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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
AGENCY
40 CFR Part 141
Expedited Approval of Alternative Test
Procedures for the Analysis of
Contaminants Under the Safe Drinking
Water Act; Analysis and Sampling
Procedures
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Final rule.
AGENCY:
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The Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA) is announcing the
Agency’s approval of alternative testing
methods for use in measuring the levels
of contaminants in drinking water and
determining compliance with national
primary drinking water regulations. The
Safe Drinking Water Act authorizes the
EPA to approve the use of alternative
testing methods through publication in
the Federal Register. The EPA is using
this authority to make 100 additional
methods available for analyzing
drinking water samples. This expedited
approach provides public water
systems, laboratories, and primacy
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agencies with more timely access to new
measurement techniques and greater
flexibility in the selection of analytical
methods, thereby reducing monitoring
costs while maintaining public health
protection.
This action is effective October
12, 2018.
DATES:
The EPA has established a
docket for this action under Docket ID
No. EPA–HQ–OW–2018–0558. All
documents in the docket are listed on
the https://www.regulations.gov/
Website. Although listed in the index,
some information is not publicly
available, e.g., confidential business
information (CBI) or other information
whose disclosure is restricted by statute.
Certain other material, such as
copyrighted material, is not placed on
the internet and will be publicly
available only in hard copy form.
Publicly available docket materials are
ADDRESSES:
I. General Information
A. Does this action apply to me?
Public water systems are the regulated
entities required to measure
contaminants in drinking water
samples. The EPA Regions as well as
states and tribal governments with
authority to administer the regulatory
program for public water systems under
the Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA)
may also measure contaminants in
water samples. When the EPA sets a
monitoring requirement in its national
primary drinking water regulations for a
given contaminant, the Agency also
establishes (in the regulations)
standardized test procedures for
analysis of the contaminant. This action
makes alternative testing methods
available for particular drinking water
contaminants beyond the testing
methods currently established in the
regulations. The EPA is providing
public water systems, required to test
water samples, with a choice of using
either a test procedure already
established in the existing regulations or
an alternative testing method that has
been approved in this action or in prior
expedited approval actions. Categories
and entities that may ultimately be
interested in this expedited methods
approval action include:
Category
Examples of potentially regulated entities
State, local, & tribal governments ............
State, local, and tribal governments that analyze water samples on behalf of public
water systems required to conduct such analysis; state, local, and tribal governments that directly operate community and non-transient non-community water
systems required to monitor.
Private operators of community and non-transient non-community water systems
required to monitor.
Municipal operators of community and non-transient non-community water systems
required to monitor.
Industry .....................................................
Municipalities ............................................
1 North
NAICS 1
924110
221310
924110
American Industry Classification System.
This table is not intended to be
exhaustive, but rather provides the
EPA’s guide for readers regarding
entities likely to be interested in this
action. Other types of entities not listed
in the table may also have some interest.
To determine whether this action may
concern your facility, you should
carefully examine the applicability
language in the Code of Federal
Regulations (CFR) at 40 CFR 141.2
(definition of a public water system). If
you have questions regarding the
applicability of this action to a
particular entity, consult the person
listed in the preceding FOR FURTHER
INFORMATION CONTACT section.
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available electronically through https://
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Glynda Smith, Technical Support
Center, Standards and Risk Management
Division, Office of Ground Water and
Drinking Water (MS 140),
Environmental Protection Agency, 26
West Martin Luther King Drive,
Cincinnati, Ohio 45268; telephone
number: (513) 569–7652; email address:
smith.glynda@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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Abbreviations and Acronyms Used in
This Action
APHA: American Public Health
Association
ATP: Alternate Test Procedure
CBI: Confidential Business Information
CFR: Code of Federal Regulations
EPA: U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency
NAICS: North American Industry
Classification System
QC: Quality Control
QCS: Quality Control Sample
SDWA: The Safe Drinking Water Act
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SM: Standard Method
VCSB: Voluntary Consensus Standard
Bodies
II. Background
A. What is the purpose of this action?
In this action, the EPA is approving
100 analytical methods for determining
contaminant concentrations in drinking
water samples collected under the
SDWA. Regulated entities required to
sample and monitor may use either the
testing methods already established in
existing national primary drinking water
regulations or the alternative testing
methods being approved under this
action or in prior expedited approval
actions. The new methods are listed
along with other methods similarly
approved through previous expedited
actions in 40 CFR part 141, Appendix A
to subpart C and on the EPA’s drinking
water methods website at https://
www.epa.gov/dwanalyticalmethods.
B. What is the basis for this action?
When the EPA determines that an
alternative analytical method is
‘‘equally effective’’ (i.e., as effective as a
method that has already been
promulgated in the regulations), the
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SDWA allows the EPA to approve the
use of the alternative testing method
through publication in the Federal
Register (see section 1401(1) of the
SDWA). The EPA is using this approval
authority to make 100 additional
methods available for determining
contaminant concentrations in drinking
water samples collected under the
SDWA. The EPA has determined that,
for each contaminant or group of
contaminants listed in Section III of this
action, the additional testing methods
being approved are as effective as one or
more of the testing methods already
approved in the regulations for those
contaminants. Section 1401(1) of the
SDWA states that the newly approved
methods ‘‘shall be treated as an
alternative for public water systems to
the quality control and testing
procedures listed in the regulation.’’
Accordingly, this action makes these
additional 100 analytical methods
legally available as options for meeting
the EPA’s monitoring requirements.
This action does not add regulatory
language; however, for informational
purposes, the action updates an
appendix to the regulations at 40 CFR
part 141, which lists all methods
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approved under section 1401(1) of the
SDWA. Accordingly, while this action is
not a rule, it is updating CFR text and
therefore is being published under the
‘‘Final Rules’’ section of the Federal
Register.
III. Summary of Approvals
The EPA is approving 100 methods
that are equally effective relative to
methods previously promulgated in the
regulations. This action adds these 100
methods to Appendix A to subpart C of
40 CFR part 141.
A. Methods Developed by the EPA
1. EPA Method 900.0, Revision 1.0,
Determination of Gross Alpha and Gross
Beta in Drinking Water (USEPA 2018).
EPA Method 900.0 (USEPA 1980) was
promulgated in the drinking water
regulations at 40 CFR 141.25(a) as a
screening method for alpha- and betaemitting radionuclides. EPA Method
900.0, Revision 1.0 was developed in
response to comments from
radiochemistry stakeholders indicating
that the older, approved method does
not address newer instrumental
capabilities such as simultaneous alpha/
beta counting and the concomitant need
to properly address crosstalk. Moreover,
stakeholders requested that a method
revision provide more in-depth
calibration details and quality control
criteria to assure a more robust
procedure capable of yielding improved
consistency in generating and
evaluating analytical results. EPA
Method 900.0, Revision 1.0 addresses
those concerns and also corrects specific
disparities between requirements in the
promulgated Method 900.0 and the
Standard methods,
23rd edition
(APHA 2017)
2120 B .....................
2130 B .....................
2150 B .....................
2320 B .....................
2510 B .....................
2540 C ....................
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3111 B .....................
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3112 B .....................
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criteria defined in the regulations. For
example, the approved Method 900.0
defines americium-241 as the gross
alpha calibrant. However, americium241 is not approved in the regulations
at 40 CFR 141.25(a); footnote 11 to the
table at 40 CFR 141.25(a) states that only
natural uranium and thorium-230 are
approved calibration standards for gross
alpha evaporative methods (i.e., Method
900.0). Americium-241 is only approved
as an alpha calibrant for co-precipitation
methods.
The revised method also addresses
the important issue of the time interval
involved between sample preparation
and counting. Timing events can have a
significant impact on gross alpha
results. The gross alpha maximum
contaminant level specified at 40 CFR
141.66(c) is 15 pCi/L and excludes
radon and uranium activity. The
promulgated method specifies a
minimum 72-hour hold time after
preparation before counting the
samples. Such a delay can allow radon
ingrowth along with its alpha-emitting
progeny. The revised method eliminates
the hold time in order to more
accurately meet the intent of the gross
alpha maximum contaminant level
specification.
The EPA has determined that EPA
Method 900.0, Revision 1.0 is equally as
effective for determining gross alpha
and gross beta radioactivity as the
promulgated method. The basis for this
determination is discussed in greater
detail in Smith 2018a. Therefore, the
EPA is approving EPA Method 900.0,
Revision 1.0 for the routine
determination of gross alpha and gross
beta radioactivity in drinking water.
Approved method
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1. Standard Methods for the
Examination of Water and Wastewater
(Standard Methods). The 23rd edition of
Standard Methods for the Examination
of Water and Wastewater (APHA 2017)
was published in July 2017. The EPA
compared 89 methods in the 23rd
edition to earlier versions of those
methods that are promulgated in 40 CFR
parts 141 and 143. Changes between the
promulgated version and the version of
each method published in the 23rd
edition are summarized in Smith and
Wendelken (2018) and Best (2018). The
revisions primarily involve editorial
changes (e.g., correction of errors,
procedural clarifications, and
reorganization of text). Errors in the
nitrate methods (4500–NO3¥ D, E, and
F) have been addressed in an
appropriate errata sheet prepared for the
23rd edition (APHL 2018). The methods
in the following table are the same as
the earlier approved versions with
respect to the sample handling
protocols, analytical procedures, and
method performance data. For these
reasons, the EPA has concluded that the
versions in the 23rd edition are equally
effective relative to the promulgated
versions in the regulations. Therefore,
the EPA is approving the use of 89
Standard Methods in the 23rd edition
for the contaminants and their
respective regulations listed in the
following table:
Regulation citations
(APHA
Color .....................................................
