U.S. Army Corps of Engineers New England District Concord, Massachusetts QUALITY ASSURANCE PROJECT PLAN Volume IIA Appendix A, Continued 29 March 2001 (DCN: GE-021601-AAHM) Revised May 2003 (DCN: GE-022803-ABLZ) Environmental Remediation Contract General Electric (GE)/Housatonic River Project Pittsfield, Massachusetts Contract No. DACW33-00-D-0006 03P-1194-3A SM QUALITY ASSURANCE PROJECT PLAN, FINAL (REVISED 2003) Volume IIA—Appendix A, Continued October 27, 1999 (DCN: GEP2060499-AAIY) Revised May 2003 (DCN: GE-022803-ABLZ) Contract No. DACW33-00-D-0006 Prepared for U.S. ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS New England District 696 Virginia Road Concord, MA 01742-2751 Prepared by WESTON SOLUTIONS, INC. One Wall Street Manchester, NH 03101-1501 W.O. No. 20125.257.103.1625 MK01|O:\20125257.103\FINQAPP\QAPP_FIN_VIIA_FM_ALT.DOC 09/18/03 Contract No.: DACW33-00-D-0006 DCN: GE-022803-ABLZ Date: 05/03 Page i of iv TABLE OF CONTENTS—VOLUME IIA, APPENDIX A, CONTINUED APPENDIX A—STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES (CONTINUED) Appendix A-42—Standard Operating Procedure for Analysis of Pesticides and PCBs Collected on PUF Cartridges [Air Toxics] Appendix A-43—Standard Operating Procedure for Toxicity Characteristic Leaching Procedure [STL-VT] Appendix A-44—Standard Operating Procedure for Analysis of Chlorinated Pesticides in TCLP Extracts [STL-VT] Appendix A-45—Standard Operating Procedure for Analysis of Herbicides in TCLP Extracts [STL-VT] Appendix A-46—Standard Operating Procedure for Method 6010 TCLP Analysis by Inductively Coupled Plasma Spectroscopy [STL-VT] Appendix A-47—Standard Operating Procedure for PCB Congeners by LRMS [PACIFIC] Appendix A-48—Standard Operating Procedure for Pesticide/PCB Extraction and Concentration of Soil Samples by Method 3550b [E&E] Appendix A-49—Standard Operating Procedure for PCB Analysis by Method 8082 [E&E] Appendix A-50—Standard Operating Procedure for Gas Chromatographic Analysis Based on Method 8000b, 8021b, 8081a, 8082, and 8151a, SW-846 [QUANTERRA-PITTS] Appendix A-51—Standard Operating Procedure Method 8290 for Solid Samples [Paradigm] Appendix A-52—Standard Operating Procedure Method 8290 for Aqueous Samples [Paradigm] Appendix A-53—Standard Operating Procedure for Sample Receipt and Sample Login at the Pittsfield Mobile Laboratory [ONSITE] Appendix A-54—Standard Operating Procedure for Standard Test Method for Specific Gravity of Soils [GZA] Appendix A-55—Standard Operating Procedure for Liquid Limit, Plastic Limit, and Plasticity Index of Soils [GZA] Appendix A-56—Standard Operating Procedure for Laboratory Determination of Water (Moisture) Content of Soil and Rock [GZA] Appendix A-57—Standard Operating Procedure for Determination of Dry Weight of Solid Samples [GZA] Appendix A-58—Standard Operating Procedure for the Grain Size Analysis ASTM Test Method D-422 [GZA] MK01|O:\20125257.103\FINQAPP\QAPP_FIN_VIIA_FM_ALT.DOC 09/18/03 Contract No.: DACW33-00-D-0006 DCN: GE-022803-ABLZ Date: 05/03 Page ii of iv TABLE OF CONTENTS—VOLUME IIA (Continued) Appendix A-59—Standard Operating Procedure for Total Unit Weight (Bulk Density) [GZA] Appendix A-60—Standard Operating Procedure for Pb210 Dating Digestion and Analysis [Battelle] Appendix A-61—Standard Operating Procedure for Analyses of Cs137 and Other Gamma-Emitting Isotopes by Gamma Counting [Battelle] Appendix A-62—Standard Operating Procedures for Biochemical Oxygen Demand EPA Method 405.1 [KEMRON] Appendix A-63—Standard Operating Procedures for Organic Carbon, Total (Oxidation) [KEMRON] Appendix A-64—Standard Operating Procedures for TOC in Sediment and Soil— Lloyd Kahn [E&E] Appendix A-65—Standard Operating Procedure for Total Organic Carbon by EPA Method 415.1/SW-846 Method 9060A [CEIMIC] Appendix A-66—Standard Operating Procedure for Particle-Size Analysis of Soils [CEIMIC-SUB] Appendix A-67—Standard Operating Procedure for Dredging Elutriate Test [SOIL TECH] Appendix A-68—Standard Operating Procedure for Sediment Fractionation for Chemical Analysis [SOIL TECH] Appendix A-69—Standard Operating Procedure for Pore Water Extraction Method by Centrifuge [SOIL TECH] Appendix A-70—Standard Operating Procedure for Pore Water Extraction Method for Sandy Sediments [SOIL TECH] Appendix A-71—Standard Operating Procedure for Sediment Fractionation of Housatonic River Suspended Sediment [SOIL TECH] Appendix A-72—Standard Operating Procedure for SBLT Leaching Procedure Appendix A-73—Standard Operating Procedure for Sample Preparation Semivolatile and Nonvolatile Organic Compounds from a Soil/Sediment Matrix Using Sonication Extraction [STL-CHI] Appendix A-74—Standard Operating Procedure for Sample Preparation Semivolatile and Nonvolatile Organic Compounds from a Wastewater or Leachate Matrix Using Accelerated Continuous Liquid-Liquid Extraction [STL-CHI] MK01|O:\20125257.103\FINQAPP\QAPP_FIN_VIIA_FM_ALT.DOC 09/18/03 Contract No.: DACW33-00-D-0006 DCN: GE-022803-ABLZ Date: 05/03 Page iii of iv TABLE OF CONTENTS—VOLUME IIA (Continued) Appendix A-75—Standard Operating Procedure for Gas Chromatography - Semivolatiles Analysis of PCBs by SW-846 Method 8082 [STL- CHI] Appendix A-76—Standard Operating Procedure for Total Organic Carbon/Total Carbon/Total Inorganic Carbon in Soil, Sludge, and Sediment [STL- CHI] Appendix A-77—Standard Operating Procedure for Total Organic Carbon/Total Inorganic (Dissolved) Carbon [STL-CHI] Appendix A-78—Standard Operating Procedure for Method 8270C Determination of Extractable Semivolatile Organic Compounds by Gas Chromatography/ Mass Spectroscopy [STL-VT] Appendix A-79—Standard Operating Procedure for PCBs by Method 8082 in Large Volume Water [PACIFIC] Appendix A-80—Standard Operating Procedure for Chemical Oxygen Demand Method 410.1 [STL-VT] Appendix A-81—Standard Operating Procedure for Determination of Total Organic Carbon in Soil and Sediment Samples by Chemical Oxidation and Detection by a Thermal Conductivity Detector [ONSITE] Appendix A-82—Standard Operating Procedure for Interstitial Water Extraction [WES] Appendix A-83—Standard Operating Procedure for Freeze Drying [Woods Hole] Appendix A-84—Standard Operating Procedure for Extraction of Soil, Tissues, Vegetation, and Sediment Samples by Pressurized Fluid Extraction [Woods Hole] Appendix A-85—Standard Operating Procedure for Determination of PCBs (Homologues) and Individual Congeners by GC/MS SIM [Woods Hole] Appendix A-86—Standard Operating Procedure for Total Organic Carbon [Benchmark] Appendix A-87—Standard Operating Procedure for the Analysis of Dissolved Gases in Groundwater by Modified Method RSK-175 [STL-VT] Appendix A-88—Standard Operating Procedure for the Determination of Trace Elements by ICP-MS [STL-VT] Appendix A-89—Method: EPH_MA:AN Standard Operating Procedure for the Determination of Extractable Petroleum Hydrocarbons – Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection [STL-VT] MK01|O:\20125257.103\FINQAPP\QAPP_FIN_VIIA_FM_ALT.DOC 09/18/03 Contract No.: DACW33-00-D-0006 DCN: GE-022803-ABLZ Date: 05/03 Page iv of iv TABLE OF CONTENTS—VOLUME IIA (Continued) Appendix A-90—Standard Operating Procedure for the Determination of Inorganic Ions by Ion Chromatography [STL-VT] Appendix A-91—Method 150.1/9040B/9045C Standard Operating Procedure for pH [STL-VT] Appendix A-92—Method TPH Gas (8015-Gas) Standard Operating Procedure for the Total Petroleum Hydrocarbons as Gasoline [STL-VT] Appendix A-93—Method TPH Extractables Standard Operating Procedure for the Analysis of Total Petroleum Hydrocarbons [STL-VT] Appendix A-94—Standard Operating Procedure for Bulk Density Determination [NEA] Appendix A-95—Standard Operating Procedure: Chlorophyll-a Determination [AQUATEC] Appendix A-96—Standard Operating Procedure for the Determination of Total and Particulate Organic Carbon [NEA] Appendix A-97—Standard Operating Procedure for the Determination of Non- Filterable Residue According to EPA 1979 Method 160.2 [NEA] Appendix A-98—Test Method for Particle-Size Analysis of Soils [GEOTESTING] Appendix A-99—Standard Test Method for Interfacial Tension of Oil Against Water by the Ring Method [SPL] Appendix A-100—Standard Test Method for Density and Relative Density of Liquids by Digital Density Meter [SPL] Appendix A-101—Standard Test Method for Kinematic Viscosity of Transparent and Opaque Liquids (The Calculation of Dynamic Viscosity) [SPL] Appendix A-102—Method VPH_MA Standard Operating Procedure for Volatile Petroleum Hydrocarbons by Gas Chromatography [STL-VT] Appendix A-103—Hydrocarbon Characterization/Fuel Fingerprint Analysis Method - Modified 8015 [STL-FL] MK01|O:\20125257.103\FINQAPP\QAPP_FIN_VIIA_FM_ALT.DOC 09/18/03 APPENDIX A-82 STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURE FOR INTERSTITIAL WATER EXTRACTION MK0110:120064033.1 OOIAPPA_BAK.DOC 03102100 of total organic carbon. After each cycle, the sediment was remixed with DDI water, shaken for 24 hr, and then processed as previously described. Three replicates were taken through four leach cycles in anaerobic sediment testing. For aerobic sediment, five replicates were taken through a single leach cycle. Interstitial water extraction 16. Interstitial water samples for metal and organic contaminant analy­ sia were obtained by centrifugation of the New Bedford sediment. To obtain samples for metals from anaerobic New Bedford sediment, triplicate 250-ml polycarbonate centrifuge tubes fitted with a leakproof, airtight top ware loaded with sediment in a glove box under a nitrogen atmosphere. The tubes were then centrifuged at 13,000 x g for 30 min, and the supernatant was fil­ tered under a nitrogen atmosphere through a 0.45-µm pore size membrane