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SOP-010 Standard Operating Procedure <br />Well Construction Page 1 of 11 Revision No. 0 March 2020 <br /> <br />Sharpe Army Depot <br />1.0 Introduction <br />1.1 Purpose <br />This Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) provides procedures and requirements for the installation of monitoring or extraction wells using rotary, dual-tube percussion, or hollow-stem auger drilling techniques. <br />The details within this SOP should be used in conjunction with specific project work plans. <br />1.2 Responsibilities <br />Project Manager (PM). The Project Manager is responsible for ensuring that all monitoring well installation activities are conducted and documented in accordance with appropriate procedures. This will be accomplished through staff training and quality assurance/quality control (QA/QC) monitoring activities. <br />Contractor Quality Control Manager (CQCM). The CQCM is responsible for periodic review of well installation activities to assure the implementation of this SOP. The CQCM is also responsible for the review and approval of corrective action (i.e., retraining personnel, additional review of work plans and SOPs, variances to monitoring well installation requirements, issuing nonconformances, etc.) identified during the performance of these activities. <br />Field Personnel. Field personnel assigned to monitoring well installation activities are responsible for completing their tasks according to specifications outlined in this SOP and other appropriate procedures. All staff is responsible for reporting deviations from the procedures to the Site Superintendent, Project Manager, or the CQCM. <br />2.0 Relevant Documents <br />This SOP is intended to be used in conjunction with the following SOPs: <br />• SOP-002: Field Activity Records <br />• SOP-003: Equipment Decontamination Procedures <br />• SOP-006: Mud Rotary Drilling <br />• SOP-007: Soil Sample Collection <br />3.0 Definitions <br />Cuttings <br />Pieces of soil, sediment, or rock-cut by a bit in the process of drilling borings. <br />Borehole <br />Any hole drilled into the subsurface to identify lithology, collecting soil samples, and/or installing groundwater wells. <br />