40 CFR 143.4(b).
(APHA
Turbidity ................................................
40 CFR 141.74(a)(1).
(APHA
Odor .....................................................
40 CFR 143.4(b).
(APHA
Alkalinity ...............................................
40 CFR 141.23(k)(1).
(APHA
Conductivity ..........................................
40 CFR 141.23(k)(1).
(APHA
Total Dissolved Solids ..........................
40 CFR 143.4(b).
2000a)
(APHA
Temperature .........................................
Calcium, copper, magnesium, nickel,
sodium, iron, manganese, silver,
zinc.
Barium, aluminum ................................
40 CFR 141.23(k)(1).
40 CFR 141.23(k)(1);
143.4(b).
3111 D–99, online version (APHA
1999a).
3112 B–99, online version (APHA
1999b).
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Consensus Standard Bodies (VCSB)
Contaminant
2120 B–01, online version
2001a).
2130 B–01, online version
2001b).
2150 B–97, online version
1997a).
2320 B–97, online version
1997b).
2510 B–97, online version
1997c).
2540 C–97, online version
1997d).
2550–00, online version (APHA
3111 B–99, online version
1999a).
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Mercury ................................................
40 CFR 141.23(k)(1);
143.4(b).
40 CFR 141.23(k)(1).
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Standard methods,
23rd edition
(APHA 2017)
Approved method
Contaminant
3113 B .....................
3113 B, 19th Edition (APHA 1995) ......
3114 B .....................
3114 B–97, online version (APHA
1997e).
3120 B–99, online version (APHA
1999c).
Antimony, arsenic, barium, beryllium,
cadmium, chromium, copper, lead,
nickel, selenium, aluminum, iron,
manganese, silver.
Arsenic, selenium .................................
3120 B .....................
3500–Ca B ..............
3500–Mg B ..............
4110 B .....................
4500–Cl D, F, G, H
4500–Cl D, E, F, G,
I.
4500–Cl D, F, G ......
4500–Cl¥ B, D ........
4500–ClO2 C ...........
4500–ClO2 E ...........
4500–ClO2 E ...........
4500–CN¥ C, E, F,
G.
4500–F¥ B, C, D, E
4500–H+B ...............
4500–NO3¥ D .........
4500–NO3¥ E, F ....
4500–NO2¥ B .........
4500–O3 B ..............
4500–P E, F ............
4500-SiO2 C, D, E ..
4500–SO42¥ C, D,
E, F.
5310 B, C ................
5540 C ....................
5910 B .....................
6251 B .....................
6610 B .....................
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6651 B .....................
7110 B .....................
7110 C ....................
7120 ........................
7500–Cs B ..............
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3500–Ca B–97, online version (APHA
1997f).
3500–Mg B–97, online version (APHA
1997g).
4110 B–00, online version (APHA
2000b).
4500–Cl D, F, G, H–00, online
versions (APHA 2000c).
4500–Cl D, E, F, G, I–00, online
versions (APHA 2000c).
4500–Cl D, F, G–00, online versions
(APHA 2000c).
4500–Cl¥ B, D–97, online versions
(APHA 1997h).
4500–ClO2 C–00, online version
(APHA 2000d).
4500–ClO2 E–00, online version
(APHA 2000d).
4500–ClO2 E–00, online version
(APHA 2000d).
4500–CN¥, 20th Edition (APHA 1998)
4500–F¥ B, C, D, E–97, online
versions (APHA 1997i).
4500–H+ B–00, online version (APHA
2000e).
4500–NO3¥ D–00, online version
(APHA 2000f).
4500–NO3¥ E, F–00, online versions
(APHA 2000f).
4500–NO2¥ B–00, online version
(APHA 2000g).
4500–O3 B–97, online version (APHA
1997j).
4500–P E, F, 19th Edition, (APHA
1995).
4500–SiO2 C, D, E–97, online versions
(APHA 1997k).
4500–SO42¥ C, D, E, F, 19th Edition
(APHA 1995).
5310 B, C–00, online versions (APHA
2000h).
5540 C–00, online version (APHA
2000i).
5910 B–00, online version (APHA
2000j).
6251 B–94, online version (APHA
1994).
EPA Method 531.2, Rev. 1.0 (USEPA
2001).
EPA Method 515.4, Rev. 1.0 (USEPA
2000).
6651 B, 20th Edition, (APHA 1998) .....
7110 B–00, online version (APHA
2000k).
7110 C–00, online version (APHA
2000k).
7120–97, online version (APHA 1997l)
7500–Cs B–00, online version (APHA
2000l).
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Regulation citations
40 CFR 141.23(k)(1);
143.4(b).
40 CFR 141.23(k)(1).
Magnesium ...........................................
40 CFR 141.23(k)(1).
Fluoride, nitrate, nitrite, ortho-phosphate, chloride, sulfate.
Free chlorine ........................................
Combined chlorine ...............................
40 CFR 141.23(k)(1);
143.4(b).
40 CFR 141.74(a)(2);
141.131(c)(1).
40 CFR 141.74(a)(2);
141.131(c)(1).
40 CFR 141.131(c)(1).
Chloride ................................................
40 CFR 143.4(b).
Chlorine dioxide ...................................
40 CFR 141.74(a)(2).
Chlorine dioxide ...................................
Chlorite .................................................
40 CFR 141.74(a)(2);
141.131(c)(1).
40 CFR 141.131(b)(1).
Cyanide ................................................
40 CFR 141.23(k)(1).
Fluoride ................................................
40 CFR 141.23(k)(1).
pH .........................................................
40 CFR 141.23(k)(1).
Nitrate ...................................................
40 CFR 141.23(k)(1).
Nitrate, nitrite ........................................
40 CFR 141.23(k)(1).
Nitrite ....................................................
40 CFR 141.23(k)(1).
Ozone ...................................................
40 CFR 141.74(a)(2).
Ortho-phosphate ..................................
40 CFR 141.23(k)(1).
Silica .....................................................
40 CFR 141.23(k)(1).
Sulfate ..................................................
40 CFR 143.4(b).
Dissolved and Total Organic Carbon ...
40 CFR 141.131(d).
Foaming agents ...................................
40 CFR 143.4(b).
UV Absorption at 254 nm ....................
40 CFR 141.131(d).
HAA5 ....................................................
40 CFR 141.131(b)(1).
Carbofuran, oxamyl ..............................
40 CFR 141.24(e)(1).
2,4-D; 2,4,5-TP; Dalapon; Dinoseb;
Pentachlorophenol; Picloram.
Glyphosate ...........................................
Gross alpha and gross beta ................
40 CFR 141.24(e)(1).
40 CFR 141.24(e)(1).
40 CFR 141.25(a).
Gross alpha ..........................................
40 CFR 141.25(a).
Gamma emitters (includes radioactive
cesium and iodine).
Radioactive Cesium and Gamma
emitters.
40 CFR 141.25(a).
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40 CFR 141.23(k)(1).
Barium, beryllium, calcium, chromium,
copper, magnesium, nickel, silica,
aluminum, iron, manganese, silver,
zinc.
Calcium ................................................
Total chlorine ........................................
40
40 CFR 141.23(k)(1);
143.4(b).
40 CFR 141.25(a).
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Standard methods,
23rd edition
(APHA 2017)
Approved method
Contaminant
Tritium ..................................................
40 CFR 141.25(a).
Radioactive Iodine and Gamma
emitters.
Radioactive Iodine ................................
40 CFR 141.25(a).
40 CFR 141.25(a).
Radium-226 ..........................................
40 CFR 141.25(a).
Radium-228 ..........................................
40 CFR 141.25(a).
Radium-226 and Radium-228 ..............
Strontium-89 and Strontium-90 ............
40 CFR 141.25(a).
40 CFR 141.25(a).
Uranium ................................................
40 CFR 141.25(a).
9221 A, C ................
9221 B .....................
7500–3H B–00, online version (APHA
2000m).
7500–I B–00, online version (APHA
2000n).
7500–I C, D–00, online versions
(APHA 2000n).
7500–Ra B, C–01, online versions
(APHA 2001c).
7500–Ra D–01, online version (APHA
2001c).
GA Method (2004) ...............................
7500–Sr B–01, online version (APHA
2001d).
7500–U B, C–00, online versions
(APHA 2000o).
9221 A, C, 20th Edition, (APHA 1998)
9221 B, 20th Edition, (APHA 1998) .....
Total coliforms ......................................
Total coliforms ......................................
9221 D ....................
9221 E .....................
9221 F .....................
9221 D, 20th Edition, (APHA 1998) .....
9221 E, 20th Edition, (APHA 1998) .....
9221 F, 20th Edition, (APHA 1998) .....
Total coliforms ......................................
Fecal coliforms .....................................
E. coli ...................................................
9222 A .....................
9222 B, C ................
9222 A 20th Edition, (APHA 1998) ......
9222 B, C, 20th Edition, (APHA 1998)
Total coliforms ......................................
Total coliforms ......................................
9222 D ....................
9222 H ....................
9222 I ......................
9222 D, 20th Edition, (APHA 1998) .....
9222 G, 20th Edition, (APHA 1998) ....
9222 G, 20th Edition, (APHA 1998) ....
Fecal coliforms .....................................
