Introduction Quality Objectives The Laboratories of the UBA Tasks Methods Cooperation Résumé Competence in Environmental Protection and Environmental Control http: //www. ubavie. gv. at Spittelauer Laende 5 A-1090 Vienna Austria Umweltbundesamt - Federal Environment Agency Austria July 16, 2003 1
Introduction Quality Objectives Tasks Methods Cooperation Résumé History • 1985: The UBA is founded by the Environmental Control Act, Federal Legal Gazette No. 127/1985. • 1985: establishing of Air Quality Monitoring Laboratory • 1986: establishing of Chemical Laboratories • 1997: establishing of GMO Laboratory http: //www. ubavie. gv. at Spittelauer Laende 5 A-1090 Vienna Austria Umweltbundesamt - Federal Environment Agency Austria July 16, 2003 2
Introduction Quality Objectives Tasks Methods Cooperation Résumé http: //www. ubavie. gv. at Spittelauer Laende 5 A-1090 Vienna Austria History • 2001: Accreditation of Chemical Laboratories and GMO Laboratory as testing laboratory for environmental analysis and GMO analysis according to EN ISO/IEC 17025 GZ 92714/499 -IV/9/01 Umweltbundesamt - Federal Environment Agency Austria July 16, 2003 3
Introduction Quality Objectives Tasks Methods Cooperation Résumé Quality Objectives Competent and independent testing laboratory for environmental protection and environmental control • continuous improvement of our quality standards by implementation of the principles of our QM-System at the daily work by the staff • Sustainable satisfaction of client requirements http: //www. ubavie. gv. at Spittelauer Laende 5 A-1090 Vienna Austria Umweltbundesamt - Federal Environment Agency Austria July 16, 2003 4
Introduction Quality Objectives Tasks Methods Cooperation Résumé http: //www. ubavie. gv. at Spittelauer Laende 5 A-1090 Vienna Austria Quality Objectives • Fulfilment of demands of the annual working programme for our Ministry • Development of innovative test methods Therefore we • Have clearly defined processes from the receipt of samples to the delivery of test reports • Have clearly defined roles and responsibilities Umweltbundesamt - Federal Environment Agency Austria July 16, 2003 5
Introduction Quality Objectives Tasks Methods Cooperation Résumé Quality Objectives Therefore we • Have highly experienced and motivated laboratory staff, regularly trained • Have “state-of-the-art” laboratory equipment regularly serviced and maintained http: //www. ubavie. gv. at Spittelauer Laende 5 A-1090 Vienna Austria Umweltbundesamt - Federal Environment Agency Austria July 16, 2003 6
Introduction Quality System Documentation Quality Objectives Tasks Methods whole company Cooperation work instructions Résumé Department workinggroups Working place http: //www. ubavie. gv. at QM Internal & external Standard Operation Procedures (SOP) only internal Checklists, manuals, forms, control charts Spittelauer Laende 5 A-1090 Vienna Austria Umweltbundesamt - Federal Environment Agency Austria July 16, 2003 7
Managing Director Georg Rebernig Introduction Quality Objectives Tasks Methods Deputy Managing Director Karl Kienzl M. Director's Office: HR, Controlling, Communications Accounting and Controlling Legal Affairs, Facility Management Publications, Library Studies and Consulting Environmental Analyses and Chemicals Data Karl Kienzl Gundi Lorbeer Konrad Zirm http: //www. ubavie. gv. at Spittelauer Laende 5 A-1090 Vienna Austria General Information Technology Environ. Management, Traffic, Noise Integrated Plant Technologies Heavy Metals, Electron Microscopy Application Development Contaminated Sites Air Emissions Persistant Organic Pollutants, Dioxins Air Quality Control Energy, Radiation Protection Environ. Active Substances & Metabolites National Parks Chemicals Terrestrial Ecology Forests Chart from 1/1/2003 Fuel Laboratory Environmental Impact Assessm. , Biosafety Organisation Résumé Waste Nature Protection Cooperation Climate Change Office Water International Organisations Waste Management (Klagenfurt) Umweltbundesamt - Federal Environment Agency Austria July 16, 2003 8
Introduction Quality Objectives Tasks Methods Cooperation Organisation Résumé Chart of Testing Lab from 31/12/2002 http: //www. ubavie. gv. at Spittelauer Laende 5 A-1090 Vienna Austria Umweltbundesamt - Federal Environment Agency Austria July 16, 2003 9
Introduction Quality Objectives The Testing Laboratory in Numbers Tasks • 48 staff members 2002 Methods • 112 accredited testing methods Cooperation Résumé • 65 projects • > 5 000 samples annually • ~ 60 000 tests http: //www. ubavie. gv. at Spittelauer Laende 5 A-1090 Vienna Austria Umweltbundesamt - Federal Environment Agency Austria July 16, 2003 10
