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Main Title Air/Superfund national technical guidance study series : air emissions from area sources : estimating soil and soil-gas sample number requirements /
Author Westbrook, W.
CORP Author Pacific Environmental Services, Inc., Herndon, VA.;Environmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle Park, NC. Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards.
Publisher U.S. Environmental Protection Agency,
Year Published 1993
Report Number EPA-451/R-93-002; EPA-68-D0-0124
Stock Number PB93-173995
OCLC Number 28118862
Additional Subjects Air pollution sampling ; Soil gases ; Soil surveys ; Sampling ; Hazardous materials ; Superfund ; Guidelines ; Statistical analysis ; Study estimates ; Data collections ; Hazardous materials spills ; Waste disposal ; Area sources
Internet Access
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https://nepis.epa.gov/Exe/ZyPDF.cgi?Dockey=2000NOZ4.PDF
Holdings
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EHAM  EPA-451/R-93-002 Region 1 Library/Boston,MA 05/25/2016
EKBD  EPA-451/R-93-002 Research Triangle Park Library/RTP, NC 05/28/1993
ELBD ARCHIVE EPA 451-R-93-002 Received from HQ AWBERC Library/Cincinnati,OH 10/04/2023
ERAD  EPA 451/R-93-002 HWC Region 9 Library/San Francisco,CA 11/26/1993
ESAD  EPA 451-R-93-002 Region 10 Library/Seattle,WA 03/23/2010
NTIS  PB93-173995 Some EPA libraries have a fiche copy filed under the call number shown. 07/26/2022
Collation iv, 48 pages ; 28 cm
Abstract
The document provides guidance regarding the necessary number of soil gas or soil samples needed to estimate air emissions from area sources. The Manual relies heavily on statistical methods discussed in Appendix C of Volume II of Air/Superfund National Technical Guidance Study Series (EPA 1990) and Chapter 9 of SW-846 (EPA 1986). The techniques in the manual are based on recognizing the inhomgeniety of an area, by observation or screening samples, before samples are taken. Each of the identified zones are then sampled, using random sampling techniques, and statistics calculated separately for each zone before combining the statistics to provide an estimate for the entire area. The statistical techniques presented may also be used to analyze other types of data and provide measures such as mean, variance, and standard deviation. The methods presented in the Manual are based on small sample methods. Application of the methods to data which are appropriately analyzed by large sample methods or to data which is not normally distributed will give erroneous results.
Notes
Cover title. "March 1993." Contract No. 68D00124. Work Assignment No. II-147. Includes bibliographical references.