E. coli ...................................................
E. coli ...................................................
9222 J .....................
Total coliforms ......................................
9223 B .....................
m-ColiBlue24 Test (Hach Company
1999).
m-ColiBlue24 Test (Hach Company
1999).
9223 B, 20th Edition (APHA 1998) ......
40 CFR 141.74(a)(1).
40 CFR 141.74(a)(1); 40 CFR
141.852(a)(5) [B.1, B.2, B.3, B.4].
40 CFR 141.852(a)(5) [D.1, D.2, D.3].
40 CFR 141.74(a)(1).
40 CFR 141.402(c)(2); 40 CFR
141.852(a)(5) [F.1].
40 CFR 141.74(a)(1).
40 CFR 141.74(a)(1); 40 CFR
141.852(a)(5).
40 CFR 141.74(a)(1).
40 CFR 141.852(a)(5).
40 CFR 141.402(c)(2); 40 CFR
141.852(a)(5).
40 CFR 141.852(a)(5).
9223 B .....................
9223 B, 20th Edition (APHA 1998) ......
E. coli ...................................................
9215 B .....................
9230 C ....................
9215 B, 20th Edition (APHA 1998) ......
9230 C, 20th Edition (APHA 1998) ......
(Budnick 1996) .....................................
Heterotrophic bacteria ..........................
Enterococci ...........................................
Enterococci ...........................................
7500–3H B ..............
7500–I B ..................
7500–I C, D .............
7500–Ra B, C .........
7500–Ra D ..............
7500–Ra E ..............
7500–Sr B ...............
7500–U B, C ...........
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Two additional methods from earlier
editions of Standard Methods for the
Examination of Water and Wastewater
are being approved under this action:
Standard Method 4500-CN¥ C in the
21st edition (APHA 2005) and Standard
Method 4500-CN¥ C in the 22nd edition
(APHA 2012). Also, the identical online
version, Standard Method 4500-CN¥
C–99 (APHA 1999d) is being approved.
The originally approved method,
Standard Method 4500-CN¥ C in the
20th edition (APHA 1998) specified
addition of magnesium chloride in the
distillation. Beginning with the 1999
online method, and in the subsequent
21st and 22nd editions, Standard
Methods made the addition of
magnesium chloride optional, without
providing supporting data to verify that
distillation efficiency was not adversely
affected when magnesium chloride was
not used. As a result, the EPA did not
approve Standard Method 4500-CN¥ C
in the 1999 online method and
subsequent editions of Standard
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Total coliforms ......................................
Methods for the Examination of Water
and Wastewater. The distillation
performed in Standard Method 4500CN¥ C is required prior to conducting
the analyses for all of the other
approved cyanide methods. As a result,
laboratories conducting cyanide
analyses for drinking water compliance
have had to rely on the approved
version in the 20th edition. That may
result in confusion because laboratories
that also conduct cyanide analyses for
wastewaters use the more recently
published Standard Methods. In order
to address this issue, the EPA is
approving Standard Method 4500-CN¥
C in the editions and online version as
stated above, but with the requirement
to add magnesium chloride in the
distillation. The cyanide entry in
Appendix A to subpart C of part 141 has
been revised to clarify this requirement.
The 23rd edition can be obtained from
the American Public Health Association
(APHA), 800 I Street NW, Washington,
DC 20001–3710. Approved online
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40 CFR 141.402(c)(2);
141.852(a)(5).
40 CFR 141.74(a)(1);
141.852(a)(5).
40 CFR 141.402(c)(2);
141.852(a)(5).
40 CFR 141.74(a)(1).
40 CFR 141.402(c)(2).
40 CFR 141.402(c)(2).
40
CFR
40
CFR
40
CFR
versions are available at https://
www.standardmethods.org.
2. ASTM International. The EPA
compared the most recent versions of
five ASTM International methods to the
earlier versions of those methods that
are promulgated in 40 CFR part 141.
Most of the changes in the updated
versions include additional quality
control specifications.
Changes between the earlier approved
version and the most recent version of
each method are described more fully in
Smith (2018b). Besides additional
quality control, the revisions involve
(primarily) editorial changes (e.g.,
updated references, definitions,
terminology, procedural clarifications,
and reorganization of text). The revised
methods are the same as the
promulgated versions with respect to
sample collection and handling
protocols, sample preparation,
analytical methodology, and method
performance data; thus, the EPA finds
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the promulgated methods.
ASTM revised version
D
D
D
D
D
Approved method
516–16 (ASTM 2016a) ...............
859–16 (ASTM 2016b) ...............
1067–16 B (ASTM 2016c) .........
1179–16 B (ASTM 2016d) .........
5673–16 (ASTM 2016e) .............
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C. Methods Developed by Vendors
1. Hach Method 10258, Rev. 2.0.
Determination of Turbidity by 360°
Nephelometry, March 2018 (Hach
Company 2018a). In July 2016, Hach
Method 10258, Rev. 1.0 (Hach Company
2016) was approved in an expedited
methods approval action (USEPA 2016)
as an equally effective alternate method
to the Hach FilterTrak Method 10133
(Hach Company 2000), which is
approved at 40 CFR 141.74(a)(1), for
determination of turbidity in drinking
water.
Turbidimeter calibration and
calibration verification have remained
unchanged since promulgation of
turbidity methods in 40 CFR
141.74(a)(1). Calibration and quarterly
calibration validation through analysis
of a Quality Control Sample (QCS)
require preparation of a primary
calibration standard. Sealed standards
are considered as secondary calibration
standards and used only as calibration
verification checks between the
quarterly calibration validation QCS
evaluations.
Public water systems utilize multiple
turbidimeters and many of the units are
in line with process streams. The time
and cost associated with preparing
quarterly primary calibration standards
can be significant. In 2016, Hach
Company began to manufacture glass
flame-sealed vials prefilled with
StablCalTM, which is an approved
primary calibration standard. From
December 2016 through March 2018,
Hach conducted a long-term stability
study with a set of sealed vials
containing StablCal to determine
whether the integrity of the vials and
stability of the primary calibration
standard could be maintained. After 515
days (1.4 years), the sealed StablCal
primary calibration standards exhibited
a %bias of <0.1% and relative standard
deviation of 0.7% compared to the
initial certified turbidity values,
indicating that no degradation of the
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Silica .............................................
Alkalinity ........................................
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Uranium ........................................
StablCal primary calibration standard
occurred. The results of this study are
discussed further in the validation
report (Hach Company 2018b).
Hach Method 10258, Rev. 2.0 is an
updated version of the promulgated
Hach Method 10258, Rev. 1.0. The
updated method provides for use of
glass flame-sealed vials prefilled with
StablCal as primary calibration
standards, secondary calibration
verification standards, and QCS checks.
The EPA has determined that Hach
Method 10258, Rev. 2.0 is equally as
effective as the promulgated Hach
Method 10258, Rev. 1.0. The basis for
this determination is discussed in
Adams and Smith (2018). Therefore, the
EPA is approving Hach Method 10258,
Rev. 2.0 for the determination of
turbidity in drinking water. Hach
Method 10258, Rev. 2.0 can be obtained
from Hach Company, 5600 Lindbergh
Drive, P.O. Box 389, Loveland, Colorado
80539.
2. Hach Method 8195, Rev. 3.0.
Determination of Turbidity by
Nephelometry, March 2018 (Hach
Company 2018c). On April 20, 1998, the
EPA Office of Water issued a letter
(USEPA 1998) addressing the use of
Hach Method 8195 (Hach Company
1997) as an alternate method to EPA
Method 180.1 (USEPA 1993) for
drinking water compliance monitoring
of turbidity. Hach Method 8195
established the same requirements for
primary calibration standards,
secondary calibration verification
standards, and QCS checks as described
for Hach Method 10258, Rev. 1.0 in
Section III.C.1 of this action. Hach
Method 8195, Rev. 3.0 is an updated
version of the 1997 Hach Method 8195.
The updated method provides for use of
glass flame-sealed vials prefilled with
StablCal as primary calibration
standards, secondary calibration
verification standards, and QCS checks.
The EPA has determined that Hach
Method 8195, Rev. 3.0 is equally as
effective as the 1997 Hach Method 8195
and EPA Method 180.1. The basis for
this determination is discussed in
Adams and Smith (2018). Therefore, the
EPA is approving Hach Method 8195,
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following table:
Contaminant
516–02 (ASTM 2002a) .............
859–00 (ASTM 2000) ...............
1067–02 B (ASTM 2002b) ........
1179–99 B (ASTM 1999) ..........
5673–03 (ASTM 2003) .............
The ASTM methods are available
from ASTM International, 100 Barr
Harbor Drive, West Conshohocken, PA
19428–2959 or https://www.astm.org.
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the following ASTM International
methods for the contaminants and their
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143.4(b).
141.23(k)(1).
141.23(k)(1).
141.23(k)(1).
141.25(a).
Rev. 3.0 for the determination of
turbidity in drinking water. Hach
Method 8195, Rev. 3.0 can be obtained
from Hach Company, 5600 Lindbergh
Drive, P.O. Box 389, Loveland, Colorado
80539.
IV. Statutory and Executive Order
Reviews
As noted in Section II of this action,
under the terms of the SDWA, section
1401(1), this streamlined method
approval action is not a rule.
