Priority pollutant plus 40 definition
Priority pollutant plus 40 or "PP+40" means the priority pollutant list of 126 compounds and elements developed by the EPA pursuant to Section 307(a)(1) of the Clean Water Act and 40 non-targeted organic compounds detected by gas chromatography/mass spectroscopy (GC/MS) analysis. For the purposes of this chapter, a PP+40 scan means the analysis of a sample for all priority pollutants except asbestos and 2,3,7,8-tetrachloro-dibenzo-p-dioxin, and up to 15 non- targeted volatile organic compounds and up to 25 non-targeted semivolatile organic compounds as analyzed using GC/MS analytical methods. Non-targeted compound criteria shall be used pursuant to the version of the EPA "Contract Laboratory Program Statement of Work for Organic Analysis, Multi-media, Multi-concentration" in effect as of the date which the laboratory is performing the analysis.