Data
Validation Services
Our diversified professional resources allow
MCGI to meet or exceed any project challenges. MCGI has the
technical and scientific capabilities to provide timely,
comprehensive, and cost-effective data validation and interpretation
to our clients. Additionally, MCGI has the management capabilities
to provide responsive service as a prime consultant.
MCGI performs data validation for Organic, Inorganic, Dioxin/Furans,
Radioactive, Wet Chemistry, Geophysical, Explosives, and several
other types of analyses. MCGI’s chemists have the experience with
all media types including water, soil, sediment, air, wipe, solid,
elutriate and tissue.
Prior to the data validation process, MCGI’s
chemists get a complete knowledge of the Data Quality Objectives (DQOs)
through the review of the Quality Assurance Project Plan (QAPjP)
and/or client meetings/phone calls. Chemists can therefore, focus
on evaluating the usability of the analytical data for the purpose
for which it was collected.
Due to the complexities and uniqueness of the
data concerning specific samples and projects,
MCGI offers its clients different types of
Data Validation service. The validation is performed based on the validation technique and investigation level required
for each individual project.
During the data investigation process, MCGI
exceeds the required validation requirements. MCGI applies the
results of the validation process to perform a technical and
scientific evaluation of the data. When necessary, a comprehensive
investigation will be conducted for projects involved in Court
Cases, Remediation, Risk Assessment, and any other sensitive issues
that could impact the client interests at the client’s request. In
many of these cases, our responsibility toward our client's
interests requires us to go beyond the USEPA National or Regional
Functional Guidelines in evaluating and qualifying the data. The
USEPA National Functional Guidelines (NFG) were developed to
facilitate that complicated Data Validation process. Different
regions of the USEPA have adopted more sophisticated measures and
criteria, which do not oppose or dispute the NFG in evaluating and
qualifying the data to protect their own interests. MCGI follows
the same path in protecting its client's interests.
MCGI employs all the resulting evidence for
the issues mentioned above to produce an integral validation report
that absolutely serves the client's needs and interests.
There are several guideline documents for performing data validation
and each guideline has specific criteria for qualification. It is
critical to be experienced using the appropriate guideline for each
project. MCGI’s chemists have been performing data validation with
the different regional, state and program specific guidelines for
many years. These guidelines include, but not limited to,:
1-
USEPA Contract Laboratory
Program (CLP) National Functional Guidelines for Organic and
Inorganic Data Review
2-
USEPA Region I, EPA-NE Data
Validation Functional Guidelines for Evaluating Environmental
Analyses
3-
USEPA Region II Standard
Operating Procedures for Data Validation
4-
USEPA Region III Modifications
to the National Functional Guidelines for Organic and Inorganic
Review
5-
USEPA Region IV Data Validation
Standard Operating Procedure for Contract Laboratory Program Routine
Analytical Services
6-
Air Force Center for
Environmental Excellence (AFCEE) Quality Assurance Project Plan (QAPP)
7-
Naval Facilities Engineering
Service Center (NFESC) Installation Restoration Laboratory Quality
Assurance Guide
8-
Department of Energy Hazardous
Waste Remedial Actions Program (HAZWRAP) Requirements for Quality
Control of Analytical Data
9- New Jersey Department of Environmental
Protection (NJDEP) Quality Assurance and Quality Control.
10- Maine Department of
Environmental Protection Methods for the Determining Diesel Range
Organics (DRO) and Gasoline Range Organics (GRO)
11- Massachusetts Department of
Environmental Protection Method for the Determination of Extractable
Petroleum Hydrocarbons (EPH) and Volatile Petroleum Hydrocarbons (VPH)
We look forward to the privilege of
serving your project needs.
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