Accordingly, the Congressional Review
Act, 5 U.S.C. 801 et seq., as added by
the Small Business Regulatory
Enforcement Fairness Act of 1996, does
not apply because this action is not a
rule for purposes of 5 U.S.C. 804(3).
Similarly, this action is not subject to
the Regulatory Flexibility Act because it
is not subject to notice and comment
requirements under the Administrative
Procedure Act or any other statute. In
addition, because this approval action is
not a rule, but simply makes alternative
testing methods available as options for
monitoring under the SDWA, the EPA
has concluded that other statutes and
executive orders generally applicable to
rulemaking do not apply to this
approval action.
V. References
Adams and Smith. 2018. Memo to the record
describing basis for expedited approval
of Hach Company Methods 10258, Rev.
2.0 and 8195, Rev. 3.0. July 29, 2018.
(Available at https://www.regulations.gov;
docket ID No. EPA–HQ–OW–2018–
0558.)
American Public Health Association (APHA).
1994. Standard Method 6251 B–94.
Disinfection By-Products: Haloacetic
Acids and Trichlorophenol. B. Micro
Liquid-Liquid Extraction Gas
Chromatographic Method. Approved by
Standard Methods Committee 1994.
Standard Methods Online (Available at
https://www.standardmethods.org)
American Public Health Associate (APHA).
1995. 19th Edition of Standard Methods
for the Examination of Water and
Wastewater. American Public Health
Association, 800 I Street NW,
Washington, DC 20001–3710.
American Public Health Association (APHA).
1997a. Standard Method 2150 B–97.
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Odor. B. Threshold Odor Test. Approved
by Standard Methods Committee 1997.
Standard Methods Online (Available at
https://www.standardmethods.org)
American Public Health Association (APHA).
1997b. Standard Method 2320 B–97.
Alkalinity. B. Titration Method.
Approved by Standard Methods
Committee 1997. Standard Methods
Online (Available at https://
www.standardmethods.org)
American Public Health Association (APHA).
1997c. Standard Method 2510 B–97.
Conductivity. B. Laboratory Method.
Approved by Standard Methods
Committee 1997. Standard Methods
Online (Available at https://
www.standardmethods.org)
American Public Health Association (APHA).
1997d. Standard Method 2540 C–97.
Solids. C. Total Dissolved Solids Dried at
180 °C. Approved by Standard Methods
Committee 1997. Standard Methods
Online (Available at https://
www.standardmethods.org)
American Public Health Association (APHA).
1997e. Standard Method 3114 B–97.
Arsenic and Selenium by Hydride
Generation/Atomic Emission
Spectrometry. B. Manual Hydride
Generation/Atomic Absorption
Spectrometric Method. Approved by
Standard Methods Committee 1997.
Standard Methods Online (Available at
https://www.standardmethods.org)
American Public Health Association (APHA).
1997f. Standard Method 3500-Ca B–97.
Calcium. B. EDTA Titrimetric Method.
Approved by Standard Methods
Committee 1997. Standard Methods
Online (Available at https://
www.standardmethods.org)
American Public Health Association (APHA).
1997g. Standard Method 3500-Mg B–97.
Magnesium. B. Calculation Method.
Approved by Standard Methods
Committee 1997. Standard Methods
Online (Available at https://
www.standardmethods.org)
American Public Health Association (APHA).
1997h. Standard Methods 4500-Cl¥ B,
D–97. Chloride. B. Argentometric
Method. D. Potentiometric Method.
Approved by Standard Methods
Committee 1997. Standard Methods
Online (Available at https://
www.standardmethods.org)
American Public Health Association (APHA).
1997i. Standard Methods 4500–F¥ B, C,
D, E–97. Fluoride. B. Preliminary
Distillation Step. C. Ion-Selective
Electrode Method. D. SPADNS Method.
E. Complexone Method. Approved by
Standard Methods Committee 1997.
Standard Methods Online (Available at
https://www.standardmethods.org)
American Public Health Association (APHA).
1997j. Standard Method 4500–O3 B–97.
Ozone (Residual). B. Indigo Colorimetric
Method. Approved by Standard Methods
Committee 1997. Standard Methods
Online (Available at https://
www.standardmethods.org)
American Public Health Association (APHA).
1997k. Standard Methods 4500-SiO2 C,
D, E–97. Silica. C. Molybdosilicate
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Automated Method for MolybdateReactive Silica. Approved by Standard
Methods Committee 1997. Standard
Methods Online (Available at https://
www.standardmethods.org)
American Public Health Association (APHA).
1997l. Standard Method 7120 B–97.
Gamma-Emitting Radionuclides. B.
Gamma Spectroscopic Method.
Approved by Standard Methods
Committee 1997. Standard Methods
Online (Available at https://
www.standardmethods.org)
American Public Health Association (APHA).
1998. 20th Edition of Standard Methods
for the Examination of Water and
Wastewater. American Public Health
Association, 800 I Street NW,
Washington, DC 20001–3710.
American Public Health Association (APHA).
1999a. Standard Methods 3111 B, D–99.
Metals by Flame Atomic Absorption
Spectrometry. B. Direct Air-Acetylene
Flame Method. D. Direct Nitrous OxideAcetylene Flame Method. Approved by
Standard Methods Committee 1999.
Standard Methods Online (Available at
https://www.standardmethods.org)
American Public Health Association (APHA).
1999b. Standard method 3112 B–99.
Metals by Cold-Vapor Atomic
Absorption Spectrometry. B. Cold-Vapor
Spectrometric Method. Approved by
Standard Methods Committee 1999.
Standard Methods Online (Available at
https://www.standardmethods.org)
American Public Health Association (APHA).
1999c. Standard Method 3120 B–99.
Metals by Plasma Emission
Spectroscopy. B. Inductively Coupled
Plasma (ICP) Method. Approved by
Standard Methods Committee 1999.
Standard Methods Online (Available at
https://www.standardmethods.org)
American Public Health Association (APHA).
1999d. Standard Method 4500–CN¥ C–
99. Cyanide. C. Total Cyanide after
Distillation. Approved by Standard
Methods Committee 1999. Standard
Methods Online (Available at https://
www.standardmethods.org)
American Public Health Association (APHA).
2000a. Standard Method 2550–00.
Temperature. Approved by Standard
Methods Committee 2000. Standard
Methods Online (Available at https://
www.standardmethods.org)
American Public Health Association (APHA).
2000b. Standard Method 4110 B–00.
Determination of Anions by Ion
Chromatography. B. Ion Chromatography
with Chemical Suppression of Eluent
Conductivity. Approved by Standard
Methods Committee 2000. Standard
Methods Online (Available at https://
www.standardmethods.org)
American Public Health Association (APHA).
2000c. Standard Methods 4500-Cl D, E,
F, G, H, I–00. Chlorine (Residual). D.
Amperometric Titration Method. E. LowLevel Amperometric Titration Method.
F. DPD Ferrous Titrimetric Method. G.
DPD Colorimetric Method. H.
Syringaldehyde (FACTS) Method. I.
Iodometric Electrode Technique.
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Committee 2000. Standard Methods
Online (Available at https://
www.standardmethods.org)
American Public Health Association (APHA).
2000d. Standard Methods 4500-ClO2 C,
E–00. Chlorine Dioxide. C.
Amperometric Method I. E.
Amperometric Method II. Approved by
Standard Methods Committee 2000.
Standard Methods Online (Available at
https://www.standardmethods.org)
American Public Health Association (APHA).
2000e. Standard Method 4500–H+ B–00.
pH Value. B. Electrometric Method.
Approved by Standard Methods
Committee 2000. Standard Methods
Online (Available at https://
www.standardmethods.org)
American Public Health Association (APHA).
2000f. Standard Methods 4500–NO3¥ D,
E, F–00. Nitrogen (Nitrate). D. Nitrate
Electrode Method. E. Cadmium
Reduction Method. F. Automated
Cadmium Reduction Method. Approved
by Standard Methods Committee 2000.
Standard Methods Online (Available at
https://www.standardmethods.org)
American Public Health Association (APHA).
2000g. Standard Method 4500–NO2¥ B–
00. Nitrogen (Nitrite). B. Colorimetric
Method. Approved by Standard Methods
Committee 2000. Standard Methods
Online (Available at https://
www.standardmethods.org)
American Public Health Association (APHA).
2000h. Standard Methods 5310 B, C–00.
Total Organic Carbon (TOC). B. High
Temperature Combustion Method. C.
Persulfate-Ultraviolet or Heated
Persulfate Oxidation Method. Approved
by Standard Methods Committee 2000.
Standard Methods Online (Available at
https://www.standardmethods.org)
American Public Health Association (APHA).
2000i. Standard Method 5540 C–00.
Surfactants. C. Anionic Surfactants as
MBAs. Approved by Standard Methods
Committee 2000. Standard Methods
Online (Available at https://
www.standardmethods.org)
American Public Health Association (APHA).
2000j. Standard Method 5910 B–00. UVAbsorbing Organic Constituents. B.
Ultraviolet Absorption Method.
Approved by Standard Methods
Committee 2000. Standard Methods
Online (Available at https://
www.standardmethods.org)
American Public Health Association (APHA).
2000k. Standard Methods 7110 B,C–00.
