Data and Tools

EML HASL-300 Method Am-06-RC: Americium and/or Plutonium in Vegetation

This method is specific to measurement of americium, plutonium, curium and californium in vegetation samples, using alpha spectrometry.

EML HASL-300 Method Am-01-RC: Americium in Soil

SAM lists this method for the confirmatory analysis of americium-241 in soil/sediments, using alpha spectrometry.

EPA Method 903.1: Radium-226 in Drinking Water Radon Emanation Technique

SAM lists this method for analysis of radium-226 in drinking water, based on the emanation and scintillation counting of radon-222.

EPA Method R4-73-014: Radioactive Phosphorus

This method describes procedures for low background alpha/beta counting of phosphorus-32 using a gas-flow proportional counter.

EPA Method 111: Determination of Polonium-210 Emissions from Stationary Sources

SAM lists this method for determination of polonium-210 in surface wipes and air filters using alpha spectrometry.

EPA Method 901.1: Gamma Emitting Radionuclides in Drinking Water

SAM lists this method for analysis of drinking water samples for radionuclides that emit gamma photons with energies ranging from approximately 60 to 2000 keV.

EPA Method 906.0: Tritium in Drinking Water

SAM lists this method for analysis of tritium in drinking water and aqueous/liquid phase samples, using liquid scintillation counting.

EPA Method: Determination of Radiostrontium in Food and Bioenvironmental Samples

This method describes procedures for determination of Strontium-89 and -90 in bio-environmental samples for low background counting using a gas-flow alpha/beta counter.

EPA Method 905.0: Radioactive Strontium in Drinking Water

SAM lists this method for analysis of strontium-89 and strontium-90 in water samples, using beta counting.

EPA Method 549.2: Determination of Diquat and Paraquat in Drinking Water by Liquid-Solid Extraction and High Performance Liquid Chromatography with Ultraviolet Detection

SAM lists this method for preparation and analysis of water samples to detect and measure paraquat using HPLC-UV.

OSHA Method 61: Phosgene

Method 61 describes procedures for preparation and analysis of air samples for detection and measurement of phosgene, using by solvent desorption and GC/nitrogen selective detector.

EPA Method 531.2: Measurement of N-Methylcarbamoyloximes and N-Methylcarbamates in Water by Direct Aqueous Injection HPLC with Postcolumn Derivatization

SAM lists this method for preparation and analysis of drinking water samples to address N-methylcarbamoyloximes and N-methylcarbamates using HPLC.

OSHA Method ID216SG: Boron Trifluoride (BF3)

This method describes procedures for preparation and analysis of air samples for detection and measurement of boron trifluoride collected in bubblers, using ion-specific electrodes.

EPA Method 3570 (SW-846): Microscale Solvent Extraction (MSE)

Method 3570 describes procedures for preparation of solid samples for subsequent analysis of select semivolatile organic compounds, using microscale solvent extraction.

Public Notices of Lead Exceedances in Local Water Systems in the Pacific Southwest

As required by the Safe Drinking Water Act, EPA is notifying communities of lead action level exceedances when a water system fails to provide a timely notice including potential health effects and what actions people can take to reduce their exposure.