DRAFT AGENDA

 Federal Advisory Committee on Detection and Quantitation Approaches and
Uses in Clean Water Act Programs

Meeting #10

L. William Seidman Center

3501 Fairfax Drive

Arlington, VA  22201-2305

Rooms 203 & 205

Wednesday – Friday, September 19-21, 2007

The purposes of the meeting are for the committee to reach agreement on
recommendations to EPA on (1) uses of detection and quantitation
approaches in Clean Water Act programs, (2) a procedure or procedures
for detection and quantitation, and (3) definitions for detection and
quantitation.  In addition, the committee will also seek to reach
agreement on approaches for determining National Quantitation Limits
(QLnat); addressing matrix effects; addressing verification of detection
and quantitation limits; determining target Measurement Quality
Objectives bounds; and implementation of its recommendations.

DAY ONE: Wednesday, September 19, 2007, 9:00 AM to 8:00 PM

                     	

Materials

9:00 AM	Opening and Introductions



	9:10 AM	Welcome

Mary Smith, Director, Engineering and Analysis Division, EPA



	9:15 AM	Agenda Overview and Grounding

Facilitator summary of goals for this meeting

FACDQ timeline and Charter 

Review of decisions needed at this meeting

Decision process for the meeting

	 

9:30 AM	Discussion and Approval of Meeting Summaries #7, #8, and #9
Documents: FACDQ #7, #8. and #9 Draft Meeting Summaries

10:00 AM	Caucus Reports of Outreach and FACDQ Member Statements



	10:15 AM	BREAK



	10:30 AM	Review of Uses Document (8-31-07) and Decision-Making

Presentation by Policy Work Group

Questions and responses

Plenary discussion of Revised Uses Document

	Document: Revised Uses Document (8-31-07)



11:45 AM	Caucus Lunch Assignments

Reaching agreement on Uses document

Options

Positions

Approaches for agreement



	12:00 PM	Lunch (In FDIC Cafeteria)

Caucus discussions



	1:30 PM	Uses Document Decision-Making

Caucus reports

Discussion

Agreements and vote



	2:30 PM	BREAK



	2:45 PM	Work Group Reports on Draft Products – Brief Descriptions,
Recommendations, Rationales

Matrix Effects, Verification, Implementation, Additional FACDQ
Recommendations

Discussion

Approaches to reaching agreements 

	Documents: Matrix Effects; Verification; Implementation Documents; and
Additional FACDQ Recommendations

4:45 PM	Public Comment

	5:00 PM	DINNER BREAK (Brought into FDIC)

	6:30 PM	Detection and Quantitation FAC Single Lab (DQFAC) Procedure
(Version 2.4), QLnat Determination Approach (Multi/Inter Lab), and
Definitions – Basic Understandings

Technical Work Group presentation

Key components

Rationale

Key decisions needed

	Documents: DQFAC Procedure Version 2.4; 

Determining QLnat; Definitions 

7:55 PM	Wrap-up; Agenda Review and Assignments for Day 2



	8:00 PM	ADJOURN DAY ONE



	



DAY TWO: Thursday, September 20, 2007, 9:00 AM to 6:30 PM

	

Materials

9:00 AM	Welcome, Day Two Agenda Review



	9:15 AM	Recap Decisions from Day One



	9:20 AM	DQFAC Procedure and Determining QLnat

TWG presentation of recommendations and rationale

Discussion

Identification of key issues to resolve

Caucus assignments during break



	10:30 AM	BREAK 

Caucus discussions on Procedure recommendation and approach to
determining QLnat 



	11:00 AM	Caucus Reports on Reaching Agreement on Recommended Procedure
and Determining QLnat



	12:00 PM	Lunch 



	1:00 PM	Agreements on Procedure and Determining QLnat

Discussions

Agreements and vote



	3:00 PM	BREAK



	3:15 PM	Definitions Discussion

TWG Presentation

Discussion

	Document: Definitions 

4:00 PM	Discussion, and Decision on Target MQO Bounds

Discussion on target MQO Bounds

Agreements and vote

	Document: Target MQO Bounds

4:45 PM	Public Comment 



	5:00 PM	Wrap-Up; Agenda Review and Assignments for Day 3



	5:15 PM	Adjourn DAY Two



	



DAY THREE: Friday, September 21, 2007, 8:00 AM to 3:00 PM

	

Materials

8:00 AM	Welcome, Day Three Agenda Review



	8:15 AM	Final Decisions on Package of Agreements and Recommendations 



	10:30 AM	BREAK 



	10:45 AM	Discussion of the Final Report and Work Plan 

Presentation by Final Report Work Group

Discussion of Final Report and potential recommendations

Agreement on direction to Final Report Work Group

	



11:30 AM	Recap of Decisions Made at FACDQ #10 



	12:00 PM	Lunch 



	1:00 PM	Assignments 

Policy Work Group

Technical Work Group

Implementation Work Group

Final Report Work Group

Other assignments



	2:00 PM	Next Steps and Schedule

What needs to happen between FACDQ Meeting #10 and FACDQ Meeting #11,
December 2007

Agreement on decisions at December Meeting

Schedule for completion of FACDQ work



	2:30 PM	Public Comment



	2:45 PM	Wrap-Up and Summary 



	3:00 PM	Adjourn day 3, FACDQ #10



	

			8/31/2007

Draft for Discussion

Document # FACDQ10-01

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Federal Advisory Committee on Detection and Quantitation Approaches and 
	             Uses In Clean Water Act Programs

September 19-21, 2007 Draft Agenda		

