Environmental Laboratory Enforcement
Welcome to the Environmental Laboratory Accreditation Program’s Enforcement webpage. ELAP’s Enforcement Unit was created in 2015 to protect public health and the environment by ensuring laboratory compliance with regulatory and statutory requirements. Enforcement is a critical component in creating the deterrence needed to encourage the regulated community to anticipate, identify, and correct violations. Our role is to ensure that violations of statutes and regulations result in firm, fair, and consistent enforcement. Our technical staff review complaints regarding laboratories from concerned agencies and members of the public and perform verification inspections to observe that corrective actions were properly completed by laboratories after routine on-site audits. ELAP partners with the State Water Board’s Office of Enforcement to provide representation in all enforcement actions. ELAP enforces legal compliance for accredited laboratories by pursuing administrative and criminal actions against laboratories performing egregious violations against the Environmental Laboratory Accreditation Act and applicable regulations.
Compliance Advisories
Enforcement Actions
Disclaimer
The tables below are a list of actions and orders issued to laboratories. These tables are merely lists of administrative actions taken by ELAP to ensure compliance with the statutes and regulations governing environmental laboratories in this state. ELAP expresses no opinion as to the quality of any laboratory beyond whether they are accredited to perform environmental analyses in the state. Due to web accessibility requirements for the State of California, some items in the Tables may not be available for viewing on this site.
To view a copy of an Action or Order listed below, please email ELAPCA_Technical@waterboards.ca.gov.
List of Laboratory Enforcement Actions
2024 Laboratory Enforcement Actions
| Date | Laboratory | Action or Order Issued |
|---|---|---|
| 2/20/2024 | Environmental Laboratory Network, Inc. |
SUSPENSION |
2023 Laboratory Enforcement Actions
| Date | Laboratory | Action or Order Issued |
|---|---|---|
| 4/5/2023 | Eurofins Eaton Analytical, LLC – Monrovia | CITATION: CIVIL PENALTY $266,900 |
| 2/15/2023 | Myro Enterprises Corporation dba Delta Environmental Laboratories (Certificate 1857) | REVOCATION (All Fields of Testing) |
2022 Laboratory Enforcement Actions
| Date | Laboratory | Action or Order Issued |
|---|---|---|
| 4/25/2022 | American Scientific Laboratories, LLC (Certificate 2200) |
SUSPENSION Fields of Accreditation: 102: Inorganic Chemistry of Drinking Water; 103: Toxic Chemical Elements of Drinking Water; 108: Inorganic Constituents in Non-Potable Water; 109: Metals and Trace Elements in Non-Potable Water; 110: Volatile Organic Constituents in Non-Potable Water; 111: Semi-volatile Organic Constituents in Non-Potable Water; 114: Inorganic Constituents in Hazardous Waste; 115: Leaching/Extraction Tests and Physical Characteristics of Hazardous Waste; 116: Volatile Organic Compounds in Hazardous Waste; 117: Semi-volatile Organic Chemistry of Hazardous Waste; 120: Physical Properties of Hazardous Waste) |
2021 Laboratory Enforcement Actions
| Date | Laboratory | Action or Order Issued |
|---|---|---|
| 12/15/2021 | BC Laboratories, Inc. (Certificate 1186) |
SUSPENSION (Field of Accreditation 101: Microbiology of Drinking Water; Field of Accreditation 102: Inorganic Chemistry of Drinking Water; Field of Accreditation FOA 103: Toxic Chemical Elements of Drinking Water; Field of Accreditation 104: Volatile Organic Chemistry of Drinking Water; Field of Accreditation 105: Semi-volatile Organic Chemistry of Drinking Water; Field of Accreditation 106: Radionuclides in Drinking Water) |
| 12/14/2021 | Soil Control Laboratory (Certificate 1494) | SUSPENSION (Field of Accreditation 101: Microbiology of Drinking Water; Field of Accreditation 102: Inorganic Chemistry of Drinking Water) |
| 07/02/2021 | Zalco Laboratories, Inc. | CITATION: CIVIL PENALTY $10,000 |
2020 Laboratory Enforcement Actions
| Date | Laboratory | Action or Order Issued |
|---|---|---|
| 12/24/2020 | Cranmer Engineering Inc. (Certificate 1963) |
CITATION: CIVIL PENALTY $10,500 |
| 10/16/2020 | BC Laboratories, Inc. (Certificate 1186) |
CITATION: CIVIL PENALTY $18,000 |
| 04/20/2020 | Western Analytical Laboratory (Certificate 1559) |
REVOCATION (ALL FIELDS OF TESTING); DENIAL OF APPLICATION; CITATION: CIVIL PENALTY $90,000 UPHELD BY STATE BOARD |
| 01/07/2020 | ATS Environmental Inc (Certificate 1632) |
SUSPENSION (All Fields of Testing) |
2019 Laboratory Enforcement Actions
| Date | Laboratory | Action or Order Issued |
|---|---|---|
| 11/15/2019 | Zalco Laboratory (Certificate 1791) |
CITATION: CIVIL PENALTY $3,400 |
| 9/9/2019 | BC Laboratories, Inc. (Certificate 1186) |
CITATION: CIVIL PENALTY $4,780 |
| 05/09/2019 | Western Analytical Laboratories (Certificate 1559) |
REVOCATION (All Fields of Testing)*; DENIAL OF RENEWAL APPLICATION*; CITATION: CIVIL PENALTY $90,000* *These actions were petitioned by the laboratory and heard by the State Board Hearing Officer, who issued a final decision that was adopted by the State Water Board on April 20, 2020. |
| 03/05/2019 | City of Modesto Water Quality Control Laboratory (Certificate 1362) |
REVOCATION (Field of Testing 101: Microbiology of Drinking Water; Field of Testing 102: Inorganic Chemistry of Drinking Water) |
2018 Laboratory Enforcement Actions
| Date | Laboratory | Action or Order Issued |
|---|---|---|
| 08/21/2018 | 49er Water Laboratory (No Certificate Number) |
DENIAL OF INITIAL APPLICATION |
| 05/15/2018 | CalTech Environmental Laboratories |
FELONY CONVICTION |
2017 Laboratory Enforcement Actions
| Date | Laboratory | Action or Order Issued |
|---|---|---|
| 12/22/2017 | Diamond Water Laboratory (Certificate 2113) |
SUSPENSION (All Fields of Testing) |
| 05/08/2017 | Bolsa Analytical (Certificate 1326) |
REVOCATION (All Fields of Testing); DENIAL OF RENEWAL APPLICATION |
2016 Laboratory Enforcement Actions
| Date | Laboratory | Action or Order Issued |
|---|---|---|
| 03/10/2016 | San Francisco Public Utilities Commission - Oceanside Treatment Plant (Certificate 1720) |
REVOCATION (Field of Testing 113 - Mussels Testing) |
| 10/10/2016 | Tahoe Truckee Sanitation Agency (Certificate 1144) |
SUSPENSION (Field of Testing 101 Microbiology of Drinking Water*) *Reinstated 12/1/16 |
| 10/31/2016 | Alpha Scientific Corporation (Certificate 2633) |
REVOCATION (All Fields of Testing) |
Report a Concern or Complaint about a Laboratory
To report a concern or complaint about an environmental laboratory, please contact the Supervisor of ELAP’s Enforcement Team, Michael Head, at Michael.Head@waterboards.ca.gov or (916) 323-0594.
