Environmental technology verification report: Soil sampler. Clements Associates, Inc. JMC environmentalist`s subsoil probe

Technical Report · Sat Aug 01 04:00:00 EDT 1998

OSTI ID:350470

The EPA`s National Exposure Research Laboratory, which demonstrates field characterization and monitoring technologies, selected Tetra Tech EM Inc. as the verification organization to assist in field testing. This document summarizes the results of a demonstration of the ESP{reg_sign}. In 1997 EPA conducted a field test of the ESP{reg_sign} sampler. The performance of this system was compared to a reference subsurface soil sampling method (hollow-stem auger drilling and split-spoon sampling) in terms of the following parameters: sample recovery, VOC concentrations in recovered samples, sample integrity, reliability and throughput, and cost. Data quality indicators for precision, accuracy, representativeness, completeness and comparability were also assessed against project-specific QA objectives to ensure usefulness of the data. A complete description of the demonstration, including a data summary and discussion of results is available in this report.

• Research Organization: Tetra Tech, Inc., San Diego, CA (United States); Environmental Protection Agency, National Exposure Research Lab., Las Vegas, NV (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, DC (United States)
• OSTI ID: 350470
• Report Number(s): PB--99-137275/XAB; CNN: Contract EPA-68-C5-0037
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
COST
ECOLOGICAL CONCENTRATION
FIELD TESTS
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
PERFORMANCE
SAMPLERS
SAMPLING
SOIL CHEMISTRY
SOILS
VOLATILE MATTER