Guidance on the Documentation and Evaluation of Trace Metals Data Collected forClean Water Act Compliance Monitoring, January 1996

摘要

The document contains guidance that is intended to aid in the review of tracemetals data submitted for compliance monitoring purposes under the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) when these data are collected in accordance with Method 1669 and analyzed by the 1600 Series Analysis Methods. Chapter 2 of the document outlines the data elements that must be reported by laboratories and permittees so that EPA reviewers can validate the data. Chapter 3 provides guidance concerning the review of data collected and reported in accordance with Chapter 2. Chapter 4 provides a Data Inspection Checklist that can be used to standardize procedures for documenting the findings of each data inspection.