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Site Evaluation for Dioxin at Superfund Sites

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  • Sampling of dioxin
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Sampling of dioxin

  • Guidance on Data Quality Objectives (DQOs), which are used as a basis for establishing the quality and quantity of data needed to support decisions.
    • Guidance on Systematic Planning Using the Data Quality Objectives Process (PDF)
  • Guidance on how to create sampling designs to collect environmental measurement data.
    • Guidance on Choosing a Sampling Design for Environmental Data Collection for Use in Developing a Quality Assurance Project Plan
      EPA/240/R-02/005, December 2002.
  • Guidance on a sampling approach for surface soils used in the sample strategy for implementing the soil screening process.
    • Soil Screening Guidance: Technical Background Document
      EPA/540/R-96/128, 1996.
  • Technical information on using incremental composite sampling (ICS) to evaluate dioxin contaminated soil.
    • User Guide - Uniform Federal Policy Quality Assurance Project Plan Template For Soils Assessment of Dioxin Sites (PDF)(112 pp, 5.9 MB)
      September 2011
  • An ICS example quality assurance project plan in the format of the Unified Federal Policy.
    • Template - Uniform Federal Policy Quality Assurance Project Plan For Soils Assessment of Dioxin Sites (PDF)(99 pp, 638 K)

Analytical methods for dioxin

Analytical Services for Superfund
  • Superfund Contract Laboratory Program

The Superfund Contract Laboratory Program (CLP) provides analytical services.  

  • The following fact sheet provides information on the analysis of seventeen 2,3,7,8-substituted tetra- through octa- chlorinated dibenzo-dioxins and chlorinated dibenzo-furans in water, soil, sediment, sludge, non-human tissue, ash, oil, and oily matrices.
    • Dioxin and Furan Analytical Services (DLM02.2) (PDF)(4 pp, 421 K)
  • The following fact sheet provides information on the analysis of 209 substituted mono- through deca- polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB) congeners, which include dioxin-like PCB congeners, in water, soil, sediment, sludge, non-human tissue, ash, oil, and oily matrices.
    • Polychorinated Biphenyl Congeners Analytical Services (CBC01.2) (PDF)(3 pp, 382 K)

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Last updated on October 8, 2024
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