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Letter to Mr. Luis E. Santos, U.S. EPA, Region II, Caribbean Field Office Golder Associates Inc. 6933 Western Way Btdg. 4. Suite 12 Jacksonville. FL USA 32256 Telephone (904) 363-3430 Fax (904) 363-3445 April 27, 1995 933-3928 Mr. Luis E. Santos Region II, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Caribbean Field Office Centre Europa Building, Suite 417 1492 Ponce De Leon Avenue, Stop 22 Santurce, Puerto Rico 00907 RE: MONITORING WELL INSTALLATION BARCELONETA LANDFILL SITE BARCELONETA, PUERTO RICO Dear Mr. Santos: As per our conversation on April 25, 1995, Golder Associates Inc. (Golder Associates), is planning to commence field activities to install a new groundwater monitoring well near the Barceloneta Landfill Site (Site) on May 8, 1995. Marc Dillon (Golder Associates) will meet you at the front gate of the Site at 9:30 a.m. on Monday, May 8, 1995 to conduct a survey of and to secure access to the off-site property of the proposed new well site. Golder Associates understands that the well installation, development, sampling, and slug testing will be conducted in accordance with the procedures referenced in our letter of March 31, 1995. Golder Associates proposes to utilize Savannah Laboratories, Inc. (Savannah) in Savannah, Georgia to conduct the laboratory analytical scope of work for this project. Savannah is a full service Contract Laboratory Program (CLP) laboratory. Golder Associates has worked with Savannah on several Superfund projects in Region IV. A Statement of Qualifications and a Comprehensive Quality Assurance Plan for Savannah are presented as an attachment to this letter. Golder Associates will use Hydrologic Associates U.S.A., Inc. for subcontract drilling services. The drill rig and drill crew will be the same that was used to install the eight existing Site monitoring wells. Golder Associates understands that soil cuttings, formation water, well development water, well purge water will not need to be containerized because the new well location is approximately one kilometer north of the Site property boundary. Following completion of the field activities and receipt of the laboratory analytical data, Golder Associates will prepare a concise report which documents the field activities. The report will include a presentation of field investigation procedures, soil boring log, well installation log, well development log, well sampling completion report, results of slug testing, and the laboratory analytical data. 302453 OFFICES IN AUSTRALIA. CANADA. GERMANY. HUNGARY. ITALY. SWEDEN. UNITED KINGDOM. UNITED STATES U.S. Environmental Protection Agency April 27, 1995 Ann: Mr. Luis E. Santos__________-2^___________________933-3928 Should you have any questions or need any additional information, please do not hesitate to call. Very truly yours, COLDER ASSOCIATES INC. Donald J. Miller, P.Eng: Office Manager/Associate DJM/MED/med Attachment cc: Barceioneta Landfill Site PRP Group - Technical Committee Members w/o Attachment Mr. Peter Herzberg - Pitney, Harden, Kipp & Szuch w/o Attachment O:\ DILljON\BLTOO42695.LTR 302454 Golder Associates ATTACHMENT 1 Savannah Laboratories, Inc. Statement of Qualifications Comprehensive Quality Assurance Plan 302455 ************************** -JOURNAL- ************** DATE MAY-01-1995 ***** TIME 15:18 ******** DATE/TIME - MAY-01 15:17 JOURNAL NO. - 25 COMM.RESULT - OK PAGES - 03 DURATION - 08:01'29 MODE - XMT STATION NAME - TELEPHONE NO. - T 97660150 RECEIUED ID - 609 766 0150 RESOLUTION - STANDARD <' -/Vj->j EPA 809 729 7748 - *********** 302456 •^v- •.•* r> '" ° ' •?*^».<V"-V *--~' * COMPREHENSIVE QUALITY ASSURANCE PLAN COMPREHENSIVE QUALITY ASSURANCE PLAN 302458 COMPREHENSIVE QUALITY ASSURANCE PLAN Prepared by and for: Savannah Laboratories and Environmental Services, Inc. Savannah Division Deerfield Beach Division 5102 LaRoche Avenue 414 SW 12th Avenue Savannah, GA 31404 Deerfield Beach, FL 33442 912-354-7858 305-421-7400 Tallahassee Division Tampa Bay Division 2846 Industrial Plaza Drive 6712 Benjamin Road, Suite 100 Tallahassee. FL 32301 Tampa, FL 33634 904-878-3994 813-885-7427 Mobile Division New Orleans Division 900 Lakeside Drive 110 Alpha Drive Mobile, AL 36609 Destrehan, LA 70047 205-666-6633 504-764-1100 December, 1994 Plan Number 890142G 302459 COMPREHENSIVE QUALITY ASSURANCE PLAN Prepared by and for: SAVANNAH LABORATORIES AND ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES.INC. SAVANNAH DIVISION " Janette D. Long Date Alan C. Bailey Date ^Consultant Manager Consultant QA Officer TALLAHASSEE DIVISION / ^M <? ' Oanet B. Pruitt Date Pamela Staerker Date Consultant Manager Consultant QA Officer TAMPA BAY DIVISION -^TLjrj Andre