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Site-Specific Health and Safety Plan (HASP) - Laschools.org

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SECTION 1<br />

INTRODUCTION<br />

This Quality Assurance Project <strong>Plan</strong> (QAPP) has been prepared for the site assessment<br />

activities being conducted at the Proposed South Region Middle School #4 <strong>and</strong> High<br />

School #9 for the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) in South Gate,<br />

California. The purpose of this QAPP is to present the <strong>org</strong>anization, objectives,<br />

functional activities, <strong>and</strong> specific quality assurance (QA) <strong>and</strong> quality control (QC)<br />

activities in support of anticipated sampling activities.<br />

This QAPP incorporates the following references in establishing the project criteria:<br />

• Los Angeles Regional Water Quality Control Board (LARWQB), General<br />

Laboratory Testing Requirements for Petroleum Hydrocarbon Impacted <strong>Site</strong>s;<br />

• United States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA), Guidance for the Data<br />

Quality Objectives Process (USEPA, 1994b);<br />

• USEPA, Test Methods for Evaluating Solid Wastes, Physical/Chemical Methods,<br />

SW-846, Third Edition, Update III (USEPA, 1996);<br />

• American National St<strong>and</strong>ards Institute/American Society of Quality Control<br />

(ANSI/ASQC E-4-1994), <strong>Specific</strong>ations <strong>and</strong> Guidelines for Quality Systems for<br />

Environmental Data Collection <strong>and</strong> Environmental Technology Programs, July<br />

1994, (Draft); <strong>and</strong><br />

• USEPA, Risk Assessment Guidance for Superfund, Volume 1: Human <strong>Health</strong><br />

Evaluation Manual [Parts A, B, <strong>and</strong> C] (USEPA, 1989, 1991a, <strong>and</strong> 1991b).<br />

The procedures described herein will be performed in accordance with the guidance,<br />

regulations, <strong>and</strong> documents presented in the project statement of work.<br />

1.1 PROJECT DESCRIPTION<br />

The <strong>Site</strong> consists of a number of separate properties that comprise approximately 35<br />

acres. These properties have been used for a variety of industrial <strong>and</strong> commercial<br />

purposes, including metal foundries, a plating shop, machine shops, a pesticide<br />

formulation facility, <strong>and</strong> other similar uses. LAUSD is currently evaluating the <strong>Site</strong> as<br />

the location of a potential new school. The assessment work to be conducted at the <strong>Site</strong><br />

will be performed under oversight from the Department of Toxic Substances Control<br />

(DTSC) of CalEPA.<br />

The initial phase of assessment work consisted of implementing a <strong>Site</strong>-Wide<br />

Groundwater Monitoring <strong>Plan</strong> (Parsons, 2003), which included the installation of<br />

approximately eight new groundwater monitoring wells, sampling groundwater from the<br />

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