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    BS 10175 - INVESTIGATION OF POTENTIALLY CONTAMINATED SITES - CODE OF PRACTICE

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    Superseded date:  31-03-2011

    Language(s):  English

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    Publisher:  British Standards Institution

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    Foreword
    Introduction
    1 Scope
    2 Normative references
    3 Terms and definitions
    4 Setting the objectives of an investigation
    5 Establishing an investigation strategy
    6 Phase 1 investigation
    7 Design and planning of field investigations
    8 Fieldwork
    9 Off-site analysis of samples
    10 Reports
    Annexes
    Annex A (informative) - Examples of site investigations
    Annex B (informative) - Examples of typical investigation
             objectives and applications
    Annex C (informative) - Health and safety in site investigations
    Annex D (informative) - The assessment and control of sampling
             uncertainty
    Annex E (informative) - Causes of contamination
    Annex F (informative) - Typical gas monitoring well construction
    Annex G (informative) - On-site screening methods
    Annex H (informative) - Laboratory analysis
    Annex I (informative) - Suitability of sample containers
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    Comment Closes On
    Committee EH/4
    Document Type Draft
    Publisher British Standards Institution
    Status Superseded
    Superseded By

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    BS EN ISO 5667-1 : 2006 WATER QUALITY - SAMPLING - PART 1: GUIDANCE ON THE DESIGN OF SAMPLING PROGRAMMES AND SAMPLING TECHNIQUES
    BS 7755-5.1(1996) : 1996 SOIL QUALITY - PHYSICAL METHODS - DETERMINATION OF PORE WATER PRESSURE - TENSIOMETER METHOD
    BS ISO 15176:2002 SOIL QUALITY - CHARACTERIZATION OF EXCAVATED SOIL AND OTHER SOIL MATERIALS INTENDED FOR RE-USE
    BS 6068-6.12(1996) : 1996 WATER QUALITY - SAMPLING - GUIDANCE ON SAMPLING OF BOTTOM SEDIMENTS
    ISO 12404:2011 Soil quality Guidance on the selection and application of screening methods
    BS 7755-5.2(1996) : 1996 SOIL QUALITY - PHYSICAL METHODS - DETERMINATION OF WATER CONTENT IN THE UNSATURATED ZONE - NEUTRON DEPTH PROBE METHOD
    BS ISO 17126 : 2005 SOIL QUALITY - DETERMINATION OF THE EFFECTS OF POLLUTANTS ON SOIL FLORA - SCREENING TEST FOR EMERGENCE OF LETTUCE SEEDLINGS (LACTUCA SATIVA L.)
    BS ISO 11271 : 2002 SOIL QUALITY - DETERMINATION OF REDOX POTENTIAL - FIELD METHOD
    BS ISO 17155 : 2012 SOIL QUALITY - DETERMINATION OF ABUNDANCE AND ACTIVITY OF SOIL MICROFLORA USING RESPIRATION CURVES
    BS ISO 18772 : 2008 COR 2014 SOIL QUALITY - GUIDANCE ON LEACHING PROCEDURES FOR SUBSEQUENT CHEMICAL AND ECOTOXICOLOGICAL TESTING OF SOILS AND SOIL MATERIALS
