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Information Update #1 (February 10, 1995)

• "Field Screening Methods for Hazardous Wastes and Toxic Chemicals" workshop

• Biosphere 2 training forum

• EPA publication copies

• 418.1AZ questions and answers

Information Update #2 (February 16, 1995)

• EPA’s annual QA meeting

• Information Update satisfaction survey

Information Update #3 (February 24, 1995)

• SW-846 update II publication and ordering information

• EPA’s testing and reporting requirements for solvents

Information Update #4 (March 2, 1995)

• 418.1 holding time for waste water samples

• VOC’s in soil sampling techniques

• ACCESS EPA, 1993 edition

Information  Update #5 (March 9, 1995)

• VOC’s in drinking water (refer also to Information Update #6, item #4)

• "Cryptosporidium: The Milwaukee Outbreak" teleconference (refer also to Information Update #8, item #4)

• Preservation requirement for total metals analysis (refer also to Information Update #7, item #2)

• Hotline Number for Environmental Technical Support

Information Update #6 (March 17, 1995)

• SW-846 update II (EPA approved version)

• ADHS sponsored workshop attendance

• Eleventh annual EPA sponsored Waste Testing and Quality Assurance Symposium

• VOC’s in drinking water (refer also to Information Update #5, item #1)

• A statute clarification

• EPA’s Office of Ground Water and Drinking Water, Technical Support Division Meetings schedule

Information Update #7 (March 31, 1995)

• ADEQ’s site characterization guidance for soil samples; 72 hr holding time

• Acidification of water samples for metals (clarification to Information Update #5, item #3)

• Metal analysis in drinking water, Technical Notes (refer also to Information Updates #8, 9, item #3)

• Report on Bio-sphere training workshop

Information Update #8 (April 7, 1995)

• ADEQ Automated Information Line #

• EPA method 1664 (refer also to Information Update #9, item #1)

• Technical Notes for Inorganic methods (refer also to Information Updates #7, 9, item #3)

• "The Milwaukee Cryptosporidium Outbreak: Two Years Later" teleconference (refer also to Information Update #5, item #2)

• Survey for proposed "organic workshop"

Information Update #9 (April 14, 1995)

• EPA method 1664 document number for ordering (clarification of Information Update #8, item #2)

• LC-GC journal article on GC columns and Accessories and LC troubleshooting

• Technical Notes for Inorganic methods (refer also to Information Updates #7, 8, item #3)

• Environmental Sampling Workshop in Prescott

Information Update #10 (April 28, 1995)

• EPA 200.7 concerning preconcentrating wastewater samples

• EPA 245.1 method for mercury analysis

• BTEX in soil (BLS-193 vs 8020)

• EPA method 300.0 acceptance limits for laboratory fortified matrix, Rev. 2.1, August 1993

• Formula to convert sludge sample results to "mg/kg in dry weight" (refer also to Information Update #11, item #1)

• Recruitment for Laboratory Practices Committee established by Arizona Water Pollution Control Association (AWPCA)

Information Update #11 (May 22, 1995)

• Revised formula for reporting sludge sample results on a dry weight basis (clarification to Information Update #10, item #5)

• EPA 8020 acceptance criteria for CCV (also refer to Information Update #16, item #1)

• 8010A vs 8010

• Calibration prior to Method of Standard Additions

• Drinking Water trigger level monitoring

• ELAC Sub-committee guidance document on "Sampling VOC’s in Soil"

• Immunoassay Certification class

• "How Safe Is Your Laboratory" satellite broadcast

Information Update #12 (June 9, 1995)

• Aroclor analysis from EPA Drinking Water Quality Assessment Branch guidance memo

• EPA methods 9040B, 9045C and pH temperature requirement rules

• EPA Federal Register Publication "Guidelines Establishing Test Procedures for the Analysis of Pollutants Under the Clean Water Act, Technical Amendments Final Rule"

• HACH approved methods

• Standard Method 4500-Cl-G

• Draft EPA method 1664

• ADEQ/APP issues

• 11^th annual "Waste Testing and Quality Assurance Symposium"

• "Data Analysis and reporting" workshop survey

• "Environmental Laboratories: Testing the Waters" conference announcement

Information Update #13 (July 6, 1995)

• EPA method 3520 and Pyrex Accelerated One-Step Extractor

• EPA method 3545 and ASE 200 Accelerated Solvent Extractor

• Konfirm for Coliform testing

• Method 200.2 for Drinking Water analysis of metals using ICP and GFAA

• VOC holding time

• Method 524.2 and internal standard Fluorobenzene

• MDL studies

• EPA method 1311 for TCLP

• Spiking TCLP extracts

• Method 200.9 gas mix requirements

• Sulfide analysis in waste water by SM 4500-S² D

• Arsenic and selenium digestion in drinking water

• IPC requirements for 200.7 (refer also to clarification in Information Update #15, item #1)

• WP034 extended deadline, WS036 deadline

• ELAC approval of draft method on field methanolic preservation techniques for VOC’s in soil (refer also to Information Update #14, item #1)

• Information Update #12, item #7 response

• "Source Water Protection: An Ounce of Prevention" teleconference

Information Update #14 (July 14, 1995)

• Clarification to Information Update #13, item #15 on methanolic preservation technique

Information Update #15 (August 8, 1995)

• EPA 200.7 acceptance limits for IPC solution (clarification from Information Update #13, item #13)

• Bid proposals for the laboratory services; recommended suggestions

• OSHA Safety refresher workshop

Information Update #16 (August 15, 1995)

• EPA methods 8010 and 8020 (clarification from Information Update #11, item #2)

• Organic Chemistry Workshop (refer also to Information Update #18, item #5)

Information Update #17 (August 16, 1995)

• WS036 due date extension

Information Update #18 (September 15, 1995)

• EPA methods 502.2 and 524.2 acceptable CCV criteria (correction to Information Update #6, item #4, March 17, 1995)

• Cyanide in non-aqueous samples holding time

• Sulfide analysis by 4500-S2 holding time

• ADEQ/UST section’s acceptance of soil analytic results for volatile analysis; 8021, 8021A vs 8010, 8020

• Environmental Organic Chemistry workshop (refer also to Information Update #16, item #2)

Information Update #19 (October 27, 1995)

• "Methanol Preservation in the field, Concerns and Alternatives" document inquiry by ADEQ

• Drinking Water Reporting (DWAR) forms

Information Update #20 (November 15, 1995)

• EPA’s Labcert Bulletin copies

• ADEQ/ADHS development for an alternate GC method for TPH

• "Auditing Your Lab For Safety" workshop

Information Update #21 (December 22, 1995)

• Inclusion of palladium modifier for arsenic and selenium by GFAA method 3113 B

• EPA method 200.9 in drinking water QC requirements

• Basic Gas Chromatography workshop

• "Laboratory Waste Disposal" seminar (refer also to Information Update #23, item #4)