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• All individuals relinquishing and receiving samples shall sign, date, and indicate the time in the lower portion of the COC. If an error is made on the COC prior to custody transfer, it shall be crossed out and initialed, and the correct information written above the error. If an error is made after custody transfer, the sampling personnel shall immediately notify the laboratory and any other organization to which the information was submitted of the correction. The COC shall accompany the samples at all times while the samples are in transit. Upon receipt of the samples at the laboratory, the laboratory sample custodian shall sign and date the COC, indicating acceptance of the samples. The original (white copy) of the completed COC shall be maintained at the laboratory until submittal of analytical results, at which time the original, or a photocopy if other laboratories are involved, is remitted with the analytical results. A copy of the completed COC shall be maintained by the project. 4.2 Field Notes/Notebook A bound field notebook shall be maintained by the sampling team to provide daily records of significant events, observations, and measurements during field activities. All entries will be signed and dated. All members of the sampling team shall use this notebook, which will be kept as a permanent record. Entries into the field notebook will be made using indelible ink. Each page of the field notebook shall be sequentially numbered at the top and dated. Each page shall also be signed and dated at the bottom by the person responsible for the entry, and any blank space at the bottom of the page shall be marked out to indicate that it has been left blank intentionally. Corrections will be made by striking out the incorrect information with a single horizontal line, such that the incorrect information is still legible, and the correct information will be entered above the strike out. All corrections will be initialed and dated. It should be noted that field notebook entries should be factual, detailed, and objective. The field notebook shall be scanned and attached to the final report as an addendum. The following are items which should, if applicable, be recorded in the field notebook during field activities: • Name and location of Site; • Name and affiliation of sampling team members • Time of arrival on Site; • Weather conditions; • Arrival and departure times of visitors to the sampling location; • Health and safety-related issues (Site Specific HSP and JSAs should be onsite at all times); • Summary of equipment preparation procedures; • Summary of day (e.g., drilling time, down time, etc.); • Dates and times of sample collection or event; • Numbers and types of samples taken, sample location, and sample identification; • A description of sampling methodology; • Field measurements of samples; • Record of telephone calls and/or contact with people at the Site; and • Any problems or unusual observations. Used Oil Sampling and Analysis Plan 6 July 29, 2014 BNSF Railway Multiple Locations TRC Project No. 211983