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Small‑lab applicant urges State Water Board review of ELAP delays after months‑long pause
Summary
An attorney for Analytical Environmental Labs told the State Water Resources Control Board at public forum that ELAP has not acted on the lab's application for initial accreditation for more than four months and asked the board to investigate delays and consider regulatory fixes, including refundability of fees and a petition option for inaction.
At the State Water Resources Control Board public forum, an attorney for a small laboratory asked the board to investigate delays in the Environmental Laboratory Accreditation Program (ELAP) and to consider regulatory changes after an applicant said it had waited months without action.
"It's been over 4 months since AEL submitted its application. ELAP has neither approved the application nor denied the application. It has simply done nothing at all," attorney J.C. Dean said on behalf of Analytical…
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