    BS EN ISO 16720 : 2007 SOIL QUALITY - PRETREATMENT OF SAMPLES BY FREEZE-DRYING FOR SUBSEQUENT ANALYSIS
    BS ISO 19258 : 2005 SOIL QUALITY - GUIDANCE ON THE DETERMINATION OF BACKGROUND VALUES
    BS ISO 18512:2007 Soil quality. Guidance on long and short term storage of soil samples
    BS 5930(1999) : 1999 CODE OF PRACTICE FOR SITE INVESTIGATIONS
    BS ISO 10381-3 : 2001 SOIL QUALITY - SAMPLING - GUIDANCE ON SAFETY
    BS 7755-4.2.4(1999) : 1999 SOIL QUALITY - BIOLOGICAL METHODS - EFFECTS OF POLLUTANTS ON SOIL FAUNA - INHIBITION OF REPRODUCTION OF COLLEMBOLA (FOLSOMIA CANDIDA) BY SOIL POLLUTANTS
    BS ISO 22036 : 2008 SOIL QUALITY - DETERMINATION OF TRACE ELEMENTS IN EXTRACTS OF SOIL BY INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA - ATOMIC EMISSION SPECTROMETRY (ICP-AES)
    BS ISO 14154 : 2005 SOIL QUALITY - DETERMINATION OF SOME SELECTED CHLOROPHENOLS - GAS-CHROMATOGRAPHIC METHOD WITH ELECTRON-CAPTURE DETECTION
    BS ISO 16072 : 2002 SOIL QUALITY - LABORATORY METHODS FOR DETERMINATION OF MICROBIAL SOIL RESPIRATION
    BS ISO 16387 : 2004 SOIL QUALITY - EFFECTS OF POLLUTANTS ON ENCHYTRAEIDAE (ENCHYTRAEUS SP.) - DETERMINATION OF EFFECTS ON REPRODUCTION AND SURVIVAL
    BS ISO 10381-1 : 2002 SOIL QUALITY - SAMPLING - GUIDANCE ON THE DESIGN OF SAMPLING PROGRAMMES
    BS ISO 14869-2 : 2002 SOIL QUALITY - DISSOLUTION FOR THE DETERMINATION OF TOTAL ELEMENT CONTENT - PART 2: DISSOLUTION BY ALKALINE FUSION
    BS ISO 11461 : 2001 SOIL QUALITY - DETERMINATION OF SOIL WATER CONTENT AS A VOLUME FRACTION USING CORING SLEEVES - GRAVIMETRIC METHOD
    BS 7755-4.4.3(1997) : 1997 SOIL QUALITY - BIOLOGICAL METHODS - EFFECTS OF POLLUTANTS ON MICROBES - DETERMINATION OF NITROGEN MINERALIZATION AND NITRIFICATION IN SOILS AND THE INFLUENCE OF CHEMICALS ON THESE PROCESSES
    BS ISO 20280:2007 Soil quality. Determination of arsenic, antimony and selenium in aqua regia soil extracts with electrothermal or hydride-generation atomic absorption spectrometry
    BS 6068-6.4(1987) : 1987 WATER QUALITY - SAMPLING - GUIDANCE ON SAMPLING FROM LAKES, NATURAL AND MAN-MADE
    BS 7755-5.5(1999) : 1999 SOIL QUALITY - PHYSICAL METHODS - LABORATORY METHODS
    BS ISO 23611-4 : 2007 SOIL QUALITY - SAMPLING OF SOIL INVERTEBRATES - PART 4: SAMPLING, EXTRACTION AND IDENTIFICATION OF SOIL-INHABITING NEMATODES
    BS 7755-4.2.1(1994) : 1994 SOIL QUALITY - BIOLOGICAL METHODS - EFFECTS OF POLLUTANTS ON SOIL FAUNA - DETERMINATION OF ACUTE TOXICITY TO EARTHWORMS (EISENIA FETIDA) USING ARTIFICIAL SOIL SUBSTRATE
    BS ISO 16703 : 2004 SOIL QUALITY - DETERMINATION OF CONTENT OF HYDROCARBON IN THE RANGE C[10] TO C[40] BY GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY
