Environmental data is very important in the policy-making process. EPA has contracted lots of projects for monitoring, collecting, and analyzing the environmental data. In order to obtain high quality data, series of control processes should be conducted including sampling, sample storage and handling, instrument calibrations and measurements and data processing. The primary goal of Quality Assurance Project Plan (QAPP) is to ensure that all environmental data, derived by contracted project, are of sufficient quality to support the data#s intended use. An audit program is necessary to make sure that the quality of QAPP has been fulfilled. This project has been conducted to evaluate the data quality of EPA contracted projects. 41 EPA projects were audited for 51 times, including 10 re-audited projects. The first seminars were held on 10/16 at NTU Second Student Activity Center and the second seminar were held on 12/24 at NTU International Conference Hall of Dean of Law. Hold two meeting to assist local environmental protection bureau for configuration and execution the QAPP on 10/16 and 12/24. Assist the project of Dept. of Air Quality Protection and Noise Control, EPA to set up two sets of data quality objective (DQO). Translated the USEPA 2002「Guidance for Quality Assurance Project Plans」and developed the draft of new version「Guidance for Quality Assurance Project Plans」and 「Checklist of Quality Assurance Project Plans」. One sample plan had been developed by using the format of USEPA 2002「Guidance for Quality Assurance Project Plans」. The goals of this project have been fulfilled after all.

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