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| Procedure Identifer | Title | Last Review Date |
|---|---|---|
| General Instructions | ||
| SOP-01.01, Rev. 2, ICN1 | General Instructions for Field Investigations | 10/06/2005 |
| SOP-01.02, Rev. 1, ICN1 | Sample Container and Preservation | 04/20/2004 |
| SOP-01.03, Rev. 4 | Handling, Packaging, and Shipping of Samples | 10/25/2005 |
| SOP-01.04, Rev. 6 | Sample Control and Field Documentation | 11/30/2005 |
| SOP-01.05, Rev. 1, ICN 1 | Field Quality Control Samples | 04/30/2004 |
| SOP-01.06, Rev. 2 | Management of ER Project Waste | 04/29/2004 |
| SOP-01.07, Rev. 2 | Operational Guidelines for Taking Soil and Water Samples in Explosive Areas | 06/21/2004 |
| SOP-01.08, Rev. 1 | Field Decontamination of Drilling and Sampling Equipment | 03/02/2004 |
| SOP-01.10, Rev. 2 | Waste Characterization | 06/25/2005 |
| SOP-01.12, R0, ICN2 | Field Site Closeout Checklist | 08/18/2005 |
| SOP-01.13, Rev. 0 | Initiating and Managing Data Set Requests | 04/20/2004 |
| SOP-01.17, Rev. 0 | Potential Release Site Database Data Entry and Management | 10/12/2004 |
| Surface Water Assessments, Monitoring and Maintenance | ||
| SOP-02.01, Rev. 1 | Surface Water Site Assessments | 03/22/2004 |
| Reconnaissance/Field Surveys | ||
| SOP-03.08, Rev. 1 | Geomorphic Characterization | 12/17/2003 |
| SOP-03.11, Rev. 2 | Coordinating and Evaluating Geodetic Surveys | 06/28/2004 |
| Drilling, Excavating, Sampling and Logging | ||
| SOP-04.01, Rev. 3 | Drilling Plan Development | 02/16/2005 |
| SOP-04.04, Rev. 2 | Contract Geophysical Logging | 01/08/2004 |
| SOP-04.05, Rev. 0 | Leaching of Soil and Rock Samples for Anions | 06/24/2004 |
| Well Installation / Development and Water Sampling Techniques | ||
| SOP-05.01, Rev. 3 | Well Construction | 04/27/2001 |
| SOP-05.02, Rev. 2 | Well Development | 04/27/2001 |
| SOP-05.03, Rev. 3 | Monitor Well and RFI Borehole Abandonment | 08/01/2005 |
| SOP-05.07, Rev. 0 | Operation of LANL Owned Borehole Logging Trailer | 04/29/2004 |
| Sampling Techniques | ||
| SOP-06.01, Rev. 3 | Purging and Sampling Methods for Single Completion Wells | 03/05/2002 |
| SOP-06.02, Rev. 2 | Field Analytical Measurements of Groundwater | 04/29/2004 |
| SOP-06.03, Rev. 3 | Sampling for Volatile Organic Compounds in Groundwater | 03/08/2004 |
| SOP-06.09, Rev. 2 | Spade and Scoop Method for Collection of Soil Samples | 01/14/2004 |
| SOP-06.10, Rev. 3 | Hand Auger and Thin-Wall Tube Sampler | 01/14/2004 |
| SOP-06.13, Rev. 2 | Surface Water Sampling | 06/24/2004 |
| SOP-06.15, Rev. 1 | Coliwasa Sampler for Liquids and Slurries | 03/01/2004 |
| SOP-06.19, Rev. 1 | Weighted Bottle Sampler for Liquids and Slurries in Tanks | 03/01/2004 |
| SOP-06.24, Rev. 2 | Sample Collection from Split-Spoon Samplers and Shelby Tube Samplers | 12/23/2003 |
| SOP-06.26, Rev. 2 | Core Barrel Sampling for Subsurface Earth Materials | 01/14/2004 |
| SOP-06.28, Rev. 1 | Chip Sampling of Porous Surfaces | 03/01/2004 |
| SOP-06.29, Rev. 2 | Single-Stage Sampling for Surface Water Run-Off | 03/30/2004 |
| SOP-06.31, Rev. 2 | Sampling of Subatmospheric Air | 10/06/2005 |
