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Environmental Sampling and Analytical Methods (ESAM) Program

Standardized Analytical Methods for Environmental Restoration following Homeland Security Events (SAM) 3.0

Citation:

U.S. EPA. Standardized Analytical Methods for Environmental Restoration following Homeland Security Events (SAM) 3.0, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, DC, EPA/600/R-07/015, 2007.

Description:

Report

Purpose/Objective:  

The premise and purpose of this document is to standardize the analytical methods that will be used in cases when multiple laboratories are called on to analyze environmental samples following a homeland security event. The document also is intended as a tool that will be available to assist state and local laboratories in planning for and analyzing environmental samples following a homeland security event.

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