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

State of North Carolina
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(<~' \,,-James B. Hunt, Jr., Governor
·J -J '· Jonathan B. Howes, Secretary
J\l Alan W. Klimek, P.E., Director
:\_:___ci..:i MEMORANDUM January 27, 1997
TO:
THROUGH:
FROM :
Lee Daniel , Chief
Technical Service_s ~e.,9ion
Alan Klimek, P.E.~
Laura S. Butler, P.E., Chief~
Air Permits Section
SUBJECT: PCB Air Emissions
Air Sampling at PCB Landfill
(Mike Kelly fax memorandum -
January 24, 1997: Joel Hirschhorn Recommendations)
Warren County
This memorandum 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 questions concerning Joel Hirschhorn's (PCB Working Group Science Advisor)
recommendations regarding the State's plan for testing the Warren County PCB Landfill
for PCB Air Emissions. Another copy of Mike Kelly's memorandum is attached for 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
AQAB assistance is needed for collecting accurate, complete, and reliable meteorological
data (Hirschhorn recommendation #9).
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c: Bill Pate
Bill Meyer
George Murray
Ernie Fuller
Jim Roller
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SUBJECT: AlR SAMP!lllNG AT pt LANDFILL . : . :
lease note the attached ~ o from Joel Hirschhorn in refer~ce to the pro os~d air sampling at
e PCB Landfill. While I -r l11 continue to be supportive of involvement b the',scienc~ advisors,
is is another example of ptoblems assdciated with seeking thbir 11approval I on' everything we
o, I am not sure if we can liver get Hir~chhom's "approval" o* this event o any other such
hing as it would se:rn to '.b_~Jhis intent to, "road block" everythi~g we do in rde~ to insure he has bme ~vdnue to find fault wi;th our activlties. ! ;
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y question to you involve the levels or detection he insists ~e go for-0. nru).ogramg per
\lbic meter vapor and 0.01 anagrams per cubic meter particulate phase. D y9u know of any
ab in the_ state t~at can reac these level~ of detection? I assunie that there f~lks out there
· • at can do it, ~ut at what ,co t? This raipes another question-'fhY look at I val~ this low if there
te absolutely not health tis associated~with these concentratipns? I woul an~icipate finding
anogrrun levels from the _top of our offi e building. We have proposed us g S~uthem Testing
• : Wilson, and they have.tol -us their L . ~ is .025 +nicrograms(per cubic m r.; I can bear Joel
ow-"they used a lab with L~D 2S0D;mes what I ~commerdedl'' We ave :asked the lab to
:· what they can do to loWe this and th seem to thmk they oan get down o 5: nanograms, but
ven this is much higher t Joel's reco mendation. '. ;
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I tieed some support from ~i Quality on!thls. Give me some r~asons (1) w I ~hould, or.
:) why it. doesn't make any ense. Aren'f there some comparatiye numbers ut there? Air
~dards? Smildard LOD~s?\ \ . \ !
9es the t S 00 cubic me:e~s lf air make s~nse7 You use the floiV and time t cal~ulate anyway.
·_d subsequently get the vol me. I . ·.. : :
e will be using the multi.la ered tube, st separating th: ~ariou~ congeners ou~d not be a
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I eed to bear back from you SAP. HoJofully~-today. Our cotjiputers shut own about the time
I mished this, so I have had ome delay ih g~tting it to you. TJ-ti\NKS f
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j°' Rooommendatio11S rcgl{~ng .!Ulte •~ ti"' lbr testing for ro4 air on,lsaj s
rfollowup on our disoullsif n• last l'ue+iay, r oa..r tho :fullow!n& reoo dajions for onsite I lng by !he siato. . . I . . ! :
l Your oliioo should fbllo~ he reco~dation by Loura slJtlor in he.t m os ofl>eeember 23,
I 9;<i6 ."'d January Io, 1997 jlh t the Soi~• Advaor, be slven II\• oPPortulti to .Provide
ovl' sight of tho air monltorln your oJ!loo,porfunm or ha• p~obaod 1br lt.
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2. : • vol~tn• or llir sampli,s akon fhr thJ p~oso of measuriu.s' l'CB levols
1, O cubio metoro. r ctnp~ • that lt is~ volruno not the Ve!oc!ty oflh Sablplor thtt is mo t i.mpona.ut with respect:to obtaining l~w detection limits.
3. • e camplJns lllethod us~ rould provi~o the oapllbillty of m~ both CB vapors and
PC p attached to pJuticuJa1oi;. ~, '"-ould also include a mesw; fhr V~ tbo xtdnt 10 whieh
bro • hrough of ,omo PCB vapjn's ms.y ha-v~ OOCkuYod wl!h respeQt to dte OQJl tiol, medium.