Gross Alpha and Gross Beta
Radioactivity (Total, Suspended, and
Dissolved). B. Evaporation Method for
Gross Alpha-Beta. C. Coprecipitation
Method for Alpha Radioactivity in
Drinking Water. Approved by Standard
Methods Committee 2000. Standard
Methods Online (Available at https://
www.standardmethods.org)
American Public Health Association (APHA).
2000l. Standard Method 7500-Cs B-00.
Radioactive Cesium. B. Precipitation
Method. Approved by Standard Methods
Committee 2000. Standard Methods
Online (Available at https://
www.standardmethods.org)
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2000m. Standard Method 7500-3H B-00.
Tritium. Liquid Scintillation
Spectrometric Method. Approved by
Standard Methods Committee 2000.
Standard Methods Online (Available at
https://www.standardmethods.org)
American Public Health Association (APHA).
2000n. Standard Methods 7500-I B, C, D00. Radioactive Iodine. B. Precipitation
Method. C. Ion-Exchange Method. D.
Distillation Method. Approved by
Standard Methods Committee 2000.
Standard Methods Online (Available at
https://www.standardmethods.org)
American Public Health Association (APHA).
2000o. Standard Methods 7500-U B, C00. Uranium. B. Radiochemical Method.
C. Isotopic Method. Approved by
Standard Methods Committee 2000.
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American Public Health Association (APHA).
2001a. Standard Method 2120 B-01.
Color. B. Visual Comparison Method.
Approved by Standard Methods
Committee 2001. Standard Methods
Online (Available at https://
www.standardmethods.org)
American Public Health Association (APHA).
2001b. Standard Method 2130 B-01.
Turbidity. B. Nephelometric Method.
Approved by Standard Methods
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Online (Available at https://
www.standardmethods.org)
American Public Health Association (APHA).
2001c. Standard Methods 7500-Ra B, C,
D, E-01. Radium. B. Precipitation
Method. C. Emanation Method. D.
Sequential Precipitation. E. Gamma
Spectroscopy Method. Approved by
Standard Methods Committee 2001.
Standard Methods Online (Available at
https://www.standardmethods.org)
American Public Health Association (APHA).
2001d. Standard Method 7500-Sr B-01.
Total Radioactive Strontium and
Strontium-90. B. Precipitation Method.
Approved by Standard Methods
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for the Examination of Water and
Wastewater. American Public Health
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Washington, DC 20001–3710.
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Wastewater. American Public Health
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Hach Company. 2000. Hach FilterTrak
Method 10133—Determination of
Turbidity by Laser Nephelometry.
January 2000. Revision 2.0. Hach
Company, 5600 Lindbergh Drive, P.O.
Box 389, Loveland, CO 80539. (Available
at https://www.regulations.gov; docket ID
No. EPA–HQ–OW–2018–0558.)
Hach Company. 2016. Hach Method 10258—
Determination of Turbidity by 360°
Nephelometry. January 2016. Revision
1.0. Hach Company, 5600 Lindbergh
Drive, P.O. Box 389, Loveland, CO
80539. (Available at https://
www.regulations.gov; docket ID No.
EPA–HQ–OW–2018–0558.)
Hach Company. 2018a. Hach Method
10258—Determination of Turbidity by
360° Nephelometry. March 2018.
Revision 2.0. Hach Company, 5600
Lindbergh Drive, P.O. Box 389,
Loveland, CO 80539. (Available at https://
www.regulations.gov; docket ID No.
EPA–HQ–OW–2018–0558.)
Hach Company. 2018b. Alternate Test
Procedure Validation Study Report for
the use of Sealed Vials Containing
StablCalTM Primary Standard in Hach
Methods 10258 and 8195 for
Determination of Turbidity in Drinking
Water. March 16, 2018. Hach Company,
5600 Lindbergh Drive, P.O. Box 389,
Loveland, CO 80539. (Available at https://
www.regulations.gov; docket ID No.
EPA–HQ–OW–2018–0558.)
Hach Company. 2018c. Hach Method 8195—
Determination of Turbidity by
Nephelometry. March 2018. Revision
3.0. Hach Company, 5600 Lindbergh
Drive, P.O. Box 389, Loveland, CO
80539. (Available at https://
www.regulations.gov; docket ID No.
EPA–HQ–OW–2018–0558.)
Smith, G. 2018a. Memo to the record
describing basis for expedited approval
of EPA Method 900.0, Revision 1.0. April
4, 2018. (Available at https://
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Smith, G. 2018b. Memo to the record
describing basis for expedited approval
of updated methods from ASTM
International. April 6, 2018. (Available at
https://www.regulations.gov; docket ID
No. EPA–HQ–OW–2018–0558.)
Smith, G. and Wendelken, S. 2018. Memo to
the record describing basis for expedited
approval of methods in the 23rd edition
of Standard Methods for the
Examination of Water and Wastewater.
March 29, 2018. (Available at https://
www.regulations.gov; docket ID No.
EPA–HQ–OW–2019–0558.)
USEPA. 1980. EPA Method 900.0. Gross
Alpha and Gross Beta Radioactivity in
Drinking Water in ‘‘Prescribed
Procedures for Measurement of
Radioactivity in Drinking Water,’’ EPA–
600/4–80–032, August 1980. (Available
at https://www.nemi.gov; docket ID No.
EPA–HQ–OW–2018–0558.)
USEPA. 1993. EPA Method 180.1, Revision
2.0. Determination of Turbidity by
Nephelometry in ‘‘Methods for the
Determination of Inorganic Substances in
Environmental Samples,’’ EPA/600/R–
93/100, August 1993. (Available at
https://www.nemi.gov; docket ID No.
EPA–HQ–OW–2018–0558.)
USEPA. 1998. Letter issued to Hach
Company, Regional Administrators,
Regional Quality Assurance Managers
and Regional Water Management
Division Directors allowing the use of
Hach Company Method 8195, Rev. 1.0
for drinking water compliance turbidity
measurements. April 20, 1998.
(Available at https://www.regulations.gov;
docket ID No. EPA–HQ–OW–2019–
0558.)
USEPA. 2000. EPA Method 515.4, Revision
1.0. Determination of Chlorinated Acids
in Drinking Water by Liquid-Liquid
Microextraction, Derivatization and Fast
Gas Chromatography with Electron
Capture Detection. EPA/815/B–00/001.
April 2000. (Available at https://
www.regulations.gov; docket ID No.
EPA–HQ–OW–2018–0558 and at https://
www.nemi.gov.)
USEPA. 2001. EPA Method 531.2, Revision
1.0. Measurement of Nmethylcarbamoyloximes and Nmethylcarbamates in Water by Direct
Aqueous Injection HPLC with
Postcolumn Derivatization. EPA 815–B–
01–002. September 2001. (Available at
https://www.regulations.gov; docket ID
No. EPA–HQ–OW–2018–0558 and at
https://www.nemi.gov .)
USEPA. 2016. Expedited Approval of
Alternate Test Procedures for the
Analysis of Contaminants under the Safe
Drinking Water Act; Analysis and
Sampling Procedures. 81 FR 46839. July
19, 2016. (Available at https://
www.regulations.gov; docket ID No.
EPA–HQ–OW–2018–0558.)
USEPA. 2018 EPA Method 900.0, Rev. 1.0.
Gross Alpha and Gross Beta
Radioactivity in Drinking Water. EPA
815–B–18–002. February 2018.
(Available at Available at https://
www.regulations.gov; docket ID No.
EPA–HQ–OW–2018–0558 and at the
National Service Center for
Environmental Publications (EPA
Method 900.0 Rev 1.0).
List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 141
Environmental protection, Chemicals,
Indians-lands, Intergovernmental
relations, Reporting and recordkeeping
requirements, Water supply.
Dated: September 28, 2018.
Peter Grevatt,
Director, Office of Ground Water and Drinking
Water.
For the reasons stated in the
preamble, the Environmental Protection
Agency amends 40 CFR part 141 as
follows:
PART 141—NATIONAL PRIMARY
DRINKING WATER REGULATIONS
1. The authority citation for part 141
continues to read as follows:
■
Authority: 42 U.S.C. 300f, 300g–1, 300g–2,
300g–3, 300g–4, 300g–5, 300g–6, 300j–4,
300j–9, and 300j–11.
2. Amend Appendix A to subpart C of
part 141 as follows:
■ a. Revise the table entitled
‘‘ALTERNATIVE TESTING METHODS
FOR CONTAMINANTS LISTED AT 40
CFR 141.23(k)(1).’’
■
b. Revise the table entitled
‘‘ALTERNATIVE TESTING METHODS
FOR CONTAMINANTS LISTED AT 40
CFR 141.24(e)(1).’’
■ c. Revise the table entitled
‘‘ALTERNATIVE TESTING METHODS
FOR CONTAMINANTS LISTED AT 40
CFR 141.25(a).’’
■ d. Revise the table entitled
‘‘ALTERNATIVE TESTING METHODS
FOR CONTAMINANTS LISTED AT 40
CFR 141.74(a)(1).’’
■ e. Revise the table entitled
‘‘ALTERNATIVE TESTING METHODS
FOR DISINFECTANT RESIDUALS
LISTED AT 40 CFR 141.74(a)(2).’’
■ f. Revise the table entitled
‘‘ALTERNATIVE TESTING METHODS
FOR CONTAMINANTS LISTED AT 40
CFR 141.131(b)(1).’’
