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

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SECTION 4<br />

FIELD QC SAMPLES<br />

As a check on field sampling, QA/QC samples will be collected during each sampling<br />

event. Definitions for field QA/QC samples are presented below.<br />

4.1 FIELD DUPLICATES<br />

A field duplicate is defined as a second sample collected independently at the same<br />

sampling location during the same sampling event that produced the primary sample.<br />

While such samples are not true duplicates, the results serve to indicate whether the<br />

contamination in the matrix is uniform. The laboratory will be unable to distinguish<br />

which samples are field duplicates. Each of the field duplicates will be uniquely<br />

identified with a coded identifier, which will be in the same format as other sample<br />

identifiers. Duplicate sample results are used to assess the precision of the sample<br />

collection process. Field duplicates will be collected at a minimum frequency of 1 per 20<br />

samples (per the USEPA, Region 9 guidance).<br />

4.2 BLANKS<br />

Equipment blanks consist of ASTM Type II water (or equivalent) poured into or pumped<br />

through the sampling device following decontamination. This blank is transferred to a<br />

sample bottle appropriate for the analysis <strong>and</strong> transported to the laboratory. The<br />

equipment blank samples shall be analyzed for the same laboratory parameters as the site<br />

samples (including VOCs, metals, hexavalent chromium, cyanide, 1,2,3-<br />

trichloropropane [TCP], 1,4-dioxane, <strong>and</strong> TPH-gasoline [TPH-g]). Equipment blanks are<br />

used to measure contamination introduced to a sample set from inadequately<br />

decontaminated sampling equipment. An equipment blank will be collected once per<br />

sampling episode.<br />

Trip blanks are used to measure potential contamination of samples by volatile <strong>org</strong>anic<br />

compounds during transport. The trip blank consists of a vial filled by the laboratory<br />

with ASTM Type II water, shipped to the field, <strong>and</strong> returned to the laboratory in a cooler<br />

that contains samples for volatile <strong>org</strong>anic compounds. A trip blank shall be included in<br />

every cooler containing samples for analyses for VOCs (Method SW8260B) <strong>and</strong><br />

analyzed for VOCs. A trip blank shall be included in every cooler containing samples for<br />

analyses for TPHg (Method SW8015) <strong>and</strong> analyzed for TPH-g (SW8015).<br />

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