• You are here: EPA Home
• Great Lakes
• Quality Management

Quality Management Plan

This document defines the Great Lakes National Program Office’s (GLNPO’s) quality system. GLNPO is a geographically-focused office, whose mission is to lead and coordinate United States efforts to protect and restore the Great Lakes. This Quality Management Plan (QMP) is a management tool that describes how GLNPO will plan, implement, document, and assess its quality system to support its mission. The document also communicates the policy and provides guidance on GLNPO’s quality management system to all personnel associated with GLNPO. The document has been approved by GLNPO management and USEPA's Office of Environmental Information's (OEI) Quality Staff.

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Order 5360.1 A2 Policy and Program Requirements for the Mandatory Agency-wide Quality System, May 2000 (Appendix A), establishes policy and program requirements for the preparation and implementation of quality management systems. The order requires that all EPA organizational units participate in a centrally managed quality assurance (QA) program. This Agency-wide system management system provides the necessary elements to plan, implement, document, and assess the effectiveness of quality assurance (QA) and quality control (QC) activities applied to environmental programs conducted by or for EPA. The intent is to develop a consistent approach to environmental decisions that ensures the collection of supporting data that are scientifically sound, legally defensible, and of known and documented quality. The OEI’s Quality Staff is responsible for developing, coordinating and directing the implementation of the Agency’s QA program.

• EPA Home
• Privacy and Security Notice
• Contact Us