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jK*" SX UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY WASHINGTON. D.C. 20460 A AUG I 8 1989 Dear NPDES Permit Holder: OFFICE OF wWaAtTeErR Thank you for participating in the 1989 National Discharge Monitoring Report (DMR) Quality Assurance (QA) Program, for all major permittees in the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES). Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA's) evaluation of the results submitted by your laboratory is enclosed. If this letter has not been directed to your laboratory, please provide a copy of the enclosed statistical evaluation to the laboratory which performed the analyses for you. You will note that each value reported has been placed in one of four categories (acceptable, check for error, not acceptable, or unusable data). If one or more of your reported values is other than acceptable, you should check for sources of errors. The purpose of this notice is to provide you with results, and if the data are not acceptable, to allow you to take voluntary remedial actions. You will also note that, "true"/calculated values are provided only for the constituents you reported. If you desire a complete list of "true"/cal cul ated values, plea-se contact your State or Regional Coordinator. A list of steps for identifying data handling and analytical problems is enclosed. Please submit your corrective actions in writing to your State or Regional Coordinator within 45 days. Your response will be considered by EPA/State in determining need for further follow-up. Where sources of errors are not readily apparent, your laboratory should make a systematic examination of all related portions of its analytical method(s). Quality Control (QC) check samples may be requested for self-evaluation purposes by mailing the enclosed form to the Environmental Monitoring and Support Laboratory. To ensure that your results and actions can be considered by the proper office, documentation of all corrective actions and use of QC check samples should be sent to your State and/or Regional Coordinator (as specified in the following page). Please refer to your NPDES permit number in all correspondence. On behalf of EPA and the participating State Agencies, thank you for your cooperation and participation in this QA Program. Sincerely yours Enclosures James R. Elder, Director Office of Water Enforcement & Permits VAB.OOOl 124190 DMR QA State Coordinators REGION I Vermont Connecticut Earle Thompson (Industrial) Chief, Laboratory Standards State Division of Laboratories Dept of Health;P.O.Box 1688 10 Clinton Street Hartford, CT 06101 (203)666-3896 Andrew Fish Div. of Public Facilities Dept of Env. Conservation Building 9 South 103 S. Main Street Waterbury, VT 05676 (602) 244-8744 REGION II* Dr. G. Gustav Schlessinger (Municipal) Senior Environmental Chemist Dept of Environmental Protection 122 Washington Street Hartford. CT 06115 (203)566-2409 Charles Fredette QA Coordinator Dept of Environmental Protection 122 Washington Street Hartford, CT 061 IS (203) 566-2586 Maine Russell C. Smith Bureau of Water Quality Control Dept of Environmental Protection State House Augusta. ME 04333 (207)289-3355 Massachusetts David Gile Division of Water Pollution Control Dept of Env Quality Tmg Ctr Route 20 Milberry, MA 01527 (308) 756-7281 New Hampshire