California Code of Regulations › Title 22 - Social Security › Division 4 - Environmental Health › Chapter 19 - Certification of Environmental Laboratories › Article 12 - Subgroups for Fields of Testing [Repealed] › Section 64823 - Fields of Testing

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
(a)
				  Field of Testing 1 consists of those methods whose purpose is to detect the
				  presence of microorganisms in the determination of drinking water or wastewater
				  quality and encompasses the following Subgroups: detection of total coliform,
				  fecal coliform, or Escherichia coli (E. coli) organisms by Multiple Tube
				  Fermentation technics; detection of total coliform, fecal coliform, or
				  Escherichia coli (E. coli) organisms by Membrane Filter technics; Heterotrophic
				  Plate Count technics; detection of both total coliforms and Escherichia coli
				  (E. coli) organisms by the Minimal Medium
				  ortho-nitrophenyl-beta-D-galactopyranoside -
				  4-methylumbelliferyl-beta-D-glucuronide (MMO-MUG) technics; detection of total
				  coliform, fecal coliform, or Escherichia coli (E. coli) organisms by use of
				  Clark's Presence/Absence medium; Fecal streptococci and Enterococci by Multiple
				  Tube Fermentation technics, Fecal streptococci and Enterococci by Membrane
				  Filter technics; detection of total coliforms and fecal coliforms other than
				  for drinking water or wastewater quality.
(b) Field of Testing 2 consists of those
				  analytes or methods whose purpose is to detect the presence of inorganic
				  substances in the determination of drinking water quality and whose methods
				  require the use colorimetric, gravimetric, titrimetric, electrometric, or ion
				  chromatographic technic; and encompasses the following Subgroups: alkalinity;
				  calcium (titrimetric technics); chloride; corrosivity; fluoride; hardness
				  (direct determination); magnesium (titrimetric technics); methylene blue active
				  substances (MBAS); nitrate; nitrite; sodium (flame emission technics); sulfate;
				  total filterable residue and conductivity; iron; manganese; orthophosphate;
				  silica; cyanide; potassium (flame emission technics).
(c) Field of Testing 3 consists of those
				  methods whose purpose is to detect the presence of trace metals, or asbestos in
				  the determination of drinking water quality and whose methods require the use
				  of an atomic absorption, inductively coupled plasma, inductively coupled
				  plasma/mass spectrophotometer, or electron microscope device and encompasses
				  the following Subgroups: arsenic; barium; cadmium; total chromium; copper;
				  iron; lead; manganese; mercury; selenium; silver; zinc; aluminum; asbestos;
				  antimony; beryllium; nickel; thallium; calcium; magnesium; sodium;
				  potassium.
(d) Filed of Testing 4
				  consists of those methods whose purpose is to detect the presence of trace
				  organics in the determination of drinking water quality, and require the use of
				  a gas chromatographic/mass spectrophotometric device and encompasses the
				  following Subgroups: EPA method 524.2 for volatile organics; EPA method 501.3
				  for trihalomethanes; EPA method 525 for acid and base/neutral compounds; EPA
				  method 513 for dioxins; EPA method 1613 for dioxins.
(e) Field of Testing 5 consists of those
				  methods whose purpose is to detect the presence of trace organics in the
				  determination ofdrinking water quality and do not require the use of a gas
				  chromatographic/mass spectrophotometric device and encompasses the following
				  Subgroups: EPA method 501.1 for trihalomethanes; EPA method 501.2 for
				  trihalomethanes; EPA method 510 for total trihalomethanes; EPA method 508 for
				  chlorinated pesticides; EPA method 515.1 for chlorophenoxy herbicides; EPA
				  method 502.1 for halogenated volatiles; EPA method 503.1 for aromatic
				  volatiles; EPA method 502.2 for both halogenated and aromatic volatiles; EPA
				  method 504 for EDB and DBCP; EPA method 505 for chlorinated pesticides and
				  ploychlorinated biphenyls; EPA method 507 for the haloacids; EPA method 531.1
				  for carbamates; EPA method 547 for glyphosate; EPA method 506 for adipates and
				  phthalates; EPA method 508A for total polychlorinated biphenyls; EPA method 548
				  for endothall; EPA method549 for diquat and paraquat; EPA method 550 for
				  polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons; EPA method 550.1 for polycyclic aromatic
				  hydrocarbons; EPA method 551 for chlorination disinfection byproducts; EPA
				  method 552 for haloacetic acids.
