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1. AGENCY USE ONLY (Leave blank)
2. REPORT DATE
3. REPORT TYPE AND DATES COVERED
April 1997
4. TITLE AND SUBTITLE
5. FUNDING NUMBERS
Estimating the Total Concentration of Volatile Organic
Compounds in Soil: A Decision Tool for Sample Handling
6. AUTHORS
Alan D. Hewitt and Nicole J.E. Lukash
7. PERFORMING ORGANIZATION NAME(S) AND ADDRESS(ES)
8. PERFORMING ORGANIZATION
REPORT NUMBER
U.S. Army Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory
72 Lyme Road
Special Report 97-12
Hanover, New Hampshire 03755-1290
9. SPONSORING/MONITORING AGENCY NAME(S) AND ADDRESS(ES)
10. SPONSORING/MONITORING
AGENCY REPORT NUMBER
U.S. Army Environmental Center
Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland
SFIM-AEC-ET-CR97005
11. SUPPLEMENTARY NOTES
For conversion of SI units to non-SI units of measurement consult Standard Practice for Use of the International System of
Units (SI), ASTM Standard E380-93, published by the American Society for Testing and Materials, 1916 Race St., Phila-
delphia, Pa. 19103.
12a. DISTRIBUTION/AVAILABILITY STATEMENT
12b. DISTRIBUTION CODE
Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited.
Available from NTIS, Springfield, Virginia 22161.
13. ABSTRACT (Maximum 200 words)
This report describes an on-site method of estimating the total concentration of Volatile Organic Compounds
(VOCs) in soil, relative to a site-specific 0.2-mg/kg standard. This decision tool allows on-site sampling activi-
ties to incorporate the appropriate soil sample collection and handling protocols required by different methods
of instrumental analysis. Coupling a rapid method for estimating the total VOC concentration with sampling
procedures that limit substrate disaggregation and exposure complements efforts to achieve site-representative
estimates for vadose zone contamination.
14. SUBJECT TERMS
15. NUMBER OF PAGES
14
Field screening
Total concentration
16. PRICE CODE
On-site sampling guidance
Volatile organic compounds
17. SECURITY CLASSIFICATION
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19. SECURITY CLASSIFICATION
20. LIMITATION OF ABSTRACT
OF REPORT
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Standard Form 298 (Rev. 2-89)
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Prescribed by ANSI Std. Z39-18
298-102
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