Sampling and Analysis Protocol
Table of Contents

1. Introduction
• Background to Act and Regulations
• Health and Safety
• Sampling Frequencies
• Averaging of Results
• Sampling Locations
2. Sampling Methods
   • Sample Handling
   • Fluid Materials in Tanks and lagoons - Mixed Materials
   • Sampling Fluids in Tanks or Lagoons when Agitation is not Feasible
   • Solid Materials in Piles or Large Containers
   • Soild and Mixed Materials from continusou Processes and Unloaders
   • Field Quality Control (QC)
   • Cleaning and Preventation of Cross Contamination
3. Laboratory Analysis
   • Laboratory Quality Management
   • Laboratory Method
   • Method Detection Limit (MDL)
   • Reporting Detection Limit (RDL)
   • Precision
   • Accuracy and Recovery
   • Method Linearity
   • Recommended Laboratory QC/QA Procedures
   • Data Accptance Criteria
   • Data Reporting
4. Data Quality Requirements
   • Guidance on Selecting Laboratories for Analysis
   • Analysis - Soil
   • Analysis - Land Appiled Materials
5. Acroynms
6. Glossary

• Table 1-1. Standards for Regulated Metals for Sewage Biosolids
  
• Table 1-2. Standards for Regulated Metals for Land Applied Materials Other than Sewage Biosolids
  
• Table 1-3. Sampling Frequencies for Regulated Metals¹, E. coli, total Kjeldahl nitrogen, ammonium nitrogen, nitrate nitrogen, total solids, volatile solids and total phosphorus
  
• Table 2-1. Field Quality Control Procedures
  
• Table 3-1. Method Performance Characteristics
  
• Table 3-2. Student's t Values at the 99 Per Cent Confidence Level
  
• Table 3-3. Laboratory QC Data

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