Jeffery Andrew (Industrial) NH Water Supply & Pol. Control P.O. Box 95 - Hazen Drive Concord, NH 03301 (603) 271-3325 George Nell (Municipal) NH Water Supply 6 Pol. Control P.O. Box 95 - Hazen Drive Concord, NH 03301 (603)271-3325 Wiiam Rice NH Water Supply A Pol. Control P.O. Box 95 Hazen Drive Concord, NH 03301 (603)271-3426 Rhode Island Christopher Campbell Dept of Environmental Management Division of Water Resources 291 Promenade Street Providence, Rl 02903 (401) 277-3961 New Jersey - Now York Puerto Rico - Virgin Islands Paul Brown (Regional Coordinator) US EPA/ESO - MM Edison, NJ 08637 (201) 321-6766 REGION III Delaware JoeKlby Dept of Natural Resources & Environmental Control P.O. Box 1401 89 Kings Highway Dover, DE 19903 (302)736-5730 District of Columbia William Ruby Environmental Control Division Dept of Consumer & Reg Affairs 5010 Overlook Avenue Washington, DC 20032 (202) 787-7370 Maryland Melvin Knott Dept of the Environment Industrial Point Source Division O'Connor Building 2-A-2 201 West Preston Street Baltimore, MD 21201 (301) 225-5678 Marlene PatiUo Office of Environmental Programs Division of Municipal Compliance 201 West Preston Street Baltimore, MD 21201 (301) 225-6374 Pennsylvania Kenneth A. Walizer Division of Permits & Compliance Dept of Environmental Resources Fulton Bank Bldg, 12th Floor 3rd ft Locust Streets Harrisburg, PA 17120 (717) 787-8184 Virginia Camlle S. Cook Wafer Resources Ecologist Office of Water Resources Mgmt VA Wafer Control Board 2111 HamRton Street Richmond, VA 23230 (804) 367-0064 West Virginia DonCaldwel QA Officer Dept of Natural Resources 1201 Greenbrier St Charleston, WV 25305 (304)348-2837 REGION IV Alabama E. John WMiford AL Dept of Environmental Mgmt 1751 Federal Drive Montgomery, AL 36130 (205) 271-7931 Florida Carlos Boueres FL Dept of Environmental Reg Twin Towers Office Building 2600 Blair Stone Road Tallahassee, FL 32301 (904) 487-1778 Peter T. McGarry USEPA Florida Compliance 345 Coortiand St Atlanta, GA 30365 (404) 347-7428 Georgia Alan Hallum Environmental Protection Division GA Dept of Natural Resources Floyd Towers East 205 Butter Street, SE Atlanta, GA 30334 (404) 656-4713 Kentucky Donna Drury KY Bureau of Environmental Protection 18 Reilly Rd, Ft Boone Plaza Frankfort, KY 40601 (502) 564-3410 Mississippi Phillip Bass MS Bureau of Pollution Control 121 Turn Powe Plaza Pawl, MS 39208 (601)354-6053 North Carolina Bob DeWeese NC Division of Environmental Management P.O. Box 27687 Raleigh, NC 27611 (919) 733-5083 * No State Coordinator, Only Regional South Carolina Wayne Davis SC Dept of Health ft Environmental Control P.O. Box 72 State Park, SC 29147 (603) 737-7025 Tennessee BethTarptey TN Division of Water Quafity 150 Ninth Avenue.North Nashvflle, TN 37203 (615) 741-7883 REGION V Illinois Jan Hopper Division of Water Pollution Control Illinois EPA 2200 Churchill Road Springfield, 1.62706 (217)785-1896 Indiana Steve Kim Oper. Assist, ft Tmg Sect OWM. IN Dept of Env Mng 105 Meridian St Indianapolis, IN 46206 (317) 232-6793 Michigan Jack Carr Ml Dept of Natural Resources P.O. Box 30028 Lansing, Ml 46909 (517) 373-4734 Minnesota John M. Davenport MN Pollution Control Agency 520 Lafayette Rd St Paul, MN 55155 (612) 296-7225 Ohio Tutu Rosanwo Ohio EPA 1030 King Avenue Columbus, OH 43212 (614) 294-5641 Wisconsin Ron Ameson Wl Dept of Natural Resources P.O. Box 