OA/QC Bibliography
September 1990
Document Control No. 8A 09-10-00 <09/90)
Environmental Protection Agency, Region 9
Quality Assurance Management Section
75 Hawthorne Street
Sen Francisco, California 94105
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TABLE OF CONTEHTS
Subject Page
General QA/8C 2
EPA Guidances 2
Regulations 3
Air- 4
Water 5
Drinking Water/Ground Hater ...... 6
Sol id and Hazardous Waste/RCRA 6
Solid and Hazardous Waste/Superfund ... 7
Pesticides and Toxic Substances 6
Asbestos References 8
Biological References . .• . .. .' . . . 9
Radiological References 10
Analytical Methods 10
Miscellaneous _ 11
Key to Bibliography Abbreviations .... 13
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QA/QC BIBLIOGRAPHY
EPA REFERENCES
0 EPA ORDER 5360.1
EPA-230/12-48-002
EPA-450/4-84-006
EPA-540/2-88/005
* EPA-600/4-78-017
EPA-600/4-80-009
EPA-901/3-88-001
(NTI S-PB88-200100/AS )
GENERAL QA/OC
Policy and Program Requirements to
Implement the QA Program. 3 April 84.
Survey Management Handbook, Voluet I, Guideline
for Planning and Managing a Statistical Survey.
Special Report. Issues Concerning the Use
of Precision end Accuracy Data. February 1984.
Field Screening Methods Catalog, User's Guide.
Procedures for the Evaluation of Environmental
Monitoring Laboratories. March 1978.
The Quality Assurance Bibliography. Monitoring
Technology Division. Office of Research and
Deve i content. February 1980.
Index to EPA Test Methods.
EPA GUIDANCES
0 QAMS-004/80
* QAMS-005/80
0 Currently not numbered
" 9QA-01-00
(former Iy
QA 01-89;
OA 09-008-09-88)
* 90A-03-00
(formerly
9QA-03-89)
Guidelines and Specifications for Preparing
Quality Assurance Program Plans.
September 20, 1980.
Interim Guidelines and Specifications for-
Preparing Quality Assurance Project Plans.
December 29, 1980.
Development of Data Quality Objectives.
July 16, 1989
Quality Assurance Program Plan for Region 9
Quality Assurance Policies. Procedures, and
Management Systems. December 1988.
U.S. EPA Region 9 Guidance for Preparing
Quality Assurance Project Plans for
Superfund Remedial Projects. September 1989.
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(EPA Guidances - cont'd)
* 9QA-05-00
{formerly
90A-05-89)
« 9BA-06-00
(former ly
90A-06-89)
0 96A-07-00
(formerly
9QA-07-89)
0 9QA-08-00
(•former I y
90A-08-89)
e 9QA-09-00
(formerly
90A-09-89)
0 90A-10-00
Preparation of a U.S. EPA Beqicn 9 Sample Plan
for EPA-Lead superfund Projects. April 1989.
Preparation of a U.S. EPA Region 9 Sampling
and Analysis Plan for Private and State-Lead
Superfund Projects. October 1989.
Laboratory Documentation Requirements
for Data Validation. January 1990.
U.S. EPA Region 9 SAS Methods Compendium.
laboratory Quality Control and Documentation
Requirements for Common SAS Parameters in the
Contract Laboratory Program. October 1989.
U.S. EPA Reion 9 Data Revieu Report Format.
September 1989.
OA/QC Bibliography. September 1990.
* Note: Items noted with an asterisk are Available through this office upon
request. Please use the attached order fora to stake your request.
48 CFR 15. Part 1546
40 CFR Part 30
40 CFR Part 160
40 CFR Part 792
REGULATIONS
Quality Assurance.
General Regulations for Assistance Programs,
Quality Assurance.
Pesticides Programs; Good Laboratory
Practice Standards.
Toxics Substances Control; Good Laboratory
Practice Standards.
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flIR
40 CFR Pert 5
Append is J:
40 CFR Part 50
Appendices A-G
40 CFR Part 58
40 CFR Part 60
Appendix A
40 CFR Part 61
Appendix B
Reference Method for Determination of
Pertfculate Matter as PN10 in Atmosphere
National Primary end Secondary Aabient Air
Quality Standards, (Reference Methods for
Aebient Air Honitorins 'Criteria Polluntants).
