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U.S. Army Corpsof EngineersNew England District

Concord, Massachusetts

03P-1194-3A

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QUALITY ASSURANCE PROJECT PLAN

Volume IIAAppendix A, Continued

Contract No. DACW33-00-D-0006

Environmental Remediation ContractGeneral Electric (GE)/Housatonic River Project

Pittsfield, Massachusetts

29 March 2001 (DCN: GE-021601-AAHM)

Revised May 2003 (DCN: GE-022803-ABLZ)

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QUALITY ASSURANCE PROJECT PLAN, FINAL (REVISED 2003)

Volume IIA—Appendix A, Continued

October 27, 1999 (DCN: GEP2060499-AAIY)

Revised May 2003 (DCN: GE-022803-ABLZ)

Contract No. DACW33-00-D-0006

Prepared for

U.S. ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS New England District

696 Virginia Road Concord, MA 01742-2751

Prepared by

WESTON SOLUTIONS, INC. One Wall Street

Manchester, NH 03101-1501

W.O. No. 20125.257.103.1625

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TABLE OF CONTENTS—VOLUME IIA, APPENDIX A, CONTINUED

APPENDIX A—STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES (CONTINUED) Appendix A-42—Standard Operating Procedure for Analysis of Pesticides and PCBs

Collected on PUF Cartridges [Air Toxics]

Appendix A-43—Standard Operating Procedure for Toxicity Characteristic Leaching Procedure [STL-VT]

Appendix A-44—Standard Operating Procedure for Analysis of Chlorinated Pesticides in TCLP Extracts [STL-VT]

Appendix A-45—Standard Operating Procedure for Analysis of Herbicides in TCLP Extracts [STL-VT]

Appendix A-46—Standard Operating Procedure for Method 6010 TCLP Analysis by Inductively Coupled Plasma Spectroscopy [STL-VT]

Appendix A-47—Standard Operating Procedure for PCB Congeners by LRMS [PACIFIC]

Appendix A-48—Standard Operating Procedure for Pesticide/PCB Extraction and Concentration of Soil Samples by Method 3550b [E&E]

Appendix A-49—Standard Operating Procedure for PCB Analysis by Method 8082 [E&E]

Appendix A-50—Standard Operating Procedure for Gas Chromatographic Analysis Based on Method 8000b, 8021b, 8081a, 8082, and 8151a, SW-846 [QUANTERRA-PITTS]

Appendix A-51—Standard Operating Procedure Method 8290 for Solid Samples [Paradigm]

Appendix A-52—Standard Operating Procedure Method 8290 for Aqueous Samples [Paradigm]

Appendix A-53—Standard Operating Procedure for Sample Receipt and Sample Login at the Pittsfield Mobile Laboratory [ONSITE]

Appendix A-54—Standard Operating Procedure for Standard Test Method for Specific Gravity of Soils [GZA]

Appendix A-55—Standard Operating Procedure for Liquid Limit, Plastic Limit, and Plasticity Index of Soils [GZA]

Appendix A-56—Standard Operating Procedure for Laboratory Determination of Water (Moisture) Content of Soil and Rock [GZA]

Appendix A-57—Standard Operating Procedure for Determination of Dry Weight of Solid Samples [GZA]

Appendix A-58—Standard Operating Procedure for the Grain Size Analysis ASTM Test Method D-422 [GZA]

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Appendix A-59—Standard Operating Procedure for Total Unit Weight (Bulk Density) [GZA]

Appendix A-60—Standard Operating Procedure for Pb210 Dating Digestion and Analysis [Battelle]

Appendix A-61—Standard Operating Procedure for Analyses of Cs137 and Other Gamma-Emitting Isotopes by Gamma Counting [Battelle]

Appendix A-62—Standard Operating Procedures for Biochemical Oxygen Demand EPA Method 405.1 [KEMRON]

Appendix A-63—Standard Operating Procedures for Organic Carbon, Total (Oxidation) [KEMRON]

Appendix A-64—Standard Operating Procedures for TOC in Sediment and Soil—Lloyd Kahn [E&E]

Appendix A-65—Standard Operating Procedure for Total Organic Carbon by EPA Method 415.1/SW-846 Method 9060A [CEIMIC]

Appendix A-66—Standard Operating Procedure for Particle-Size Analysis of Soils [CEIMIC-SUB]

Appendix A-67—Standard Operating Procedure for Dredging Elutriate Test [SOIL TECH]

Appendix A-68—Standard Operating Procedure for Sediment Fractionation for Chemical Analysis [SOIL TECH]

Appendix A-69—Standard Operating Procedure for Pore Water Extraction Method by Centrifuge [SOIL TECH]