    BS 7755-4.4.4(1997) : 1997 SOIL QUALITY - BIOLOGICAL METHODS - EFFECTS OF POLLUTANTS ON MICROBES - LABORATORY INCUBATION SYSTEMS FOR MEASURING THE MINERALIZATION OF ORGANIC CHEMICALS IN SOIL UNDER AEROBIC CONDITIONS
    BS ISO 22030 : 2005 SOIL QUALITY - BIOLOGICAL METHODS CHRONIC TOXICITY IN HIGHER PLANTS
    BS ISO 17380 : 2004 SOIL QUALITY - DETERMINATION OF TOTAL CYANIDE AND EASILY RELEASED CYANIDE - CONTINUOUS-FLOW ANALYSIS METHOD
    BS 7755-3.6(1995) : 1995 SOIL QUALITY - CHEMICAL METHODS - DETERMINATION OF PHOSPHORUS - SPECTROMETRIC DETERMINATION OF PHOSPHORUS SOLUBLE IN SODIUM HYDROGEN CARBONATE SOLUTION
    BS 7755-5.4(1998) : 1998 SOIL QUALITY - PHYSICAL METHODS - METHOD BY SIEVING AND SEDIMENTATION
    BS 7755-4.2.3(1999) : 1999 SOIL QUALITY - BIOLOGICAL METHODS - EFFECTS OF POLLUTANTS ON SOIL FAUNA - EFFECTS OF POLLUTANTS ON EARTHWORMS - GUIDANCE ON THE DETERMINATION OF EFFECTS IN FIELD SITUATIONS
    BS 7755-3.3(1995) : 1995 SOIL QUALITY - CHEMICAL METHODS - DETERMINATION OF EFFECTIVE CATION EXCHANGE CAPACITY AND BASE SATURATION LEVEL USING BARIUM CHLORIDE SOLUTION
    BS ISO 23909:2008 (published 2008-08) Soil quality. Preparation of laboratory samples from large samples
    BS 7755-4.3.1(1994) : 1994 SOIL QUALITY - BIOLOGICAL METHODS - EFFECTS OF POLLUTANTS ON SOIL FLORA - METHOD FOR THE MEASUREMENT OF INHIBITION OF ROOT GROWTH
    BS ISO 11464:2006 Soil quality. Pretreatment of samples for physio-chemical analysis
    BS ISO 5667-11 : 2009 WATER QUALITY - SAMPLING - PART 11: GUIDANCE ON SAMPLING OF GROUNDWATERS
    BS ISO 11262:2011 (published 2011-11) Soil quality. Determination of total cyanide
    ISO 10381-7:2005 Soil quality Sampling Part 7: Guidance on sampling of soil gas
    BS ISO 10381-6 : 2009 SOIL QUALITY - SAMPLING - PART 6: GUIDANCE ON THE COLLECTION, HANDLING AND STORAGE OF SOIL UNDER AEROBIC CONDITIONS FOR THE ASSESSMENT OF MICROBIOLOGICAL PROCESSES, BIOMASS AND DIVERSITY IN THE LABORATORY
    ISO 15799:2003 Soil quality Guidance on the ecotoxicological characterization of soils and soil materials
    ISO/TR 11046:1994 Soil quality Determination of mineral oil content Method by infrared spectrometry and gas chromatographic method
    BS 7755-3.4(1995) : 1995 SOIL QUALITY - CHEMICAL METHODS - DETERMINATION OF THE SPECIFIC ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY
    BS 7755-3.1(1994) : 1994 SOIL QUALITY - CHEMICAL METHODS - DETERMINATION OF DRY MATTER AND WATER CONTENT ON A MASS BASIS BY A GRAVIMETRIC METHOD
    BS 10175(2001) : 2001 INVESTIGATION OF POTENTIALLY CONTAMINATED SITES - CODE OF PRACTICE
    BS 8485(2007) : 2007 CODE OF PRACTICE FOR THE CHARACTERIZATION AND REMEDIATION FROM GROUND GAS IN AFFECTED DEVELOPMENTS
    BS ISO 15903 : 2002 SOIL QUALITY - FORMAT FOR RECORDING SOIL AND SITE INFORMATION