~-• e analJ,tioaJ methods used ~ould be +•bJe of idonlll)'ing thf full range J>¢B congonen,
5. ie test relUlts should ho ~~d•d ln 1.,J.a of total PCB cono~tnitiong, •• oli •• In tenns of at lo St three Aroclors (1260, '12r4, IW! 124f ). , ·
6. ~e test results should ho iep rtod ln tomjs ofl'CB vapor OOll~ations a; p.baso levoJs. i :
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detcot ~•d report Pea levol$ ai ~ .. 0.1 ~o-por cubic metpr vapor, en
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8. Th :,.lllplliig and lestin~ :pl'Qtolot should ➔olud• aeverlll field anJ lab blanks, s Well as spiked samplf to dotermino recovery rat~. , ;
9. AoJ.,,..to, CDt!lj!Jotc, and r•Ji4blt 2tteteoro1ol..u data should bo obloin~ for aB air ~Ios 80
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~o,i ln ,J,,,l direoti~n ~live to s~g looat1011 are p.itiowar1y • Ortant. Obv.iou'1y,
$amp.ling events would be baiied in fa.v~r oflooations and ttmeis when the ohtio.na CU"o downwind ; I I i ftbe litadBll, 1 , 1
0. Son or •~t ,Olljpi taken for tcB analysi< ahollld b~ in locatJo.n, that can reaconabfy be nsidored plact:s with PCB, air releasesjn!$Y have been deposi~ed.
1. All PCB labontory tesl!ramJt, and lioaum..,,. should bo jirov!ded cienoe Advisors and the !stJte. • i ; ·
i. Any public IIWeraen( ~ 1bc 6111\c ~±coming Ill• test re.J. must pay _liok attoution 10 the
~ssibility of cu.n-cmt false ne~tive fin •• s with :r~~ect to PCB lwels that • t havo been rer at ~reviouo Innes ~d t p•et or 1ur• periods when atnf eI!t t""')lera os aro higher,
A number 6fsa.mples ~o oted p~ly for m~asurlng methane levels
oie..ut a.it samples £or testing for PCB IJ,evels. ;
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Analysis of Ambient Air Samples
1. Triangle ~aboratories Inc.
Research Triangle Park, North Carolina -
(919)-544-5729
Client Services Contact: Debbie Hage
Technical Contact: Gene Riley
PCBs: = $250
dioxins and furans= $1250 with a 21 day turnaround
2. AL TA Analytical Laboratory
Sacramento, CA
(916)-933-1640
Contact: Bob Mitzel
PCBs: = $250
dioxins and furans= $1275
3. Huntington Analytical (formerly Maxim Technologies)
Minneapolis, Minnesota
(612)-659-7600
Contact: Charles Sueper
dioxins and furans= $900
PCBs: another Huntington Lab would have to be contacted
4. ESE, Inc.
Gainesville, Florida
(904)-333-1605
Contact: Paul Geiszler
PCBs: = $200 to supply PUF and analysis
dioxins and furans: = $1250 (subcontracted)
5. Lancaster Laboratories
Lancaster, Pennsylvania
(717)-656-2301
Contact: Dick Entz
PCBs: = $225
no capabilities for dioxins and furans
6. Freehling and Robertson Inc.
Richmond, Virginia
(804)-264-2701
Contact: Grace LaRose
PCBs: = $200
no capabilities for dioxins and furans
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METHODS FOR DETERMINATION OF TOXIC ORGANIC COMPOUNDS IN AIR EPA Methods by William T. Winberry, Jr., Norma T. Murphy Engineering Science Cary, North Carolina R.M. Riggan Battelle-Columbus Laboratories Columbus, Ohio NOYES DATA CORPORATION Park Ridge, Now Jersey, U.S.A. .
