NCD980602163_19970127_Warren County PCB Landfill_SERB C_PCB Air Emissions Air Sampling at PCB Landfill-OCR

State of North Carolina
Department of Environment,
Health and Natural Resources
Division of Air Quality
James B. Hunt. Jr., Governor
Jonathan B. Howes, Secretory
Alan W. Klimek. P.E .. Director
MEMORANDUM
January 27. 1997
TO Lee Daniel, Chief
Technical Services Sec.tion
THROUGH:
FROM:
Alan Klimek, P.E.f'
Laura S. Butler, P.E., Chief .{J?,--
Air Permits Section
SUBJECT: PCB Air Emissions
Air Sampling at PCB Landfill
(Mike Kelly fax memorandum -
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January 24, 1997: Joel Hirschhorn Recommendations)
Warren County
This memc1randum is a follow-up to my voice mail messages to you on January 24·
and 27, 1997 in which I requested the response of the Technical Service Section to Mike
Kelly's qL1estions concerning Joel Hirschhorn's (PCB Working Group S:ience Advisor)
recommendations regarding the State's plan for testing the Warren County PCB Landfill
for PCB Air Em issions. Another copy of Mike Kelly's memorandum is attached tor your
convenience.
Mike Kelly's questions concern level of detection and the volume of air samples to
be taken. Your earliest response and assistance is requested. Please contact Mike Kelly
at [phone], extension 203. Your written response is also requested.
I have also copied Mike Kelly's memorandum to Jim Roller, of the Air Quality
Analysis Branch (AQAB). I am requesting that Jim contact Mike Kelly to determine if
AOAB assistance is needed for collecting accurate, complete, and reliable meteorological
data (H irschhorn recommendation #9).
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c: Bill Pate
Bill Meyer
GAnroA M1 Jrrny
Ernie Fuller
Jim Roller
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SUBJECT: AIR SAMJJNO AT PdB LANDFILL I ' \ I . I I : ..
lease note the attached ru~o from Joe~ Hirschhorn in refer~et to the i,ro oscid air sampling at
e PCB Landfill. While I Will oontinu~ to be supportive of'iiivolvement b the;sclonc~ advisors,
!s is another e>eample of p{oblorns ass~ciated with seeldn; thbir 11approval I on.' e\·erythittg we
o. 1 tun not SLl!e if we can fiver get Hir chhorn'• "approval" o* 1his event &nf ether such
hing as lt would se~m to1~-~his intent t "road block" everythi~i we do in rdet to insure be has
pme avenue to find fault' W\th our activities, I · . . I I . :
·_ y question to you Involve the levels o~ detection he insists ~c ao for-0. na.t)ogranu per
Ubic meter vapor and 0.01 anograms ~rcubic rncter particula12' phase. D ytju know of any
ab In the state tJ~at can reac these level~ of detection? I asswrie that there f~lks out there
· · at can do h, but at what 1co ? This raipes another question-why look at I vel~ thia low if there
te absolutely not health tis associated~with these concentrati~ns7 I woul en~icipate finding
a.nogram levels from the ,tor, of our offi , buildlni, We have ~roposed us g Southem Testing
· . Wilson, and they have tol us their L . D ls ,02S '1ticrograms~er cubic , : 1 can hear Joel
~w-"Otey used a lab with ~D 250ijimes what l ~commeftdedf'' We ave;asked the lab to
~ what they can do to Jowe tlus and y seem to thmk they call get do~ o S. ne.noarams, but
.en thi:i ls much higher t Joel's rec mendation, '. ;
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l nt:ed soi:ru, support from (\f Quality on!tbis. Give ine some rd.asons (1) w' I ~hould. or,
, :) why it. doesn't rr1ake any nse. Aron'lthere eome comparatf~e numbers ut there:? A1r
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9es the 1 S00 c.ubic meters Jt air makes nse? You use the flo'\V and time t 0al~ulate an)'WBY,-
d subsequently g.ct the v'oljme. I ._ '. 1
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~ 'e will b~ ming the multl~a ercd tube, s9 separatill& the variou~ conaeners ould not be a
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1 eed to hear back from you SAP. HoJonilly, tod11y. Our ~~puters shut own about the time
I inished thir;, so I have ht\d omc dclny t gcttins it to )'OU, ~ANKSI
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j" Rooomm..,dillon, rcga+•a tt.at.••~ t•.., Air tol!b,g for .Pet air •lllls ·
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Your ollloe shottld .toJIOW be re,OJQm~dtti.,, by Lan-a~ .In her J1J os ~fD&coml,or 23,
1!196 nnc1 Janll.11)' ro, 1997;11, t tho Soi~• Ad.iso,no sf.,.,, U\• opponw,· to provide
m!i. "81,t of tho air nionlto ' your •Jlloe,pmJmn,, or ht p~o.t..u,d for lt.