Ambient Air Quality Honitoring, Data Reporting,
and Surveillance Provisions.
Standard of Performance for Mew Stationary
Sources; (Reference Methods for Testing
Stationary Sources and HSPS).
Hetional Emission Standards for Hazardous
Pollutants, (Test Methods for Stationary
Sources - NESHAPs).
Air
EPA-4-83-023
Appendices A 8 B
Guideline on the Meaning and Use
and Accuracy Data Required by 40
June 1983.
of Precision
CFR 58.
EPA-600/9-76-005
EPA-600/4-77-027a
EPA-600/4-77-027b
EPA-600/4-80-030
EPA-600/4-S2-042a
Quality Assurance Handbook for Air Pollution
Measurement Systems. Volume 1 - -PrincipIes .
March 1976 and updates.
Quality Assurance Handbook for Air Pollution
Measurement Systems. Volume II-Ambient Air
Specific Methods.
May 1977 and updates.
Quality Assurance Handbook for Air Pollution
Measurement Systems. Volume 11 I - -Stationary
Source Specific Methods. '
August 1977 end updates.
Validation of Air Monitoring Data.
Quality Assurance Handbook for Air Pollution
Measurement Systeas. Volume Precipitation
Measurement Systeas, Part I, Quality Assurance
Manual.
EPA-600/4-82-042b
Quality Assurance Handbook for Air Pollution
Measurement Systems, Volume Precipitation
Measurement Systems, Part II Operations and
Maintenance Manual.
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(Air - cont'd)
EPA-600/4-82-060
EPA-600/4-82-060
Quality Assurance Handbook for Air Pollution
Measurements.
Quality Assurance Manual for Meteorological
Monitoring Systems.
Other Air reference inquiries nay be directed to the Air Risk Hotline
(919) 541-0888. The primary purpose of the Air Risk Hotline is to provide an
initial quick response based upon available health and exposure data and the
expertise of EPA and its contractors.
The Region 9 Library (415) 744-1510 nay also be of assistance.
WATER
40 CFR Part 136
Guidelines Establishing Test Procedures for
Analysis of Pollutants Under the Clean Hater
Act.
40 CFR Part 136
Appendix A
Methods for Organic Chemical Analysis of
Municipal and Industrial Mastewater.
EPA-600/4-79-019
Handbook for Analytical Quality Control in
Water and Wasteuater Laboratories.
March 1979.
EPA-600/4-79-020
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ORIHK1MG MATER
40 CFR Part 141 Motional Primary Drinking Meter Regulations,
Subpart C. Monitoring and Analytical Require-
ments, and Support E, Monitoring Regulations
for Cheaicals and Otherwise unregulated Con-
taainente.
40 CFR Pert 143 National Secondary Drinking Hater Regulations.
EPA-570/9-82-002 Manual for the Certification of Drinking
Hater laboratories! Criteria and Procedures -
Quality As'surance. Office of Drinking Hater,
October 1982.
EPA-600/4-80-032 Prescribed Procedures for Measurement of
Radioactivity in Drinking Water. EHSL-
Cincinnati. April 1980.
Other Drinking Water reference inquiries nay be directed to the Safe Drinking
Water Act Hotline (800) 426-4791. The Safe Drinking Water Hotline responds to
questions concerning the Safe Drinking Water Act, Water Standards,
Regulations, and the Underground Injection Program. It also provides selected
publications relevant to these issues. It operates Monday through Friday 8:30
am - 4:30 pm (EST ) .
The Region 9 Library (415) 744-1510 nay also be of assistance.
SOLID AND HAZARDOUS WASTE/RCRA
40 CFR Part 261 Identification and Listing of Hazardous Hastes.
40 CFR Part 264 Appendix IX, Ground Water Monitoring List
FR 52(131): 25947-25953 (July 9, 1987).
40 CFR Part 302.4 List of Hazardous Substances.
CERCLA does not specify analytical procedures;
however, it has been generally accepted that
EPA procedures approved/specified by other
regulations ere utilized, uhere applicable.
US GPO Test Methods for evaluating Solid Wastes.
Physical/Chemical Methods. SW-846. 2nd Edition.
July 1982.
US GPO Test Methods for Evaluating Hazardous Waste
SW-846 (4 vola). 3rd Edition, (November 1986)
and the first update. Cost 8110.00
ORDER 0955-001-00000-1.