■ g. Revise the table entitled
‘‘ALTERNATIVE TESTING METHODS
FOR DISINFECTANT RESIDUALS
LISTED AT 40 CFR 141.131(c)(1).’’
■ h. Revise the table entitled
‘‘ALTERNATIVE TESTING METHODS
FOR PARAMETERS LISTED AT 40 CFR
141.131(d).’’
■ i. Revise the table entitled
‘‘ALTERNATIVE TESTING METHODS
FOR CONTAMINANTS LISTED AT 40
CFR 141.402(c)(2).’’
■ j. Revise the table entitled
‘‘ALTERNATIVE TESTING METHODS
FOR CONTAMINANTS LISTED AT 40
CFR 141.852(a)(5).’’
■ k. Revise the table entitled
‘‘ALTERNATIVE TESTING METHODS
FOR CONTAMINANTS LISTED AT 40
CFR 143.4(b).’’
■ l. Revise footnotes 9, 14, 16, 18, 22–
23, 25–26, 29, 31, 34–39, and 48.
■ m. Add footnotes 49–52.
The revisions and additions read as
follows:
■
Appendix A to Subpart C of Part 141—
Alternative Testing Methods Approved
for Analyses Under the Safe Drinking
Water Act
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Hydride—Atomic Absorption .................
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3113 B .........
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3114 B .........
3114 B .........
3113 B–04,
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3114 B–09 ...
Axially viewed inductively coupled plasma-atomic emission spectrometry
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EDTA titrimetric .....................................
Atomic Absorption; Direct Aspiration ....
Inductively Coupled Plasma .................
Axially viewed inductively coupled plasma-atomic emission spectrometry
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Ion Chromatography .............................
Inductively Coupled Plasma .................
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3113 B .........
3113 B .........
Atomic Absorption; Direct Aspiration ....
Inductively Coupled Plasma .................
Axially viewed inductively coupled plasma-atomic emission spectrometry
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Spectrophotometric Manual ...........
Selective Electrode ...............................
Gas Chromatography/Mass Spectrometry Headspace.
Ion Chromatography .............................
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Cadmium .................
Calcium ...................
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Fluoride ...................
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Complexation Titrimetric Methods ........
Axially viewed inductively coupled plasma-atomic emission spectrometry
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Ion Chromatography .............................
Manual, Cold Vapor ..............................
Inductively Coupled Plasma .................
Atomic Absorption; Direct .....................
Atomic Absorption; Furnace .................
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Automated Cadmium Reduction ...........
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3113 B .........
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3112 B .........
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3114 B .........
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3114 B .........
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3114 B–09 ...
Atomic Absorption; Furnace .................
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3113 B .........
3113 B .........
3113 B–04,
B–10.
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(AVICP–AES).
Colorimetric ...........................................
Molybdosilicate ......................................
Heteropoly blue .....................................
Automated for Molybdate-reactive Silica.
Axially viewed inductively coupled plasma-atomic emission spectrometry
(AVICP–AES).
Inductively Coupled Plasma .................
Atomic Absorption; Direct Aspiration ....
Axially viewed inductively coupled plasma-atomic emission spectrometry
(AVICP–AES).
Ion Chromatography .............................
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4500–SiO2 C
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4500–SiO2 E
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4500–SiO2 D
4500–SiO2 E
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1,4-Dichlorobenzene
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Styrene ......................
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Toluene ......................
1,2,4Trichlorobenzene.
1,1-Dichloroethylene ..
1,1,2-Trichlorethane ..
Vinyl chloride .............
Xylenes (total) ...........
2,4-D ..........................
2,4,5-TP (Silvex) ........
Alachlor ......................
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Gas Chromatography/Electron Capture Detection (GC/ECD) ..........
Solid Phase Extraction/Gas Chromatography/Mass Spectrometry
(GC/MS).
Liquid Chromatography Electrospray Ionization Tandem Mass
Spectrometry (LC/ESI–MS/MS).
Solid Phase Extraction/Gas Chromatography/Mass Spectrometry
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Solid Phase Extraction/Gas Chromatography/Mass Spectrometry
(GC/MS).
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Methodology
EPA method
SM 21st
edition 1
SM 22nd
edition,28
SM 23rd
edition 49
Gas Chromatography/Electron Capture Detection (GC/ECD) ..........
Solid Phase Extraction/Gas Chromatography/Mass Spectrometry
(GC/MS).
Solid Phase Extraction/Gas Chromatography/Mass Spectrometry
(GC/MS).
Purge &Trap/Gas Chromatography/Mass Spectrometry ..................
.................................
525.3.24
6640 B .....
6640 B .....
6640 B–01, B–06.
6640 B .....
6640 B .....
6640 B–01, B–06.
6651 B .....
6651 B .....
6651 B–00, B–05.
6610 B .....
6610 B .....
6610 B–04.
.................................
525.3.24
6640 B .....
6640 B .....
6640 B–01, B–06.
.................................
536.25
6640 B .....
6640 B .....
6640 B–01, B–06.
525.3.24
523.26
Contaminant
Di(2ethylhexyl)adipate.
Di(2ethylhexyl)phthalate.
Dibromochloropropane (DBCP).
Dinoseb .....................
Endrin ........................
Ethyl dibromide (EDB)
Glyphosate ................
Heptachlor .................
Heptachlor Epoxide ...
Hexachlorobenzene ...
Hexachlorocyclopentadiene.
Lindane ......................
Methoxychlor .............
Oxamyl ......................
PCBs (as Aroclors) ....
Pentachlorophenol .....
....................................
Picloram .....................
Simazine ....................
...............................
Toxaphene .................
Total Trihalomethanes
Gas Chromatography/Electron Capture Detection (GC/ECD) ..........
Solid Phase Extraction/Gas Chromatography/Mass Spectrometry
(GC/MS).
Purge &Trap/Gas Chromatography/Mass Spectrometry ..................
High-Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC) with Post-Column Derivatization and Fluorescence Detection.
Solid Phase Extraction/Gas Chromatography/Mass Spectrometry
(GC/MS).
Solid Phase Extraction/Gas Chromatography/Mass Spectrometry
(GC/MS).
Solid Phase Extraction/Gas Chromatography/Mass Spectrometry
(GC/MS).
Solid Phase Extraction/Gas Chromatography/Mass Spectrometry
(GC/MS).
Solid Phase Extraction/Gas Chromatography/Mass Spectrometry
(GC/MS).
Solid Phase Extraction/Gas Chromatography/Mass Spectrometry
(GC/MS).
High-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) with post-column
derivatization and fluorescence detection.
Solid Phase Extraction/Gas Chromatography/Mass Spectrometry
(GC/MS).
Gas Chromatography/Electron Capture Detection (GC/ECD) ..........
Solid Phase Extraction/Gas Chromatography/Mass Spectrometry
(GC/MS)
Gas Chromatography/Electron Capture Detection (GC/ECD) ..........
Liquid Chromatography Electrospray Ionization Tandem Mass
Spectrometry (LC/ESI–MS/MS).
Solid Phase Extraction/Gas Chromatography/Mass Spectrometry
(GC/MS).
Solid Phase Extraction/Gas Chromatography/Mass Spectrometry
(GC/MS).
Purge &Trap/Gas Chromatography/Mass Spectrometry ..................
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524.3.9
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524.3.9 ....................
524.4.29
ALTERNATIVE TESTING METHODS FOR CONTAMINANTS LISTED AT 40 CFR 141.25(a)
Methodology
EPA
method
SM 21st
edition 1
SM 22nd
edition,28
SM 23rd
edition 49
Evaporation .......................
Liquid Scintillation .............
Coprecipitation ..................
Radon emanation ..............
Radiochemical ...................
Gamma Spectrometry .......
Radiochemical ...................
Gamma Spectrometry .......
Radiochemical ...................
ICP–MS .............................
Alpha spectrometry ...........
Laser Phosphorimetry .......
Alpha Liquid Scintillation
Spectrometry.
900.0, Rev. 1.0 50 ...
.................................
.................................
.................................
.................................
.................................
.................................
.................................
.................................
.................................
.................................
.................................
.................................
7110 B ...........
.......................
7110 C ..........
7500–Ra C ....
7500–Ra B ....
.......................
7500–Ra D ....
.......................
7500–U B ......
3125 ..............
7500–U C ......
.......................
.......................
7110 B.
.......................
7110 C.
7500–Ra C ....
7500–Ra B ....
7500–Ra E ....
7500–Ra D.
7500Ra–E .....
7500–U B.
.......................
7500–U C ......
.......................
.......................
Radiochemical ...................
Gamma Ray Spectrometry
Radiochemical ...................
.................................
.................................
.................................
Gamma Ray Spectrometry
Radiochemical ...................
.................................
.................................
7500–Cs B ....
7120 ..............
7500–I B ........
7500–I C .......
7500–I D .......
7120 ..............
7500–Sr B .....
7500–Cs B.
7120 ..............
7500–I B ........
7500–I C.
7500–I D.
7120 ..............
7500–Sr B.
Liquid Scintillation .............
Gamma Ray ......................
Spectrometry .....................
.................................
.................................
.................................
7500–3H B ....
7120 ..............
7500–Cs B ....
7500–I B ........
7500–3H B ....
7120 ..............
7500–Cs B ....
7500–I B.
Contaminant
Naturally Occurring:
Gross alpha and beta
Gross alpha ................
Radium 226 ................
Radium 228 ................
Uranium ......................
