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SAMPLE RECEIVING POLICY 1 ). Obtain the following client information and place on customer lab ticket: Billing Name: Address: Phone Number: Person to Contact: Report Form Required: State FGL Is Chain of Custody required? Yes No 2) . Determine the analyses needed and indicate on customer lab ticket: A) . Use EPA Method Number or list elements B) . Determine if preservatives have been added 3) . Determine turn-around-time requirement: Rush Non-Rush Indicate on the customer lab ticket and the laboratory work sheet if a rush is required. The red colored rush stamp is to be used for this purpose. 4) . Inspect the sample for the following: A) . Have holding times been observed and determine if it is possible for FGL to meet holding times? (See attached holding time requirements) B) . Is the sample size adequate? C) . Is the sample container satisfactory? (See attached sample container requirements) D) . Note sample condition 1 ) . Broken/leaking container 2) . Custody Seal Intact Broken 3} . Temperature Ambient Chilled 4) . Check for headspace when appropriate Make note of any problems with sample condition on the customers lab ticket, the person notified, time and date notified and customers response if any. 5) . Check all samples for radioactivity analyses and hazardous waste evaluation for radio chemical hazard using the Model 3 Survey Meter kept in the log-in room. If the sample is found to have a reading of 0.3 mrads/hour or greater; then, the sample must be refused. 5) . Log the sample information into the appropriate sample log-in book. The following logbooks should be at the log-in counter: Inorganic Drinking and Wastewater Lab Samples, Organic Lab Samples, Radioactivity Lab Samples, and Ag Lab Samples. 5) . Transfer samples and analyses instructions (lab work sheets) to the appropriate refrigerator or lab work distribution area. See the attached sheet titled "Sample Storage and Distribution Policy". -9-