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II Smith Technology Corporation q Quality Assurance/Quality control Plan y,� Revised Febmari 1995 I j inches of soil will be removed from the immediate surface area where the sample is to be taken and the cylinder will then be pounded into the soil with a wooden mallet, bulk density driver, or other decontaminated driving device. No heads ace will be resent in the P P cylinder once the I sample is collected. Care will be taken to avoid contamination of both the inside and outside of the cy blinder as well as its contents. During sampling, latex gloves will be worn to prevent cross-contamination with other samples. One pair of disposable gloves will be dedicated to each sample collected. I Once the sample is collected, each end of the cylinder will be sealed with aluminum foil or �I teflon tape and then capped with a polyethylene lid, taped, and labeled. The sample will then be individually sealed in a ziplock bag and immediately placed in an ice chest containing dry ice , or frozen chemical ice for delivery to a state certified laboratory. Sample identification, storage and transportation will be conducted as outlined in the previous section. it 11.3 Sampling from Sail Piles or,Shallow Soil Pits Ir Soil samples will be collected and transported from excavated material in the manner described in the previous section, however, a backhoe will not be utilized. If composite samples are collected, four brass cylinders will be collected for every 50 cubic yards of material to be sampled unless otherwise specified by the lead regulatory agency. The samples will be composited by the state certified laboratory personnel prior to testing. 12.0 GROUNDWATER SAMPLING PROTOCOL Prior to arriving at the sampling site, all sampling equipment will be washed with nonphosphate 4 detergent (Alconox or equivalent), and rinsed twice with tap water, once with acetone, and once with W:\AdminlsheIIs\QAQC-97.D0C 12 j� I� II