Last fall, the U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) prepared the "#Brownfields Grant Recipient's Road Map to Understanding Quality Assurance Project Plans" to help EPA Brownfield Assessment
Grant recipients design and complete site assessment projects more
efficiently and effectively by increasing their awareness and understanding of
the importance of quality assurance (QA) in Brownfield site projects. This document
also provides an overview of EPA requirements for developing generic and site-specific
quality assurance project plans (QAPP) and site-specific QAPP addendums
(collectively ‘QAPPs’) in support of site assessment efforts at Brownfield sites.
Readers are advised that specific QAPP requirements will vary by EPA region and
state. Finally, the document outlines a general process to help recipients oversee their environmental
contractor’s efforts to develop QAPPs to ensure collection of adequate and
appropriate data to support the decision-making processes needed to determine
and support protective future uses of Brownfield sites.
A copy of the report is found here: http://www.brownfieldstsc.org/pdfs/BrownfieldsQAPPRoadMap_Nov2012.pdf