| SOP-06.32, Rev. 2 | Multi-level Groundwater Sampling of Monitoring Wells, Westbay MP System | 10/18/2004 |
| SOP-06.33, Rev. 0 | Headspace Vapor Screening with a Photo Ionization Detector | 09/13/2004 |
| Subsurface Hydroleological Site Characterization | ||
| SOP-07.01, Rev. 1 | Pressure Transducers | 10/09/2003 |
| SOP-07.02, Rev. 1 | Water Level Measurements | 10/09/2003 |
| SOP-07.03, Rev. 1 | Slug Tests | 06/28/2004 |
| SOP-07.04, Rev. 2 | Aquifer Pumping Tests | 10/09/2003 |
| SOP-07.05, Rev. 2 | Subsurface Moisture Measurements Using a Neutron Probe | 04/05/2004 |
| Geochemistry | ||
| SOP-09.02, Rev. 1 | Operating the Cameca SX-50 Microprobe | 12/16/2003 |
| SOP-09.03, Rev. 1 | Operation of Siemens D-500 X-Ray Diffractometers | 12/16/2003 |
| SOP-09.04, Rev. 1 | Calibration and Alignment of the Siemens Diffractometers | 12/16/2003 |
| SOP-09.05, Rev. 1 | Clay Mineral Separation for X-Ray Diffraction Analysis | 12/16/2003 |
| SOP-09.10, Rev. 0 | Field Sampliing of Core and Cuttings for Geological Analysis | 12/16/2003 |
| SOP-09.11, Rev. 0 | Petrography | 12/16/2003 |
| SOP-09.12, Rev. 0 | Operating the ADEM Scanning Electron Microscope | 12/16/2003 |
| SOP-09.13, Rev. 0 | X-ray Fluorescence Analysis | 12/16/2003 |
| Field Screening Techniques | ||
| SOP-10.01, Rev. 1 | Screening for PCBs in Soil | 03/02/2004 |
| SOP-10.08, Rev. 2 | Operation of the Spectrace 9000 Field-Portable X-ray Flourescence Instrument | 03/11/2004 |
| SOP-10.14, Rev. 0 | Performing and Documenting Gross Gamma Radiation Scoping Surveys | 12/16/2003 |
| Curatorial Management Actvities | ||
| SOP-12.01, Rev. 4 | Field Logging, Handling, and Documentation of Borehole Materials | 03/01/2004 |
| SOP-12.02, Rev. 4 | Transportation, and Admittance of Borehole Materials to the Field Support Facility | 02/24/2004 |
| SOP-12.04, Rev. 2 | Physical Processing and Storage of Borehole Samples at the SMF | 04/16/2004 |
| Data Analysis and Assessment | ||
| SOP-15.01, Rev. 1 | Routine Validation of Volatile Organic Data | 04/20/2004 |
| SOP-15.02, Rev. 1 | Routine Validation of Semivolatile Organic Data | 04/10/2004 |
| SOP-15.03, Rev. 1 | Routine Validation of Organochlorine Pesticides and Polychlorinated Biphenyls Data | 04/20/2004 |
| SOP-15.04, Rev. 1 | Routine Validation of High Explosives Data | 04/20/2004 |
| SOP-15.05, Rev. 1, ICN 1 | Routine Validation of Inorganic Data | 04/30/2004 |
| SOP-15.06, R1, ICN1 | Routine Validation of Gamma Spectroscopy Data | 10/03/2005 |
| SOP-15.07, R1, ICN1 | Routine Validation of Chemical Separation Alpha Spectrometry, Gas Proportional Counting, and Liquid Scintillation Data | 10/03/2005 |
| SOP-15.09, Rev. 1 | Chain of Custody for Analytical Data Record Packages | 04/16/2004 |
| SOP-15.12, Rev. 0 | Performing Background Value Comparisons for Inorganic Chemicals | 02/17/2004 |
| SOP-15.13, Rev. 0 | Performing Background Value Comparisons for Radionuclides | 02/17/2004 |
| SOP-15.18, Rev. 0 | Requesting, Using, and Performing Quality Assurance for Analytical Data Sets | 10/18/2004 |
| SOP-15.19, Rev. 0 | Database Permissions Management | 02/18/2005 |
| SOP-15.20, Rev. 0 | Database Change Management | 02/18/2005 |