(f) Field of Testing 6 consists of those
				  methods whose purpose is to detect the presence of radioactive substances in
				  drinking water, wastewater, or hazardous wastes; and encompasses the following
				  Subgroups: gross alpha and beta radiation; total radium; radium 226; uranium;
				  radon 222; radioactive cesium; iodine 131; radioactive strontium; tritium;
				  gamma emitting isotopes; gross alpha by coprecipitation; radium 228;
				  radioactive iodine; gross alpha and beta radiation in hazardous wastes; alpha
				  emitting radium isotopes in hazardous wastes; radium 228 in hazardous
				  wastes.
(g) Field of Testing 7
				  consists of those methods whose purpose is to detect the presence of microbial
				  contamination or toxins in the determination of shellfish meat quality and
				  encompasses the following Subgroups: shellfish meat microbiology; paralytic
				  shellfish poison (PSP) and other marine biotoxins; microbiology of shellfish
				  growing waters.
(h) Field of
				  Testing 8 consists of those methods whose purpose is to detect the presence of
				  toxins in the determination of wastewater quality, or in hazardous wastes and
				  encompasses the following Subgroups: hazardous waste testing pursuant to Title
				  22, California Code of Regulations, Section 66261.24(a)(6); wastewater testing
				  according to Kopperdahl (1976) using freshwater fish; wastewater testing
				  according to EPA/600/4-85/013 using freshwater and/or marine organisms;
				  wastewater testing by EPA method 1000.0; wastewater testing by EPA method
				  1002.0; wastewater testing by EPA method 1003.0; wastewater testing by EPA
				  method 1006; wastewater testing by EPA method 1007; wastewater testing by EPA
				  method 1009; wastewater testing according to Anderson, et al. (1990) using
				  Giant Kelp (Macrocystis pyrifera); wastewater testing according to Anderson, et
				  al. (1990) using red abalone (Haliotus rufescens); wastewater testing according
				  to Dinnel and Stober (1987) using purple sea urchin (Strongylocentrotus
				  purpuratus); wastewater testing according to Dinnel and Stober (1987) using red
				  sea urchin (Strongylocentrotus franciscanus); wastewater testing according to
				  Dinnel and Stober (1987) using sand dollar (Dendraster excentricus); wastewater
				  testing according to procedure E 724-89 (ASTM, 1989) using Pacific oyster
				  (Crassostrea gigas); wastewater testing according to procedure E 724-89 (ASTM,
				  1989) using California Bay Mussel (Mytilus edulis); wastewater testing
				  according to procedure E 1218-90 (ASTM, 1990) using an alga (skeletonema
				  costatum); wastewater testing according to EPA/600/4-90/027 using freshwater
				  and/or marine organisms.
(i) Field
				  of Testing 9 consists of those methods whose purpose is to detect physical
				  properties of hazardous wastes for regulatory purposes and encompasses the
				  following Subgroups: ignitability; corrosivity by pH determination; corrosivity
				  by corrosivity towards steel; reactivity.
(j) Field of Testing 10 consists of those
				  methods whose purpose is to detect the presence of inorganic substances in
				  hazardous waste samples and encompasses the following Subgroups: antimony;
				  arsenic; barium; beryllium; cadmium; chromium, total; cobalt; copper; lead;
				  mercury; molybdenum; nickel; selenium; silver, thallium; vanadium; zinc;
				  chromium (VI); cyanide; fluoride; sulfide; total organic lead.
(k) Field of Testing 11 consists of those
				  methods whose purpose is to prepare samples of hazardous wastes for further
				  testing and encompasses the following Subgroups: California waste extraction
				  test (WET); extraction procedure toxicity (EP TOX); toxicity characteristic
				  leaching procedure (TCLP), all phases; TCLP, extraction of inorganics only;
				  TCLP, extraction of semivolatile organics only; TCLP, extraction of volatile
				  organics only.
(l) Field of Testing
				  12 consists of those methods whose purpose is to detect the presence of trace
				  organics in hazardous waste samples, and do not require the use of a gas
				  chromatographic/mass spectrophotometric device and encompasses the following
				  Subgroups: EPA method 8240 for volatile compounds; EPA method 8250 for
				  semivolatile compounds; EPA method 8270 for semivolatile compounds; EPA method
				  8280 for dioxins, EPA method 8290, EPA method 8260.