7921 Madison, Wl 53707 (606) 267-7633 TomMugan Wl Dept of Natural Resources 3911 Fish Hatchery Road Fitchburg, Wl 53711 (606) 275-3282 Paul Strom Wl Dept of Natural Resources Box 12436 Milwaukee, Wl 53212 (414) 562-9676 VAB.0001124191 PLEASE PRINT OR TYPE EPA-360 (Cin) (Rev. 6/89, Pt.l) QUALITY CONTROL SAMPLE REQUEST Company__________________________________________________________________________________ Laboratory Street Address_____________________________________________________________________________ CityStateZip Code Approval of Laboratory Director____________________________________________________________ Discharge Monitoring Report Quality Assurance (DMRQA) Support Indicate sample(s) requested on the area below. The maxi: by entering "2" on the appropriate line. WASTEWATER/AMBIENT WATER MONITORING __CYN Cyanide __DEM Demands __MIN Minerals and pH _NUT Nutrients __OGR Oil & Grease _P4A Phenolics (4-AAP) __RES Residues (Susp. Solids) __TMA Trace Metals - AA __ICP Trace Metals - ICP __NAL n-Alkanes _CHY Chlor. Hydrocarbon(612) _GAC GC/MS Adds (625) __GBN GC/MS Base/Neut. (625) __GPE GC/MS Pestiddes (625) __GB3 GC/MS Analytes III HAL Haloethers (611) NAI Nitroarom/Isophor. (609) CHP Pesticides-Chl. Hyd.(608) CP2 Chlordane (608) PCI Aroclor 1016 (608) PC2 Aroclor 1221 (608) PC3 Aroclor 1232 (608) PC4 Aroclor 1242 (608) PC5 Arodor 1248 (608) PC6 Aroclor 1254 (608) PC7 Aroclor 1260 (608) PHE Phthalate Esters (606) PNA Polynuclear Arom. (610) VOA Volatiles DATE REQUESTED:_____________________ DATE SHIPPED: VAB.0001124192 Fold Here Place Stamp Here Quality Assurance Research Division, Room 525 Environmental Monitoring Systems Laboratory U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Cincinnati, OH 45268 Fold Here------ VAB.0001124193 QUALITY CONTROL SAMPLES FOR WATER AND WASTEWATER ANALYSES EMSL-aNONNATT The QC Sample series are intended for periodic use (quarterly) as independent checks on each laboratory's own QC activities. They arc not intended to replace the standards, check samples, blind samples or replicates incorporated into analytical runs as part ofthe laboratory's QC program. There is no certification or other formal evaluative function resulting from the use of QC samples and data return is not expected. Most samples are prepared as concentrates in water or organic solvent and sealed in glass ampuls. Instructions are provided for dilution of samples to volume with water or wastewater prior to analysis. CYANIDE, TOTAL - in water, pH greater than 9.0 (500 ug/L) DEMAND ANALYSES - BOD, COD, and TOC in water (1-200 mg/L) MINERALS AND PH ANALYSES - Sodium, potassium, calcium, magnesium, pH, sulfate, < alkalinity/acidity, total hardness, total dissolved solids, and specific conductance in water (1-100 mg/L) NUTRIENTS - Nitrate-N, ammonia-N, Kjeldahi-N, orthophosphate, and total P in water (0.5-5 mg/L) OIL AND GREASE - analyzable by IR and gravimetrically in propanol (20 mg/L) PHENOLS, TOTAL - (4AAP Method) total phenols in water (10-200 ug/L) SUSPENDED SOLIDS - non-filterable, volatile and total filterable residue (0-500 mg/L) TRACE METALS * AA I Aluminum, arsenic, beryllium, cadmium, chromium, cobalt, copper, iron, lead, manganese, mercury, nickel, selenium, vanadium, and zinc in 0.5% nitric add solution (1-500 ug/L) TRACE METALS - AA II Antimony, silver, and thallium in 0.5% nitric add solution (10-20 ug/L) TRACE METALS - AA III - Barium, caldum, potassium, sodium, magnesium, and molybdenum in 0.5% nitric acid solution (0.1-10 ug/L) METALS BY ICP - Ag, Al, As, B, Ba, Be, Ca, Cd, Co, Cr, Cu, Fe, K, Mg, Mn, Mo, Na, Ni, Pb, Sb, Se, Si, Ti, Tl, V and Zn in dilute nitric add (0.5-10 mg/L) n-ALKANES - dodecane, eicosane, heptadecane, hexacosane, tetradecane, tricosane in acetone (0.05-2 ug/L) CHLORINATED HYDROCARBONS (Method 612) - Hexachloroethane, hexachlorobenzene, 1,2,4-trichlorobenzene, o-dichlorobenzene, p-dichlorobenzene, m-dichlorobenzene, hexachlorobutadiene, 2-chloronaphthalene in acetone (10-100 ug/L) GC/MS ACIDS (Method 625) - 2-chlorophenol, 2-nitrophenol, phenol, 2,4-dimethylphenol, 2,4dichlorophenol, 2,4,6trichlorophenol, 4-chloro-3-methylphenol, pentachlorophenol, and 4-nitrophenol in methanol (100 ug/L) GC/MS BASE NEUTRALS - I (Method 625) - bis-2-chloroethyl ether, 1>dichlorobenzene, 1,2-dichlorobenzene nitrosodipropylamine, isophorone, bis-2-chloroethoxy methane, 1,2,4-trichlorobenzene, hexachlorobutadiene, 2chloronaphthalene, 2,6-dinitrotoluene, 2,4-dinitrotoluene, diethyl phthalate, hexachlorobenzene, phenanthrene, dibuty phthalate, pyrene, benzo(a)anthracene, dioctyl phthalate, benzo(k)fluoranthene in methanol (100 ug/L) VAB.0001124194 GC/MS BASE NEUTRALS - II (Method 625) - 1,4-dichlorobenzene, bis-2-chloroisopropyl ether, hexachloroethane, nitrobenzene, naphthalene, dimethyl phthalate, acenaphthene, fluorene, 4-chlorophenyl phenyl ether, 4-bromophenyl phenyl ether, anthracene, fluoranthene, butyl benzyl phthalate, benzo(a)pyrene, benzo(b)fluoranthene, benzo(a,h)anthracene, benzo(g,h,i)perylene, chrysene, and bis (2-ethyl-hexylphthalate) in methanol (100 ug/L) GC/MS ANALYTES - III (Method 625) - 4-chlorobenzotrifluoride, m-chlorotoluene, 2,4-dichlorotoluene, 1,3,5trichlorobenzene, 1,2,4,5-tetrachlorobenzene, 1,2,3,4-tetrachlorobenzene, 2,4,6-trichloroaniline, 1,2,3-trichlorobenzene, and pentachlorobenzene in acetone (100 ug/L) GC/MS PESTICIDES -1 (Method 625) - heptachlor, heptachlor epoxide, dieldrin, endrin, DDD, alpha BHC and gamma BHC in acetone (100 ug/L) GC/MS PESTICIDES - II (Method625) - beta-BHC, aldrin, alpha and beta Endosulfan, 4,4'-DDE and 4,4'-DDT in acetone (100 ug/L) HALOETHERS (Method 611) - bis (2-chloroisopropyl) ether, bis (2-chloroethoxy) methane, bis (2-chloroethyl) ether, 4-chlorophenyl phenyl ether, 4-bromophenyl phenyl ether in acetone (10-150 ug/L) NITROAROMATICS AND ISOPHORONE (Method 609) - isophorone, nitrobenzene, 2,4-dinitrotoluene, and 2,6dinitrotoluene in acetone (1-150 ug/L) CHLORINATED HYDROCARBON PESTICIDES (Method 608) WP I- aldrin, alpha-BHC, beta-BHC, dieldrin, DDT, DDE, DDD, endrin aldehyde, endosulfan I and II, heptachlor and heptachlor epoxide in acetone (2-10 ug/L) CHLORINATED HYDROCARBON PESTICIDES-(Method 608) WP II - chlordane in acetone (50 ug/L) POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS (Method 608) - separate samples available for Aroclor 1016,1221,1232,1242,1248, 1254, and 1260 in acetone (50 ug/L) (laboratory must request specific Aroclor needed) PHTHALATE ESTERS (Method 606) - dimethyl phthalate, diethyl phthalate, di-n-buty phthalate, butyl benzyl phthalate, diethylhexylphthalate in acetone (10-50 ug/L) POLYNUCLEAR AROMATICS -1 (Method 610) - acenaphthene, anthracene, benzo(k)fluoranthene, chrysene, naphthalene, and