Laboratories with Equipment in Reported Maintenance "RM" Status.

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(f)

Laboratory is deactivated.

(g)

Upon direction of the Service Program Manager and/or the Director, JOAP-TSC.

g. Reinstatement To Certified. A laboratory/spectrometer that has been placed in the uncertified category

must complete the certification requirements as outlined in paragraph 4-3e.

Laboratories with Equipment in Reported Maintenance "RM" Status.

a. Laboratories reporting RM status for a spectrometer will receive no calculated correlation score for that

spectrometer if the RM period extends past the correlation sample analysis due date. During RM periods,

spectrometers will be placed in an RM status, and will not be authorized to perform any operational oil analysis

support functions.

b. Correlation score average will be frozen at pre-RM period recorded averages for the duration of the RM

period.

c. Spectrometers in RM status for one or more element channels but not reporting total equipment failure

will not be subject to the criteria listed above. Due to inherent differences in operating requirements, different

weights placed on different elements, and the type of equipment being monitored, spectrometers will be placed in

a status as determined by the appropriate Program Manager.

(1) RM status for one to two months - When the spectrometer has been repaired, up to two months

of correlation samples that were on hold may be analyzed. If only one set of samples are overdue, analyze the

correlation samples on hand immediately after repair. If two sets of samples are overdue, analyze one set on the

first workday after repair, and the second set on the second workday after repair. This procedure is to ensure

that a different standardization is accomplished for each set.

Example 1 - one month R/M: The lab reports that their spectrometer is R/M on 17 October. On 4

November, it is repaired. Then October samples are submitted to the JOAP-TSC. The

November sample results are due in by 21 November.

Example 2 - two months R/M: The lab reports that there spectrometer in R/M on 17 October. On

5 December, it is repaired. Then October samples are submitted to the JOAP-TSC. After the

October score is obtained, the November samples are analyzed on the next workday and

submitted to the JOAP-TSC. After obtaining the November score, the December sample results

are due in by 21 December.

(2) RM status for three months - Spectrometers will be decertified when the third correlation due date

is missed. When the laboratory reports the spectrometer repaired, the laboratory will complete the certification

procedures as outlined in paragraph 4-3e.

Deployed Spectrometers.

a. Deployable laboratory spectrometers must be approved for deployed operation through a special test

procedure. Procedures outlined below must be performed when an organization deploys with a portable atomic

emission rotrode instrument prior to supporting actual deployed operations. The test procedure is designed to

quickly determine if the spectrometer has survived the transportation to the new site/original site, has adjusted to

the environment, and is ready to provide accurate support for the sampling requirements.

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