Table of Contents

FOREWARD
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
1.    INTRODUCTION
       1.1    Objective
       1.2    Background
       1.3    How to use the Matrix and Reference Guide
       1.4    Format of the Matrix and Reference Guide

2.    EVALUATION CRITERIA
       2.1    Background
       2.2    Sample Access and Collection Tools
       2.3    Sample Analysis Tools
       2.4    Analytes
         2.4.1  Non-Halogenated Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs)
         2.4.2  Non-Halogenated SVOCs
         2.4.3  Halogenated VOCs
         2.4.4  Halogenated SVOCs
         2.4.5  PAHs
         2.4.6  Pesticides
         2.4.7  Metals
         2.4.8  Radionuclides
         2.4.9  Inorganics
        2.4.10  Explosives
        2.4.11  TPHs

3.    ACCESS TOOLS
       3.1    Drilling Methods - Unconsolidated Formations
         3.1.1  Hollow-Stem Auger
         3.1.2  Direct Mud Rotary
         3.1.3  Directional Drilling
         3.1.4  Solid Flight and Bucket Augers
         3.1.5  Jetting Methods
         3.1.6  Sonic Drilling

       3.2    Drilling Methods - Consolidated Formations
         3.2.1     Direct Air Rotary with Rotary Bot / Downhole Hammer
         3.2.2     Cable Tool
         3.2.3     Rotary Diamond Drilling

       3.3    Drive Methods
         3.3.1     Cone Penetrometer
         3.3.2     Direct Push Sampler

       3.4    Sampling Installations for Portable Samplers
         3.4.1     Driven Wells
         3.4.2     Single Riser/Limited Interval Wells
         3.4.3     Nested Wells/Single Borehole
         3.4.4     Nested Wells/Multiple Boreholes

       3.5    Portable In-SituGround Water Samplers / Sensors
         3.5.1     Direct Drive Samplers
         3.5.2     Passive Multilayer Samplers

       3.6    Fixed In-Situ Samplers
         3.6.1     Multilevel Capsule Samplers
         3.6.2     Multiple-Port Casings
         3.6.3     Passive Multilayer Samplers

       3.7    Destructive Sampling Methods
         3.7.1     Coring and Extraction
         3.7.2     Temporary Installations

4.    COLLECTION TOOLS
       4.1    HAND-HELD METHODS
         4.1.1  Scoops, Spoons, and Shovels
         4.1.2  Augers
         4.1.3  Tubes

       4.2    POWER-DRIVEN SOIL SAMPLERS
         4.2.1  Split and Solid Barrel
         4.2.2  Rotating Core
         4.2.3  Thin-Wall Open Tube
         4.2.4  Thin-Wall Piston/Specialized Thin Wall

       4.3    PORTABLE POSITIVE DISPLACEMENT PUMPS
         4.3.1  Bladder Pump
         4.3.2  Gear Pump
         4.3.3  Submersible Helical Rotor Pump
         4.3.4  Gas-Driven Displacement Pumps
         4.3.5  Gas-Driven Piston Pumps

       4.4    OTHER PORTABLE GROUND WATER SAMPLING PUMPS
         4.4.1  Suction-Lift Pumps (peristaltic)
         4.4.2  Submersible Centrifugal Pump
         4.4.3  Inertial-Lift Pumps

       4.5    PORTABLE GRAB SAMPLERS
         4.5.1  Bailer
         4.5.2  Pneumatic Depth-Specific Samplers
         4.5.3  Mechanical Depth-Specific Samplers

       4.6    EXTRACTIVE COLLECTION METHODS
         4.6.1  Soil Water Extraction
         4.6.2  Sorbent Devices
         4.6.3  Biological Indicators

       4.7    GAS/AIR COLLECTION METHODS
         4.7.1  Soil Gas Sampling (static)
         4.7.2  Soil Gas Probes
         4.7.3  Air Sampling Devices

5.    EXTRACTION METHODS
       5.1    SOLVENT EXTRACTION
       5.2    THERMAL DIGESTION
       5.3    THERMAL EXTRACTION/DESORPTION
       5.4    PURGE AND TRAP
       5.5    HEADSPACE
       5.5    SUPERCRITICAL FLUID EXTRACTION
       5.7    MEMBRANE EXTRACTION
       5.8    SORBENT EXTRACTION

