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Hunters Point Shipyard Parcel F ESTCP Demonstration Plan

Appendix A: Quality Assurance Project Plan

A.2.6.3

Navy Evaluation

Only laboratories that the Navy has evaluated and approved within the previous 18 months may perform

the critical analyses of the archived sample splits described in this QAPP. Critical analyses are those upon

which future decisions regarding the suitability of AC application as a remedial alternative may be based.

For the ESTCP DP, critical parameters are defined as PCB congeners in the M. nasuta tissue and

Corophium spp. amphipod samples that will be collected and archived in December 2005 (t = -1 months),

August 2006 (t = 6 months), and August 2007 (t = 18 months) as shown in Table A-1.

Battelle Duxbury Operations (BDO) in Duxbury, MA will perform critical data analyses. The BDO

laboratory has obtained general NFESC approval for the use of these methods for the BRAC program.

A.2.6.4

State of California Environmental Laboratory Approval Program

Laboratory certification through the State of California Environmental Laboratory Accreditation Program

(ELAP) is required for any certifiable methods. ELAP does not certify the low-level methods required for

the BDO’s critical analyses that will be used for the ESTCP DP. Therefore, certification is not required

for these measurements.

A.2.7

Documentation and Records

A.2.7.1

Document Control

It is critical that project personnel have the most recent versions of the QAPP and SOPs. Version control

is maintained by defining the version number and date on each of these documents. A distribution list is

maintained for each controlled document. When a new version is approved, it is distributed and the old

versions must be marked as “Obsolete.” Requests for SOPs should be submitted to the QA Officer at the

authoring laboratory. Field and laboratory logbooks are controlled documents and must be permanently

bound and prenumbered, dated, and distinctly labeled.

A.2.7.2

Documentation Standards

Each organization performing activities in support of environmental data collection that will be used for

decision making at Hunters Point must have written procedures for the methods and procedures related to

the collection, processing, analysis, reporting, and tracking of environmental data. This documentation

must be in either the organization’s QA Manual or in SOPs. Written procedures must describe how

analytical methods are implemented, and must be readily available to personnel. SOPs are controlled

documents and, as such, must be approved by management and dated. The laboratory must maintain a

master list of SOPs in accordance with DoD QSM (2002) requirements. All SOPs that are used for

environmental data collection activities must be reviewed annually and updated as needed. The QAPP

defines procedures by reference to the SOP number or another appropriate citation.

All critical data (BDO measurements of PCB congeners in M. nasuta and Corophium spp. tissues) and

supporting data (field data) generated during the course of this project must be able to withstand

challenges to their validity, accuracy, and legibility. To meet this objective, data are recorded in

standardized formats and in accordance with prescribed procedures. The documentation of all

environmental data collection activities must meet the following minimum requirements. Other specific

documentation requirements are discussed throughout this QAPP and the associated SOPs:

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Data must be entered directly, promptly, and legibly. All reported data must be uniquely traceable

to the raw data. All data reduction formulas must be documented.

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