2016 Annual Quality Assurance Conference Agenda
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The 26th Annual QA Conference was be held in the 12th floor conference center located at 1445 Ross Ave., Dallas, TX 75202 Exit which is located at the corner of Ross Avenue and Field Street in downtown Dallas.
Monday - October 17, 2016
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8:30 am | Registration |
12:30 pm |
Opening Remarks |
12:45 pm |
Vincia Holloman |
1:45 pm |
Green Chemistry: Principles, Practice, and Economics |
2:45 pm | Break |
3:00 pm |
Trends and Development in Food Waste Valorization
Nadia Plata EPTES |
4:00 pm | An Update on Mosquitoes and Mosquito Borne Diseases Michael Merchant Texas A&M University |
5:00 pm | Adjourn |
Tuesday - October 18, 2016
Time | Session A | Session B | Session C | Session D |
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8:30 AM
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Get in the Ozone
Donna McChristian CH2M HILL |
Project-Level Collaboration and Cooperation Across Multiple Agencies to Address Quality Assurance for Ecological Restoration
Louis Blume U.S. EPA, Region 5 Overarching, Multi-agency Quality Program Supporting Ecological Restoration Molly M. Amos CSRA
A Brief Overview of QA/QC Practices in Use Across the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Dallas Floodway Extension Lower Chain of Wetlands and Grasslands: A Case Study of Adaptive Management in Ecosystem Restoration |
Limits of Detection
Stanley Deming |
Efficiencies Learned in Times of Budget Cuts
Steven Moser Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food and Forestry |
9:30 AM
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Optimized Performance of EPA Method 325 |
Session Continued |
Not All Bees Who Wander |
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10:30 AM
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Comprehensive, Real-Time Air Monitoring Using Direct Mass Spectrometry
Vaughan Langford SYFT Technologies |
Session Continued |
Pediatric Pesticides? Are We Poisoning Our Children?
Brett Roth
University of Texas Southwestern
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11:30 AM
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LUNCH |
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1:00 PM
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Understanding the Analysis of Air. Theory and Applications |
Open Discussion: Project-level Quality Issues |
Laboratory Quality and Safety Potpourri |
LC-MS/MS Quantitation of Underivatized Glyphosate and Other Polar Pesticides: A Method Comparison Study
Paul Winkler SCIEX |
2:00 PM
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Very High Throughput Air and Headspace Analysis Using Direct Mass Spectrometry
Vaughan Langford SYFT Technologies |
Traceability in Whole Effluent
Toxicity Tests Ginger Briggs Bio-Analytical Laboratories |
Monitoring Data Quality in the Contract Laboratory Program |
Using High Resolution Mass Spectrometry for Identification and Quantitation of Emerging and Common Compounds of Environmental concern, and the analysis of Glyphosate, AMPA and Glufosinate in drinking water. |
3:00 PM
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Improving Compound Identification Through the Use of High Resolution Mass Spectrometry |
Laboratory Roundtable |
Migrating from a Legacy LIMS to a Modern Platform
Sonja Stutsman Accelerated Technology Laboratories |
Environmental Applications of a Field-Portable GC/MS System |
4:00 PM
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Canister Cleaning Practices and Blank VOC Concentrations |
Vacant |
Introduction to New High Resolution QTOF Mass Spectrometer |
Variability of Atmospheric Pesticide Concentrations in Urban Areas: Opportunities and Challenges |
5:00 PM
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Adjourn
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Wednesday - October 19, 2016
Time | Session A | Session B | Session C | Session D |
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8:30 AM
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Vacant |
New and Improved Nitrogen Methods for Clean Water Act Reporting |
Preparing for a LIMS – The Importance of Proper Planning
Sonja Stutsman Accelerated Technology Laboratories and
Brenda Snodgrass
Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food, and Forestry
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Microorganism Identification |
9:30 AM
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An Innovative Water Management Device for Online and Canister-based Thermal Desorption of Trace-level VVOCs in High Humidity Ambient Air |
Determination of Hexavalent Chromium in Drinking Water by Ion Chromatography: Post Column Derivatization vs Suppressed Conductivity Detection
Manali Aggrawal Thermo Fisher Scientific
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Trace Level Analysis of Method 8270 Semivolatile Organic Compounds by GC-MS/MS |
Vacant |
10:30 AM
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Finding the Code of Federal Regulations and EPA Documents Online |
Lead and Copper: Health and Laboratory Perspectives |
Method 525.2 Semivolatiles Using a Triple Quadrupole GCMS in Full Scan Mode
William Lipps Shimadzu |
The Analysis of Human Hormones in Drinking Water: A Complete Workflow for U.S. EPA Method 539 |
11:30 AM
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LUNCH |
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1:00 PM
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Microplastics in the Freshwater Environment |
Lead in Drinking Water – Lessons Learned and Phosphorus by Microwave Digestion and Analysis by ICP or ICP-MS |
Vacant
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How To Audit and Be Audited for EPA RAD Methods
Kyle Kinser Oklahoma Department of Environmental Quality
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2:00 PM
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Use of Deuterated Monitoring Compounds in GC/MS Methods |
Bromate Determination in Water and Drinking Water
Taylor Reynolds
MilliporeSigma
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Implementing a Field Quality Management System at EPA
Craig Weeks
U.S. EPA, Region 6
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The “Musts” in Organic Drinking Water Methods
Meredith Clarage
U.S. EPA, Region 6
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3:00 PM
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Analysis of PFOA/PFOS Using |
History of the Clean Water Act |
Leveraging Mobile Technology with LIMS for Field Data Collection
Sonja Stutsman
Accelerated Technology Laboratories
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Common Findings in Microbiology
Jessica Hoch Texas Commission on Environmental Quality |
4:00 PM
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Discovery of Emerging Disinfection By-Products in Water Using High Resolution Accurate Mass GC-MS Technology
Dwain Cardona
ThermoFisher
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Tips on Optimizing GC/MS Instrumentation for Semivolatile Analysis by EPA Method 8270D to Maximize Instrument Uptime Using Split Injection While Minimizing the Loss of Method Sensitivity |
Field Sampling and Measurement Activities
JoAnn Boyd
Southwest Research Institute
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Closed Meeting
State Certification Officers
Ray Clark
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5:00 PM
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Adjourn
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Thursday - October 20, 2016
Time | Session A | Session B | Session C | Session D |
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8:30 AM |
The 2016 TNI Laboratory Standard and Other News of Interest |
Heat Map of Emissions Along the Houston Ship Channel |
Developing Metrics to Facilitate Quality System Maturity and Accountability |
Acquiring Superfund Analytical Services in EPA Region 6 |
9:30 AM
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Electronic Data Capture |
Characterizing Environmental Quality in Shale Energy Basins
Zacariah Hildenbrand University of Texas at Arlington
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Waste Isolation Pilot Plant Recovery and Restart
Nick Stone U.S. EPA, Region 6 |
Session Continued |
10:30 AM
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Preparation and Compliance for |
Serious System Deficiencies in NPDES and Drinking Water Field Measurements
Steve Baker Arizona Department of Health
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Reserved for U.S. EPA
What's New in Managing Quality in EPA Contracts?
Marion Kelly
Headquarters, U.S. EPA |
Session Continued |
11:30 AM
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Lunch |
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1:00 PM
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Session Continued
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2:00 PM
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3:00 PM
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4:00 PM
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5:00 PM
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Adjourn
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