37.12.338    LABORATORY EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES

(1) A laboratory must have, at a minimum, the equipment and supplies necessary to perform an approved analytical method for each contaminant analysis for which approval is requested pursuant to ARM 37.12.305.

(2) The equipment and supplies must meet the specifications required by the approved analytical method used and the specifications specified in the EPA laboratory certification manual for that method.

(3) Analytical reagent (AR) grade chemicals or better must be used for analyses.

(4) The laboratory must have a source of distilled, deionized, or reagent grade water that meets all the requirements listed in the EPA laboratory certification manual and the requirements of the analytical method being used.

(5) The department adopts and incorporates by reference the standards contained in the EPA laboratory certification manual (EPA 815-R-05-004, "Manual for the Certification of Laboratories Analyzing Drinking Water," January 2005) for sources of distilled, deionized water, or reagent grade water. A copy of the manual may be obtained from the Department of Public Health and Human Services, Laboratory Services Bureau, 1400 Broadway, Cogswell Building, P.O. Box 4369, Helena, MT 59604-4369, telephone (406)444-3444, or may be downloaded at the EPA web site: https://wwwepa.gov/dwlabcert/laboratory-certification-manual-drinking-water.

 

History: 50-1-202, MCA; IMP, 50-1-202, 75-6-106, MCA; NEW, 1999 MAR p. 291, Eff. 2/12/99; AMD, 2003 MAR p. 2442, Eff. 10/31/03; AMD, 2011 MAR p. 2286, Eff. 10/28/11; AMD, 2023 p. 305, Eff. 3/25/23.