The ALTC is composed of individuals committed to promoting concepts of quality within analytical laboratories in the energy and environmental industries. Individuals whose primary functions and interests involve working in these areas and with analytical laboratories are encouraged to join the Division and become active in the Technical Committee to accomplish the vision/mission. move to home

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• Assist environmental laboratories, their clients, and regulators in the development, implementation, certification, and auditing of Performance Based Measurement Systems. 
• Establish quality improvement tools for use by analytical laboratories. Provide training as part of conferences, at workshops, by in-house presentations, interactive training on computers and the Internet. 
• Lead in preparing guidance for implementation of Good Automated Lab Practices (GALP) in environmental laboratories. 
• Provide guidance, definitions, and examples for ethical laboratory conduct. 
• Conduct surveys of laboratories with successful quality programs to establish comparative measurements for Benchmarking. Apply the survey results to assist labs in improvements. 
• Compile recommended sources, practices, references and guidance for labs in minimizing waste and promoting Pollution Prevention and responsible Hazardous Waste Disposal (Green Chemistry).
• Liaison/Network activities with other groups working in support of analytical labs to provide quality improvement input (such as CENSA, ISO, ASTM, A2LA, ACIL, NELAC, etc.).
• Serve as a developer and coordinator for quality Standards Sources applicable to the analytical laboratory. 

Our Goal is to lead, promote, educate, influence, communicate, and support quality improvement efforts in analytical laboratories in the energy and environmental industries and to promote Advancing Methods and Technologies –by identifying , developing and communicating innovative methods and technologies that address emerging issues affecting quality. home page

Products and Services  We aim to provide forums for education and information exchange and develop standards, guidelines and publications for quality professionals and others involved in the application of quality principles. move to products

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