First Division is responsible for：

　●Administrative planning of technology exchanges .

　●Accreditation, management and support of public and private environmental analysis laboratories .

　●Development and implementation of quality assurance and quality control programs .

　●Establishment of standard methods .

　●Information administration and planning .

Major Tasks

　●Establishment of standard environmental methods .

　●Grant accreditation to environmental analysis laboratories .

　●Implementation of environmental data quality assurance .

　●Automation of laboratory procedures .