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