State Government

• TestAmerica, in support of the State of New York, Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC), receives samples from all NYSDEC regions to address the analytical requirements of remedial investigations, discharge evaluations, spill responses and state Superfund activities. TestAmerica performs all analyses adhering to the NYS Analytical Services Protocol (ASP), which mimics EPA CLP Methods. Sample matrices include wastes, soils, drinking waters, groundwaters, sediments, discharge samples and air. This contract requires strict adherence to the required methodologies resulting in high quality, legally defensible data for the State of New York.
• TestAmerica maintains analytical support contracts with each of three major engineering firms holding primary contracts with the Illinois State Department of Transportation. In this capacity TestAmerica performs a broad range of analyses for statewide assessments and investigations. In over 10 years of support provided under this program, TestAmerica has uniquely positioned itself to address the program's custom requirements.
• TestAmerica is the primary laboratory supporting development of the Hawaii Department of Health Technical Guidance Manual (TGM) for sampling and risk assessment. Support includes application of draft TGM procedures to determine efficacy at selected sites over the past two years. One site in this effort consisted of a former agricultural property at a remote island location that required testing for Organochlorine Pesticides, Organochlorine Herbicides, Triazines, Carbamates, Metals, SVOC, and Dioxins as a prerequisite for a housing development. TestAmerica provided solutions to help resolve problematic sample transport logistics from the site. In addition, TestAmerica developed and applied the first-ever super-scaled (5 Kg) multi-incremental sample processing application for a number of the tested parameters, conducting leachability studies on all positive samples, and pioneering commercial lab implementation of the Ruby- Drexler sample preparation technique to determine the 'bioaccessible' component of detected arsenic concentrations.

• TestAmerica is the primary laboratory supporting an ambient air monitoring project within residential dwellings. This ambient air program is under the control of a state government agency and is highly visible within the public domain. TestAmerica has dedicated approximately 180 summa canisters and 130 flow controllers exclusively for use by this client. Canisters are supplied to the client on a weekly basis, batch screened for both SIM and SCAN modes of EPA Method TO-15 maintaining a seamless cycle of appropriate sampling media to the field for systematic project execution.

• TestAmerica worked with the Florida Department of Environmental Protection (FDEP) to validate analytical techniques used for the identification of 1,4-dioxane following 8260SIM methodology. TestAmerica was the first laboratory in Florida certified for analysis of 1,4-dioxane by 8260SIM.

• TestAmerica has proliferated its analytical capabilities to expand its' test offerings specific to the evaluation of Hexavalent Chromium in environmental samples. TestAmerica currently serves as the lead lab for an extensive NJDEP project addressing the evaluation of background chromium concentrations in urban soils. Processing thousands of samples for state driven programs, the laboratory not only complies with the difficult New Jersey data validation guidelines but also performs other non-routine procedures, such as the Japanese Slab Cake method.