The HDPE Quality Control/Quality Assurance Program is designed to give producers more responsibility for controlling the quality of material they produce and to utilize the quality control information they provide in the acceptance process by the North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT). It requires producers to perform quality control sampling, testing and record keeping on materials they ship for use by the NCDOT. Also, it requires the NCDOT to perform quality assurance sampling, testing and record keeping to confirm the performance of the producers' control plan as set forth herein.

It is the intent of the program that acceptance or rejection of material be based on the total program. Therefore, a comparison of the Quality Control, Quality Assurance, and other sample data may be used by the NCDOT for acceptance or rejection of a lot of material.

The basic requirements for approval to participate in the program are:

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Participation in the program does not relieve the producer of the responsibility of complying with all requirements of the NCDOT Standard Specifications for Roads and Structures.

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