K/7H5 NORTH PENN AREA 6 NPL SITE Section: 1.0 Revision No.: ____1 Date: August 6, 1993 Page: 1 of 1____ Quality Assurance Project Plan (QAPjP) For: North Penn Area 6 NPL Site Remedial Investigation/Feasibility Study Lansdale, PA Prepared by: B&V Waste Science and Technology Corp. The Curtis Center, Suite 705 601 Walnut Street Philadelphia, PA 19106 Prepared for: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region III Alternative Remedial Contracts Strategy (ARCS) Contract No. 68-W8-0091 Work Assignment No. 91-19-3LW9 August 6, 1993 Revision: 1 Approved by: DATE: Raul E. Filardi, Sr., Project/Site Manager, B&V Waste Science and Tech. Corp, DATE: Virgil Paulson, Quality Assurance Manager, B&V Waste Science and Tech. Corp. DATE: Patricia Krantz, Laboratory Quality Assurance Officer, EPA •V DATE: Gregory Ham, Remedial Project Manager, EPA n-7/n- NORTH PENN AREA 6 NPL SITE Section: 2.0 Revision No.: ____1 Date: August 6, 1993 Page: 1 of 9______ NORTH PENN AREA 6 NPL SITE QUALITY ASSURANCE PROJECT PLAN (QAPjP) TABLE OF CONTENTS Section Page 1.0 TITLE PAGE .............................................. 1-1 2.0 TABLE OF CONTENTS ...................................... 2-1 3.0 INTRODUCTION .......................................... 3-1 3.1 SITE LOCATION AND DESCRIPTION .................... 3-2 3.2 PREVIOUS INVESTIGATIONS ........................... 3-2 4.0 PROJECT ORGANIZATION AND RESPONSIBILITY .............. 4-1 4.1 PROGRAM MANAGER ................................. 4-1 4.2 DEPUTY PROGRAM MANAGER ......................... 4-1 4.3 QUALITY ASSURANCE MANAGER ....................... 4-3 4.4 PROJECT/SITE MANAGER .............................. 4-3 4.5 REVIEW TEAM ........................................ 4-3 4.6 DATA/SAMPLE COORDINATOR ......................... 4-4 4.7 HEALTH AND SAFETY MANAGER ....................... 4-4 4.8 LABORATORY QUALITY CONTROL SUPERVISOR .......... 4-4 4.9 LABORATORY QUALITY CONTROL MANAGER ............ 4-5 4.10 LABORATORY SAMPLE CONTROL OFFICER .............. 4-5 4.11 REMEDIAL PROJECT MANAGER ........................ 4-5 4.12 EPA PROJECT OFFICER ................................ 4-5 4.13 EPA CONTRACTING OFFICER ........................... 4-5 NP-6/SECT2 08/06/93 2-1 RR300U20 NORTH PENN AREA 6 NPL SITE Section: 2.0 Revision No.: ____0 Date: July 2, 1993 Page: 2 of 9______ TABLE OF CONTENTS (Continued) Section Page 5.0 QUALITY ASSURANCE OBJECTIVES FOR MEASUREMENT ........ 5-1 . 5.1 DATA QUALITY CHARACTERISTICS ..................... 5-1 5.2 DATA QUALITY OBJECTIVES ........................... 5-2 5.2.1 Data Quality Objectives for Soil Investigation ..................................... 5-2 5.3 LABORATORY QUALITY OBJECTIVES .................... 5-4 5.3.1 Mobile Laboratories ................................ 5-4 5.3.2 CLP Laboratories ...........................:.....-. 5-5 5.4 DATA MANAGEMENT OBJECTIVES ...................... 5-5 5.4.1 Data Validation for Mobile Laboratory .................. 5-5 5.4.2 Data Validation for CLP Laboratories .'................. 5-6 6.0 SAMPLING PROCEDURES ...................................... 6-1 6.1 SELECTION OF SAMPLING LOCATIONS ................... 6-1 6.2 SAMPLING EQUIPMENT ................................ 6-1 6.3 SAMPLE COLLECTION ................................. 6-2 6.4 FIELD DOCUMENTATION . ............................. 6-7 7.0 SAMPLE CUSTODY ............................................ 7-1 7.1 SAMPLE PAPERWORK ................................ 7-1 7.1.1 CLP Laboratories .................................. 7-1 7.1.2 Mobile Laboratory ................................. 7-11 7.2 FIELD CUSTODY PROCEDURES ......................... 7-13 7.3 SAMPLE PACKAGING AND SHIPPING .................... 7-14 7.3.1 Packaging of Low Concentration Samples for CLP Laboratories ............................... 7-15 7.3.2 Packaging of Low Concentration Samples for Mobile Laboratory .............................. 7-15 7.3.3 Packaging of Medium Concentration Samples for CLP Laboratories ............................... 7-15 NP-5/SECT2 07/02/93 2-2 NORTH PENN AREA 6 NPL SITE Section: 2.0 Revision No.: ____0 Date: July 2, 1993 Page: 3 of 9_____ TABLE OF CONTENTS (Continued) Section 7.3.4 Packaging of Medium Concentration Samples for Mobile Laboratory .............................. 7-16 7.3.5 Packaging of High Concentration Samples ............... 7-16 7.3.6 Shipment Coordination with the Sample Management Office (SMO) .......................... 7-16 7.4 TRANSFERRING OF CUSTODY .......................... 7-17 7.4.1 CLP Laboratories .................................. 7-17 7.4.2 Mobile Laboratory ................................. 7-18 7.5 LABORATORY CUSTODY PROCEDURES .................. 7-18 7.6 FINAL EVIDENCE FILE ................................. 7-18 8.0 CALIBRATION PROCEDURES AND EQUIPMENT FOR MONITORING ANALYTICAL EQUIPMENT ................ 