Man-Made:
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7500–Ra E–07.
......................................
7500–Ra E–07.
D
D
D
D
5673–05, 10, 16.
3972–09.
5174–07.
6239–09.
D 3649–06.
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Organism
Methodology
Total Coliform ..............
Total Coliform Fermentation Technique.
Total Coliform Membrane Filter Technique.
ONPG–MUG Test ......
Fecal Coliform Procedure.
Fecal Coliform Filter
Procedure.
Pour Plate Method .....
Nephelometric Method
Laser Nephelometry
(on-line).
LED Nephelometry
(on-line).
Fecal Coliforms ............
Heterotrophic bacteria
Turbidity .......................
LED Nephelometry
(on-line).
LED Nephelometry
(portable).
360° Nephelometry .....
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edition 49
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edition 28
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Other
9221 A, B, C
9221 A, B, C
9221 A, B, C
9221 A,B,C–
06.
9222 A, B, C
.......................
9222 A, B, C.
9223 ..............
9221 E ...........
9223 B ...........
9221 E ...........
9223 B ...........
9221 E ...........
9223 B–04.
9221 E–06.
9222 D ..........
9222 D ..........
9222 D ..........
9222 D–06.
9215 B ...........
2130 B ...........
.......................
9215 B ...........
2130 B ...........
.......................
9215 B ...........
2130 B ...........
.......................
9215 B–04.
.......................
.......................
.......................
.......................
.......................
.......................
.......................
.......................
.......................
.......................
Hach Method 8195, Rev. 3.0.52
Mitchell M5271,10 Mitchell M5331, Rev. 1.2,42
Lovibond PTV 6000.46
Mitchell M5331,11
Mitchell M5331, Rev. 1.2,42 Lovibond PTV
2000.45
AMI Turbiwell,15 Lovibond PTV 1000.44
.......................
.......................
.......................
.......................
Orion AQ4500.12
.......................
.......................
.......................
.......................
Hach Method 10258 Rev. 1.0,39 Hach Method 10258, Rev. 2.0.51
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Residual
Methodology
SM 21st
edition 1
SM 22nd edition,28 SM
23rd
edition 49
Free Chlorine ....................................
Amperometric Titration .....................
4500–Cl D .....
4500–Cl D .....
Total Chlorine ....................................
DPD Ferrous Titrimetric ...................
DPD Colorimetric .............................
Indophenol Colorimetric ...................
Syringaldazine (FACTS) ..................
On-line Chlorine Analyzer ................
Amperometric Sensor ......................
Amperometric Titration .....................
4500–Cl F .....
4500–Cl G .....
.......................
4500–Cl H .....
.......................
.......................
4500–Cl D .....
4500–Cl F .....
4500–Cl G .....
.......................
4500–Cl H .....
.......................
.......................
4500–Cl D .....
Amperometric Titration (Low level
measurement).
DPD Ferrous Titrimetric ...................
DPD Colorimetric .............................
Iodometric Electrode ........................
On-line Chlorine Analyzer ................
Amperometric Sensor ......................
Amperometric Titration .....................
Amperometric Titration .....................
Amperometric Sensor ......................
Indigo Method ..................................
4500–Cl E .....
4500–Cl E.
4500–Cl F .....
4500–Cl G .....
4500–Cl I .......
.......................
.......................
4500–ClO2 C
4500–ClO2 E.
.......................
4500–O3 B ....
4500–Cl F.
4500–Cl G .....
4500–Cl I.
.......................
.......................
4500–ClO2 C.
4500–ClO2 E.
.......................
4500–O3 B.
Chlorine Dioxide ................................
Ozone ................................................
ASTM 4
D 1253–08,
–14.
.......................
.......................
.......................
.......................
.......................
.......................
D 1253–08,
–14.
Other
Hach Method 10260.31
Hach Method 10241.34
EPA 334.0.16
ChloroSense.17
.......................
Hach Method 10260.31
.......................
.......................
EPA 334.0.16
ChloroSense.17
.......................
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Methodology
EPA method
TTHM ......
P&T/GC/MS .........................................
HAA5 .......
LLE (diazomethane)/GC/ECD .............
Ion Chromatography Electrospray Ionization Tandem Mass Spectrometry
(IC–ESI–MS/MS).
Two-Dimensional Ion Chromatography
(IC) with Suppressed Conductivity
Detection.
Two-Dimensional Ion Chromatography
(IC).
Ion Chromatography Electrospray Ionization Tandem Mass Spectrometry
(IC–ESI–MS/MS).
Chemically Suppressed Ion Chromatography.
Electrolytically Suppressed Ion Chromatography.
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6251 B–07 .....
6251 B ...........
6251 B.
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Methodology
EPA method
ASTM 4
Chlorite ....
Chemically Suppressed Ion Chromatography.
Electrolytically Suppressed Ion Chromatography.
daily monitoring as prescribed in 40
CFR 141.132(b)(2)(i)(A).
Amperometric Sensor ..........................
.......................
D 6581–08 A.
.......................
D 6581–08 B.
Amperometric
Titration.
.......................
.......................
.......................
Chlorite—
SM 21st edition 1
SM 22nd edition,28
SM 23rd edition 49
.......................
4500–ClO2 E
4500–ClO2 E.
.......................
.......................
.......................
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Other
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Residual
Methodology
SM 21st
edition 1
SM 22nd
edition,28
SM 23rd
edition 49
Free Chlorine ....................................
Amperometric Titration ...........
DPD Ferrous Titrimetric ..........
DPD Colorimetric ....................
Indophenol Colorimetric ..........
Syringaldazine (FACTS) .........
Amperometric Sensor .............
On-line Chlorine Analyzer .......
Amperometric Titration ...........
DPD Ferrous Titrimetric ..........
DPD Colorimetric ....................
Amperometric Titration ...........
Low level Amperometric Titration.
DPD Ferrous Titrimetric ..........
DPD Colorimetric ....................
Iodometric Electrode ...............
Amperometric Sensor .............
On-line Chlorine Analyzer .......
Amperometric Method II .........
Amperometric Sensor .............
4500–Cl D ...............
4500–Cl F ................
4500–Cl G ...............
..................................
4500–Cl H ...............
..................................
..................................
4500–Cl D ...............
4500–Cl F ................
4500–Cl G ...............
4500–Cl D ...............
4500–Cl E ...............
4500–Cl D ...............
4500–Cl F ................
4500–Cl G ...............
..................................
4500–Cl H.
..................................
..................................
4500–Cl D ...............
4500–Cl F ................
4500–Cl G ...............
4500–Cl D ...............
4500–Cl E.
4500–Cl F ................
4500–Cl G ...............
4500–Cl I .................
..................................
..................................
4500–ClO2 E ...........
..................................
4500–Cl F.
4500–Cl G ...............
4500–Cl I.
..................................
..................................
4500–ClO2 E.
..................................
Combined Chlorine ...........................
Total Chlorine ....................................
Chlorine Dioxide ................................
*
*
*
*
ASTM 4
Other
D 1253–08, –14.
..................................
..................................
..................................
Hach Method 10260.31
Hach Method 10241.34
..................................
..................................
D 1253–08, –14.
..................................
..................................
D 1253–08, –14.
ChloroSense.17
EPA 334.0.16
Hach Method 10260.31
..................................
Hach Method 10260.31
..................................
..................................
ChloroSense.17
EPA 334.0.16
..................................
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*
ALTERNATIVE TESTING METHODS FOR PARAMETERS LISTED AT 40 CFR 141.131(d)
Parameter
Methodology
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SM 22nd
edition 28
SM 23rd
edition 49
SM online 3
EPA
Total Organic Carbon (TOC) ...
High Temperature Combustion
Persulfate-Ultraviolet or Heated
Persulfate Oxidation.
Wet Oxidation ..........................
Ozone Oxidation ......................
Calculation using DOC and
UV254 data.
High Temperature Combustion
5310 B .....
5310 C .....
5310 B .....
5310 C .....
5310 B .....
5310 C .....
..................
..................
5310 D .....
..................
..................
5310 D .....
..................
..................
..................
..................
..................
..................
..................
..................
415.3, Rev 1.2.19
415.3, Rev
1.2. 19.
415.3, Rev 1.2.19
...........................
415.3, Rev 1.2.19
5310 B .....
5310 B .....
5310 B .....
..................
415.3, Rev 1.2.19
Persulfate-Ultraviolet or Heated
Persulfate Oxidation.
Wet Oxidation ..........................
Spectrophotometry ...................
5310 C .....
5310 C .....
5310 C .....
..................
415.3, Rev 1.2.19
5310 D .....
5910 B .....
5310 D .....
5910 B .....
..................
5910 B .....
..................
5910 B–11
415.3, Rev 1.2.19
415.3, Rev 1.2.19
Specific Ultraviolet Absorbance
(SUVA)
Dissolved Organic Carbon
(DOC).
Ultraviolet absorption at
254 nm (UV254).
*
*
*
*
Other
Hach Method 10267.38
Hach Method 10261.37
*
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Methodology
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edition 1
SM 22nd
edition 28
SM 23rd
edition 49
SM online 3
E. coli ...................................
Colilert .................................
Colisure ...............................
Colilert-18 ............................
Readycult® ..........................
Colitag .................................
Chromocult® ........................
EC-MUG ..............................
NA-MUG ..............................
..................
..................
9223 B .....
..................
..................
..................
..................
