New Jersey Administrative Code
Title 7 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
Chapter 18 - REGULATIONS GOVERNING THE CERTIFICATION OF LABORATORIES AND ENVIRONMENTAL MEASUREMENTS
Subchapter 2 - PROGRAM PROCEDURES AND REQUIREMENTS
Section 7:18-2.11 - Duties of environmental laboratory personnel

i. The manager shall administer the operations of the environmental laboratory including the reporting of tests and analyses. The manager shall be available for personal or telephone consultation with the environmental laboratory staff and the Department. If the manager is to be absent, the manager shall arrange for a substitute. When serving as supervisor or acting supervisor, the manager shall meet the requirements of 7:18-2.10(b);

ii. The manager shall assure that all laboratory personnel meet the applicable requirements of 7:18-2.10(b) for their classification;

iii. The manager or designee thereof shall sign reports of analytical data. The laboratory shall inform the Department of the designee's name and authority to sign reports; and

iv. The manager or designee assigned in (a)1iii above, shall obtain a Personal Identification Number from the Department, as specified at 7:18-1.9(c), for the electronic submittal of data required under the statutes listed at 7:18-1.1(c). Submission of data using that PIN certifies that the manager or assigned designee believes that the submitted information is true, accurate, complete and generated according to the procedures contained in N.J.A.C. 7:18.

i. Each supervisor shall monitor the performance of technical personnel performing the analysis of a parameter to determine whether the personnel are complying with applicable requirements of this chapter. Each supervisor shall report results within the Category or Categories for which the supervisor is qualified;

ii. Each supervisor shall only perform tests or analyses within the Category or Categories for which the supervisor is qualified; and

iii. Each supervisor shall oversee the performance of all laboratory procedures, tests, analyses, and quality assurance within the Category or Categories for which the supervisor is qualified, to assure that it is in compliance with this chapter.

i. The quality assurance (QA) officer shall ensure that the environmental laboratory follows the quality control procedures of the DSAMs and of N.J.A.C. 7:18-3 through 8; and

ii. The QA officer shall implement the procedures of the environmental laboratory's quality assurance/quality control manual, pursuant to 7:18-4.5, 5.5, 6.6, 7.7 and 8.4.