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STANDARD PROVISIONS AND REPORTING REQUIREMENTS September 1993 <br /> FOR WASTE DISCHARGE REQUIREMENTS <br /> FOR DISCHARGES REGULATED BY CHAPTER 15 AND/OR PART,58 ;1_ <br /> taking more than four samples per Monitoring Point, based upon past monitoring results. <br /> The ANOVA shall be carried out at the 9517c confidence level. Following the ANOVA. <br /> the data from each downgradient Monitoring Point shall be tested at a 99rc confidence <br /> level against the pooled background data. If these multiple comparisons cause the Null <br /> Hypothesis (i.e., that there is no release) to be rejected at any Monitoring Point, the <br /> Discharger shall conclude that a release is tentatively_ indicated for that parameter or <br /> constituent. <br /> C. The Method of Proportions shall be used if the "combined data set"—the data from a <br /> Riven Monitoring Point in combination with the data from the Background Monitoring <br /> Points—has between 50% and 90% of the data below the MDL for the constituent or <br /> parameter in question. <br /> This method requires— <br /> i. at least nine downgradient data points per Monitoring Point per Reporting Period. <br /> ii. at least thirty data points in the combined data set, and <br /> iii. that n * P > 5 [where n is the number of data points in the combined data set and <br /> P is the proportion of the combined set that equals or exceeds the MDL]. <br /> Therefore, the Discharger shall anticipate the number of samples required. based upon <br /> past monitoring results. The test shall be carried out at the 99% confidence level. If the <br /> analysis results in rejection of the Null Hypothesis [i.e.. that there is no release], the <br /> Discharger shall conclude that a release is tentatively indicated for that constituent or <br /> parameter. <br /> :. The Discharger shall use the following non-statistical method for the VOC Water and VOC SPg <br /> Monitoring Parameters and for all Constituents of Concern which are not amenable to the <br /> statistical tests above (i.e.. less than 10% of the data from background samples equal or exceed <br /> their respective MDL). <br /> Each qualifying constituent at a Monitoring Point shall be determined based on either— <br /> l) the data from a single sample for that constituent. taken during that Reporting Period <br /> from that Monitoring Point, or <br /> (2) (,where several independent samples have been analyzed for that constituent at a given <br /> Monitoring Point) the data from the sample which contains the largest number of <br /> qualifying constituents. <br /> Background shall be represented by the data from all samples taken from Background <br /> Monitoring Points during that Reporting Period (at least one sample from each Background <br /> Monitorine Point). <br /> The method shall be implemented as follows: <br />