    DD ISO/TS 17924 : DRAFT 2007 SOIL QUALITY - ASSESSMENT OF HUMAN EXPOSURE FROM INGESTION OF SOIL AND SOIL MATERIAL - GUIDANCE ON THE APPLICATION AND SELECTION OF PHYSIOLOGICALLY BASED EXTRACTION METHODS FOR THE ESTIMATION OF THE HUMAN BIOACCESSIBILITY/BIOAVAILABILITY OF METALS IN SOIL
    BS 8855-2(2000) : 2000 SOIL ANALYSIS - METHOD FOR DETERMINATION OF COAL TAR-DERIVED PHENOLIC COMPOUNDS
    ISO 15800:2003 Soil quality Characterization of soil with respect to human exposure
    BS ISO 11074 : 2005 SOIL QUALITY - VOCABULARY
    BS 7755-5.3(1998) : 1998 SOIL QUALITY - PHYSICAL METHODS - DETERMINATION OF PARTICLE DENSITY
    BS ISO 11275 : 2004 SOIL QUALITY - DETERMINATION OF UNSATURATED HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY AND WATER-RETENTION CHARACTERISTIC - WIND'S EVAPORATION METHOD
    BS 7755-3.7(1995) : 1995 SOIL QUALITY - CHEMICAL METHODS - DETERMINATION OF TOTAL NITROGEN - MODIFIED KJELDAHL METHOD
    BS ISO 17313:2004 Soil quality. Determination of hydraulic conductivity of saturated porous materials using a flexible wall permeameter
    BS 7755-4.4.1(1997) : 1997 SOIL QUALITY - BIOLOGICAL METHODS - EFFECTS OF POLLUTANTS ON MICROBES - DETERMINATION OF SOIL MICROBIAL MASS - SUBSTRATE-INDUCED RESPIRATION METHOD
    BS 7755-4.2.2(1998) : 1998 SOIL QUALITY - BIOLOGICAL METHODS - EFFECTS OF POLLUTANTS ON SOIL FAUNA - DETERMINATION OF EFFECTS ON REPRODUCTION ON EARTHWORMS (EISENIA FETIDA)
    BS ISO 15175 : 2004 SOIL QUALITY - CHARACTERIZATION OF SOIL RELATED TO GROUNDWATER PROTECTION
    BS ISO 22155 : 2011 SOIL QUALITY - GAS CHROMATOGRAPHIC QUANTITATIVE DETERMINATION OF VOLATILE AROMATIC AND HALOGENATED HYDROCARBONS AND SELECTED ETHERS - STATIC HEADSPACE METHOD
    BS ISO 16772:2004 Soil quality. Determination of mercury in aqua regia soil extracts with cold-vapour atomic spectrometry or cold-vapour atomic fluorescence spectrometry
    BS ISO 25177 : 2008 SOIL QUALITY - FIELD SOIL DESCRIPTION
    BS ISO 5667-5:2006 Water quality. Sampling Guidance on sampling of drinking water from treatment works and piped distribution systems
    BS ISO 11269-2 : 2012 SOIL QUALITY - DETERMINATION OF THE EFFECTS OF POLLUTANTS ON SOIL FLORA - PART 2: EFFECTS OF CONTAMINATED SOIL ON THE EMERGENCE AND EARLY GROWTH OF HIGHER PLANTS
    BS 7755-3.12(1996) : 1996 SOIL QUALITY - CHEMICAL METHODS - DETERMINATION OF THE POTENTIAL CATION EXCHANGE CAPACITY AND EXCHANGEABLE CATIONS USING BARIUM CHLORIDE SOLUTION BUFFERED AT PH = 8.1
    BS 6068-6.14(1998) : 1998 WATER QUALITY - SAMPLING - GUIDANCE ON QUALITY ASSURANCE OF ENVIRONMENTAL WATER SAMPLING AND HANDLING
    BS ISO 23470 : 2007 SOIL QUALITY - DETERMINATION OF EFFECTIVE CATION EXCHANGE CAPACITY (CEC) AND EXCHANGEABLE CATIONS USING A HEXAMMINECOBALT TRICHLORIDE SOLUTION
    BS ISO 19730 : 2008 SOIL QUALITY - EXTRACTION OF TRACE ELEMENTS FROM SOIL USING AMMONIUM NITRATE SOLUTION
