Site Evaluation for Dioxin at Superfund Sites

Sampling of dioxin

• Guidance on Data Quality Objectives (DQOs), which are used as a basis for establishing the quality and quantity of data needed to support decisions.
  • Guidance on Systematic Planning Using the Data Quality Objectives Process (PDF)
• Guidance on how to create sampling designs to collect environmental measurement data.
  • Guidance on Choosing a Sampling Design for Environmental Data Collection for Use in Developing a Quality Assurance Project Plan
    EPA/240/R-02/005, December 2002.
• Guidance on a sampling approach for surface soils used in the sample strategy for implementing the soil screening process.
  • Soil Screening Guidance: Technical Background Document
    EPA/540/R-96/128, 1996.
• Technical information on using incremental composite sampling (ICS) to evaluate dioxin contaminated soil.
  • User Guide - Uniform Federal Policy Quality Assurance Project Plan Template For Soils Assessment of Dioxin Sites (PDF)(112 pp, 5.9 MB)
    September 2011
• An ICS example quality assurance project plan in the format of the Unified Federal Policy.
  • Template - Uniform Federal Policy Quality Assurance Project Plan For Soils Assessment of Dioxin Sites (PDF)(99 pp, 638 K)