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STP867
Quality Assurance for Environmental Measurements

Taylor JK, Stanley TW
Pages: 426
Published: 1985

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Discusses data quality assurance, ambient air measurements, ambient water measurements, source measurements, discharge monitoring, and reference materials. Includes a general paper on quality assurance programs and a detailed paper on the U.S. EPA's quality assurance program.



Table of Contents

Introduction
Stanley T., Taylor J.

Summary
Stanley T., Taylor J.

What is Quality Assurance?
Taylor J.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Quality Assurance Program
Stanley T., Verner S.

Statistical Aspects of Designs for Studying Sources of Contamination
Liggett W.

Determination of Measurement Data Quality and Establishment of Achievable Goals for Environmental Measurements
McElroy F., Mitchell W., Rhodes R.

Quality Assurance Project Plans—A Key to Effective Cooperative Monitoring Programs
Brossman M., Hoogheem T., Splinter R.

Quality Assurance Aspects of Environmental (Aerometric) Data Management
Beebe R., Clement D., McDaniel A.

An Evaluation of Results from Collocated Ambient High-Volume Samplers
Fritts T., Hanson M.

Internal Consistency Checks as Part of a Data Validation Process for Chemical Constituents in Ambient Particulate Samples
Cadle S.

Certification of Local Laboratories Analyzing Drinking Water in Nonprimacy States
Hillman J.

Quality Assurance of U.S. Geological Survey Water-Quality Field Measurements
Erdmann D., Thomas J.

An Analytical Method and Quality Control Program for Studies of Currently Used Pesticides in Surface Waters
Baker D., Kramer J.

Quality Assurance for Microbiological Analyses of Water
Bordner R.

Steps to Valid Particle Size Data from Emissions Sources
Farthing W., Felix L., McCain J.

Quality Assurance Practices for the Collaborative Testing of Method 6B
Butler F., Knoll J., Rodney Midgett M., Wagner T.

An Industry View of Quality Assurance for Manual Source Sampling
Brisini V.

Establishing Destruction Efficiency for Hazardous Waste Incinerators
Colby B., Picker J.

Overview of the National Discharge Monitoring Report (DMR) Quality Assurance (QA) Program
Lim E., Polvi G., To Y.

Quality Assurance as an Element of Wisconsin's NPDES Program
Kopecky M., Vogen L.

Development of Statistics and Limits for DMR-QA Studies, and Summary of Experience in DMR-QA Study 2
Britton P.

Pulp and Paper Industry Experience with NPDES Quality Assurance Requirements
Fisher R.

Monsanto Analytical Testing Program for NPDES Discharge Self-Monitoring
Hoogheem T., Woods L.

Discharge Monitoring Report Quality Assurance Results and Follow-Up by Region VIII U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Campbell C., Hillman J.

Quality Assurance of Meteorological Measurements
Lockhart T.

Quality Assurance Considerations in Conducting the Ames Test
Williams L.

Quality Assurance in Acid Precipitation Measurements
Campbell S., Scott H.

Quality Assurance for Personal Exposure Monitoring
Crist H., Handy R., Stanley T.

Quality Assurance for Human Exposure Studies
Hackworth L., Howard J., Jordan R., Smith D.

New Biological Reference Materials—In Vivo Incorporated Toxic Metals in Water Hyacinth Tissues
Austin J., Beckert W., Simon S., Williams L.

The Use of Natural Waters as U.S. Geological Survey Reference Samples
Janzer V.

The Marine Analytical Chemistry Standards Program of the National Research Council of Canada
Berman S., Jamieson W., McLaren J.

The Role of NBS Standard Reference Materials in Quality Assurance of Environmental Measurements
Alvarez R.

Reference Materials and Intercomparison Samples Available from the Environmental Monitoring Systems Laboratory — Las Vegas
Kantor E., Laska P.

Development and Distribution of Reference Materials for Ambient Air Measurements
Mitchell W., Puzak J.

Reference Samples for Water-Related Programs in the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Winter J.

Establishing an Environmental Quality Assurance Program
Eggenberger L.

Interlaboratory Quality Assurance Aspects of the International Joint Commission's Great Lakes Monitoring Programs
Aspila K., Clark J., White R.

Author Index


Subject Index


Committee: D19
Paper ID: STP867-EB
DOI: 10.1520/STP867-EB
ISBN-EB: 978-0-8031-4932-8

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