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Florida Department of Environmental Protection - QA Section
Standard Operating Procedures
FOR LABORATORY OPERATIONS AND SAMPLE COLLECTION ACTIVITIES
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1.2 GENERAL SUBMITTAL REQUIREMENTS
1.2.2 Parties Responsible for Submitting Comprehensive QA Plans
1.2.3 Amendments to Approved Comprehensive QA Plans
2.1.2 Organizations Adopting all SOPs
2.1.3 Organizations Adopting Portions of the SOPs
2.3 COMPQAP FORMAT WHEN ALL SOPS ARE ADOPTED
2.3.1 Laboratory or Full Service Organization.
2.3.2 Sample Collection (Field Activities)
2.3.3 Submission Format and Requirements
2.4 COMPQAP FORMAT WHEN ADOPTING PORTIONS OF THE SOPS
3.0 ORGANIZATION AND RESPONSIBILITIES.
3.2 TECHNICIAN or ANALYST LEVEL
3.3 SUPERVISORS and/or SUBSECTION/SECTION MANAGEMENT
4.0.2 Use of Protective Gloves
4.0.3 Container and Equipment Rinsing
4.0.4 Dedicated Equipment Storage.
4.0.5 Fuel-powered Equipment and Related Activities
4.0.6 Sampling Procedure References
4.1.3 Decontamination/Cleaning Protocols - General Considerations
4.1.4 Decontamination/Cleaning Protocols - Sampling Equipment
4.1.5 Automatic Wastewater Samplers, Sampling Trains and Bottles
4.1.7 Sample Tubing Decontamination
4.1.9 Field Instruments and Drilling Equipment
4.1.10 Analyte-Free Water Containers
4.1.11 Ice Chests and Shipping Containers
4.2 AQUEOUS SAMPLING PROCEDURES
4.2.2 Special Parameter - Specific Handling Procedures
4.2.6 Wells with In-Place Plumbing.
4.2.8 Drinking Water Supply System Sampling
4.2.10 Airstripper and Remedial Treatment System Sampling
4.3 SOLID MATRIX SAMPLING PROCEDURES
4.3.2 Sample Handling Protocols after Sample Acquisition.
4.3.9 Hazardous Waste Sampling.
4.3.10 Sampling Protocols for Macrobenthic Invertebrate Identification.
4.4.2 Sample Preservation and Holding Times
5.0 SAMPLE CUSTODY AND DOCUMENTATION
5.1 GENERAL REQUIREMENTS FOR CUSTODY AND DOCUMENTATION
5.1.1 Record Keeping System Design - General Requirements.
5.1.3 Record-keeping Protocols
5.2 PREPARATION OF FIELD SAMPLING SUPPLIES AND EQUIPMENT
5.2.1 Content Requirements For Sampling Kit Documentation
5.2.2 Documentation for Preservatives.
5.3 CUSTODY AND DOCUMENTATION REQUIREMENTS FOR FIELD OPERATIONS.
5.3.2 Sample Identification Requirements
5.4 SAMPLE CUSTODY TRACKING AND DATA DOCUMENTATION FOR LABORATORY OPERATIONS
5.4.1 Initial Check of Samples and Documentation
5.4.2 Verification of Sample Preservation
5.4.3 Rejection of Received Samples.
5.4.7 Intralaboratory Distribution of Samples for Analysis
5.4.8 Laboratory Preparation of Samples for Analysis
5.4.9 Tracking for Interlaboratory Transfer of Samples/Subsamples
5.4.10 Sample Analyses Documentation Requirements
5.4.11 Documentation Requirements for Other Laboratory Operations
5.5 ELECTRONIC DATA DOCUMENTATION
5.5.1 Retention of Automatic Data Recording Products
5.5.2 Electronic Data Security.
5.5.3 Electronic Data Storage and Documentation
5.6 LEGAL OR EVIDENTIARY CUSTODY PROCEDURES
