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1. REPORT DATE (DD-MM-YY)
3. DATES COVERED (From - To)
2. REPORT TYPE
November 1999
4. TITLE AND SUBTITLE
5a. CONTRACT NUMBER
Sampling and On-Site Analytical Methods for Volatiles
5b. GRANT NUMBER
in Soil and Groundwater: Field Guidance Manual
5c. PROGRAM ELEMENT NUMBER
6. AUTHOR(S)
5d. PROJECT NUMBER
5e. TASK NUMBER
Alan D. Hewitt and Karen F. Myers
5f. WORK UNIT NUMBER
7. PERFORMING ORGANIZATION NAME(S) AND ADDRESS(ES)
8. PERFORMING ORGANIZATION REPORT
Cold Regions Research and
Environmental Laboratory
NUMBER
Engineering Laboratory
U.S. Army Engineer Research
Special Report 99-16
U.S. Army Engineer Research
and Development Center
and Development Center
Waterways Experiment Station
72 Lyme Road
Vicksburg, Mississippi 39180
Hanover, New Hampshire 03755-1290
9. SPONSORING/MONITORING AGENCY NAME(S) AND ADDRESS(ES)
10. SPONSOR / MONITOR'S ACRONYM(S)
Office of the Chief of Engineers
Washington, D.C. 20314-1000
11. SPONSOR / MONITOR'S REPORT
NUMBER(S)
12. DISTRIBUTION / AVAILABILITY STATEMENT
Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited.
Available from NTIS, Springfield, Virginia 22161.
13. SUPPLEMENTARY NOTES
14. ABSTRACT
Volatile organic compounds (VOCs) are among the most frequently identified contaminants in soil and groundwater samples
obtained during the investigation of suspected hazardous waste sites. Because some VOCs and their degradation products
are potentially mutagenic, carcinogenic, or teratogenic, their concentrations in these two matrices are key factors in the risk
assessment process. Furthermore, when risk-based corrective actions are deemed necessary, the subsequent selection and
implementation of the appropriate remediation technologies rely heavily upon the VOC concentrations established during
site characterization activities. This report briefly addresses procedures, equipment, and logistics for the collection and
timely (less than 48 hr) on-site analysis of VOCs in discrete soil and groundwater samples. The collection, preservation, and
preparation procedures presented strive to acquire and maintain analyte concentrations that are representative of the loca-
tion and medium from which the sample was removed.
15. SUBJECT TERMS
Sampling
Volatile organic compounds
Groundwater
Soil
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18. NUMBER
19a. NAME OF RESPONSIBLE PERSON
OF ABSTRACT
OF PAGES
19b. TELEPHONE NUMBER (include area code)
a. REPORT
b. ABSTRACT
c. THIS PAGE
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Standard Form 298 (Rev. 8-98)
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