6.    SAMPLE ANALYSIS TOOLS for VOCs, SVOCs, and PESTICIDES
       6.1    In-Situ Analysis
            6.1.1     Solid/Porous Fiber Optic
            6.1.2     Laser-Induced Fluorescence (LIF)

        6.2    Ex-Situ Analysis
            6.2.1     Photo-Ionization Detector
            6.2.2     Flame-Ionization Detector
            6.2.3     Explosimeter
            6.2.4     Gas Chromatography (GC) plus detector
            6.2.5     Catal;ytic Surface Oxidation
            6.2.6     Detector Tubes
            6.2.7     Mass Spectrometry (MS)
            6.2.8     GC / MS
            6.2.9     GC / Ion Trap MS
            6.2.10   Ion Trap MS
            6.2.11   Ion Mobility Spectrometer
            6.2.12   Ultraviolet (UV) Fluorescence
            6.2.13   Synchronous Luminescence/Fluorescence
            6.2.14   UV-Visible Spectrophotometry
            6.2.15   Infrared Spectroscopy
            6.2.16   Fourier Transform Infrared (FTIR) Spectroscopy
            6.2.17   Scattering/Absorption LIDAR
            6.2.18   Raman Spectroscopy/Surface Enhanced Raman Scattering (SERS)
            6.2.19   Near IR Reflectance/Transmitance Spectrometry
            6.2.20   Immunoassay Colorimetric Kits
            6.2.21   Amperometric and Galvanic Cell Sensor
            6.2.22   Semiconductor Sensors
            6.2.23   Piezoelectric Sensors
            6.2.24   Field Bioassessment
            6.2.25   Toxicity Tests
            6.2.26   Room-Temperature Phosphorimetry
            6.2.27   Chemical Colorimetric Kits
            6.2.28   Free Product Sensors
            6.2.29   Ground Penetration Radar
            6.2.30   Thin-Layer Chromatography

7.    SAMPLE ANALYSIS TOOLS for METALS
       7.1    Ex-Situ Analysis
            7.1.1     Atomic Absorption (AA) Spectroscopy
            7.1.2     Inductively-Coupled Plasma-Atomic Emission Spectroscopy (ICP-AES)
            7.1.3     X-Ray Fluorescence
            7.1.4     Chemical Colorimetric Kits
            7.1.5     Titrimetry Kits
            7.1.6     Immunassay Colorimetric Kits
            7.1.7     Anodic Stripping Voltammetry
            7.1.8     Fluorescence Spectrophotometry
            7.1.9     Amperometric and Galvanic Cell Sensor
          7.1.10     Field Bioassessment
          7.1.11     Toxicity Tests
          7.1.12     Ion Chromatography

8.    RADIONUCLIDES
       8.1    IN-SITU Analysis
            8.1.1     Gamma Radiation

       8.2    EX-SITU Analysis
            8.2.1     Radiation Detectors
            8.2.2     Gamma Ray Spectrometry
            8.2.3     Nuclear Magnetic Resonance
            8.2.4     Piezocone Magnetic Meter
            8.2.5     Field Bioassessment
            8.2.6     Toxicity Tests

9.    SAMPLE ANALYSIS TOOLS for EXPLOSIVES
       9.1    EX-SITU Analysis
            9.1.1     Gas Chromatography (GC) plus detector
            9.1.2     Mass Spectrometry
            9.1.3     GC/MS
            9.1.4     Ion Mobility Spectrometer
            9.1.5     Field Bioassessments
            9.1.6     Toxicity Tests
            9.1.7     Chemical Colorimetric Kits
            9.1.8     Immunoassay Colorimetric Kits

    APPENDICES
          Appendix A  THE ACCELERATED SITE CHARACTERIZATION PROCESS
          Appendix B  GENERAL REFERENCES
          Appendix C  LIST of ACRONYMS
          Appendix D  SAMPLE ACCESS and COLLECTION TOOLS MATRIX
          Appendix E  SAMPLE ANALYSIS TOOLS MATRIX