pyrene in acetone (5-100 ug/L) POLYNUCLEAR AROMATICS - II (Method 610) - acenaphthylene, benzo(a)anthracene, benzo(b)fluoranthene, benzo(g,h,i)perylene, benzo(a)pyrene, dibenzo(a,h)anthracene, fluoranthene, and phenanthrene in acetone(10-100 ug/L) VOLATILES-I (Methods 601,602 and 624) - Carbon tetrachloride, chlorobenzene, 1,3-dichlorobenzene, 1,4-dichorobenzene, 1,2-dichloroethane, 1,1-dichloroethene, trans-l,2-dichloroethene, 1,2-dichloropropane, ethylbenzene, tetrachloroethene, and 1,1,2-trichloroethane in methanol (20 ug/L) VOLATILES-II (Methods 601, 602 and 624) - Benzene, bromodichloromethane, bromoform, chloroform, dibromochloromethane, 1,2-dichlorobenzene, 1,1-dichloroethane, methylene chloride, 1,1,2,2-tetrachloroethane, toluene, 1,1,1-trichloroethane, and trichloroethene in methanol (20 ug/L) VAB.0001124195 DMR QA State Coordinators UndaVogen Wl Dept of Natural Resources Box 10446 Graan Bay. Wl 54307 (414) 407-6095 OMR QA Coordinator Wastam Oistrict Office Wl Dept of Natural Resources Box 4001 Eau Claire, Wl 54702 (715) 630-3700 DMR QA Coordinator North Control District Wl Dept of Natural Resources Box 818 Rhinelander, Wl 54501 (715) 362-7616 JSFvm rIOpKv Wl Dept of Natural Resources Box 300 Spooner. Wl 54801 (715) 635-4067 REGION VI Arttansas OickCassat Technical Services AR Dept of Pollution Control & Ecol ogy 8001 National Drive Little Rock, AR 72200 (501) 562-7444 Louisiana Tom Bradley LA Dept of Emriionmental Quality Water Polutlon Control Division 3045 N. 1-10 Service Road Metaire. LA 70002 (504)836-5366 New Mexico Glenn Saums Environmental Improvement DMakm Surface Watar QuaHty Bureau Surface Water Section P.O. Box 068 Santa Fe, NM 87504-0968 (505) 827-2705 Oklahoma Terry Lyhane (Industrial) OK Water Resources Board P.O. Box 53585 Oklahoma City, OK 73152 (405) 271-2541 Joe Brown (Municipal) OK State Dept of Heal* P.O. Box 53551 Oklahoma City, OK 73152 (405) 271-5240 Texas John DuPont Texas Water Commission Field Operation Division P.O. Box 13067 Capitol Station Austin. TX 78711 (512) 463-7755 REGION VII Iowa Charles Furrey Oapt of Natural Resources Henry A Wallace Bldg 600 E Grand Des Moines. IA 50319 (515) 281-4067 Kansas Teresa Hodges Kansas Dept of Health 6 Env Laboratory Services & Research Forbes Building #740 Topeka. KS 66620 (913) 296-1639 Missouri Kevin Mohammadi MO Dept of Natural Resources PoRutioin Control Program P.O.B0X 178 Jefferson City, MO 65102 (314) 751-1740 Nebraska Bill Gidtey Dept of Env Water Pollution Control State House Station Lincoln. NE 68509 (402) 471-4239 Colorado Stanley V. May Field Support Section Water Quality Control Division Colorado Dept of Health 4210 East 11th Avenue Denver, CO 80220 (303) 331-4584 Montana Mike Pasichnyk MT Dept of Health & Environmental Science Water Quality Bureau Cogswell Bldg. Room 8206 Helena. MT 56620 (406) 444-2406 North Dakota Barbara Walz Environmental Engineer Water Supply & Poll CM Div North Dakota Dept of Health Missouri Office Building 1200 Missouri Avenue Bismarck. ND 58505 (701) 224-2354 South Dakota* Richard L. Edmonds Regional Coordinator (Technical) US EPA, 8ES-AS Box 25366 Denver Federal Center Denver, CO 80225 (303)236-5065 (FTS) 776-5065 Pauline Afshar Regional Coordinator (Permits) US EPA. 8WM-C 99918th Street. Suite 500 Denver. CO 80202-2405 (303) 293-1632 (FTS) 564-1632 Utah Mike Herkimer P.O. Box 45500 Salt Lake City, UT 