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INVESTIGATION OF POTENTIALLY CONTAMINATED SITES - CODE OF PRACTICE
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Published date
01-01-2011
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Foreword ii
Introduction
1 Scope
2 Normative references
3 Terms and definitions
4 Setting the objectives of an investigation
5 Developing an investigation strategy
6 Preliminary investigation
7 Design and planning of field investigations
8 Fieldwork
9 Off-site analysis of samples
10 Reports
Annex A (informative) - Examples of site investigations
Annex B (informative) - Example 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) - Annex E deleted
Annex F (informative) - Rapid field measurement methods
Annex G (informative) - Laboratory analysis
Annex H (informative) - Suitability of sample containers
Annex I (informative) - Annex I deleted
Bibliography
Specifies recommendations for, and guidance on, the investigation of land potentially affected by contamination and land with naturally elevated concentrations of potentially harmful substances, to determine or manage any risks.
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Supersedes BS 10175(2001) & 10/30205348 DC. (04/2011) Supersedes 13/30282172 DC. (10/2013) 2011 Edition Re-Issued in December 2017 & incorporates AMD 2 2017. Supersedes 17/30362550 DC. (12/2017)
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Standard
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134
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British Standards Institution
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Current
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| BS DD220(1994) : 1994 | SOIL QUALITY - DETERMINATION OF MINERAL OIL CONTENT - METHOD BY INFRARED SPECTROMETRY AND GAS CHROMATOGRAPHIC METHOD |
| BS ISO 12404 : 2011 | SOIL QUALITY - GUIDANCE ON THE SELECTION AND APPLICATION OF SCREENING METHODS |
| BS 7755-3.13:1998 | 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 7755-3.9:1995 | 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 | Soil quality. Biological methods. Biodegradability Guidance on laboratory testing for biodegradation of organic chemicals in soil under aerobic conditions |
| BS EN ISO 5667-3:2012 | Water quality. Sampling Preservation and handling of water samples |
| 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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