8-1 8.1 LABORATORY CALIBRATION ........................... 8-1 8.2 FIELD CALIBRATION .................................. 8-1 9.0 ANALYTICAL PROCEDURES ................................. 9-1 10.0 DATA VALIDATION, REDUCTION, AND REPORTING ............. 10-1 10.1 DATA VALIDATION ................................... 10-1 10.2 DATA REDUCTION ................................... 10-3 10.3 FIELD DATA REPORTING ............................. 10-3 10.4 IDENTIFICATION OF OUTLYING RESULTS ............... 10-3 10.5 DOCUMENTATION OF OUT-OF-CONTROL EVENTS ........ 10-3 11.0 INTERNAL QUALITY CONTROL CHECKS AND FREQUENCY ............................................. 11-1 11.1 LABORATORY INTERNAL QUALITY CONTROL CHECKS . 11-1 11.1.1 CLP Laboratories ................................. 11-1 11.1.2 Mobile Laboratory ................................ 11-2 11.2 FIELD INTERNAL QUALITY CONTROL CHECKS .......... 11-3 NP-5/SECT2 07/02/93 2-3 A8301H22 NORTH PENN AREA 6 NPL SITE Section: 2.0 Revision No.: ____1 Date: August 6, 1993 Page: 4 of 9______ TABLE OF CONTENTS (Continued) Section Page 12.0 PERFORMANCE AND SYSTEM AUDITS ........................ 12-1 12.1 ONSITE PERFORMANCE AND SYSTEM AUDITS ........... 12-1 12.2 LABORATORY AUDIT ................................. 12-2 13.0 PREVENTIVE MAINTENANCE PROCEDURES AND SCHEDULES ......................................... 13-1 13.1 LABORATORY MAINTENANCE ......................... 13-1 13.2 FIELD MAINTENANCE ................................ 13-1 14.0 PROCEDURES USED TO ACCESS DATA ACCURACY, PRECISION, AND COMPLETENESS ................ 14-1 14.1 OVERALL PROJECT ASSESSMENT ...................... 14-1 14.2 FIELD QUALITY ASSESSMENT ......................... 14-1 14.3 LABORATORY DATA QUALITY ASSESSMENT ............ 14-1 14.4 MEASUREMENTS OF DATA QUALITY ................... 14-1 14.5 LABORATORY DATA ASSESSMENT ..................... 14-3 15.0 CORRECTIVE ACTION ..................................... 15-1 16.0 QUALITY ASSURANCE REPORTS TO MANAGEMENT ............. 16-1 17.0 REFERENCES ............................................. 17-1 ATTACHMENT A - OPERATION AND CALIBRATION PROCEDURES ............................ QAPjP A-l ATTACHMENT B - ANALYTICAL METHODS ................... QAPjP B-l ATTACHMENT C - RESUMES OF KEY PROJECT PERSONNEL NP-6/SECT2 07/02/93 2-4 NORTH PENN AREA 6 NPL SITE Section: 2.0 Revision No.: 0 Date: July 2, 1993 Page: 5 of 9______ LIST OF TABLES Table Page i 5-1 Target Values for Soil Data Quality Characteristics .................. 5-3 6-1 Sample Volumes, Containers, Preservation, and Holding Times .......................................... 6-3 8-1 Calibration Frequency for Field Test Equipment .................... 8-2 9-1 Analytical Methods ......................................... 9-2 9-2 Inorganic Target Analyte List (TAL) and Contract Required Detection Limits (CRDL) ..................... 9-3 9-3 Target Compound List (TCL) and Contract Required Quantitation Limits (CRQL) (3/90 SOW) .......... 9-4 9-4 General Inorganic Quantitation Limits ........................... 9-8 9-5 Mobile Laboratory Volatile Organic Analytes ...................... 9-8 11-1 QC Samples Generated During the Sampling for the North Perm Area 6 NPL Site RI/FS .......................... 11-4 NP-B/-HCT2 07/02/93 2-5 NORTH PENN AREA 6 NPL SITE Section: 2.0 Revision No.: ____0 Date: July 2. 1993 Page: 6 of 9_____ LIST OF FIGURES Figure Page 4-1 Organizational Chart ........................................ 4-2 7-1 Sample Container ID Tag, EPA Custody Seal ...................... 7-2 7-2 EPA Inorganic Traffic Report/Chain-of-Custody Form ............... 7-4 7-3 EPA Organic Traffic Report/Chain-of-Custody Form ................ 7-5 7-4 SAS Packing List/Chain-of-Custody Form .......................... 7-6 7-5 EPA Sample Number ......................................... 7-7 7-6 Sample Tracking Matrix ...................................... 7-10 7-7 Mobile Laboratory Chain of Custody ....................'........ 7-12 10-1 Data Flow/Reporting Scheme ................................. 10-2 10-2 Example Data Summary Form for Inorganic Water Samples ........... 10-4 10-3 Example Data Summary Form for Inorganic Soil Samples ............. 10-5 10-4 Example Data Summary Form for Volatile Water Samples ............ 10-6 10-5 Example Data Summary Form for Volatile Soil Samples .............. 10-8 10-6 Example Data Summary Form for BNA Water Samples ............. 10-10 NP-5/SECT2 07/02/93 2-6 NORTH PENN AREA 6 NPL SITE Section: 2.0 Revision No.: ____0 Date: July 2, 1993 Page: 7 of 9_____ LIST OF FIGURES (Continued) Figure Page 10-7 Example Data Summary Form for BNA Soil Samples ............... 10-13 10-8 Example Data Summary Form for Pesticide/PCB Water Samples ...... 10-16 10-9 Example Data Summary Form for Pesticide/PCB