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Image 10 Environmental Reference Laboratory

In the Environmental Reference Laboratory, measurements and analyses that form the basis for
all kinds of permits, monitoring and inspections regarding environmental pollution are carried
out, private or public institution and organization laboratories are authorized, and air and water
quality monitoring studies are carried out.

All work in the Environmental Reference Laboratory is carried out wit-
hin the scope of TS EN ISO/IEC 17025: General Requirements for the
Competence of Testing and Calibration Laboratories.

More than 1,200 parameters, 655 of which are accredited, are analyzed
in water, wastewater, seawater, soil, waste, treatment sludge, waste oil,
insulation fluid, sediment, flue gas, coal, pomace and fuel-oil samples.

In accordance with the principle that the sampling process, which is
the most important step of laboratory analysis, should be carried out
by people with certain technical training, “Sampling Trainings for Water,
Wastewater, Soil, Sewage Sludge, Solid Waste, Waste Oil and Insulation
Liquids” are provided to private and public environmental laboratories and Sampling Personnel
Identity Cards are issued to participants who are successful in the exam. As a result of the trai-
nings organized since 2010, over 4,600 personnel have been authorized to take samples.

H.7.3.2. Industrial Pollution Monitoring Branch Emission and Immission Trainings

The Industrial Pollution Monitoring Branch, operating under the Laboratory Measurement and
Monitoring Department of the Ministry of Environment, Urbanization and Climate Change, con-
tinuously monitors stacks with high pollutant loads within the scope of the Continuous Emissi-
on Measurement Systems Communiqué. It also houses a mobile emission laboratory.

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