ii Contents and Subject Index ethod T09: Determination of Pol.ychlorinated Dibenzo-p-Dioxins 'CDDs) in Ambient Air Using High-Resolution Gas Chromatography/ igh-Resolution Mass Spectrometry (HRGC/HRMS) ................ 221 ethod T010: Determination of Organochlorine Pesticides in Ambient ir Using Low Volume Polyurethane Foam (PUF) Sampling with Gas hromatography/Electron Capture Detector (GC/ECD) .............. 257 ,ethod T011: Determination of Formaldehyde in Ambient Air Using dsorbent Cartridge Followed by High Performance Liquid hromatography (HPLC) .............. : .................... 294 ethod T012: Determination of Non-Methane Organic Compounds JMOC) in Ambient Air Using Cryogenic Preconcentration and Direct lame Ionization Detection (PDFID) .......................... 332 lethod T013: Determination of Benzo(a)Pyrcne [B(a)P) and Other llynuclear Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs) in Ambient Air Using as Chromatographic (GC) and High-Performance Liquid hromatographic (HPLC) Analysis ............................ 370 lethod T014: Determination of Volatile Organic Compounds /OCs) in Ambient Air Using SUMMA® Passivated Canister Sampling 1d Gas Chromatographic Analysis ............................ 467 Appendix A-Availability of Audit Cylinders from United States Environmental Protection Agency ( USE~A) Programs/Regional Offices, State and Local Agencies and Their Contractors .......... 561 Appendix 8-Operating Procedures for a Portable Gas Chromatograph Equipped with a Photoionization Detector ................... 563 Appendix C-lnstallation and Operation Procedures for U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Urban Air Toxic Pollutant Program Sampler .................................... 576 INTRODUCTION This Compendium has been prepared to provide regional, state, and local environmental regulatory agencies, as well as other interested parties, with specific guidance on the determination of selected toxic organic compounds in ambient air. Recently, a Technical Assistance Document (TAD) was published which provided guidance to such persons (I). Based on the comments received concerning the TAD, the decision was made to begin preparation of a Compendium which would provide specific sampling and analysis procedures, In a standard-ized format, for selected toxic organic compounds. The current Compendium consists of fourteen procedures which are consid-ered to be of primary importance in current toxic organic monitoring efforts. AJditional methods will be placed in the Compendium from time to time, as such methods become available. The original methods were selecte<i to cover as many compounds as possible (i.e., multiple analyte methods were selected). The additional methods are targeted toward specific compounds, or small groups of compounds which, for various technical reasons, cannot be determined by the more general methods. Each of the methods writeups is self contained (Including pertinent l fter-ature citations) and can be used independent of the remaining portions of the Compendium. To the extent possible the American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) standardized format has been used, since most potential users are familiar with that format. Each method has been identified with a revision number and date, since modifications to the methods may be required In the future. Nearly all the methods writeups have some flexibility in the procedure. Consequently, ft is the user's responsibility to prepare certain standard operating procedures (SDPs) to be employed in that particular laboratory. Each method indicates those operations for which SOPs are required. Table I summarizes the methods currently in the Compendium. As shown in Table I the first three methods are directed toward volatile nonpolar compounds. The user should review the procedures as well as the background material provided in the TAD (I) before deciding which of these methods best meets the requirements of the specific task. Table 2 presents a partial listing of toxic organic compounds which can be determined using the current set of methods in the Compendium. Additional compounds may be determined by these methods, but the user must carefully evaluate the applicability of the method before use. (I) Riggin, R. M., "Technical Assistance Document for Sampl fng and Analysis of Toxic Organic Compounds In Ambient Air", EPA-600/4-83-027, U. S. Environmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle Park, North Carol Ina, I 983.
Winberry, Jr. and Norma T. Murphy of Engineering-Science and H.M. Higgan of Battelle-Columbus Laboratories for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, June 1988. Advanced compos1t1on and production methods developed by Noyes Data Corporai!cin are employed to bring this durably bound book to you in a minimum of time. Special techniques are used to close the gap between "manuscript" and "completed book." In order to keep the price of the book to a reasonable level, it has been partially reproduced by photo-offset directly from the original report and the cost saving passed on to the reader. Due to this method of publishing, certain portions of the book may be less legible than desired. NOTICE The materials in this book were prepared as accounts of work sponsored by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. This information has . been subject to the Agency's peer and administrative review and has been approved for publication. On this basis the Publisher assumes no responsibility nor liability for errors or any consequences arising from the use of the information contained herein. Mention of trade names or com-mercial products does not constitute endorsement or recommendation for use by the Agency or the Publisher. The book is intended for informational purposes only. The reader is cautioned to obtain expert advice before implementation of any procedures described, sirice materials to be detected are toxic organic compounds and testing methods could be potentially hazardous. Final determination of the suitability of any information or procedure for use by any user, and the manner of that use, is the sole responsibility of the user. Contents and Subject Index Introduction. . ....... 1 Method T01: Determination of Volatile Organic Compounds in Ambient Air Using Tenax® Adsorption and Gas Chromatography/Mass Spectrometry (GC/MS) ...................................... 7 Method T02: Determination of Volatile Organic Compounds in Ambient Air by Carbon Molecular Sieve Adsorption and Gas Chromatography/ Mass Spectrometry (GC/MS) ................................. 44 Method T03: Determination of Volatile Organic Compounds in Ambient Air Using Cryogenic Preconcentration Techniques and Gas Chromatog-raphy with Flame Ionization and Electron Capture Detection ........... 79 Method T04: Determination of Organochlorine Pesticides and Poly-chlorinated Biphenyls in Ambient Air .......................... 100 Appendix A-EPA Method 608 ............................ 120 Method T05: Determination of Aldehydes and Ketones in Ambient Air Using High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC) ............. 131 Method T06: Determination of Phosgene in Ambient Air Using High Performance Liquid Chromatography .......................... 153 Method T07: Determination of N-Nitrosodimethylamine in Ambient Air Using Gas Chromatography .............................. 177 Method T08: Determination of Phenol and Methylphenols (Cresols) in Ambient Air Using High Performance Liquid Chromatography .......... 199 vii