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KLEINFELDER ATTACHMENT A KLEINFELDER FIELD PROTOCOL A-1 FIELD PREPARATION Before performing work in the field, environmental staff will review the scope of work, prepare a health and safety plan, coordinate the work to be done with their supervisor, assemble the necessary sample containers, and check, calibrate and clean equipment to be used in the field. Underground Service Alert (USA) also is contacted prior to work with the boring locations and the scheduled date of drilling, or a utility locating firm is employed to check the boring locations. A-2 DRILLING AND SUBSURFACE SOIL SAMPLING A-2.1 Drilling Soil borings are advanced using a truck-mounted drill rig, eq ipped with hollow stem augers. Subsurface soil samples are collected from the soil bo Ings. During drilling, an experienced environmental geologist classifies the soil, logs the s ratigraphy of the borings, and collects soil samples. A-2.2 Qualitative Field Screening An organic vapor detector, such as a Photovac TIP, using a photo ionization detector (PID) or a Foxboro flame-ionization detector (FID), is used to provide a qualitative screening of each soil sample collected from the borings. The organic apor detector measures ionizable compounds in the air in parts per million by volume (p mv). Field calibration is performed using a calibrated span gas. Ambient air is used to s t the instrument to zero. The soil contained in the cone of the sampler or in a brass tubd is exposed and screened with the organic vapor detector. The vapor reading is noted as th field screening result. For the protection of the drilling crew, the organic vapor detect r also is used to measure the volatile concentrations in the breathing zone prior to and during the drilling of the borings. Total ionizable hydrocarbon readings in excess of 1 ppmv may necessitate respiratory protection for the affected crew members. This requirement is included in the complete field health and safety plan developed for the project prior to the start of field work. A-2.3 Collection of Soil Samples Soil samples are collected approximately every 5 feet for fields eening, lithologic logging, and possible analytical analysis. Samples are collected by advar cing the boring to a point immediately above the desired sampling depth and then dri 'ng (vertical borings) or pushing (slant borings) a Modified California Sampler, lined w1h three brass tubes, into the undisturbed soil. The sampler is then removed from the bottom of the boring. The ends of the bottom (third) tube are covered with Teflon and sealed with tight fitting plastic caps.