(m) Field of Testing 13 consists of those
				  methods whose purpose is to detect the presence of trace organics in hazardous
				  waste samples, and do not require the use of a gas chromatographic/mass
				  spectrophotometric device and encompasses the following Subgroups: EPA method
				  8010 for halogenated volatiles; EPA method 8015 for nonhalogenated volatiles;
				  EPA method 8020 for aromatic volatiles; EPA method 8030 for acrolein,
				  acrylonitrile, acetonitrile; EPA method 8040 for phenols; EPA method 8060 for
				  phthalate esters; EPA method 8080 for organochlorine pesticides or
				  polychlorinated biphenyls; EPA method 8090 for nitroaromatics and cyclic
				  ketones; EPA method 8100 for polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbon; EPA method 8130
				  for polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons; EPA method 8120 for chlorinated
				  hydrocarbons; EPA method 8140 for organophosphorus pesticides; EPA method 8150
				  for chlorinated herbicides; EPA method 632 for carbamates; total petroleum
				  hydrocarbons - gasoline (LUFT manual); total petroleum hydrocarbons - diesel
				  (LUFT manual); EPA method 8011; EPA method 8021; EPA method 8070; EPA method
				  8110; EPA method 8141; EPA method 8330; EPA method 8080 for PCBs only; EPA
				  method 8080 for chlorinated pesticides only.
(n) Field of Testing 14 consists of those
				  methods whose purpose is to detect the presence of asbestos for purposes of
				  complying with the provisions of Title 22, California Code of Regulations,
				  Section66261.24(a)9 2)(A) and encompasses the following Subgroups: asbestos by
				  polarized light microsopy.
(o)
				  Field of Testing 15 shall be any method whose purpose is to detect the presence
				  of any analyte found in the list of substances regulated by the California Safe
				  Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Act in drinking water, wastewater,
				  hazardous wastes, and contaminated soils or sediments, but which method is not
				  within any subgroup of any other Field of Testing cited in this
				  section.
(p) Field of Testing 16
				  consists of those methods whose purpose is to detect the presence of inorganic
				  substances, nutrients, physical or chemical demands, or physical properties in
				  the determination of wastewater quality, and whose methods require the use
				  colorimetric, gravimetric, titrimetric, electrometric, or ion chromatographic
				  technics and encompasses the following Subgroups: acidity; alkalinity (includes
				  determination of bicarbonate, carbonate, & hydroxide); ammonia; biochemical
				  oxygen demand (BOD); boron; bromide; calcium (titrimetric technics);
				  carbonaceous biochemical oxygen demand (cBOD); chemical oxygen demand (COD);
				  chloride; chlorine residual, total; cyanide; cyanide amenable to chlorination;
				  fluoride; hardness (direct determination); kjeldahl nitrogen (includes
				  determination of organic nitrogen); magnesium (titrimetric technics); nitrate;
				  nitrite; oil and grease; organic carbon; oxygen, dissolved, pH; phenols;
				  phosphate ortho; phosphorus, total; potassium (flame emission technics);
				  residue, total; residue, filterable (total dissolved solids); residue,
				  nonfilterable (total suspended solids); residue, settleable (settleable
				  solids); residue, volatile; silica; sodium (flame emission technics); specific
				  conductance; sulfate; sulfide (includes total and soluble); sulfite;
				  surfactants (MBAs); tannin and lignin; turbidity; iron; manganese; total
				  recoverable hydrocarbons by EPA method 418.1; total organic halides.
(q) Field of Testing 17 consists of those
				  methods whose purpose is to detect the presence of trace metals, or asbestos in
				  the determination of wastewater quality and whose methods require the use of an
				  atomic absorption, inductively coupled plasma, inductively coupled plasma/mass
				  spectrophotometer, or electron microscope device and encompasses the following
				  Subgroups: aluminum; antimony; arsenic; barium; beryllium; cadmium; chromium
				  (VI); chromium, total; cobalt; copper; gold; iridium; iron; lead; manganese;
				  mercury; molybdenum; nickel, osmium; palladium; platinum; rhodium; ruthenium;
				  selenium; silver; strontium; thallium; tin; titanium; vanadium; zinc; asbestos;
				  calcium; magnesium; potassium; sodium.
(r) Field of Testing 18 consists of those
				  methods whose purpose is to detect the presence of trace organics in the
				  determination of wastewater quality, and require the use of a gas
				  chromatographic/mass spectrophotometric device and encompasses the following
				  Subgroups: EPA method 624 for volatile organics; EPA method 625 for acid and
				  base/neutral compounds; EPA method 1613 for dioxins; EPA method 1625 for
				  dioxins; EPA method 613.