    ISO 5667-22:2010 Water quality Sampling Part 22: Guidance on the design and installation of groundwater monitoring points
    BS 7755-5.6(1999) : 1999 SOIL QUALITY - PHYSICAL METHODS - DETERMINATION OF DRY BULK DENSITY
    ISO 17402:2008 Soil quality Requirements and guidance for the selection and application of methods for the assessment of bioavailability of contaminants in soil and soil materials
    BS 7755-3.11(1995) : 1995 SOIL QUALITY - CHEMICAL METHODS - DETERMINATION OF WATER-SOLUBLE AND ACID-SOLUBLE SULFATE
    BS ISO 14507 : 2003 SOIL QUALITY - PRETREATMENT OF SAMPLES FOR DETERMINATION OF ORGANIC CONTAMINANTS
    BS 7755-3.10(1995) : 1995 SOIL QUALITY - PART 3: CHEMICAL METHODS - SECTION 10: DETERMINATION OF CARBONATE CONTENT - VOLUMETRIC METHOD
    BS DD220(1994) : 1994 SOIL QUALITY - DETERMINATION OF MINERAL OIL CONTENT - METHOD BY INFRARED SPECTROMETRY AND GAS CHROMATOGRAPHIC METHOD
    BS ISO 10381-2 : 2002 SOIL QUALITY - SAMPLING - PART 2: GUIDANCE ON SAMPLING TECHNIQUES
    BS 7755-3.13(1998) : 1998 SOIL QUALITY - CHEMICAL METHODS - DETERMINATION OF CADMIUM, CHROMIUM, COBALT, COPPER, LEAD, MANGANESE, NICKEL AND ZINC IN AQUA REGIA EXTRACTS OF SOIL - FLAME AND ELECTROTHERMAL ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRIC METHODS
    BS ISO 22892 : 2006 SOIL QUALITY - GUIDELINES FOR THE IDENTIFICATION OF TARGET COMPOUNDS BY GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY AND MASS SPECTROMETRY
    BS 7755-4.4.2(1997) : 1997 SOIL QUALITY - BIOLOGICAL METHODS - EFFECTS OF POLLUTANTS ON MICROBES - DETERMINATION OF SOIL MICROBIAL MASS - FUMIGATION-EXTRACTION METHOD
    BS 7755-3.9(1995) : 1995 SOIL QUALITY - CHEMICAL METHODS - EXTRACTION OF TRACE ELEMENTS SOLUBLE IN AQUA REGIA
    BS ISO 17616:2008 SOIL QUALITY - GUIDANCE ON THE CHOICE AND EVALUATION OF BIOASSAYS FOR ECOTOXICOLOGICAL CHARACTERIZATION OF SOILS AND SOIL MATERIALS
    BS 7755-4.1.1(1995) : 1995 SOIL QUALITY - BIOLOGICAL METHODS - BIODEGRADABILITY - GUIDANCE ON LABORATORY TESTING FOR BIODEGRADATION OF ORGANIC CHEMICALS IN SOIL UNDER AEROBIC CONDITIONS
    BS 6187(2000) : 2000 CODE OF PRACTICE FOR DEMOLITION
    BS ISO 5667-6 : 2014 WATER QUALITY - SAMPLING - PART 6: GUIDANCE ON SAMPLING OF RIVERS AND STREAMS
    BS EN ISO 5667-3:2012 WATER QUALITY - SAMPLING - PART 3: PRESERVATION AND HANDLING OF WATER SAMPLES (ISO 5667-3:2012)
    BS ISO 15009 : 2012 SOIL QUALITY - GAS CHROMATOGRAPHIC DETERMINATION OF THE CONTENT OF VOLATILE AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS, NAPHTHALENE AND VOLATILE HALOGENATED HYDROCARBONS - PURGE-AND-TRAP METHOD WITH THERMAL DESORPTION
    BS DD8855-1(1999) : 1999 SOIL ANALYSIS - PART 1: DETERMINATION OF POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS (PAH)
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