Appendix A-70—Standard Operating Procedure for Pore Water Extraction Method for Sandy Sediments [SOIL TECH]

Appendix A-71—Standard Operating Procedure for Sediment Fractionation of Housatonic River Suspended Sediment [SOIL TECH]

Appendix A-72—Standard Operating Procedure for SBLT Leaching Procedure

Appendix A-73—Standard Operating Procedure for Sample Preparation Semivolatile and Nonvolatile Organic Compounds from a Soil/Sediment Matrix Using Sonication Extraction [STL-CHI]

Appendix A-74—Standard Operating Procedure for Sample Preparation Semivolatile and Nonvolatile Organic Compounds from a Wastewater or Leachate Matrix Using Accelerated Continuous Liquid-Liquid Extraction [STL-CHI]

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Appendix A-75—Standard Operating Procedure for Gas Chromatography - Semivolatiles Analysis of PCBs by SW-846 Method 8082 [STL-CHI]

Appendix A-76—Standard Operating Procedure for Total Organic Carbon/Total Carbon/Total Inorganic Carbon in Soil, Sludge, and Sediment [STL-CHI]

Appendix A-77—Standard Operating Procedure for Total Organic Carbon/Total Inorganic (Dissolved) Carbon [STL-CHI]

Appendix A-78—Standard Operating Procedure for Method 8270C Determination of Extractable Semivolatile Organic Compounds by Gas Chromatography/ Mass Spectroscopy [STL-VT]

Appendix A-79—Standard Operating Procedure for PCBs by Method 8082 in Large Volume Water [PACIFIC]

Appendix A-80—Standard Operating Procedure for Chemical Oxygen Demand Method 410.1 [STL-VT]

Appendix A-81—Standard Operating Procedure for Determination of Total Organic Carbon in Soil and Sediment Samples by Chemical Oxidation and Detection by a Thermal Conductivity Detector [ONSITE]

Appendix A-82—Standard Operating Procedure for Interstitial Water Extraction [WES]

Appendix A-83—Standard Operating Procedure for Freeze Drying [Woods Hole]

Appendix A-84—Standard Operating Procedure for Extraction of Soil, Tissues, Vegetation, and Sediment Samples by Pressurized Fluid Extraction [Woods Hole]

Appendix A-85—Standard Operating Procedure for Determination of PCBs (Homologues) and Individual Congeners by GC/MS SIM [Woods Hole]

Appendix A-86—Standard Operating Procedure for Total Organic Carbon [Benchmark]

Appendix A-87—Standard Operating Procedure for the Analysis of Dissolved Gases in Groundwater by Modified Method RSK-175 [STL-VT]

Appendix A-88—Standard Operating Procedure for the Determination of Trace Elements by ICP-MS [STL-VT]

Appendix A-89—Method: EPH_MA:AN Standard Operating Procedure for the Determination of Extractable Petroleum Hydrocarbons – Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection [STL-VT]

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Appendix A-90—Standard Operating Procedure for the Determination of Inorganic Ions by Ion Chromatography [STL-VT]

Appendix A-91—Method 150.1/9040B/9045C Standard Operating Procedure for pH [STL-VT]

Appendix A-92—Method TPH Gas (8015-Gas) Standard Operating Procedure for the Total Petroleum Hydrocarbons as Gasoline [STL-VT]

Appendix A-93—Method TPH Extractables Standard Operating Procedure for the Analysis of Total Petroleum Hydrocarbons [STL-VT]

Appendix A-94—Standard Operating Procedure for Bulk Density Determination [NEA]

Appendix A-95—Standard Operating Procedure: Chlorophyll-a Determination [AQUATEC]

Appendix A-96—Standard Operating Procedure for the Determination of Total and Particulate Organic Carbon [NEA]

Appendix A-97—Standard Operating Procedure for the Determination of Non-Filterable Residue According to EPA 1979 Method 160.2 [NEA]

Appendix A-98—Test Method for Particle-Size Analysis of Soils [GEOTESTING]

Appendix A-99—Standard Test Method for Interfacial Tension of Oil Against Water by the Ring Method [SPL]

Appendix A-100—Standard Test Method for Density and Relative Density of Liquids by Digital Density Meter [SPL]

Appendix A-101—Standard Test Method for Kinematic Viscosity of Transparent and Opaque Liquids (The Calculation of Dynamic Viscosity) [SPL]

Appendix A-102—Method VPH_MA Standard Operating Procedure for Volatile Petroleum Hydrocarbons by Gas Chromatography [STL-VT]

Appendix A-103—Hydrocarbon Characterization/Fuel Fingerprint Analysis Method - Modified 8015 [STL-FL]