Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2013C00288:reg:9:p3
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2013C00288
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 9 (pt 3/12)
Character Range: 308844–312193

and aerial photographs
3.3.2 Land Use Zoning
3.3.3 Present owners, occupiers and current users of the site
3.3.4 Previous owners and occupiers of the site
3.3.5 Previous activities/uses
3.3.6 Services to the property (including sewer
and underground services)
3.3.7 Previous and present building and structures
3.3.8 Industrial processes carried out on site and the
products manufactured
3.3.9 Chemical storage and transfer areas
3.3.10 Raw materials used
3.3.11 Intermediate products
3.3.12 Product spills, losses, incidents and accidents
(including fire)
3.3.13 Discharges to land and water
3.3.14 Wastes produced
3.3.15 Power generation
3.3.16 Waste disposal locations and imported fill
3.3.17 Earthmoving activities carried out on the site
3.3.18 Interview information
3.3.19 Sources of information
3.4 Environmental setting
3.5 Local geology and hydrogeology
3.6 Site inspection
4 Conceptual site models
4.1 Overview
4.2 Iterative development of conceptual site models
4.3 Essential elements of conceptual site models
4.4 Assessing data gaps and uncertainties in conceptual
site models
5 Systematic planning for collection of
environmental data
5.1 Introduction
5.2 Data quality objective process
5.3 Sampling and analysis quality plans
5.4 Quality assurance and quality control
5.4.1 Overview
5.4.2 Field quality assurance procedures
5.4.3 Field quality control procedures
5.4.4 Sample handling, storage and transport
5.4.5 Chain of custody
5.5 Choice of analytes
5.6 Data quality assessment
6 Sampling Design
6.1 Introduction
6.2 Categories of sampling designs
6.2.1 Judgemental sampling
6.2.2 Simple random sampling
6.2.3 Systematic and grid  sampling
6.2.4 Stratified sampling
6.2.5 Transect sampling
6.2.6 Composite sampling
6.3 Selecting a sampling design
6.4 Sampling density and depth of sampling
7 Soil assessment
7.1 Introduction
7.2 Soil investigation techniques
7.2.1 Test pits and trenches
7.2.2 Intact soil coring
7.2.3 Cone Penetrometer Testing
7.2.4 Membrane interface probe
7.2.5 Laser-induced fluorescence
7.2.6 Soil vapour surveys
7.2.7 Ground penetrating radar
7.3 Field description of soils
7.4 Field testing
7.4.1 Gas detector tubes
7.4.2 Colorimetric test kits
7.4.3 Headspace testing using photo-ionisation and flame
ionisation detectors
7.4.4 Field portable x-ray fluorescence
7.4.5 Field gas chromatography
7.4.6 Immunoassay test kits
7.5 Stockpile sampling
7.5.1 Excavation and inspection of the stockpile
7.5.2 Number of samples
7.5.3 Sample point distribution
7.5.4 Sampling
7.6 Assessment of soil leachability to groundwaters and
surface waters
7.6.1 Leaching potential to groundwater and surface water
7.6.2 Soil leaching tests
7.6.3 Theoretical calculation of porewater concentration
7.6.4 Disposal of contaminated soils
8 Groundwater assessment
8.1 Groundwater investigation approaches
8.1.1 Introduction
8.1.2 Scope of investigation
8.1.3 Site-specific conditions
8.1.4 Analyte-specific characteristics
8.2 Monitoring well establishment
8.2.1 Introduction
8.2.2 Logging of boreholes
8.2.3 Well construction
8.2.3.1 Screen depth and length
8.2.3.2 Filter packs and filter socks
8.2.3.3 Sealing and backfilling of boreholes
8.2.3.4 Headworks
8.2.3.5 Well development
8.2.4 Groundwater sampling
8.2.4.1 Target analytes
8.2.4.2 Contaminant distribution
8.2.4.3 Decontamination requirements
8.2.4.4 Field filtration