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ATTACHMENT B FIELD AND LABORATORY PROCEDURES Exploratory Drilling The sod borings will be drilled using 4-inch hollow-stem auger drilling equipment to depths of approximately 110 feet bgs Borings will be logged by a SECOR International Incorporated scientist under the direction of a registered geologist using the Unified Soil Classification System and standard geologic techniques Soil samples will be collected every five feet using a California-modified split- spoon sampler The sampler will be driven a maximum of 18 inches using a 140-pound hammer with a 30-inch drop Soil samples for chemical analysis will be retained in brass liners, capped with Teflon squares and plastic end caps, and sealed in clean zip-lock bags The samples will be placed on ice for transport to the laboratory accompanied by chain-of-custody documentation Down-hole drilling and sampling equipment will be steam-cleaned following the completion of the soil boring Down-hole sampling equipment will be washed in a tri-sodium phosphate or alconox solution between samples Well Installation and Development The sod borings will be converted to groundwater monitoring wells by installing 2-inch diameter, flush- threaded, Schedule 40 PVC casing with 0 020-inch factory-slotted screen if the borings are drilled using the hollow stem auger rig, conductor casing will be installed within the borings to seal the water bearing zones if a confining layer is encountered The depth of the conductor casing will be determined in the field from the soil samples collected If an air rotary drill rig is used, hammer casing will be utilized as conductor casing and will be advanced following the drill bit to the total depth explored in each boring in order to seal the upper groundwater bearing zones from the lower groundwater bearing zones Approximately 10 feet of screen will be placed in the bottoms of the boring A grade of sand appropriate to the screen size will be placed in the annular space across the entire screened interval, and will extend approximately 2 feet above the top of the screen for the wells A bentonite seal will extend two to three feet above the sand pack The monitoring wells will be completed with neat cement from the bentonite seal to the ground surface The well casing will be topped with a locking cap The wellhead will be contained in a watertight traffic-rated well box The boring logs will show well construction details The well will be developed after completion The development procedure for each well will consist of surging the well, then pumping or bailing water from the well until the water is visibly clear, the well goes dry, or until a maximum of ten casing volumes have been removed The newly installed wells will be surveyed by a California State Licensed Surveyor The well casings will be surveyed to the nearest 0 01 feet in elevation to a known benchmark Organic Vapor Procedures Soil samples collected at 5-foot depth intervals during drilling will be analyzed in the field for ionizable organic compounds using a photo-ionization detector (PID) with a 10 2 eV lamp or a flame ionization detector (FID) The test procedure will involve measuring approximately 30 grams from an undisturbed soil sample, placing this subsample in a sealed container (either a zip-lock bag or a mason far) The container will be warmed for approximately 20 minutes (in the sun), then the head- space within will be tested for total organic vapor, measured in parts per million as benzene (ppm, volume/volume) The instrument will be calibrated prior to drilling using a 100-ppm isobutylene standard (in air) and a sensitivity factor of 55, which relates the photo-ionization potential of benzene to that of isobutylene at 100 ppm The results of the field testing will be noted on the boring logs PID i