Laboratory Accreditation
Advisory Committee

Meeting Schedule - 2023

Please submit questions, concerns, or issues prior to meetings to RA-EPLAAC@pa.gov

Location: Can be attended virtually or at DEP’s Bureau of Laboratories Building, Conference Room 206, 2575 Interstate Drive, Harrisburg, PA 17110
Time: 9 a.m. – 12 p.m.

May 23, 2023
November 14, 2023

Contact: Annmarie Beach by email at anbeach@pa.gov, or (717) 346-8212

Meeting Agendas/Minutes/Handouts

May 23, 2023

• Agenda
• Draft Minutes for November 15, 2022 Meeting
• Drinking Water Sample Collection Handout

Previous Years' Agendas/ Minutes/Handouts

2022

November 15, 2022

• Agenda
• Draft Minutes from the May 24, 2022 Meeting
  

May 24, 2022

• Agenda
• Draft Minutes from the December 1, 2020 Meeting
• Draft Minutes from the July 15, 2021 Meeting

2021

July 15, 2021

• Agenda
• Draft Minutes from the December 1, 2020 Meeting
• July 15, 2021 Meeting Slides

2020

December 1, 2020

• Agenda (PDF)
• Draft Minutes from the December 12, 2019 Meeting (PDF)
• Draft Technical Guidance for Rad Lab Reporting Instructions (PDF)
• Summary of Changes for RADS Reporting Instructions (PDF)

2019

December 12, 2019

• Agenda (PDF)
• Draft Minutes from the December 5, 2018 Meeting (PDF)
• Technical Guidance for Sample Collection, Receipt, and Handling (PDF)
• Technical Guidance for Disinfection Byproducts Precursors (PDF)
• Technical Guidance for Laboratory Reporting Instructions for IOC VOC SOC NTRT Asbestos in Drinking Water (PDF)
• Technical Guidance for Microbiology Incubation Units (PDF)

2018

December 5, 2018

• Agenda (PDF)
• Draft Minutes from the April 12, 2018 Meeting (PDF)
• Technical Guidance for Microbiology Incubators (PDF)

April 12, 2018

• Agenda (PDF)
• Draft Minutes from the October 12, 2017 Meeting (PDF)
• Technical Guidance for Sample Collection Receipt and Preservation (PDF)
• Concept Paper: Microbiology Incubators (PDF)

2017

October 12, 2017

• Agenda (PDF)
• Draft Minutes from the December 7, 2016 LAAC Meeting (PDF)
• Concept Paper: Sample Collection Receipt Acceptance Handling (PDF)
• Concept Paper: Microbiology Incubators (PDF)

2016

December 7, 2016

• Agenda (PDF)
• Draft Minutes from the March 22, 2016 LAAC Meeting (PDF)
• DRAFT Proposed Amendments to Chapter 252 (PDF)

March 22, 2016

• Agenda (PDF)
• Draft Minutes from the December 2, 2015 LAAC Meeting (PDF)
• Pre-Draft Laboratory Reporting Instructions for Total Coliform and E. Coli Bacteria in Public Water Systems (PDF)
• Pre-Draft Cryptosporidia, E. Coli, and Turbidity LT2ESWTR laboratory Reporting Instructions (PDF)

2015

December 2, 2015

• Agenda (PDF)
• Draft Minutes from the September 30, 2015 LAAC Meeting (PDF)
• Draft Laboratory Accreditation Program Fee Report (PDF)
• Draft Proposed Amendments to Chapter 252 (PDF)

September 30, 2015

• Agenda (PDF)
• Draft Minutes from the June 24, 2015 LAAC Meeting
• Draft Proposed Amendments to Chapter 252 (PDF)

June 24, 2015

• Agenda (PDF)
• Minutes from the March 11, 2015 LAAC Meeting (PDF)
• Draft Proposed Amendments to Chapter 252 (PDF)
• Draft Data Qualifier Code Table (PDF)

March 11, 2015

• Agenda (PDF)
• Minutes from the December 11, 2014 LAAC Meeting (PDF)
• Draft Proposed Amendments to Chapter 252 (PDF)
• Target QL Document (PDF)

2014

December 11, 2014

• Agenda (PDF)
• LAAC Bylaws (PDF)
• Chapter 252 DRAFT Fee Table (PDF)
• Data Qualifier Table (PDF)

Membership List (PDF)

Bylaws (PDF)