Code of Massachusetts Regulations
310 CMR - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
Title 310 CMR 43.00 - Site Selection Criteria For Low-level Radioactive Waste Management Facilities
Section 43.62 - Quality Assurance Requirements

(a) The quality assurance program should specify the structure of the organization performing the work, the division of responsibilities, and the location of project personnel with in the organization. Persons responsible for the implementation or oversight of the quality assurance program and for technical oversight, review and approval should also be indicated on the organization chart.

(b) The quality assurance program should include procedures to ensure quality in both the data acquisition and analysis program(e.g., sampling and testing methods, equipment calibration, sample custody, verification and validation of models) and information management (e.g., data management, tracking of changes, protection against transcription error). In general, procedures should be included for every phase of work whose output has the potential to affect the results of the investigations or the conclusions to be drawn from the investigations.

(c) The quality assurance program should provide for independent technical review, verification, and approval by persons not directly involved in the performance of the work.

(d) The quality assurance program should provide for the ability to trace and audit all calculations, analyses, deductions, inferences, and project data.

(e) The quality assurance program should provide for internal reviews and audits to verify that the program is functioning according to the written description.

(f) The quality assurance program should provide a method for initiating corrective actions and verifying that they have been implemented.

(g) The quality assurance requirements of 310CMR 41.63 should apply to all data and analyses used in the Candidate Site Identification Report, irrespective of whether such data and analysis have been previously applied or accepted in connection with the Statewide Mapping and Screening Report or the Report Identifying Possible Locations.