DEP Quality Management System

DEP's Quality Management System assures that the environmental data used to make decisions (license conditions, for example) are accurate and reliable, and that the Department is continuously improving the quality of all its programs and operations. The standard against which quality is compared is DEP's Quality Management Plan (PDF), which is approved by the EPA.

Below are examples of Quality Assurance Project Plans (QAPPs) for several Maine DEP programs. For additional information including appendices, tables and other documentation associated with the QAPPs please contact Malcolm Burson at 207-287-7755.

Example Quality Assurance Project Plans (QAPPs)

Air Toxics Initiative December 2003

Biological Monitoring of Maine's Rivers, Streams and Freswater Wetlands February 2008

Lead and Asbestos September 2004

Leaking Underground Storage Tanks August 2002

Meteorological Monitoring February 1998

Photochemical Assessment Monitoring Station (PAMS)

Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) February 2003

Urban Stream Non-Point Source Total Maximum Daily Loads June 2003