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2, Tho volo11n, or IIJr 1amp1,, akeo lb, ~~~o .. '!f _,......,: Pell levol$ oiiJd be at least
U o oobio lneten,, r ~ th11 lt Is lnolumonot the Voloo!ty of th SIUJljllor thlt i1 mo 1 inu>onant Wttli. r.e.sptx~(to obtaJaJng ~w detection 1imiu.
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3. e lalnjlllns lDelhod u.ed ould prCM!fc the OIIJllbilily ofm•~M•s both
l'C ~ attadli>! to Puti<itlatej;, t i!houid aJJo Jnoludo a 111ew fur V~ the
bro h.ll>ugh of •oruo l'C!l v•p ro "'"Y hA'1 ~ v4lh Mll>•dl to tho ooll lion taodlwn.
4, : e ana.1}1k,aJ nmhods ""'."' ~O\JJd bo +lblo of ldentifyb,g th~ full tang• o J>¢B cong"'«•
'· lo lost tehlltt shoultl be 1"'~d,d la t~ •ttolll PCB oonoe;tnition•. .. Ill .•• ,,. tcnru, OJ' at lo II lhroc AroclorH!260, 'l2p4, ud 12-lf ). ; · .
6. 1}• ••at rew11, ahould bo rep ttod izi t"'11j, of PCB vapor OOhco),tfflicms ac ~s~~ i :
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7, 1 oootbfnaliou, of ,.mplo '. ' and •••Jo.,1 m«boda lhould rDSUll lo. • cap ilit)r to Aliably
dote<, ••d ,cpon !>CB levol£ a, J,iw 11a o~-por cubic met~ vapor, an 0.01 .,.,..111'...,. P"' le .,.,.,. partlouJate pha,e, I I . ; :
8. Th : .. "'Pllias aud lestins l>~• ol Umad ,lolude IIVtll'll ll~ .. J lab bhtaks, s Well a, ,Piked sampif to d&termtnc recovery rat s, i ;
9. Aodw·11t&, c0e1p!et~ at1d rclfibl llleteoro➔• · oat d11a sltou1,1 bo ob[ah,~ tor all air !""Pl .. ao
that lent co,iditioiio are kao.\,, er the c Period oftia,e tlm jilt r1111pi,s o collected,
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$ampling ev~n.t1 would be &i.tsed In fev~r ofl~ations and. timb9 wlten the oado111 aco do~wiud ftho lt1ullill, I
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0. Soll or ,.an,,._, ,"1$1,. taken fDr ~B ~oil "1ould bl la Jo .. tlon lb.t can reasonably be onsid~red pla~s: \\ith PCB, ail' roleA~~
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l. /\ll PCEl l1borttozy tOit!rewlt, md h • ...,,,,.,. "1ould be Jjrovlded
cienoe Advi~on ~d tho ;st~t•. · I ; ·
i. ,Nt.y publio st1tt1ttiettt·~ ih0 Btat.e cJici,mmg *e test re~ tnu~ pay
. 6!:sibllity of CWTent false nt~11tive findlngc with re~ect to PCB lnoJa that • t have bem:,
et at pmiou i ti>n.es md klt p tin or ~uro p mods when awoient temper~ · s are h:;]la,
I :_ A 11W:,ber tl.taamples ~J clod p~', -~ for ll101lllldng ~e llYels ouH also iuol•d• oiaut air sa,~Jes for tol:g tor PCB ovels, l . I . I . I i . . I
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Analysis of Ambient Air Samples