5.6.2 Required Contents for Custody Records
5.6.3 Required Information to be Included on COC Forms Used for Sample Transmittal
5.6.5 Controlled Access to Samples
5.6.6 Transfer of Samples to Another Party
6.1 LABORATORY GLASSWARE CLEANING PROCEDURES.
6.2 LABORATORY REAGENT STORAGE
6.3.1 General Disposal/Treatment Considerations.
6.3.2 Storage and Accumulation
7.0 CALIBRATION PROCEDURES AND FREQUENCY.
7.3 STANDARD RECEIPT AND TRACEABILITY
7.4 FREQUENCY OF STANDARD PREPARATION AND STANDARD STORAGE
7.4.2 Frequency of Standard Preparation
7.5 MINIMUM CALIBRATION REQUIREMENTS FOR FIELD INSTRUMENTS
7.5.5 Specific Conductivity Meter
7.5.8 Automatic Wastewater Samplers
7.6.3 General Calibration Recommendations by Specific Analysis or Analysis Type**.
7.7 SUPPORT EQUIPMENT CALIBRATION
9.1.1 Minimum Field Quality Control Requirements
9.2 ROUTINE METHODS USED TO ASSESS PRECISION AND ACCURACY
9.3 METHOD DETECTION LIMITS AND PRACTICAL QUANTITATION LIMITS
9.3.1 Method Detection Limits (MDLs)
9.3.2 Practical Quantitation Limit (PQLs).
10.0 DATA REDUCTION, VALIDATION AND REPORTING
10.1.2 Computer/Integrator Reduction
10.1.3 Formulae and Calculations
10.3 DATA REPORTING AND OVERALL PROJECT VALIDATION
10.3.1 Laboratory Data Reports
10.3.2 Engineering Project Reports
11.1 QUALITY CONTROL MEASURES AND ACCEPTANCE CRITERIA
11.2 IDENTIFYING AND ASSESSING QC MEASURES
11.3 DETERMINING THE SOURCE OF QC PROBLEMS.
11.4 INITIATING CORRECTIVE ACTION
11.5 SPECIFIC CORRECTIVE ACTIONS
11.6 DOCUMENTATION AND NOTIFICATION OF AFFECTED PARTIES
11.7 CORRECTIVE ACTIONS FROM EXTERNAL SOURCES
12.0 PERFORMANCE AND SYSTEMS AUDITS
12.1.3 Project Audits - Data Validation by DER
12.2 REQUIREMENTS FOR AUDITS OF LABORATORY OPERATIONS.
13.0 QUALITY ASSURANCE REPORTS.
13.2 REPORT FORMAT AND CONTENT
13.2.1 Requirements for a Full Report.
Figure 2.1 - Document Control Header Placement.
Figure 2.2 - Example of Sample Preparation Table.
Figure 2.3 - Example of QA Objectives Table of Laboratory Measurements.
Figure 2.4 - Example of Methods Table for Field Measurements
Figure 2.5 - Example of Table of Sampling Capabilities.
Figure 2.6 - Example of Field Equipment Table.
Figure 4.1 - Diagram of System for Collecting Organics through a Peristaltic Pump.
Figure 4.2 - Diagram of Recommended Field Filtration System for Trace Metals
Figure 13.1 - Title Page for QA Report to DER.
Figure 13.2 - Example of Audit Summary Table
Table 2.1 - Mandatory SOP Chapters to be Adopted
Table 2.2 - Required Tables in Section 2.0 of CompQAPs that Adopt all SOPs.
Table 2.3 - DER Approved Analytical Methods and References for Water and Biological Analyses
Table 2.5 - DER Approved Methods for Special Conditions
Table 4.1 - Sampling Equipment - Construction and Appropriate Use
Table 8.1 - Preventive Maintenance Activities.
Table 10.1 - Data Reporting Units.
Table 10.2 - Data Qualifier Codes
Table 11.1 - Acceptance Criteria and Corrective Actions for Quality Control Checks.
Table 11.2 - Probable Sources and Expected Corrective Actions
APPENDIX B - Selected References.