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Main Title Importance of Quality for Collection of Environmental Samples. Planning, Implementing, and Assessing Field Sampling Quality at CERCLA Sites.
Author Johnson, G. L. ; Haeberer, A. F. ;
CORP Author Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, DC. Quality Assurance Management Staff.
Publisher 26 Jun 91
Year Published 1991
Report Number EPA/600/D-91/141;
Stock Number PB91-218941
Additional Subjects Superfund ; Sampling ; Site surveys ; Waste disposal ; Management planning ; Field tests ; Assessments ; Implementation ; Quality assurance ; Quality control ; Data processing ;
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NTIS  PB91-218941 Some EPA libraries have a fiche copy filed under the call number shown. 07/26/2022
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Abstract
The most neglected aspects of environmental data collection operations have been in the areas of sampling design and sample collection. For years, most major environmental data QA/QC efforts have focused on the laboratory operations, with either the tacit assumption that sampling activities had been properly designed and implemented, or with very little attention given at all to the quality of field or sampling operations. Infrequent data quality analyses did result in the recognition that major error sources were undoubtedly associated with the sampling components of environmental data collection. However, little was generally done to address or remedy these recognized data quality shortfalls. The paper will illustrate the importance of adequate planning, implementation, and assessment of field sampling work in the context of the Environmental Protection Agency's Superfund program.