Assessment and Remediation of Contaminated Sediments (ARCS) program. Quality assurance program plan
The 1987 amendments to the Clean Water Act, in Section 118(c)(3), authorizes the USEPA Great Lakes National Program Office (GLNPO) to coordinate and conduct a 5-year study and demonstration project relating to the control and removal of toxic pollutants in the Great Lakes, with emphasis on removal of toxic pollutants from bottom sediments. The quality assurance program plan for the Assessment and Remediation of Contaminated Sediments (ARCS) program presents the: procedures used to establish the QA/QC critieris used to control and assess data collection in the ARCS program; sampling, preparation, and analytical methods used in the ARCS program; assessment samples and procedures to verify the quality of the data; field and on-site laboratory system audits program, and techniques used to evaluate the data and document the results to GLNPO management.
- Research Organization:
- Environmental Protection Agency, Las Vegas, NV (United States). Environmental Monitoring Systems Lab.
- OSTI ID:
- 7182640
- Report Number(s):
- PB-94-144581/XAB; EPA--600/R-93/242
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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