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Sampling and Analysis Plan (SAP) Template Tool for Addressing Environmental Contamination by Pathogens

Citation:

Silvestri, E., J. Cuddeback, K. Hall, T. Haxton, C. Jones, AND J. Falik. Sampling and Analysis Plan (SAP) Template Tool for Addressing Environmental Contamination by Pathogens AND User's Guide. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, DC, EPA/600/R-21/144, 2021.

Description:

The Fillable Template Tool is meant to be used as an interactive “ready-to-go” outline for creating a SAP in EPA-report format. The template also facilitates capturing information associated with data quality objectives (DQOs), including generation of a DQO summary.

NOTE: To ensure full functionality of the Template Tool, please download the PDF file to your computer and open the PDF file with a PDF reader.  

Sampling and Analysis Plan (SAP) Template Tool (pdf) (7.32 MB) (56 pp,  7,496 KB)


The User Guide provides instructions for using the Template Tool, explanations and examples of information to be included in a SAP, and access to additional resources.

SAP Template Tool User Guide (pdf) (937.39 KB) (60 pp, 953 KB)

Record Details:

Record Type: DOCUMENT ( PUBLISHED REPORT/ REPORT)
Product Published Date: 09/30/2021
Record Last Revised: 11/10/2021
OMB Category: Other
Record ID: 353154

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