Which grants need an EPA approved Quality Assurance Project Plan (QAPP)?
All assessment grants, both hazardous substance and petroleum, need a QAPP. (If a current assessment grantee receives a new BF assessment grant, a Pre-QAPP call is needed to determine how to update any existing QAPPs.) Cleanup grants and RLFs do not need an EPA approved QAPP if the sites being addressed are enrolled in the State cleanup program. (If sites being cleaned up are not in a State cleanup program, please contact your EPA project manager to discuss the need for a QAPP.) What are the requirements that need to be included in an RFP/RFQ? Consultants bidding on projects requiring a QAPP should provide the name(s) of a certified lab to perform the analyses on the soil/water/etc. samples that are collected. The certification should include all of the analyses in the matrices of interest (i.e., in both water and soil samples). Some States certify labs under their cleanup programs (such as the Ohio VAP or WDNR program) and may require that these labs be used if a liability release let
