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CLEARWATER GROUP,INC <br /> Groundwater Monitoring and Samplutg Protocols <br /> Laboratory and field handlingprocedures may be morutored, of required by the client or regulators, b including <br /> quality control(QC) samples or analysis with the groundwater samples Examples of different types of QC samples <br /> are as follows <br /> • Trip blanks areprepared at the analytical laboratory by laboratory personnel to check field handling <br /> procedures Trip blanks are transported to the protect site in the same manner as the laboratory-supphed sam le <br /> containers to be filled They are not opened,and are returned to the laboratory with the samples collected Tnp <br /> blanks are analyzed for purgable organic compounds <br /> • Equipment blanks are prepared in the field to determine if decontamination of field sampling equipment has been <br /> effffective The sampling equipment used to collect the groundwater samples is rinsed with distilled water which is <br /> then decanted into laboratory-suppplied containers The equipment blanks are transported to the laboratory,and <br /> are analyzed for the same cherrucaCconstituents as the samples collected at the site <br /> • Duplicates are collected at the same time that the standard groundwater samples are being collected and are <br /> analyzed for the same compounds in order to check the reproducibility of laboratory data They are typically <br /> only collected from one well per sampling event The duplicate is assigned an identification number that will not <br /> associate it with the source well <br /> Generally, trip blanks and field blanks check field handling and transportation procedures Duplicates check <br /> laboratory procedures The configuration of QC samples is determined by CGI depending on site conditions and <br /> regulatory requirements <br />• <br /> CLEARWATER GROUP,INC 2 October 8, 1996 <br />