Main Tasks Introduction Quality Objectives Environmental control Tasks • long-term environmental monitoring programmes Methods Cooperation Résumé http: //www. ubavie. gv. at Spittelauer Laende 5 A-1090 Vienna Austria • specific measuring projects designed to describe the state of the environment Innovation • applied research and pilot projects • before any envrionmental policies providing the basis for national and international discussions Umweltbundesamt - Federal Environment Agency Austria Enforcement • of laws, directives, ordinances and guidelines • on behalf of the Federal Government point out needs for action monitor efficient implementation July 16, 2003 11
Introduction Main Tasks Quality Objectives • Monitoring programmes Tasks Ø Water Quality Monitoring Ordinance – priority substances in running waters Methods Cooperation Ø monitoring of dioxins in ambient air Résumé Ø Integrated Monitoring (UN-ECE) Ø precipitation monitoring Ø monitoring of heavy metal concentrations in mosses http: //www. ubavie. gv. at Spittelauer Laende 5 A-1090 Vienna Austria Ø Monitoring of genetically modified organisms in feed samples Umweltbundesamt - Federal Environment Agency Austria July 16, 2003 12
Introduction Main Tasks Quality Objectives • Innovation Tasks Ø hormones und xenohormones Methods Ø pharmaceutical substances Cooperation Ø disinfectants Résumé Ø Suspended particulate matter in air: content of selected metals and source apportionment Ø polybrominated flame retardants http: //www. ubavie. gv. at Spittelauer Laende 5 A-1090 Vienna Austria Umweltbundesamt - Federal Environment Agency Austria July 16, 2003 13
Introduction Quality Objectives Tasks Main Tasks • Enforcement Ø Waste inspections (companies, borders) Methods Ø Air Quality Protection Act Cooperation Ø Fuel quality monitoring (FQMS) Résumé Ø Checking animal feeding stuffs for dioxins http: //www. ubavie. gv. at Spittelauer Laende 5 A-1090 Vienna Austria Umweltbundesamt - Federal Environment Agency Austria July 16, 2003 14
Introduction Further Activities Quality Objectives • Training and Consulting Tasks Ø 1 st Austrian wide ring test on sampling of waste Methods Cooperation Résumé Ø Training of employees of public authorities in sampling methods and waste control Ø Co-organization and realization of training courses on expert knowledge in the field of toxic chemicals http: //www. ubavie. gv. at Ø Management and collaboration in various national and international working boards Spittelauer Laende 5 A-1090 Vienna Austria Umweltbundesamt - Federal Environment Agency Austria July 16, 2003 15
Test methods Introduction Quality Objectives • Sampling Tasks • Sample preparation Methods • Physical-chemical analysis Cooperation • Inorganic trace analysis Résumé • Organic trace analysis • GMO analysis • Scanning electron microscopy http: //www. ubavie. gv. at Spittelauer Laende 5 A-1090 Vienna Austria Umweltbundesamt - Federal Environment Agency Austria July 16, 2003 16
Introduction Quality Objectives Test methods • Sampling Tasks Ø water, soils, sludges and waste Methods Ø various volatile organic compounds in ambient air and indoor air (e. g. , VOC, aldehydes, dioxines, PAH; co-operation with Dept. of Air Quality Control) Cooperation Résumé Ø sampling of suspended particulate matter • Sample preparation http: //www. ubavie. gv. at Spittelauer Laende 5 A-1090 Vienna Austria Ø drying, lyophilisation, sieving and grinding of solid samples Umweltbundesamt - Federal Environment Agency Austria July 16, 2003 17
Introduction Quality Objectives Tasks Methods Cooperation Résumé Testing methods - Air quality Air Quality Control Department: Monitoring of air quality by different methods: Øcontinuous measurements (CO, NO 2/NOx, SO 2, O 3, PM, VOC) Øactive sampling (PM gravimetric, VOC, dioxins) Øpassive sampling Environmental Analysis: Analysis of air samples by active sampling and passive sampling http: //www. ubavie. gv. at Spittelauer Laende 5 A-1090 Vienna Austria Umweltbundesamt - Federal Environment Agency Austria July 16, 2003 18
Introduction Quality Objectives Tasks Methods Cooperation Résumé Test Methods • Sample preparation Ø preparation of leachates and other extractions Ø digestion methods for water samples and various solids & HF digestion of quartz fibre filters Ø determination of the water content and dry residue at 105°C http: //www. ubavie. gv. at Spittelauer Laende 5 A-1090 Vienna Austria Umweltbundesamt - Federal Environment Agency Austria July 16, 2003 19
Introduction Quality Objectives Tasks Methods Cooperation Résumé Test Methods • Physical-chemical analysis Ø p. H value, electrical conductivity and dissolved oxygen with electrochemical methods in rain water and other aqueous samples Ø AOX, EOX, TOC, TC, DOC, evaporation residue in aqueous samples, nitrogen according to Kjeldahl, organic matter by loss on ignition, upper calorific value in solid samples http: //www. ubavie. gv. at Spittelauer Laende 5 A-1090 Vienna Austria Umweltbundesamt - Federal Environment Agency Austria July 16, 2003 20
