Section 465.120  Definitions

For purposes of this Part unless otherwise specifically defined or the context clearly requires a different meaning:

            "Act" means Sections 4(o) and (p) of the Environmental Protection Act [415 ILCS 5/4(o) and (p)].

            "Analyst" means any person who performs analyses for certain or all parameters on samples submitted to  the environmental laboratory and who meets the qualifications set forth in Section 465.310(b).

            "ASTM" means the American Society for Testing and Materials, West Conshohocken PA, a not-for-profit, voluntary standards development system.

            "Certification" means a status of approval granted to an environmental laboratory that meets the criteria  established by this Part or in accordance with a reciprocity agreement entered into pursuant to Section  465.240. Certification is not a guarantee of the validity of the data generated.

            "Certification Officer" means any person who is designated by the Department to inspect and evaluate environmental laboratories for compliance in meeting the criteria set forth in this Part.  Certification officers shall meet the educational and experience qualifications for laboratory supervisors as set forth in Section 465.310(a).

            "Department" means the Illinois Department of Public Health.

            "Deficiency" means a failure of an environmental laboratory to meet any requirement of this Part.

            "Environmental Laboratory" means any facility  that performs analyses on environmental samples in order to determine the quality of food, milk, public water supplies, surface water, ground water, recreational waters, wastewater, air, or land.

            "Laboratory Pure Water" means water meeting the standards set forth in Section 465.380.

            "Laboratory Supervisor" means a person who supervises the performance of the analytical procedures within an environmental laboratory and who meets the qualifications set forth in Section 465.310(a).

            "Major Remodeling" means any remodeling of the laboratory facility that requires the acquisition of a local building permit.

"MUG" means 4-methyl-umbelliferyl-beta-d-glucuronide.

            "NIST" means the United States Department of Commerce, Technology Administration, National Institute of Standards and Technology (formerly National Bureau of Standards).

"P-A Coliform Test" means "Presence-Absence Coliform Test".

"Proficiency Testing Samples or "PTs" means samples provided to a laboratory for the purpose of demonstrating that the laboratory can successfully analyze the sample within acceptance limits specified in 40 CFR 141.2 .  The qualitative and/or quantitative composition of the reference material is unknown to the laboratory at the time of the analysis. 

            "Provisional Certification" means a certification status granted to an environmental laboratory in order to allow time for the correction of a deficiency.  Failure to correct a deficiency during the provisional certification period allows the Department to revoke certification as specified in Section 465.180.  While on provisional certification, an environmental laboratory remains approved for the analyses covered by its certification.

            "Public Water Supply" means all mains, pipes and structures through which water is obtained and distributed to the public, including wells and well structures, intakes and cribs, pumping stations, treatment plants, reservoirs, storage tanks and appurtenances, collectively or severally, actually used or intended for use for the purpose of furnishing water for drinking or general domestic use and that serve at least 15 service connections or that regularly serve at least 25 persons at least 60 days per year.

"Quality Assurance" means an integrated system of management activities involving planning, quality control, quality assessment, reporting and quality improvement to ensure that a product or service meets defined standards of quality with a stated level of confidence.

"Quality Assurance Plan" means a comprehensive plan detailing the aspects of quality assurance needed to adequately fulfill the data needs of a program.  This document is required before the laboratory is certified.

"Quality Control" means the overall system of technical activities whose purpose is to measure and control the quality of a product or service so that it meets the needs of the users; operational techniques and activities that are used to fulfill requirements for quality.

"Readily Accessible" means the referenced item is located upon the premises.

"Standard Methods" means "Standard Methods for the Examination of Water and Wastewater," 21^st Edition, 2005,  American Public Health Association, 1015 Fifteenth Street, NW, Washington DC 20001, 202-628-8303.

"Standard Operating Procedure" means a written document that details the method of an operation, analysis or action, the techniques and procedures of which are thoroughly prescribed and that is officially approved as the method for performing certain routine or repetitive tasks.

"State" means the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency for Community Public Water Supply samples and Illinois Department of Public Health for Non-Community Public Water Supply samples.

"TNTC" means "too numerous to count" or greater than 200 colonies on the membrane filter in the absence of detectable coliforms when analyzing drinking water for total coliforms.

(Source:  Amended at 35 Ill. Reg. 14494, effective August 12, 2011)