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FIELD DEMONSTRATION AND QUALITY ASSURANCE PROJECT PLAN

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The Demonstration of innovative field devices for the measurement of mercury in soil and sediment is being conducted under the EPA's SITE Program in February 2003 at the United States Department of Energy's (DOE) Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) in Oak Ridge, Tennessee and the Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation's Department of Energy Oversight facility in Oak Ridge, Tennessee. The primary purpose of the Demonstration is to evaluate innovative field devices for the measurement of mercury in soil and sediment based on their performance and cost as compared to a conventional, off-site laboratory analytical method. The five field measurement devices listed below will be demonstrated:

.Metorex's X-M ET 2000 Metal Master Analyzer, X-Ray Fluorescence Analyzer
.Milestone Inc.'s Direct Mercury Analyzer (DMA-80), Thermal Decomposition Instrument
.NITON's XL-700 Series Multi-Element Analyzer, X-Ray Fluorescence Analyzer
.Ohio Lumex's RA-915+ Portable Mercury Analyzer, Atomic Absorption Spectrometer, Thermal
Decompostion Attachment RP 91C
.MTI, Inc.'s PDV 5000 Hand Held Instrument, Anodic Stripping Voltamm eter<1).

This Demonstration Plan describes the procedures that will be used to verify the performance and cost of each field measurement device. The plan incorporates the quality assurance and quality control elements needed to generate data of sufficient quality to document each device's performance and cost. A separate Innovative Technology Verification Report (ITVR) will be prepared for each device. The ITVRs will present the Demonstration findings associated with the Demonstration objectives.

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The objective of this program is to promote the acceptance and use of innovative field technologies by providing well-documented performance and cost data obtained from field demonstrations.

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Nicklas, J. AND J. D. Evans. FIELD DEMONSTRATION AND QUALITY ASSURANCE PROJECT PLAN. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, DC, EPA/600/R-03/053 (NTIS PB2005-100118), 2004.

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