Rachmaninoff Date Inas M. Sobky ' Date Consultant Manager Consultant QA Officer MOBILE DIVISIO /$esse L Smith Date Micnele H. Lersch Date / 6/Consultant Manager Consultant QA Officer LD.BEACH DIVISION Paul Canevaro Date RhondaMoll Date Consultant Manager Consultant QA Officer NEW ORLEANS DIVISION Xjane Date ' ' Wendy Sterling Date ^Consultant Manager Consultant QA Officer u£X RECEIVED Sylvia S. Labie Date FDEP QA Officer OBC e '1994 302460 Dept of Envfronmentil Reguiati. Quality Assuriace Sectipp Section 2 Revision 1 Date: 12/94 Page 1 of A 2.0 TABLE OF CONTENTS NUMBER SECTION OF REV. DATE PAGES I.0 Title and Signature Page 1 1 12/94 2.0 Table of Contents 4 1 12/94 3.0 Statement of Policy 1 1 12/94 4.0 Project Organization and Responsibility 11 1 12/94 5.0 Cjuality Assurance Objectives (Precision, 116 1 12/94 Accuracy, and MDLs) 6.0 Sampling Procedures 17 1 12/94 7.0 Sample Custody 20 1 12/94 8 . 0 Analytical Procedures 9 1 12/94 9.0 Calibration Procedures and Frequency 19 1 12/94 10.0 Preventive Maintenance 7 1 12/94 II.0 Quality Control Checks and Routines To 9 1 12/94 Assess Precision and Accuracy and Calculations of Method Detection Limits 12.0 Data Reduction, Review and Reporting 29 1 12/94 13.0 Corrective Action 5 1 12/94 14.0 Performance and System Audits 5 1 12/94 15.0 Quality Assurance Reports 2 1 12/94 Appendix: Method Validation List 3 1 12/94 302461 Section 2 Revision 1 Date: 12/94 Page 2 of 4 LIST OF FIGURES FIGURE DESCRIPTION PAGE REVISION DATE 4.1 Corporate Organizational Structure 4.5 1 12/94 4.2 Organizational Structure of Savannah Division Laboratory 4.6 1 12/94 4.3 Organizational Structure of Tallahassee Division Laboratory 4.7 1 12/94 4.4 Organizational Structure of Mobile Division Laboratory 4.8 1 12/94 4.5 Organizational Structure of Deerfield Beach Division Laboratory 4.9 1 12/94 4.6 Organizational Structure of Tampa Bay Division Laboratory 4.10 1 12/94 4.7 Organizational Structure of New Orleans 4.11 1 12/94 Division Laboratory 7.1 Custody Form 7.2 1 12/94 7.2 Sample and Container Label 7.4 1 12/94 7.3 Container Preparation Log 7.5 1 12/94 7.4 Custody Seal 7.6 1 12/94 7.5 Sample Custody Excursion 7.7 1 12/94 7.6 Sample Registry Form 7.9 1 12/94 7.7 Cooler Receipt Form 7.12 1 12/94 7.8 Sample Container Request Form (obverse) 7.13 1 12/94 7.9 Sample Container Request Form (reverse) 7.14 1 12/94 7.10 Fluoride Extraction Log 7.16 1 12/94 7.11 Fluoride Analysis Log 7.17 1 12/94 7.12 Semivolatile Extract Custody Log 7.18 1 12/94 302462 Section 2 Revision 1 Date: 12/94 Page 3 of A FIGURE DESCRIPTION PAGE REVISION DATE 11.1 Quality Control Chart - Accuracy (X Recovery) 11.8 1 12/94 11.2 Quality Control Chart - Precision (X RPD) 11.9 1 12/94 12.1 Flow Diagram of Computerized Laboratory 12.2 1 12/94 Information Management Systems (LIMS) 12.2 Result Only Report 12.11 1 12/94 12.3 SL Level I Report 12.16 1 12/94 12.4 SL Level II Report 12.23 1 12/94 13.1 Nonconformance Report (NCR) Form 13.3 1 12/94 14.1 Laboratory Internal Systems Audit Checklist 14.3 1 12/94 14.2 Field Internal Systems Audit Checklist 14.4 1 12/94 302463 Section 2 Revision 1 Date: 12/94 Page 4 of 4 ^ LIST OF TABLES DESCRIPTION OF TABLES PAGE REVISION DATE 5.1 Analytical Methods and Quality Assurance 5.3 1 12/94 Objectives for Water 5.2 Analytical Methods and Quality Assurance 5.75 1 12/94 Objectives for Soils and Sediments 5.3 Field Methods and Quality Assurance Objectives 5.111 1 12/94 6.1 Container Preservation Techniques and Holding 6.9 1 12/94 Times for Water Samples 6.2 Container Preservation Techniques and Holding 6.14 1 12/94 Times for Soil or Sediment Samples 6.3 Approved Water and Wastewater Procedures, 6.15 1 12/94 Containers , Preservation and Holding Times for Parameters Not Found in 40 CFR 136 8.1 Reagent Storage 8.6 1 12/94 8.2 Waste Disposal Procedures 8.7 1 12/94 ^ 9.Laborator1 y Instruments 9.2 1 12/94 9.2 Field Instruments 9.6 1 12/94 9.3 Standard Source and Preparation 9.7 1 12/94 9.4 Standardization of Titrating Solutions 9.10 1 12/94 10.1 Laboratory Equipment Preventive Maintenance 10.2 1 12/94 Schedule 10.2 Field Equipment Preventive Maintanance 10.6 1 12/94 Schedule 10.3 Balance Calibration Checks 10.7 1 12/94 12.1 Summary of Equations Used in Calculations 12.4 1 12/94 13.1 Corrective Action 13.4 1 12/94 302464 Section 3 Revision 1 Date: 12/94 Page 1 of 1 3.0 STATEMENT OF POLICY Savannah Laboratories is committed to providing quality data and will endeavor to use good quality control and quality assurance practices for all field sampling and laboratory analytical procedures in order to ensure the best possible precision, accuracy, and representativeness of results from testing of environmental samples.
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