1. Triangle L:,aborntorics Inc .
Research Triangle Park, North Carolina
(919)-544-5729
Client Services Contacr: D~bbie Hage
T echnic!ll Contact: Gene Riky
PCBs : = $250
dioxins ar:d furans ~, $1250 with a 2.1 day turnaround
2. ALT A Anal yt ical Laboral'.>rY
s,~cramemo, CA
(9 1 G)-933-1640
Contact: Bob Mitzel
PCBs: :. $250
dioxins and furans ,::: $1275
3. Huntin~ton Analytical (formerly MaxiJ11 Technologies)
Minneupolis, Minnesota
(612)-659-7600
Contact: Charles Sueper
dioxins and furans « $900
PCB s: another Huntin gton Lab wnuld have to he contackd
4. ESE, Inc.
Gainesvi :le , Florida
(904)-3 33-1605
Contact Puul Geiszler
PCB.'i : ::: $200 to supply PUF and analysis
dioxins and furans : ~ $1250 (suhcontractetl)
5. Lancaster Lahoratories
Lancaster, Pcnn.sylvani'-t
(71 7)-656-230]
Post-it" Fax Noto
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Conta<.:t: Dick Er..tz C~./Oel)I. \)\\, \ v,...Y
PCBs: ,., $215 Ph<>ne #
7671
rm capabilities for dioxins and furans FillC # ,:::-·3(,c:5 ••• I
6. Frocbling anJ Robcmcn lnc.
Richmond, Virginia
(804 )-2M-270 l
Contal;t: Grace LnRosc
PCBs: = $200
no capabilities for dioxins and furam;
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METHODS FOR DETERMINATION OF TOXIC ORGANIC COMPOUNDS IN AIR . EPA Methods by WIiliam T. Winberry, Jr., Norma T. Murphy Eogineering Science Cary, North Carolina R.M. Riggan Battelle-Columbus Laboratories Columbus. Ohio NOYES DATA CORPORATION P'a11< Ri<11)e. N11w J,r,ay. u.S A. ,, n, X I.C ..... \.C ' --..: V, V< I (.,11 V< ..... --.J <-a ~ :::, "-.) I.Cl I.Cl --J ..... ..... (,.; CT1 7J C <x: '-,~ 05
viii Contents anu Subject lnde>< Method TM: Detennination of Poiychlorinated Dibenzo-p-Dioxins (PCOOd in Ambient Air Using High-Resolution Gas Chrntnato9raphy/ High-Resolution Mass Spectrometry IHRGC/HRMS) .. _ .. _ . . . . . . . . . 221 Method T010: Determination of Organochlorine Pusticide1 in Ambient Air Using low Volume Polyurethane Foam (PUF) Sampling wi11l Gas t;hromatog,~hy/Electron Capture Oetector (GC/ECOI . . . . . . . . . . . .. 257 Method T0ll; Datermi11afion of rorm11ldehyde in Ambient Air Using Ad,orbent Cartridge Follo\'1ed by High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC) ......... _ . . ....... _ .. _ ........ _ . 294 Method T012: De1ermi11alion ot Non-Methane O~anic Compounds (NMOC) in Ambient Air U,i11g Cryogenic PrecOflCentration and Direct flame Ionization Oe1ection f PDFIDt ....... _ .................. 332 Method T013: Determination of Benzo(atPyrene (B(alPI ;nd Other Polynuc!ea1 Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHsl in Ambient Air Using Gas Chromatographic IGC) and Hi!Jh·Perlormaucc Liquid Chrom.ato,raphic IHPLC) An.ysis ............................ 370 Method T014: Deterrwinatio11 of Vol.atiht Or~nic Com.-,inds fVOCsi in Ambient Air Using SUMMA® Passivated Cant1ter Sampling and Gas Chromatographic Analy1i1 .........•..•... _ ........... 467 Appentlix A-Availability of Aud.t Cylinders from United States Environmental Protecti011 A99ncy IUSEPA} Pro!ll'Bms/Aegional Offices, Stale w1d Local A!)1!ncias and Thai, Contr.acton .......... 561 Appendix B-Operating Procedures for a Portable Gas ChromaU>gtaph Equipped with a Pflotoiooizarion DetectOf" .............•.•... 