Quality System and Technical Procedures for LSASD Field Branches
US-EPA, Region 4, LSASD, Athens, Georgia
The Field Branches Quality System and Technical Procedures supersede the "Environmental Investigations Standard Operating Procedures and Quality Assurance Manual" (EISOPQAM), November 2001, and the "Ecological Assessment Standard Operating Procedures and Quality Assurance Manual" (EASOPQAM), January 2002. These procedures contain routine field sampling and measurement procedures, and quality control documents used by field investigators of the Applied Science Branch.
The specific sampling and field measurement procedures are based on the experience of the field investigators within the field branch and accepted professional practices which are referenced in each procedure. These documents are intended to be dynamic and will be periodically reviewed and updated, as needed. It is the responsibility of the user to ensure they are using the most recent version of the procedures.
By allowing others access to these procedures no inference is made that the work is covered by the LSASD field branches scope of accreditation under ISO 17025. Once the procedures are downloaded, they are no longer controlled documents. For more information see the disclaimers below.
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Field Measurement Procedures
- Field DO Measurement
- Field pH Measurement
- Field Measurement of Oxidation-Reduction Potential
- Field Specific Conductance Measurement
- Field Temperature Measurement
- Field Turbidity Measurement
- Field X-Ray Fluorescence (XRF) Measurement
- Global Positioning System
- Groundwater Level and Well Depth Measurement
- In-Situ Water Quality Monitoring
- Wastewater Flow Measurement
Field Sampling Procedures
- Algal Field Sampling
- Bottom Water Sampling for Sulfide
- Field Equipment Cleaning and Decontamination
- Field Equipment Cleaning and Decontamination at the FEC
- Fish Field Sampling
- Groundwater Sampling
- Hydrological Studies
- Management of Investigation Derived Waste
- Marine Macroinvertebrate Field Sampling
- Multi-Habitat Macroinvertebrate Sampling in Wadable Freshwater Streams
- Packing, Marking, Labeling and Shipping of Environmental and Waste Samples
- Potable Water Supply Sampling
- Reaeration Measurement by Diffusion Dome
- Sediment Oxygen Demand
- Sediment Sampling
- Soil Gas Sampling
- Soil Sampling
- Surface Water Sampling
- Waste Sampling
Quality System Procedures
- Actions, Improvements, and Risk
- Competency and Proficiency Testing
- Complaint Resolution and Control of Nonconforming Work
- Control of Records
- Document Control
- Equipment Certifications
- Equipment Inventory and Management
- Field Equipment Center Management
- Field Measurement Uncertainty
- Field Sampling and Measurement Procedures and Procedure Validation
- Field Sampling Quality Control
- Internal Audits
- Logbooks
- Maintaining Chemical Inventory
- Management Review
- Project Planning
- Purchasing of Services and Supplies
- Project Data and Reporting
- Sample and Evidence Management
- Testimony Evaluation
- Training and Demonstrations of Competency