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Blaine Tech Services also provides technical services directly to property owners and major corporations such as Chevron USA, Lnc. (continuous since 1985). The firm per- forms ongoing groundwater monitoring at EPA Superfund sites in northern California and does similar monitoring on landfill projects. Blaine Tech Services performs work under contract to major consulting firms such as CH2M Hill,Woodwdard-Clyde, McLaren, Riedel, ChemWaste Management, Environ,and PES Environmental. Blaine Tech Services fabricates many of the specialized tools necessary to perform certain kinds of sampling and is recognized for the innovative design and in-house construction of its sampling vehicles. Personnel All Blaine Tech Services, Inc. field personnel receive 29 CFR 1910.120 training as soon after being hired as is practical. In addition, many of our personnel have additional certifi- cations that include specialized training in level B supplied air apparatus and the supervi- sion of employees working on hazardous materials sites. Employees are not sent to a site unless we are confident that they can adhere to any site safety provisions in force at the site and unless we know that they can fol ow the written provisions of a Site Safety plan and the verbal directions of the Site Safety Officer. In general,employees sent to a site to perform groundwater well sampling will assume that an OSHA level D (wet) environment dusts unless otherwise informed. The use of gloves and double glove protocols protects both our employees and he integrity of the samples being collected. Additional protecdve gear and procedures for higher OSHA levels of protection are available. Decontamination All apparatus is brought to the site in dean and serviceable condition. The equipment is decontaminated after each use and before Ieaving the site. Decontamination procedures include complete disassembly of the device to the point whet* a jet of steam cleaner water can be directed onto all the intemaJ surfaces (this even applies to the irt.ri&- of the Teflon Bladders of USGS/Kddlcburg pumps). Teflon conductor tubing is connected to the steam cleaner water outlet and water is r-n tr`aough the tubing for several minutes. The devices are then reassembled and actuated for a period of time as an additional measure. Blaine Tech Services, Inc. frequently m"ics commercially available apparatus to allow com- plete disassembly for proper cleaning.