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Clayton ENVIRONMENTAL CONSULTANTS DRILLING, WELL CONSTRUCTION, AND SAMPLING PROTOCOLS FOR BOREHOLEIMONITORING WELL INSTALLATION BOREHOLE INSTALLATION Clayton Environmental Consultants, Inc. acquires the proper governmental agency permits to bore, drill, or destroy all proposed boreholes and monitoring wells that intersect with groundwater aquifers and writes a health and safety plan. Clayton subcontracts only with drillers who possess a current C-57 water well contractor's license issued by the State of California and whose personnel have attended the OSHA 40-hour Hazardous Materials Safety Training. Prior to starting work, a "tailgate" safety meeting including discussion of the safety hazards and precautions relevant to the particular job will be held with all personnel working on the job. Well drillers are identified on permit applications. Borings are drilled dry by hollow- or solid-stem, continuous flight augers. Augers, drill rods, and other working components of the drilling rig are steam-cleaned before arriving onsite to prevent the introduction of contaminants. These components are also steam-cleaned between borings away from boring locations. Cleaned augers, rods, and other components are stored, and/or covered when not in use. Our bore logs include a detailed description of subsurface stratigraphy. Clayton examines the soil brought to the surface by drilling operations, and samples undisturbed soil every 5 feet or as otherwise specified. Soil cuttings are screened for hydrocarbon contamination using a photoionization detector. Boring logs are filled out in the field by a professional geologist, civil engineer, engineering geologist who is registered by the State of California, or a technician who is trained and working under the supervision of one of the previously mentioned persons, using the Unified Soil Classification System. SOIL SAMPLING Soil samples are taken every 5 feet, at areas of obvious contamination, or as otherwise specified, with a California modified split-spoon sampler that is lined with three six-inch brass tubes. The sampler and rod are inserted into the borehole to the current depth and a hammer of known weight and height above the sampler are allowed to free-fall onto the rod, advancing the assembly 18 inches into undisturbed soil. Clayton uses the number of blows necessary to drive the sampler into the ground to help evaluate the consistency of materials encountered. The sampler is then pulled from the borehole and disassembled, and the three brass tubes are separated for inspection and labeling. Clayton uses new brass liners or liners cleaned with a trisodium phosphate (TSP) solution, double rinsed with clean tap water, and air dried prior to each sampling. The sampler is also cleaned with TSP and rinsed with tap water between sampling events. protocol.rep 1