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STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURE SOP Number: 1.1 Date: August 27,2007 FIELD DOCUMENTATION Revision Number: 0 Page: 1 of 2 1. PURPOSE AND SCOPE This Standard Operating Procedure(SOP)provides instructions for recording data when documenting a site visit,field measurements,or sample collection. Field data may be recorded in field logbooks,on standardized forms, as annotated maps, as photo documentation, or electronically. This procedure is applicable during all Ash Creek Associates(ACA)site operations. 2. EQUIPMENT AND MATERIALS The following materials are necessary for this procedure: • Standardized field data sheets and/or a bound project-specific field notebook(e.g., Rite-in-Rain1m) • Indelible ink pen • Wristwatch or other time-keeping device The following materials may also be needed: Site maps, clipboard,three-ring binder or equivalent, camera,and ruler or similar scale 3. PREPARATION Field notebooks and field data sheets are project files and should remain with project documentation when not in use. All pages must be consecutively numbered. The following represents a basic list of field reporting guidelines. • Record work,observations, quantities of materials,calculations, drawings, and related information. • Information should be factual and unbiased. • Do not start a new page until the previous one is full or has been marked with a single diagonal line so that additional entries cannot be made. Use both sides of each page or mark the back with a single diagonal line. • Write in indelible ink. Do not write in pencil unless working in wet conditions. • Do not erase or blot out any entry. Indicate any deletion by a single line through the material to be deleted along with the samplers initials. • Do not remove any pages from a field notebook. • Record sufficient information to completely document field activities. • All entries should be neat and legible. Specific Information to be recorded. • Site name and location • Personnel on site(ACA, clients,site contacts, regulators, oversight personnel, subcontractors, etc) • Results of phone calls, conversations • Chronology of activities, including mobilization, investigatory activities,and demobilization • Weather conditions(initial and any changes;temperature,wind conditions, precipitation) • Inspections of equipment, materials, supplies(problems, corrective action) • Subcontractor name,description of services, and any issues(problems, stand by time) • Description of major equipment(drill rigs, backhoe, etc)