a) Yes (10/31/94)
b) Yes.(10/31/94)
c) It would generally be inappropriate to purchase prepared Calibration and Independent Standards from the same purveyor; however, if one is purchasing pristine pure compounds for the purported purpose of preparing precise standards, one vendor may be acceptable.
The main concept is that an inaccuracy caused by an impure standard material would be identified by the use of a different compound, assuming that the second compound is not impure by an identical amount. Similar logic is applied in that a different chemist should prepare the second standard to avoid replicating an inadvertent mispreparation.(10/31/94)
d) Quality control for OFID (FR V59, No32, pp7828-7833)
| OC Provision | Required | Recommended |
|---|---|---|
| CalCheck Standards 1 per 10 samples or once per analysis batch |
+10% EtOH
|
+6% EtOH |
| Independent Check Stds 1 per 100 samples or once per analysis batch |
+10% EtOH |
+6% EtOH |
| Spikes Required only if matrix effects are suspected. One per analysis batch or one per ten samples recommended |
+10% EtOH MeOH +16% MTBE t-BuOH |
+10% EtOH |
| Duplicates | Limit to Range | |
| (Duplicates are not required, but it is recommended that one sample in tenor one per analysis batch be duplicated)(10/31/94) |
MeOH 0.043C + 0.010 |
This question and answer was posted at Consolidated List of Reformulated Gasoline and Anti-Dumping Questions and Answers: July 1, 1994 through November 10, 1997 (PDF)(333 pp, 18.17 MB, EPA420-R-03-009, July 2003, About PDF)