Lead-Based Paint Lab Services

Patriot operates a full-service laboratory for the inorganic chemistry of hazardous lead waste and is accredited by the California Environmental Laboratory Accreditation Program, under CA DOHS-ELAP Certificate #2540.  Patriot’s operations are in full compliance with local, state, and federal regulations. Since its inception, the lead laboratory has participated in every ELPAT round, a proficiency test administered by the American Industrial Hygiene Association (AIHA) under ID 102858. The laboratory has since achieved some of the highest scores possible, including accuracies equal or parring national reference values.  With this experience, our clients can be confident that their analytical results and laboratory reports will always be reliable.  Our skilled analysts and technicians combine short turnaround responses with precise, comprehensive reports in a cost-effective manner. Our laboratory upholds strict standards for its quality assurance (QA)/quality control (QC) programs.  We implement QC procedures on every batch of samples we analyze which include duplicates, replicates, spikes, and SRMs.

• Air 
• Soil/Sludges/Sediments 
• Paint 
• Dust 
• Waste/Non Potable Water 
• Misc. Solids    

• TTLC Total Threshold Limit Concentration
• STLC Soluble Threshold Limit Concentration, CCR Ch. 11 Article 5, Appendix II
• TCLP Toxicity Characteristic Leachate Procedure