Common use of Laboratory Procedures Clause in Contracts

Laboratory Procedures. for the analyses of aqueous and sediment toxicity of samples from freshwater estuarine and marine environments. County hereby engages Contractor to examine and perform toxicological analyses of aqueous and benthic sediment samples from freshwater, estuarine and marine environments by County. Contractor shall perform all analyses according to published methods presented in the following documents or their subsequent updates: 1. U.S. EPA. 1991a. Methods for Aquatic Toxicity Identification Evaluations: Phase I Toxicity Characterization Procedures, 2nd ed., EPA/600/6-91/003. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Research and Development, Environmental Research Laboratory, Duluth, Minnesota. 2. U.S. EPA, 2002. Methods for Measuring the Acute Toxicity of Effluents and Receiving Waters to Freshwater and Marine Organisms, 5th Edition. EPA-821-R-02-012. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Water, Washington, DC. 3. U.S. EPA. 1992. Toxicity Identification Evaluation: Characterization of Chronically Toxic Effluents, Phase I, EPA/600/6-91/005F. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Research and Development, Environmental Research Laboratory, Duluth, Minnesota. 4. U.S. EPA. 1994 Methods for Assessing the Toxicity of Sediment-associated Contaminants with Estuarine and Marine Amphipods. EPA/600/R-94/025, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Research and Development, Narragansett, Rhode Island.