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Systematic Planning Case Studies

These documents show the use of the Data Quality Objectives (DQO) Process in the form of case studies involving particulate matter ambient air monitoring and hazardous waste site investigations.

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Systematic Planning: A Case Study for Hazardous Waste Site Investigations (EPA QA/CS-1) (PDF)(67 pp, 1 MB, 240-B-06-004)
Systematic Planning: A Case Study of Particulate Matter Ambient Air Monitoring (EPA QA/CS-2) (PDF)(51 pp, 408 K, 240-B-07-001)