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LUSTLine Bulletin 42 • October 2002
<br /> Is Anaiirtt�al Methods from page 7
<br /> Hal White is a hydrogeologist with the
<br /> during storage and transport, sam- U.S.EPA Office of Underground Stor-
<br /> ples should be preserved.To prevent age Tanks in Washington,DC.He can
<br /> chemical hydrolysis of the ether oxy- be reached at white.hal@epa.gov
<br /> genates during storage, the samples
<br /> should be preserved with a base Barry Lesnik is Organic Methods Pro-
<br /> delivered as a salt(TSP),rather than grant Manager with the U.S. EPA
<br /> as a strong acid, and also refriger- Office of Solid Waste,Economics,
<br /> ated.Preservation with TSP will also Methods,and Risk Analysis Division,
<br /> eliminate the possibility that ethers in Washington,DC.He can be reached
<br /> will be hydrolyzed during sample at lesnik.barry@epa.gov
<br /> preparation.Stored samples should
<br /> be refrigerated at 4'C and analyzed John Wilson is a research microbiolo-
<br /> within the holding period.■ gist with U.S. EPA Office of Research
<br /> and Development,Ground Water and
<br /> Ecosystems Restoration Division in
<br /> References Ada,OK.He can be reached at
<br /> Church,C.D.,J.E.Pankow,and P.G.Trat- wilson.johnt@epa.gov
<br /> nyek. 1999.Hydrolysis of tent-Butyl Format:
<br /> Kinetics,Products, and Implications for the
<br /> Environmental Impact of Methyl tert-Butyl _
<br /> Ether.Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry „Or More Information
<br /> 18(12):2789-2796.
<br /> Halden,P U.,A.M.Happel,and S.R.Schoen or additional information about
<br /> 2001.Evaluation of Standard Methods for the analytical methods, call the
<br /> Analysis of Methyl tert-Butyl Ether and Methods Information
<br /> Related O�cygenates in Gasoline-Contaminated ommunlcation Exchange(MICE)
<br /> Groundwater.Environmental Science t4Technol-
<br /> :hotline at 703-676-4690, or visit
<br /> ogy 35(7):1469-1474.(Additions and Correc- �.,.
<br /> tions,35(7):1560.) the MICE zveb site at
<br /> Kane, S. R., H. R. Beller, T.C. Legler, C J. ~http://www.epa.gov/SW_846/mic
<br /> Koester,H.C.Pinkart,R Haden,Haen,and A.M. P•htm.For information about the
<br /> Harper. 2001. Aerobic Biodegradation of Underground Storage Tank
<br /> Methyl tert-Butyl Ether by Aqufier Bacteria __ program, visit
<br /> from Leaking Underground Storage Tank m-'http://www.epa.gov/oust.For
<br /> Sites.Applied and Environmental Microbiology 67
<br /> (12):5824-5829. information about either this
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<br /> article or the soon-to-be-released
<br /> Kovacs, D. A. and D. H. Kampbell. 1999. EPA Fact Sheet e-mail Hal White
<br /> Improved Method for the Storage of Ground- (EPA/OUST)at
<br /> water Samples Containing Volatile Organic
<br /> Analytes.Archives of Environmental Contamina- white.hal@epa.gov.
<br /> tion and Toxicology 36:242-247.
<br /> O'Reilly,K T.,M.E.Moir,C.D.Taylor,C.A.
<br /> Smith,and M.R.Hyman.2001.Hvdrolysis of Disclaimer
<br /> Methyl tert-Butyl Ether (MTBE) in Dilute This article was written by staff of the U.S.
<br /> Aqueous Acid.Environmental Science b Tech- Environmental Protection Agency who are
<br /> nology 35(19):3954-3961. assigned to the Office of Underground Storage
<br /> U.S. EPA. 1997. Test Methods for Evaluating Tanks,the Office of Solid Waste,and the Office
<br /> Solid Waste,Physical/Chemical Methods(SW-846) of Research and Development.It has been sub-
<br /> including updates. Office of Solid Waste. )wed to the Agency's peer and administrative
<br /> Washington,DC. review and has been approved for publication.
<br /> lutp:lhu .epa.gw/epaosrver/twi ste/testlsw846 The article has not been subjected to Agency
<br /> .htm policy review and therefore does not necessar-
<br /> ily reflect the views of the Agency,and no offi-
<br /> U.S.EPA.2002.Development and Evaluation of dal endorsement should be inferred.Mention
<br /> Methods for the Analysis of MTBE.EPA contract of trade names or commercial products in EPA
<br /> No.68-WO-0122 WA No.0-08. methods is for illustrative purposes only,and
<br /> Wade,M.J.1998.Acidification of Croundwa- does not constitute an endorsement or exclu-
<br /> les for Sample Preservation and Its sive recommendation for use by EPA. The
<br /> ter Samples P products and instrument settings cited in SW-
<br /> Effect on Determining Methyl t-Butyl Ether 846 methods represent those products and set-
<br /> Concentration.Division of Environmental Chem- tings used during method development or
<br /> istry Preprints of Extended Abstracts 38 (2): subsequently evaluated by the Agency.Glass-
<br /> 246-24B ware,reagents,supplies,equipment,and set-
<br /> Wilson,B. H.,J.T.Wilson, D.H.Kampbell, tings other than those listed in these methods
<br /> and B.E.Bledsoe.1994-Traverse City:Geochem- may be employed provided that method per-
<br /> istry and Intrinsic Bioremediation of BTX Com- formance appropriate for the intended applica-
<br /> pounds.Symposium on Natural Attenuation of tion has been documented.
<br /> Ground Water.EPA/600/R-94/162.
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