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C <br />Nonparametric Tolerance Limit <br />When the background data set contains greater than 50 percent but less than 100 percent non - <br />detect values and/or its distribution is not normal (or transformed normal), Sanitas applies the <br />nonparametric tolerance limit method. However, this method requires a large number of samples <br />to achieve a false positive rate of 1 percent or less, which is required by CCR Title 23, Chapter <br />15, Article 5 guidelines. Thus, when the alpha level was higher than 1 percent, the concentration <br />limit was not established and data was compared to established limits in the Waste Discharge <br />Requirements. <br />When the background data set contains 100 percent non -detect values, Sanitas applies the <br />nonstatistical approach. This approach takes into consideration that if historically a constituent <br />has not been detected, any detection of that constituent would be considered an exceedence. <br />Thus, in these situations (100 percent non-detected values), the tolerance limit is set at "detect", <br />meaning that if a value is detected above its method detection limit, this value is an exceedence <br />of the concentration limit. <br />Foothill Sanitary Landfill D-2 Department of Public Works/Solid Waste <br />2`d Semester and Annual 2010 Groundwater Monitoring County of San Joaquin — January 31, 2011 <br />