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6.0 Equipment Installation and Calibration <br /> Shaw personnel will set up the samplers at each of the identified sampling locations. Once the <br /> equipment is functioning properly, an air intake hose will be attached to each cassette base. The <br /> cassette cap will be removed and the cassette will be positioned downward, perpendicular to the <br /> wind. The power will be turned on and sampler pump will be switched on. The sampler will be <br /> leak-checked before the start of the sampling event. A pre-test calibration with a flow meter will <br /> be performed and the data on flow rate and pump specifications will be recorded. Shaw <br /> personnel will monitor the samplers for fluctuations in the flow rate by means of rotameter and <br /> visual inspections. At the end of the 8-hour sampling period, the sample pumps will be shut <br /> down and a post-test calibration will be performed. The filter cassettes will be removed from the <br /> sampler and placed in individual sealed plastic bags. <br /> Shaw personnel will attach a COC and send the samples to ATEM. ATEM is an accredited <br /> analytical laboratory for TEM analysis. <br /> Shaw personnel will also gather the relevant concurrent average meteorological data(wind speed <br /> and wind direction) from the landfill MET station. <br /> Asbestos Sampler Calibration <br /> This project will strive to meet the criteria for representativeness as promulgated by TEM <br /> Method 7402 for asbestos sampling systems. These criteria are as follows: <br /> • An 8-hour representative data sample will be obtained at each of the four sites <br /> indicated in this protocol. <br /> • Equipment malfunctions will be minimized by equipment checks and inspections prior <br /> to sampling by Shaw personnel. Equipment malfunctions are the greatest challenges to <br /> meeting the project's representativeness goals. <br /> • In order to acquire valid data, the sampler will be calibrated before and after the <br /> sampling event. <br /> • Each Sampler will be configured and duly calibrated prior to sampling. Shaw <br /> personnel will follow the procedures in the sampler operation manual to set up and <br /> initiate sampling. <br /> • A pre-test calibration with a flow meter will be performed and the data on flow rate <br /> and pump specifications will be recorded. <br /> • During the sampling event, Shaw personnel will monitor the samplers for fluctuations <br /> in the flow rate by means of rotameter and visual inspections. <br /> MOM 6-1 <br />