Guidance

MCERTS: performance standard for laboratories testing samples from stack emissions monitoring

How to analyse samples taken to monitor pollution released from chimney stacks.

From:
Environment Agency
Published
8 February 2017
Last updated
17 July 2024 — See all updates

Applies to England

Documents

MCERTS standard for laboratories testing samples from stack emissions monitoring

Ref: LIT 10640

PDF, 461 KB, 38 pages

MCERTS standard for laboratories testing samples from stack emissions monitoring

Ref: LIT 10640

ODT, 214 KB

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Details

This MCERTS standard requires laboratories that analyse stack emissions monitoring samples to be accredited by the United Kingdom Accreditation Service (UKAS) to ISO 17025 and to the requirements set out in this document.

Updates to this page

Published 8 February 2017
Last updated 17 July 2024 + show all updates

  1. We have revised the format of this document using a new template. It is available in PDF and OpenDocument format.

  2. Document reformatted and reordered to comply with changes to ISO 17025.

  3. Amended some performance targets in Annex A. Minor corrections to text to add clarity.

  4. First published.

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