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Methods of Soil Analysis, Volumes ! and II,
2nd edition. A. L. Page, Editor, (1982).
American Society of Agronoray. Madison, Wisconsin
Other Solid and Hazardous Haste/RCRA reference inquiries aay be directed to
the Resource Conservation Recovery Act (RCRA) Hotline (800) 424-9346. The
Hotline answers questions concerning the Resource Conservation and Recovery
Act, Superfund and hazardous waste regulations. Requests for certain docu-
ments from the Federal Register and public laus are also handled in addition
to referral to appropriate contacts.
The Region 9 Library (415) 744-1510 day also be of assistance.
SOLID AND HAZARDOUS WASTE/SUPERFUND
SMO User's Guide to the Contract Lab Program
SHO Statements of Work (SOW) for Organics (OLH01.0)
and Inorganics (ILM01.0) Analyses.
EPA - 540/G-87/003 Data Quality Objectives for Remedial Response
Activities. March 1987.
Technical Directive Laboratory Data Validation. Functional Guide-
Document No. lines for Evaluating Organics (April 1985).
HQ-8410-01 Inorganics (Nov. 1985). and Pesticides/PCB's
Analyses (May 1985).
Other Solid and Hazardous Haste/Superfund reference inquiries aay be directed
to the Superfund Hotline (800 ) 424 - 9346. The Hotline answers questions con-
cerning the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, Superfund and hazardous
naste regulations. Requests for certain documents from the Federal Register
and public laus are also handled in addition to referral to appropriate con-
tacts.
The Region 9 Library (415) 744-1510 may also be of assistance.
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PESTICIDES AMD TOXIC SUBSTABCES
40 CFR Pert 160
Pesticides
Standards.
Program; Sood Laboratory Practice
40 CFR Part 792
Tonic Substances Control; Good Laboratory,
Practice Standards.
EPA-330/9-81-001
EPA-600/1-79-008
MEIC Pesticide Sampling Guide.
and August 1985.
March 1981
Manual of Analytical Quality Control for
Pesticides end Related Compounds in Human
and Environmental Samples. Revised January 1979
1979.
EPA-600/2-81-059
Environmental Toxicology
Division, Health Effects
Research Laboratory,
US EPA, Research Triangle
Park, NC
Hanual of Analytical Quality Control for
Pesticides and Related Compounds.
Analysis of Pesticide Residues in Human and
Environmental Samples--* Compilation of
Methods Selected for Use in Pesticide
Monitoring Programs.
Other Pesticide and Toxic Substance reference inquiries nay be directed to
Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) Hotline (202) 554-1404. The Toxic Assis-
tance Office at EPA will answer questions and offer general and technical
assistance on the Toxic Substances Control Act. Staff will help to obtai.n
guidance on TSCA regulations including guidances on PCBs and asbestos issues,
publications and audio-visual materials.
The Region 9 Library (415) 744-1510 raay also be of assistance.
ASBESTOS REFERENCES
EPA/540/2-90/0058
EPA/540/2-90/005b
EPA/600/M4-82-020
Superfund Method for the Determination of
Asbestos in Ambient Air.
Part 1; Method (Interim Version). May 1990,
Part 2; Technical Background Document
(Interim Version) . Hay 1990.
Interim Method For the Determination of
Asbestos in Bulk Insulation Samples.
December 1982.
EPA-600/4-83-043
Analytical Method For Determination of
Asbestos Fibers in Hater. September 1983
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(Asbestos References • cont'd)
W10SH 7400
HIOSH 7402
Methodology For The Measurement of Airborne by
Electron Microscopy. By George Yaiaate.
July 1964.
Phase Contract Microscopy 2/15/84.
Transmission Electron Microscopy 5/15/86.
EPA-600/4-78-043
EPA-600/8-78-017
EPA-600/9-78-010
EPA-600/2-83-036
EPA-600/4-84-013
EPA-600/4-85-013
EPA-600/4-89-001
EPA-660/3-75-009
EPA-670/4-73-001
EPA-670/9-75-006
BIOLOGICAL REFEREMCES
Quality Assurance Guidelines for Biological
Test ing.
Microbiological Methods for Monitoring the
Environment.
December 1978.
Bioassay Procedures for the Ocean Disposal
Program.
Quality Assurance Guidelines for Environmental
Health Effects Research. May 1983.