84145-0520 (801) 538-6146 Wyoming John F. Wagner Technical Support Supervisor Water Quality Division Wyoming Dept of Enviromental Quality Herschier Bldg - 4th Floor Cheyenne, WY 82002 (307) 777-7781 REGION IX American Samoa PatiFaiai Executive Secretary Environmental Quality Commission American Samoa Government Pago Pago. AS 96799 (684)633-2304 Arizona S.M. Satpathi Bureau of Laboratory Services 1520 West Adams Street Phoenix, AZ 85007 (602)255-1188 California Charles Fischer Stale Water Resources Control Board P.O. Box 100 Sacramento. CA 95801 (916) 322-5861 Guam Kenneth Morphew Guam EPA P.O. Box 2969 Agana, Guam 96910 (671) 646-8863 Hawaii Vernon Miyamoto Laboratories Branch Department of Health P.O. Box 3378 Honolulu, HI 96801 (808) 548-7400 Nevada Harry Van Drieten Division of Environmental Protection Department of Health 201 South Fail Street Carson City, NV 89701 (702) 885-4670 REGION X Alaska, Idaho* Florence Carroll (Regional Coordi nator) US EPA - WD 135 1200 Sixth Street Seattle. WA 98101 (206) 442-1760 Oregon Kent Ashbaker Dept of Environmental Quality Executive Building 811 SW Sixth Avenue Portland, OR 97204 (503)229-5325 Washington Cliff J. Kirshmer Washington State Dept of Ecology Manchester Environmental Lab P.O. Box 48 Manchester, WA 98353 (206) 895-4649 * No State Coordinator, Only Regional VAB.0001124196 I UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY Quality Assurance Follow Up Checks* CHECK YOUR METHODS A. EPA HAS APPROVED ONLY CERTAIN METHODS FOR EFFLUENT MONITORING. NOT ALL METHODS IN "STANDARD METHODS" ARE ACCURATE AND/OR RELIABLE ENOUGH FOR NPDES MONITORING. THE LIST OF APPROVED METHODS IS CONTAINED IN THE DECEMBER 1, 1976, FEDERAL REGISTER OR 40 CFR PART 136. B. IF YOU ARE USING AN APPROVED METHOD, CHECK TO BE SURE YOU ARE PERFORMING THE METHOD PROPERLY. CHECK YOUR CALCULATIONS BE SURE YOUR CALCULATIONS WERE PROPERLY DONE AND THAT YOU REPORTED THE RESULTS IN THE PROPER UNITS (I.E., MILLIGRAMS/LITER VERSUS MICROGRAMS/LITER). CHECK YOUR STANDARD TITRATING REAGENTS YOU SHOULD CHECK THE NORMALITY OF ALL THE TITRATING REAGENTS (PAO, THIOSULFATE, FERROUS AMMONIUM SULFATE, K2CR207, H2S04, ETC.) WHICH YOU USED IN PERFORMING THE ANALYSES. CHECK YOUR INSTRUMENTS ALL MECHANICAL AND ELECTRONIC DEVICES MALFUNCTION OR GET OUT OF PROPER ADJUSTMENT THROUGH USE OR MISUSE. BELOW IS A LIST OF POSSIBLE PROBLEMS WITH INSTRUMENTATION. 1. CHECK BALANCE FOR ACCURACY 2. CHECK THE SPECTROPHOTOMETER FOR LINEARITY AND WAVE LENGTH 3. CHECK pH ELECTRODES 4. CHECK AA LAMPS FOR ADEQUATE LIGHT OUTPUT 5. CHECK THE D O. METER FOR PROBLEMS CONSULT THE OPERATING MANUALS FOR YOUR INSTRUMENTS FOR ADDITIONAL ADVICE CONCERNING INSTRUMENT CHECKS. CHECKYOUR STANDARDS THE SOLUTIONS WHICH ARE USED FOR CALIBRATION OF INSTRUMENTS DEGRADE FROM LIGHT, IMPROPER STORAGE, ACCIDENTAL CONTAMINATION, OR AGE. NEW STANDARDS SHOULD BE PREPARED OR PURCHASED ROUTINELY. (FOR MOST CHEMICALS, THE STANDARDS SHOULD BE PREPARED OR REPLACED AT LEAST EVERY 6 MONTHS). CHECK FOR DATA TRANSCRIPTION ERRORS CHECK YOUR LABORATORY PURE WATER LABORATORY PURE WATER CAN BE CONTAMINATED FROM IMPROPER MAINTENANCE OF THE STILL OR DEIONIZER. THE MOST COMMON CONTAMINANTS ARE ZINC, CHLORINE, AMMONIA, AND BACTERIA. IF YOU HAVE NEW PERSONNEL. CHECK TO DETERMINE THAT THEY ARE PROPERLY TRAINED TO PERFORM THESE ANALYSES . SOURCE: EPA -- REGION VIII. VAB.0001124197