(s) Field
				  of Testing 19 consists of those methods whose purpose is to detect the presence
				  of trace organics in the determination of wastewater quality, and do not
				  require the use of a gas chromatographic/mass spectrophotometric device and
				  encompasses the following Subgroups: EPA method 601 for halogenated volatiles;
				  EPA method 602 for aromatic volatiles; EPA method 603 for acrolein,
				  acrylonitrile, acetonitrile; EPA method 604 for phenols; EPA method 605 for
				  benzidine; EPA method 606 for phthalate esters; EPA method 607 for
				  nitrosoamines; EPA method 608 for organochlorine pesticides or polychlorinated
				  biphenyls; EPA method 609 for nitroaromatics and cyclic ketones; EPA method 610
				  for polynuclear aromatics; EPA method 612 for haloethers; EPA method 632 for
				  carbamates; EPA method 619; EPA method 608 for PCBs only; EPA method 608 for
				  chlorinated pesticides only.
(t)
				  Field of Testing 20 consists of those methods whose purpose is to detect the
				  presence of inorganic pesticide residues in raw agricultural or bulk processed
				  food and encompasses the following Subgroups: pesticide residues in processed
				  foods detected by either atomic absorption, inductively coupled plasma,
				  inductively coupled plasma/mass spectrophotometer, or colorimetric technics;
				  pesticide residues in raw commodities detected by either atomic absorption,
				  inductively coupled plasma, inductively coupled plasma/mass spectrophotometer,
				  or colorimetric technics; pesticide residues in dairy products detected by
				  either atomic absorption, inductively coupled plasma, inductively coupled
				  plasma/mass spectrophotometer, or colorimetric technics; pesticide residues in
				  feed products detected by either atomic absorption, inductively coupled plasma,
				  inductively coupled plasma/mass spectrophotometer, or colorimetric
				  technics.
(u) Field of Testing 21
				  consists of those methods whose purpose is to detect the presence of organic
				  pesticide residues in raw agricultural or bulk processed food, and require the
				  use of a gas chromatographic/mass spectrophotometric device and encompass the
				  following Subgroups: chromatographic/mass spectrophotometric methods in either
				  processed foods; raw commodities; dairy products; feed products.
(v) Field of Testing 22 consists of those
				  methods whose purpose is to detect the presence of organic pesticide residues
				  in raw agricultural or bulk processed food, and do not require the use of a gas
				  chromatographic/mass spectrophotometric device and encompass the following
				  Subgroups: halogenated compounds in processed foods detected by either gas
				  chromatography, high pressure liquid chromatography, or liquid
				  chromatography/mass spectrophotometry technics; organophosphorous compounds in
				  processed foods detected by either gas chromatography, high pressure liquid
				  chromatography, or liquid chromatography/mass spectrophotometry technics;
				  carbamates in processed foods detected by either gas chromatography, high
				  pressure liquid chromatography, or liquid chromatography/mass spectrophotometry
				  technics; halogenated compounds in raw commodities detected by either gas
				  chromatograph, high pressure liquid chromatography, or liquid
				  chromatography/mass spectrophotometry technics; organophosphorous compounds in
				  raw commodities detected by either gas chromatography, high pressure liquid
				  chromatography, or liquid chromatography/mass spectrophotometry technics;
				  carbamates in raw commodities detected by either gas chromatography, high
				  pressure liquid chromatography, or liquid chromatography/mass spectrophotometry
				  technics; halogenated compounds in dairy products detected by either gas
				  chromatography, high pressure liquid chromatography, or liquid
				  chromatography/mass spectrophotometry technics; organophosphorous compounds in
				  dairy products detected by either gas chromatography, high pressure liquid
				  chromatography, or liquid chromatography/mass spectrophotometry technics;
				  carbamates in dairy products detected by either gas chromatography, high
				  pressure liquid chromatography, or liquid chromatography/mass spectrophotometry
				  technics; halogenated compounds in feed products detected by either gas
				  chromatography, high pressure liquid chromatography, or liquid
				  chromatography/mass spectrophotometry technics; organophosphorous compounds in
				  feed products detected by either gas chromatography, high pressure liquid
				  chromatography, or liquid chromatography/mass spectrophotometry technics;
				  carbamates in feed products detected by either gas chromatography, high
				  pressure liquid chromatography, or liquid chromatography/mass spectrophotometry
				  technics.
(w) Field of Testing 23
				  consists of the subgroup members appropriate to the Field of Testing stated by
				  the laboratory, pursuant to Section 64805(b)(1).
Note: Authority cited: Sections 208 and 1011, Health and
						Safety Code. Reference: Sections 1012, 1013, 1015, 1017 and 1019, Health and
						Safety Code.