Quality Assurance Project Plans (QAPP) document the project planning process and serve as a blueprint for how your project will run. It provides the who, what, when, where, why and how of the project. Quality assurance documentation is required for federal awards that involve environmental information operations.
Historically, EPA Project Officers work with recipients on quality assurance (QA) requirements. Once the award is made, if a Quality Assurance Project Plan is required as specified in the terms and conditions for the agreement, the recipient needs to develop the document(s) and submit to the project officer for EPA’s approval, usually within 30-90 days of award. The EPA Quality Assurance Manager (or designee) approves the documents. Recipients cannot begin environmental information operations until EPA approves the QAPP.
EPN in partnership with TRC Consulting has created a QAPP orientation slide presentation that covers an introduction to QAPPs and EPA’s Quality Program, “QAPP or Not” examples, translating workplans to QAPPs, and how we can be of assistance to grantees.
Access the Quality Assurance Project Plans Orientation here.