Introduction Quality Objectives Tasks Methods Cooperation Résumé Test Methods Inorganic parameters Ø As, Cd, Pb and Hg in extractions, aqueous samples and various solids using AAS (GF-AAS, cold vapour/hydride AAS) Ø Ag, Al, As, B, Ba, Be, Ca, Cd, Co, Cr, Cu, Fe, K, Mg, Mn, Mo, Na, Ni, P, Pb, S, Sb, Sc, Se, Si, S, Sr, Te, Ti, Tl, V, Zn in digestions of water samples, sewage sludge, waste, powders, solids and vegetation matrices (e. g. moss, lichens, . . ) using ICP-AES and ICP-MS Ø Cr(VI), Ammonia, Nitrite, Phosphate, Phenolic Index and degradable organic substances by means of spectroscopic methods in aqueous samples http: //www. ubavie. gv. at Spittelauer Laende 5 A-1090 Vienna Austria Ø Ion determination (Ion chromatography) Umweltbundesamt - Federal Environment Agency Austria July 16, 2003 21
Test Methods Introduction Quality Objectives Tasks Methods Cooperation Résumé http: //www. ubavie. gv. at Spittelauer Laende 5 A-1090 Vienna Austria • Organic parameters (GC/MSD, HPLC) Ø Ø Ø Ø PAHs surfactants and metabolites, phenolic compounds, optical brighteners, pesticides, NTA & EDTA, nitrophenoles, phthalates, organo-tin compounds, polycyclic and nitro musk compounds, chlorinated hydrocarbons, PCBs, flame retardants. . . Umweltbundesamt - Federal Environment Agency Austria July 16, 2003 22
Introduction Quality Objectives Tasks Methods Cooperation Résumé Test Methods Organic parameters Ø pharmaceuticals in aqueous samples, soil, sediments, manure by LC-MSMS Ø endocrine disruptors in water, soil, sludge by LCMSMS Ø hormones by GC-HRMSD Ø PCDD/F and DL-PCB in soils, sediments, sewage sludge, compost, vegetation, feed, milk and air samples (ambient air, emissions) using GC/HRMS methods http: //www. ubavie. gv. at Ø VOCs in air using GC methods Spittelauer Laende 5 A-1090 Vienna Austria Umweltbundesamt - Federal Environment Agency Austria July 16, 2003 23
Introduction Quality Objectives Tasks Methods Cooperation Résumé Test methods • GMO Analysis Ø analysis of genetically modified organisms in feed (soy beans, corn, …), food and environmental media using screening and specific methods Ø Qualitative analysis using standard PCR and electrophoresis Ø Quantitative analysis using Real. Time PCR (Taq. Man fluorescent probes) http: //www. ubavie. gv. at Spittelauer Laende 5 A-1090 Vienna Austria Umweltbundesamt - Federal Environment Agency Austria July 16, 2003 24
Introduction Quality Objectives Tasks Methods Cooperation Résumé Test methods • Scanning electron microscopy Ø asbestos and MMMF in ambient air, indoor air and solids Ø identification and source apportionment of particulate matter in environmental media http: //www. ubavie. gv. at Spittelauer Laende 5 A-1090 Vienna Austria Umweltbundesamt - Federal Environment Agency Austria July 16, 2003 25
Introduction Selected Projects Quality Objectives Tasks • ARCEM (Austrian Research Co-operation on Endocrine Modulators, www. arcem. at) Methods Cooperation Résumé • POSEIDON (www. eu-poseidon. com) • ESTR-A-LISER (www. estraliser. de) • TETSOIL http: //www. ubavie. gv. at Spittelauer Laende 5 A-1090 Vienna Austria Umweltbundesamt - Federal Environment Agency Austria July 16, 2003 26
Introduction Quality Objectives Cooperations • National cooperations Tasks Ø provincial governments Methods Ø universities Cooperation Résumé • International cooperations Ø scientific projects Ø Projects of the European Union http: //www. ubavie. gv. at Spittelauer Laende 5 A-1090 Vienna Austria Umweltbundesamt - Federal Environment Agency Austria July 16, 2003 27
Introduction Quality Objectives Tasks Methods Cooperation Résumé Summary • Expert authority of the Federal Government for Environmental control tasks • Monitoring programmes (GMO monitoring of food/feed samples, dioxins in food, precipitation (EMEP), WGEV, special measuring programmes) • Development of new analytical methods for special tasks and projects • Chemical and GMO analysis on the market http: //www. ubavie. gv. at Spittelauer Laende 5 A-1090 Vienna Austria • Co-operation with international partners (FP 5, LIFE, PHARE, . . . ) • Training and consulting (PHARE, ring tests, . . . ) Umweltbundesamt - Federal Environment Agency Austria July 16, 2003 28
Introduction Résumé Quality Objectives Tasks Methods Cooperation Résumé Being part of different national and international networks is key to the continued success of the UBA and its partners ! http: //www. ubavie. gv. at Spittelauer Laende 5 A-1090 Vienna Austria Umweltbundesamt - Federal Environment Agency Austria July 16, 2003 29
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