USEPA Manual of Methods for Virology.
February 1984 and updates.
Methods for Measuring the Acute Tonicity of
Effluents to Aquatic Life. EHSL-Cincinnati .
Short Term Methods for Estimating the Chronic
Tosicity of Effluent and Receiving Waters to
Freshwater Organisms (Second Edition).
Methods for Acute ToxicitvTests uithFishes.
Macro invertebrates, and Amphibians. 1975.
Biological Field and Laboratory Methods for
Measuring the Quality of Surface Water and
Effluents. July 1973.
Handbook for the Evaluation of Water
Bacteriological Laboratories.
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RADIOLOGICAL REFEBEMCES
EPA-600/4-75-008
(NTIS-PB-253258/AS)
EPA-600/7-77-088
Interia Radiochenisfry Methodology for
Drinking Water.
Handbook for Analytical Quality Control
in Redio-AnaIvticaI Laboratories.
August 1977.
EPA-600/4-77-144
Quality Control for Environmental Measurements
Using Gamma•Rediospectrometry.
December 1977.
EPA-600/4-78-032
(NT I S-PB-284850/AS)
Environmental Radioactivity Laboratory
1ntercomparison Studies Program 1978-1979.
June 1978.
EPA-600/4-78-033
Radioactivity Standards Distribution
Program. 1976-1979. June 1978.
ANALYTICAL METHODS
Monitoring efforts required under the Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA), Clean
Water Act (C U A), Clean Air Act (CAA) and Resource Conservation and Recovery
Act (RCRA) specify the analytical net hods/procedures that oust be used. The
following, is e list of the applicable Code of Federal Regulations (.CFR) cita-
tions. These documents contain tables listing the regulated contaminants and
the "approved" methods. They also provide e reference/source" for the cited
methods.
40 CFR Part 5
40 CFR Part 50
Appendix J: Reference Method for Determination
of Particulate Hatter as PN10 in Atmosphere.
National Primary and Secondary Ambient Air
Quality Standards. Appendices A-G (Reference
Methods for Ambient Air Monitoring -'Criteria
Pollutants).
40 CFR Part 60
40 CFR Part 61
40 CFR Part 136
Standards of Performance for Mew Stationary
Sources, Appendix A (Reference Methods for
Testing Stationary Sources and HSPS).
National Emission Standards for Hazardous
Air Pollutants, Appendix B (Test Methods for
Stationary Sources - DJESHAPe).
Guidelines Establishing Test Procedures for
Analysis of Pollutants Under the Clean Uater
Act.
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40 CFR Part
40 CFR Part 143
40 CFR Part 261
40 CFR Part 264
40 CFR 302.4
National Primary Drinking Hater Regulations.
Subpart C, Monitoring and Analytical Require-
ments, and Subpart E, Monitoring Regulations for
Organic Cheraicols and Otherwise Unregulated Con-
tasinantc.
national Secondary Drinking Water Regulations.
Identification and Listing of Hazardous Hastes.
Appendix IX, Ground Hater Monitoring List
FR 52(131): 25947-25953 (July 9, 1987).
List of Hazardous Substances.
MISCELLANEOUS
Principles of Environmental Analysis, American
Cheiaical Society, Analytical Chemistry, Vol 55,
Mo. 4, December 1983.
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OTHEB SOURCES OF IMFOBHATIOH
Asbestos Technical InforoeUon Service . . . (202) 554-1404
The Asbestos Technical Information service is part of the Quality
Assurance Program in Bulk Asbestos Analysis Seapling at Research
Triangle Park. It is a service for laboratories in need of technical
information on asbestos. The service sill direct private citizens,
who have general questions concerning asbestos, to the proper channels.
Contract Laboratory Program/
Sample Management Office (703) 684-5678
Provides information for laboratories interested in participating
in the Contract Laboratory Program. Functional Guidelines for Data
Validation and Statements of Work are also available.
National Poison Control Center (202) 625-3333
The National Poison control Center Hotline is operated by Georgetown
University hospital in Washington, OC. It provides information on
accidental ingestion of cheaicals, poisons, or drugs. -
Public Information Center (PIC) (202) 625-3333
The National Poison control Center Hotline is operated by Georgetown
University hospital in Uashington, DC. It provides information on
accidental ingestion of chemicals, poisons, or drugs.
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