Sampling and Analysis Plan (SAP) Template Tool for Addressing Environmental Contamination by Pathogens AND User's Guide
Citation:
Silvestri, E., J. Cuddeback, K. Hall, T. Haxton, C. Jones, AND J. Falik. Sampling and Analysis Plan (SAP) Template Tool for Addressing Environmental Contamination by Pathogens AND User's Guide. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, DC, EPA/600/R-21/144, 2021.
Impact/Purpose:
The User Guide and corresponding Template Tool are provided to facilitate generation of an outline that can be used to develop sampling and analysis plans (SAPs) in support of exercises, research studies or remediation activities following a contamination incident involving pathogens in environmental matrices. The guide and template are applicable for phases of a contamination incident in which EPA is responsible for conducting sampling and analysis activities, and provide a general description of the types of information and sections that would be included in a SAP for sampling and analysis activities associated with environmental matrices potentially containing pathogens. The User Guide and corresponding Template Tool are provided to facilitate generation of an outline that can be used to develop sampling and analysis plans (SAPs) in support of exercises, research studies or remediation activities following a contamination incident involving pathogens in environmental matrices. The guide and template are applicable for phases of a contamination incident in which EPA is responsible for conducting sampling and analysis activities, and provide a general description of the types of information and sections that would be included in a SAP for sampling and analysis activities associated with environmental matrices potentially containing pathogens. The fillable Template Tool is meant to be used as a “ready-to-go” outline for creating a SAP in EPA-report format. The template also facilitates capturing information associated with the data quality objective (DQO) process, including generation of a DQO summary.
Description:
The User Guide and corresponding Template Tool are provided to facilitate generation of an outline that can be used to develop sampling and analysis plans (SAPs) in support of exercises, research studies or remediation activities following a contamination incident involving pathogens in environmental matrices. The guide and template are applicable for phases of a contamination incident in which EPA is responsible for conducting sampling and analysis activities, and provide a general description of the types of information and sections that would be included in a SAP for sampling and analysis activities associated with environmental matrices potentially containing pathogens. The fillable Template Tool is meant to be used as a “ready-to-go” outline for creating a SAP in EPA-report format. The template also facilitates capturing information associated with the data quality objective (DQO) process, including generation of a DQO summary.
URLs/Downloads:
SAMPLING AND ANALYSIS PLAN (SAP) TEMPLATE TOOL FOR ADDRESSING ENVIRONMENTAL CONTAMINATION BY PATHOGENS AND USER'S GUIDE.PDF (PDF, NA pp, 7495.863 KB, about PDF)SAP_TEMPLATE_USER_GUIDE_102621_508.PDF (PDF, 60 pp, 953 KB, about PDF)