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1996 Information Updates Table of Contents
 
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Information Update #22 (January 16, 1996)

  • WP035 on indefinite hold
Information Update #23 (January 30, 1996)
  • WP035 revised schedule
  • Perchloric acid digestion procedure; safety warning by method 3114 B for arsenic and selenium by gaseous hydride AA
  • "Laboratory Waste Disposal" seminar (refer also to Information #21, item #4)
  • Inorganic and Microbiology methods Round Table discussion
  • Liquid-liquid continuous extraction for 600 series EPA methods
  • "Training needs assessment" survey
Information Update #24 (March 5, 1996)
  • EPA method 200.8 for trace metals by ICP/MS
  • EPA method 515.1 and improving extraction efficiencies
  • Inorganic and Microbiology methods discussion (refer also to Information Update #25, item 5)
  • Detection levels for SOC compounds (see also Information Updates #25 and #28)
  • Reporting microbiology results to ADEQ
  • "Environmental Microbiology" workshop
Information Update #25 (March 21, 1996)
  • Detection levels for SOC compounds (clarification of Information Update #24, item #4)
  • EPA approval of the Quanti-Tray Test for total coliforms and E. Coli
  • EPA method 3520 alternate technique by accelerated one step™ extraction
  • HACH method 10014 DPD for low level residual chlorine in waste waters
  • Inorganic and Microbiology methods discussion (see also Information Update #24, item #3)
  • Organic GC Volatile methods Round Table discussion
Information Update #26 (March 29, 1996)
  • ADHS’s administrative pleadings, motions and orders for intent to revoke Westech’s laboratory license
Information Update #27 (April 10, 1996)
  • "The Basics of Quantitation" workshop
  • Drinking Water MDL’s survey
Information Update #28 (June 10, 1996)
  • Drinking Water Compliance sample’s MDLs, reporting levels and trigger level requirements by ADEQ (this supercedes information provided in Information Updates #24 and #25)
Information Update #29 (June 19, 1996)
  • Adding a method to a laboratory’s current license
  • EPA method 525.1 and 508.1 and solid phase extraction
  • Continuous liquid-liquid extraction in place of separatory funnels
  • Method 525.2 trip blank analysis for phthalates
  • Lab Licensure Program requirements on 8270B, 8000A
  • Data Collecting and Data Reduction Software survey
  • SOC and GC/MS methods Round Table discussion
  • Workshop by J & W’s survey
Information Update #30 (July 8, 1996)
  • WP/DMRQA proficiency study
  • HACH methods
  • Methods 608 and 625; EPA’s permissible procedural steps; pyrex accelerated one-step extraction concentrations, solvent used for calibration solvent, smaller sample volume
Information Update #31 (August 28, 1996)
  • GC topics workshop by J & W
  • MDL survey results (distributed in Information Update #27)
  • Internet address for ADHS
  • Promulgated drinking water methods as of July 1, 1996
Information Update #32 (October 18, 1996)
  • Screening vs compliance testing in the final report
  • Cyanide preservation
  • Upcoming training activities
  • Drinking water Round Table discussion excerpts
Information Update #33 (November 18, 1996)
  • Practical Ethics for Environmental Laboratories Training sessions
Information Update #34 (December 30, 1996)
  • "Externalization of EPA’s Water Laboratory Performance Evaluation Programs" document (refer also to Information Update #35, item #1)
  • Environmental sampling workshop schedule
  • Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) workshop survey

 

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