Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2013C00288:reg:1850:p81
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2013C00288
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 1850 (pt 81/117)
Character Range: 575411–578487

included as an appendix to the report together with details of relevant QA protocols, and QC results and chain-of-custody documentation. Further information is provided in Appendix C.

14.7          Presentation of bore logs
Bore logs and test pit logs are necessary to provide accurate descriptions of soil types encountered throughout the profile and should clearly distinguish natural soils from fill. Sample locations and perched water and groundwater levels should be shown. If rubble or rubbish is encountered, the percentages of each type of foreign matter should be estimated. Soil profile information may be presented as an appendix or used to construct cross-sectional drawings of the site. Presentation of the locations of odours, stains and field test measurements on the logs would assist with the site assessment. Bore logs are also to be used to represent the construction of monitoring wells. Refer also to Section 7.3 and Section 8.2.2.

Examples of bore, monitoring well and test pit logs are shown in Appendix D.

14.8          Photography
A photographic record that is well labelled for date, location and orientation is a valuable reference tool for items such as the site inspection (for example, topography, soil staining, state of underground storage tanks when removed, visual signs of plant toxicity), and the strata present in test pits and soil cores. It may also be useful for recording the appearance of split samples, particularly any visible heterogeneity in the field.

14.9          QA/QC documentation
The following QA/QC documentation should be included (but not limited to):
    * disposal dockets and receipts issued when contaminated soil and fuel tanks or other structures are removed from the site
    * validation of any 'clean fill' used at the site
    * certificates of clearance for asbestos removal or remediation clearance
    * QA/QC protocols for field and laboratory work
    * calibration reports for all field monitoring equipment
    * chain-of-custody documents for all soil, vapour, groundwater and surface water samples and laboratory receipt notices.

Further information is provided in Appendix C.

14.10      Electronic data
Consultants, assessors and government agencies should have access to electronic data (such as site data in spreadsheet form) as it avoids a further source of transcription error and facilitates the further analysis of data using other software packages.

Users of data should be aware of copyright, data protection and data integrity issues.

 Table 10. Example report structure for soil analytical results
Soil Bore  Depth    As     Cd     Co     Cu     Hg (inorganic)  Ni     Pb     Zn
           mm       mg/kg  mg/kg  mg/kg  mg/kg  mg/kg           mg/kg  mg/kg  mg/kg
A7         0-50     3      <0.05  4      28      0.25           14     200    210
A7         150-300  3      <0.05  6      100     0.25           15     170    220
A7         300-450  <0.05  <0.05  8      20     <0.05           20     10     34
A8         0-50     2      <0.05  18     8.0    0.50            75     36