563 Appendi,c C-lnstallation and Operation Procedures for U.S. Environmentaf Protection Agency's Urban Air Toxic Potlutant Program Sampler ....................•............... 576 INTRODUCTION Thh Co,;igencJiu• '1as t:eer1 pr'!pa,.ed to pro~ide regio11al. sute. ~nd loc.il enviror,meP.tal requlat-:ory agencies, as •~H as othc,. i.,tere~ted i;irties. wit.h s9edfic guidilnr.e on the ~etern:ination of sele-::ted to,dc organic co111pounds in -b'enl air_ .lecent\J, a Technic-,l Assista<Ke OocU111e11t -:u.o: w,s p11bl ishrd wh1c~ proviffd quidance to such per"sons ,;Ji. Bue<! o• tl\e com::>ents receh"d concern ;ng tile T .11::, ~'le de-:: is i or. "ilS •nde t-:i ~e; In P""porH it>• of 1 Comp1111d ,,,:r. ·t1Rich lf=>•Jld pro~id11 spec'.fi,: sar:o0lin3 amt ~n,lysis procedures, in• s:c1ndi1r4-lzed forn1t, for selected to~it organic ;:.o111;aun~s. The current C1>~•c h,111 cons is. ts of fo11rti!i!• procedures .. r. i ch an co"s id-trP.d to be of 1trh•1ary i..iportance !w current tiuic organic ooni toring effo,·ts. "'ldltiuul methods ,.;11 'Ml phced i" the Coape•diu11 fr0111 ti"le to ticne, H such llll'~hods beco:;1e aYallabl.,. The original "at':.ods "ere selecte<t to cover 11, ,..,.~ c~ou,-c!s as poutble (i.e., nil liple 1,nalyte 11etho4s were selrcted). T!I~ •~di t lontl rnet!Mlds .tre tu·geted toward Si>ectflc COQIIOullds, or se1•l 1 9ro-.ps of cor.pa11Ads wfli<:h. for ••r1ovs tech•ic.al re1sons, cannot be deter,olne<f •1 thr 1110re ,enen l 111etllods. Eac~ of the aethods ~riteups Is sr\f contained (incl~di119 pertirw!nt liter-ah,rto c1t;&Uons) ind c~n be used lnd11peno.<1t nr Oe rtNi"ing IJO"tions of th4! CanpendlUIII. To the otent possible the IIMer-ic■• Soci•ty fo,-TestinCJ and Katerhls (ASTl"I) standn,hze~ rorn.Jl has been usetl, iit1ce inoH ,ote,.tic1l •sers ,. n, X I..( .... I..( I "' <., 0 I CJ <., .... "' are fA~iltar •ith that fonn1t. Eoch ;wethod ~as been identified •Ith I revisio~ n••ber z..-i dHe, since !!!Od1f1cat.io11s to tile •etllods ia&y be required In the <.. future. ~ llear\y a\1 the QethGds Wf'itei,ps hHe S(Jtlll! f\e.c1billty in ti.. ,rocedure. "-(011seqffnll y, it is the llU,.'s re~po1stl)l11ty to p,-e11o1re certat n stan~rd \,( operati"<J procedurrs (SOPS) to be l!f'lploy~ i• tl\dt ~lrtlc•lar \tborilory, rich , ,:et hod imhutes thoie ope rat ions for •hi ch lOPs ire require•. ~ i~a\t , s-ariz~~ t~ 111ethoos cu,.rentl7 1,, the Co•peridLu~. A? sho.,n ,n Table t the fir-s.l tllre~ methods ,re directed toward vo\atile non,~lar compoun:ls. >-Tne •HI! r s hou l ct red ew tl1e :.'"Otei11Jres as we l 1 c1s t l\e bac ltgr•1und ffld ter la l provided .__ in t'le illO (I) llefur~ dec:,di11, .,t,;<.h of ~lt~s• niethou best r,,eeu the re-1uire1.1ents <., cf ~he ~peci fie tilSl. IJ Table 2 1Jresents " ;ilrti.i:\ 1 istir.g of tcAi: orgo111ic :or.:co•,,.ds wftich cao ~e 4eter-roin•d using the currer.t set of 011!thod~ in thP Co,ipp111li1.11'1. .llddlti(l"d l c~mpound~ rra1 t,~ dH~rmir.eG ~J th'!sr mett1011s. b~t. the .,,e,. <1ust car~r,,11,:,, :-' e·,-,li.oU the applicatiliL,;· ::,f lite ;;;P.tn,;:l belOr"f' U~I'. ( a (ij il.ig3i", R. M., "Tec!tnlul .!lssist,111ce Document for S6111pling <1nd Analysis of 1•,r.ic Orgd•ic Coripouno~ ;., AiwDi'!11t .~ir". EP~-"i00/4-8.l-O21, u. S. En·,iro~01ental Protecci~n Asenc.1, lese.,rch Trit1'<j\e Par,, Horth Caroll11a, 1983. ' C 0
