Qualifications
ISO Accreditation
Environmental Management System (EMS)
ETC is accredited to ISO 14001:2004 Environmental Management Standards (Accreditation Certificate shown on Figure 16). Our policy is to partner with our customers to continuously improve environmental management practices. Together, we identify standard and custom solutions to help reduce the environmental impacts of our operations. We manage our processes, materials and practices in order to reduce the impacts associated with our work and minimize the creation of waste and pollution.
ETC pledges to continue operating within the ISO 14001 Environmental Management System to further enhance environmental performance. Our main objectives are to:
- Provide an environmentally responsible facility for testing
- Minimize and responsibly dispose of testing waste
- Improve the energy efficiency of our facility
Quality Management System (QMS)
Environmental Testing Corporation is an accredited laboratory, in compliance with ISO 17025-2005 for performing emissions tests. The American Association for Laboratory Accreditation Certificate Number 1975-01 can be seen in Figure 17.
ETC meets the requirements of ISO/IEC 17025-2005 “General Requirements for the Competence of Testing and Calibration Laboratories”, and meets any additional program requirements in the identified field of testing. Testing and calibration laboratories that comply with this International Standard also operate in accordance with ISO 9001.
Following successful completion of the A2LA evaluation process, ETC was granted accreditation for performing the following emissions tests:
- Above 4000 ft Altitude Vehicle and Engine Emissions Testing, General Provision- 40CFR 86.1 Subpart A
- Vehicle Emissions for Light Duty Vehicles 1977 and Later- 40CFR86.1 Subpart B
- Vehicle Emissions for Light Duty Vehicles 1994 and Later- 40CFR86.1 Subpart C
- Emission Testing for New Diesel Engines, Smoke Exhaust Test Procedure- 40CFR86.1 Subpart I
- Evaporative Emissions Test for Gas Fueled, LP and Natural Gas, Except Methanol Fueled-40CFR86.1 Subpart M
- Emission Testing for Otto Cycle and Diesel HD Engines and Particulate Exhaust Test Procedure- 40CFR86.1 Subpart N
- Emission Testing for Idle Conditions- 40CFR86.1 Subpart P
- Environmental Conditioning, 1083 Square Feet, 9 Feet Ceiling Height, 72º to -20ºF Soak Temperature
Following successful completion of an A2LA audit on August 21, 2003, ETC’s scope of accreditation was expanded to include the additional engine tests:
- 40CFR Part 89 “Control of Emissions from New and In-use Nonroad Engines”
- Subpart A: General
- Subpart B: Emission Standards and Certification Provisions
- Subpart D: Emission Test Equipment Provisions
- Subpart E: Exhaust Emission Test Procedure
- 40CFR Part 1048 “Control of Emissions from New, Large Nonroad Spark Ignition Engines”
- Subpart F: Test Procedures
- 40CFR Part 1065 “Test Procedures and Equipment”
- Subpart A: Applicability and General Provisions
- Subpart B: Equipment and Analyzers
- Subpart C: Test Fuels and Analytical Gases
- Subpart D: Analyzer and Equipment Calibrations
- Subpart F: Running and Emission Test
- Subpart G: Data Analysis and Calculations
- Subpart I: Testing with Oxygenated Fuels
- ISO8178 “Reciprocating Internal Combustion Engines- Exhaust Emission Measurement”
- Part 1: Test-bed measurement of gaseous and particulate exhaust emissions
- Part 4: Test cycles for different engine applications
- Part 5: Test Fuels