1. OELA/ORELAP Spring Workshop May 11, 2016

2. Welcome Oregon Environmental Laboratories!
OELA organizes this meeting “periodically” to facilitate the exchange of information with ORELAP and TNI. This year we have Jerry Parr, the Executive Director of The NELAC Institute.

3. New OELA website. First overhaul to site in several years. oelaonline
New OELA website. First overhaul to site in several years. oelaonline.com
Persons residing or employed in the State of Oregon who are engaged in the operation of or who are employees of an environmental laboratory, or who are engaged in providing support, supplies or services to environmental Labs.

4. OELA Board Rory White, President Kim Ramsey, Vice President
Beth Myers, Treasurer
Dennis Morgan, Secretary
Sherri Miyazaki
Dick Caldwell
Bill Michalek
Jan Wilson
Keith Chapman

5. New version of ODIE now available

6. ORELAP Gary Ward, ORELAP Administrator Shannon Swantek, ORELAP
Lizbeth Garcia, ORELAP
Chris Redman, DEQ
Sophia Caggiano, DEQ
John Fontana,
Public Health Laboratory Director

7. Overview: Morning 8:15 AM Welcome, OELA Update
Rory White, OELA President
8:30 AM
OTAC Update
Dennis Wells, OTAC Chair
8:45 AM
ORELAP
Program Update
Proposed Complaint Process
The New and Improved ODIE
Gary Ward,
ORELAP Administrator
9:30 AM
Oregon Drinking Water Program
Revised Total Coliform Rule Update
Electronic Reporting
Dave Leland,
DWP Administrator
10:15 AM
Ethics Presentation
Gary Ward, ORELAP
11:00 AM
TNI Update
Changes to the TNI Laboratory
Accreditation Standards
Working with the New MDL
Jerry Parr, TNI
12:00
LUNCH
Morning Program

8. Overview: Afternoon 1:00 PM
OPHD Domestic Well Safety Program: Data Submission Update and Total Coliform Reporting for Private Wells
Tara Chetock, OPHD
Program Coordinator
1:30 PM
RPA and the DEQ drive for lower detection limits
Scott Hoatson, DEQ
Quality Assurance Officer
2:00 PM
VOC Collection for Soils EPA 5035A
Kent Patton, Apex Labs
2:30 PM
Q&A Panel with the ORELAP Assessors
Gary Ward
Shannon Swantek
Lizbeth Garcia
3:00 PM
BREAK
3:15 PM
OELA Business Meeting
Election of Board Members
Membership Survey Announcement
Marlene Moore Workshops
and OELA scholarships
Rory White, OELA President
Jan Wilson, Cammia Env.
Afternoon program

9. Electronic Certificate of Attendance Available
There will be a sign up list for these certificates of attendance.

10. Safety is foremost for any laboratory
Safety is foremost for any laboratory. Here are some safety posters that you can’t take your eyes off.
This is why there is NO EATING in the lab.

11. No clowning around with the chemicals please.

12. Homer has clearly adopted the ISO/TNI spirit of documenting all events so that they can be accurately reconstructed.