Environment

> Proof of Certification of Competence under the terms of the
agreement between OFD Hannover and DAkkS Deutsche Akkreditierungsstelle GmbH of 22.05.2000
on the accreditation of test laboratories and engineering offices with
the requirements for taking samples and performing analysis on
Federal properties
> Accreditation from the State Accreditation Office Hannover (AKS)
> Authorized test laboratory pursuant to art. 18 sentence 1 of the
Federal Soil Protection Act BBodSchG and art. 17 par. 1 of the State
Soil Protection Act LBodSchG for NRW
> Recognized under art. 18 of the Federal Soil Protection act BBodSchG
and art. 1 of the Schleswig-Holstein state regulation on the
authorization and monitoring of test laboratories dealing with soil
protection and inherited contamination pursuant to art. 18 BBodSchG.
> Recognized test laboratory within the meaning of art. 3 par. 5 and 6
(AbfKlärV) of the sewage sludge regulation of 15 April 1992 for the
state of North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW)
> Official soil sampling and testing laboratory pursuant to arts 3,4
AbfKlärV (HH)
> Official soil sampling and testing laboratory pursuant to art. 3 par.2
AbfKlärV (HH)
> Official sewage sludge sampling and testing laboratory pursuant to art.
3 par.5 AbfKlärV (HH)
> Official sewage sludge sampling and testing laboratory pursuant to art.
3 par.6 AbfKlärV (HH)
> Official soil sampling and testing laboratory pursuant to art. 9 par.2 of
Hamburg’s organic waste regulation, BioAbfV (HH)
> Official sampling and testing laboratory for compost pursuant to art. 4
par.5 BioAbfV (HH)
> Authorized test laboratory for surface water, ground water and waste
water pursuant to art. 7 of the regulation on the requirements for
water and waste water test laboratories and their authorization (HH)
> Water and waste water test laboratory pursuant to art. 3 par. 1
sentence 3 ZWVO (authorization regulation) in conjunction with art.
85 b par. 2 sentence 2 LWG (Water Act of the State of Schleswig-
Holstein)
> State recognition as test laboratory within the framework of monitoring
water and waste in Lower Saxony (art. 61a NWG, art. 44 NAbfG)
> Taking water samples from designated ground water sampling points in
Hamburg
> Recognized as test laboratory by the compost association RAL-
Gütesicherungen der  Bundesgütegemeinschaft Kompost e.V.
> Recognized as test laboratory by the refuse-based fuels and recycled
wood association Gütegemeinschaft Sekundärbrennstoffe und
Recyclingholz e.V. (BGS)
> Authorized sampling and testing laboratory for recycled wood pursuant
to art. 6 par. 6 AltholzV (HH)
> Authorized pursuant to art. 25 of the state waste law LAbfG (NRW)
> Official test laboratory for the analysis of perfluorinated surfactants
(PS) in sewage sludge, sewage sludge compost, soil and water
(Lower Saxony)
> U.S. Coast Guard Authorization to perform approval tests of pollution
prevention equipment in accordance with the Title 46 U.S. Code of
Federal Regulations (CFR) Part 162.050-15