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STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES <br /> FOR <br /> SOIL AND WATER SAMPLING FROM A BORING WITH VOCS <br /> 1. OBJECTIVE <br /> To establish accepted procedures for sampling soil and water from hollow-stem auger or direct push <br /> borings. <br /> 2. BACKGROUND <br /> During subsurface investigations it is necessary to obtain discrete soil and water samples from <br /> below the ground surface. Typically, heavy equipment is necessary to obtain these samples. This <br /> SOP establishes the procedures for collecting soil and groundwater samples from borings. <br /> 3. PERSONNEL REQUIRED AND RESPONSIBILITIES <br /> Proiect Manager: The Project Manager(PM) is responsible for ensuring that field personnel have <br /> been trained in the use of these procedures and for verifying that drilling water and soil sampling <br /> activities are performed in compliance with this SOP. <br /> Field Geologist/Field Engineer/Soil Scientist: The responsible professional in charge of the field <br /> work must determine the exact location and depth of each boring, and decide on the sampling <br /> interval. The field personnel must collect samples, prepare them for transport to the laboratory and <br /> record lithologic and other observations. The Project Geologist is responsible for complying with this <br /> SOP. <br /> Driller(Subcontractor): An appropriately licensed (C57) contractor must be equipped with truck-or <br /> tractor-mounted auger or direct push boring equipment and an OSHA-certified crew. The Driller is <br /> responsible for the safety and conduct of their employees. In addition, the Driller is responsible for <br /> the installation of borings according to the details specified in the Workplan. The Driller is <br /> responsible for maintaining industry standards and complying with the contract. <br /> 4. PROCEDURE <br /> Borings will be installed using hollow-stem augers, or 2-inch diameter pushrods. Borings will extend <br /> to the groundwater surface or deeper as specified by the project requirements. The first boring at <br /> any site will be sampled continuously for lithologic logging, field screening, and potentially for <br /> chemical analyses. <br /> When borings are drilled to define the extent of a contaminant plume or when a boring is converted <br /> into a monitoring well within the contaminant plume, soil samples will be collected and submitted for <br /> laboratory analyses at least every five feet, at depths where lithologic changes are observed, at <br /> depths with obvious contamination, and at the groundwater interface. <br /> GHD SOP Soil&Water Sampling Boring w VOCs 1 of 3 <br /> Rev 2/14 <br />