l1V,ob1:ny, Jr. and Norma T. Murphy of Enain~ering-Science .ind R.M. Riggan of BanElle-Columbus labo,.,torie~ for Ure US. Envirorimem,1I Prolr!ction Agenc·r, June 198B. Advanced composition end proriuc1io1\ ffrethods d,,velopf'd l>y Noy"' D.a•• Corpnriuion are emolo\1ed to !>ring this dvrab'•1 bo'-lnd boOk ro you ;,. a minimum of lime. Sµcc,;.I techniques are u!ed to close the gi4) l>E:Lween ·'111anuscript'' and "comple1ed book:· In orde, to keep 1tie price of rhe boot< f<J a ntasonlt,te "'""'· it has been pamally reproouced IJy photo•ofhet directly from the original r1:pol'1 end the cost saving passed on to IIM! reeder. o~ 10 dlii m~1hod of publid11111, cenain por1io11s of the book may b<> less leoihle than desired. NOTlCE Tne m.iterial~ in thi~ book were prepa,-ecJ as accounts ot work sponsored by the U.S. Environmen ta! Protection Agency. This ioforrn.i1ion has been subiecl to the Agency's peer end i,dmini:;lr.n;ve reviev.. and has bl!P.n approved for publication. Ori this basis the Pub! isher assumes "o responsil>ility nor liability for errors or any consequences arising r rom rhe u~t: of the iof0f'm11tion contained herein. Mrn1ion of 1rar1e names or com-merci2.i f)rodocts does not constitute t:ndor.sement or r~,comm~nrhl•nr1 for U$C Liv i11e Agencv ur ,11., Publishef. The book is intended for ir?forma~io11.il 11urr,o.ses only. ··, he reader •s c:,,u tionP.rl to obtain PJCl)P.rt a<1\'1ce before irnplemer11atron of any p,oct!C!tire, dt>~c, ;bed. ~ince mil'.erials lo l1~ detec1ecl are rc,xic. onJanic cc,mpounds anri ••:~l;n!.J mr.1horl,. co,:td be rotenlially hdJ.ucbrn. hr1al cl~\ermin2:11.>11 of rhe su11,1lli1ily oi any ink,n:1,•1•011 ur r;.-oceri,,rl: toe use lJy Jny u~er, .. ,ncJ lhe maw:1:r uf 1hat tiSC. i; Cht: !>(11,: rtsptin~:hility of Ilic u,;r. . Conf.ents and Subject Index Introduction. Method T01: Deteunination of Volatile D,g,mic Compound, in Ambient Air Using Tenax®-Adsorption and Gas Chromatography/Mar.s Spec;trometry 4GC/MS) ............ , ...... _ ............ -Method T02: Detetmination of Volatile Organic Compounds in ~mbiimt · Air by Carbon Molecular Sieve Ads.orption and Gas Ch,omatography/ Mau Spectromeuy j GC/MS) ....................•... _ Methori T03: OetRrmination of Volatile Organic Comf)ound$ in Ambient Air Using Cryogenic Preconcentration Tr.choiques and Gas Chromatog-raphy with Flame Ionization and Electron Capture Detection ...... . Method T04: Determination of Orgenochlorine Pesticides and Poly-chlorinated 8ipttenyls in Ambient Air . Appendix A-EPA Method 608 Method T0S: OP.tP.rmioation of Alrh,hyde~ and Ketones in Ambient Air Using High 1-'ertormance liqui<l Chromatography IHPI.C}. Method TOG: De1erminat.inn nf Ptv?Sgene iri AmtHe-nt Air Udr,IJ High Performar.cP. Liqnid C'uom.itograrh~• Me1hud T07. D•H~rrninatinn of N-f\li1rn~nrb,-.,,th111amin~ in Amh1e11t A,, U~ing Gas Chrnrnatoqr;ip,,./ ... t\.'leth•lJ TO~: Dt ir.ttH1ocnior. ot :1h1?0,,l iind rvlcth,_,, !n~•~r,ol~ : ~;;_; ~.!:;! :~ Ambient A.ir I !·_;n" l~j~t, Pcrfotrnanr·, L iq:•i,i C:t-io1m1to{!raph·,'. II• 'Tl 0., . l~ ID -f> "' ~ . i<r (..n <,..a -"' _4, . 7! Li "' ::::, 10~ . 12 1•'.) "' 13 ..... ~ ~ He, : :>' ,:) ~; •=:· 1' (•: