pizza Party For Your Laboratory
As an incentive to enter your data online, one lucky online user will win a pizza party for his or her lab. You are automatically registered for the drawing when you enter your DMRQA 28 data at www.APGQA.com.

You can view our online tutorials for entering data:
Permittee Online Data Entry Tutorial
Contract Laboratory Online Data Entry Tutorial

Receive a Gold Seal Certificate
At APG, we value the resources that you contribute toward the DMRQA study, and we feel that you should be rewarded. Upon successful completion of DMRQA Study 28, APG will issue your facility a customized Certificate of Recognition with the APG gold seal. Included on the certificate is your facility's name and all analytes that were successfully evaluated for DMRQA 28.

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APG is A2LA accredited for the design, preparation, and operation of PT schemes that meet the requirements of ISO Guide 43-1:1997, ILAC G13:2000, EPA National Standards for Water Proficiency Testing Studies Criteria Document, and relevant sections of ISO Guide 34:2000, ISO/IEC 17025:2005 and 2003 NELAC Chapter 2 and Chapter 5. (Certification Code 2430.01)

For questions or comments, please send an email to support@apgqa.com.