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Table 3. Chemistry Parameters: Laboratory analytical methods and report<strong>in</strong>g limits.<br />

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Parameter Method Reference Report<strong>in</strong>g<br />

Limit<br />

Gra<strong>in</strong> Size Sieve-pipette method PSEP, 1986<br />

Total Organic<br />

Carbon<br />

Metals<br />

(Partial digestion)<br />

Metals<br />

(Total digestion)<br />

Conversion to C02<br />

measured by<br />

nondispersive <strong>in</strong>fra-red<br />

spectroscopy<br />

Strong acid (aqua regia)<br />

digestion and analyzed via<br />

ICP, ICP-MS, or GFAA,<br />

depend<strong>in</strong>g upon the<br />

analyte<br />

Hydrofluoric acid-based<br />

digestion and analyzed via<br />

ICP or GFAA, depend<strong>in</strong>g<br />

upon the analyte<br />

Mercury Cold Vapor Atomic<br />

Absorption<br />

Butyl T<strong>in</strong>s Solvent Extraction,<br />

Derivitization, Atomic<br />

Emission Detector<br />

Baseh!eutral/Acid<br />

Organic<br />

Comnounds<br />

Polynuclear<br />

Aromatic<br />

Hydrocarbons<br />

(PAW<br />

Chlor<strong>in</strong>ated<br />

Pesticides and<br />

PCB (Aroclors)<br />

PCB Coneeners<br />

Capillary column Gas<br />

Chromatography/ Mass<br />

Spectrometry<br />

Capillary column Gas<br />

Chromatography1 Mass<br />

Spectrometry<br />

Gas Chromatography<br />

Electron Capture<br />

Detection<br />

PSEP, 1986<br />

- -<br />

- digestion - PSEP, 1996c<br />

EPA 3050<br />

- analysis - PSEP, 1996c<br />

(EPA 200.7,200.8,206.2,<br />

- digestion - PSEP, 1996c<br />

EPA 3052<br />

- analysis - PSEP, 1996c<br />

(EPA 200.7,200.8,206.2,<br />

270.2), (SW6O 10)<br />

PSEP, 1996c<br />

EPA 245.5<br />

Manchester Method<br />

(Manchester Environmental<br />

Laboratory, 1997)<br />

PSEP 1996d, EPA 8270 &<br />

808 1<br />

PSEP l996d, extraction<br />

follow<strong>in</strong>g Manchester<br />

modification of EPA 8270<br />

PSEP l996d, EPA 808 1<br />

NOAA. 1993a. EPA 808 1<br />

>2000 to<br />

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