..................
9223 B .....
9223 B .....
9223 B .....
..................
..................
..................
..................
..................
9223 B .....
9223 B .....
9223 B .....
..................
..................
..................
9221 F ......
..................
9223 B .....
9223 B .....
9223 B .....
..................
..................
..................
9221 F ......
9222 I.
9223 B–97, B–04.
9223 B–97, B–04.
9223 B–97, B–04.
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Enterococci ..........................
Coliphage ............................
*
*
*
*
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edition 6
SM 21st
edition 1
SM 22nd
edition 28
m-ColiBlue24 Test ...............
Tecta EC/TC 33 43
Multiple-Tube Technique .....
Membrane Filter Techniques.
Fluorogenic Substrate
Enterococcus Test (using
Enterolert).
Two-Step Enrichment Presence-Absence Procedure.
..................
..................
..................
9222 J.
..................
..................
..................
..................
..................
..................
..................
9230 C.
..................
..................
..................
9230 D.
..................
..................
..................
..................
Organism
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9230 B–04.
.....................................
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Organism
Methodology category
Method
SM 20th, 21st
editions 1 6
SM 22nd
edition 28
Total Coliforms ......................
Lactose Fermentation Methods.
Standard Total Coliform Fermentation Technique.
Presence-Absence (P–A)
Coliform Test.
Standard Total Coliform
Membrane Filter Procedure using Endo Media.
Simultaneous Detection of
Total Coliforms and E. coli
by Dual Chromogen Membrane Filter Procedure
(using mColiBlue24 medium).
Colilert® ................................
Colisure® ..............................
Colilert-18 .............................
Tecta EC/TC 33 43
EC–MUG medium ................
.........................
9221 B.1, B.2 ..
.........................
.........................
.........................
.........................
9221 B.1, B.2,
B.3, B.4.
9221 D.1, D.2,
D.3.
9222 B, C.
.........................
.........................
9222 J.
.........................
.........................
9223 B .............
9223 B .............
9223 B .............
9223 B .............
9223 B .............
9223 B .............
9223 B .............
9223 B–04.
9223 B–04.
9223 B–04.
.........................
9221 F.1 ..........
9221 F.1 ..........
9221 F.1–06.
EC broth with MUG (EC–
MUG).
.........................
.........................
9222 H.
NA–MUG medium ................
mColiBlue24 medium ...........
.........................
.........................
.........................
.........................
9222 I.
9222 J.
Colilert® ................................
Colisure® ..............................
Colilert-18 .............................
Tecta EC/TC 33 43
.........................
.........................
9223 B .............
9223 B .............
9223 B .............
9223 B .............
9223 B .............
9223 B .............
9223 B .............
Membrane Filtration Methods.
Enzyme Substrate Methods
Escherichia coli .....................
Escherichia coli Procedure
(following Lactose Fermentation Methods).
Escherichia coli Partitioning
Methods (following Membrane Filtration Methods).
Simultaneous Detection of
Total Coliforms and E. coli
by Dual Chromogen Membrane Filter Procedure.
Enzyme Substrate Methods
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06.
9223 B–04.
9223 B–04.
9223 B–04.
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Methodology
EPA method
ASTM 4
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edition 1
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edition,28
SM 23rd
edition 49
Aluminum .........................
Axially viewed inductively coupled plasma-atomic
emission spectrometry (AVICP–AES).
Atomic Absorption; Direct ...........................................
Atomic Absorption; Furnace .......................................
200.5, Revision
4.2.2
...........................
...........................
..................
..................
3111 D ..........
3113 B ..........
3111 D.
3113 B ..........
Inductively Coupled Plasma .......................................
Silver Nitrate Titration .................................................
...........................
...........................
3120 B ..........
4500–Cl ..
3120 B.
4500–Cl
Ion Chromatography ...................................................
Potentiometric Titration ...............................................
Visual Comparison .....................................................
Methylene Blue Active Substances (MBAS) ..............
Axially viewed inductively coupled plasma-atomic
emission spectrometry (AVICP–AES).
Atomic Absorption; Direct ...........................................
Atomic Absorption; Furnace .......................................
...........................
...........................
...........................
...........................
200.5, Revision
4.2.2
...........................
...........................
..................
D 512–04
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Methods for the Examination of Water and Wastewater, 21st edition (2005). Available from American Public Health Association, 800 I Street NW, Washington, DC 20001–3710.
2 EPA Method 200.5, Revision 4.2. ‘‘Determination of Trace Elements in Drinking Water by Axially Viewed Inductively Coupled Plasma-Atomic Emission Spectrometry.’’ 2003. EPA/600/R–06/115. (Available at https://www.epa.gov/water-research/epa-drinking-water-research-methods.)
3 Standard Methods Online are available at https://www.standardmethods.org. The year in which each method was approved by the Standard Methods Committee is
designated by the last two digits in the method number. The methods listed are the only online versions that may be used.
4 Available from ASTM International, 100 Barr Harbor Drive, West Conshohocken, PA 19428–2959 or https://astm.org. The methods listed are the only alternative
versions that may be used.
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6 Standard Methods for the Examination of Water and Wastewater, 20th edition (1998). Available from American Public Health Association, 800 I Street NW, Washington, DC 20001–3710.
7 Method ME355.01, Revision 1.0. ‘‘Determination of Cyanide in Drinking Water by GC/MS Headspace,’’ May 26, 2009. Available at https://www.nemi.gov or from
James Eaton, H & E Testing Laboratory, 221 State Street, Augusta, ME 04333. (207) 287–2727.
8 Systea Easy (1-Reagent). ‘‘Systea Easy (1-Reagent) Nitrate Method,’’ February 4, 2009. Available at https://www.nemi.gov or from Systea Scientific, LLC., 900
Jorie Blvd., Suite 35, Oak Brook, IL 60523.
9 EPA Method 524.3, Version 1.0. ‘‘Measurement of Purgeable Organic Compounds in Water by Capillary Column Gas Chromatography/Mass Spectrometry,’’ June
2009. EPA 815–B–09–009. Available at https://www.nemi.gov.
10 Mitchell Method M5271, Revision 1.1. ‘‘Determination of Turbidity by Laser Nephelometry,’’ March 5, 2009. Available at https://www.nemi.gov or from Leck Mitchell, Ph.D., PE, 656 Independence Valley Dr., Grand Junction, CO 81507.
11 Mitchell Method M5331, Revision 1.1. ‘‘Determination of Turbidity by LED Nephelometry,’’ March 5, 2009. Available at https://www.nemi.gov or from Leck Mitchell, Ph.D., PE, 656 Independence Valley Dr., Grand Junction, CO 81507.
12 Orion Method AQ4500, Revision 1.0. ‘‘Determination of Turbidity by LED Nephelometry,’’ May 8, 2009. Available at https://www.nemi.gov or from Thermo Scientific, 166 Cummings Center, Beverly, MA 01915, https://www.thermo.com.
13 Modified ColitagTM Method. ‘‘Modified ColitagTM Test Method for the Simultaneous Detection of E. coli and other Total Coliforms in Water (ATP D05–0035),’’ August 28, 2009. Available at https://www.nemi.gov or from CPI International, 5580 Skylane Boulevard, Santa Rosa, CA 95403.
14 EPA Method 557. ‘‘Determination of Haloacetic Acids, Bromate, and Dalapon in Drinking Water by Ion Chromatography Electrospray Ionization Tandem Mass
Spectrometry (IC–ESI–MS/MS),’’ September 2009. EPA 815–B–09–012. Available at https://www.nemi.gov.
15 AMI Turbiwell, ‘‘Continuous Measurement of Turbidity Using a SWAN AMI Turbiwell Turbidimeter,’’ August 2009. Available at https://www.nemi.gov or from
Markus Bernasconi, SWAN Analytische Instrumente AG, Studbachstrasse 13, CH–8340 Hinwil, Switzerland.
16 EPA Method 334.0. ‘‘Determination of Residual Chlorine in Drinking Water Using an On-line Chlorine Analyzer,’’ September 2009. EPA 815–B–09–013. Available
at https://www.nemi.gov.
17 ChloroSense. ‘‘Measurement of Free and Total Chlorine in Drinking Water by Palintest ChloroSense,’’ August 2009. Available at https://www.nemi.gov or from
Palintest Ltd., 1455 Jamike Avenue (Suite 100), Erlanger, KY 41018.
18 EPA Method 302.0. ‘‘Determination of Bromate in Drinking Water using Two-Dimensional Ion Chromatography with Suppressed Conductivity Detection,’’ September 2009. EPA 815–B–09–014. Available at https://www.nemi.gov.
19 EPA 415.3, Revision 1.2. ‘‘Determination of Total Organic Carbon and Specific UV Absorbance at 254 nm in Source Water and Drinking Water,’’ September
2009. EPA/600/R–09/122. Available at https://www.epa.gov/water-research/epa-drinking-water-research-methods.
20 Readycult® Method, ‘‘Readycult® Coliforms 100 Presence/Absence Test for Detection and Identification of Coliform Bacteria and Escherichia coli in Finished
Waters,’’ January, 2007. Version 1.1. Available from EMD Millipore (division of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany), 290 Concord Road, Billerica, MA 01821.
21 Chromocult® Method, ‘‘Chromocult® Coliform Agar Presence/Absence Membrane Filter Test Method for Detection and Identification of Coliform Bacteria and
Escherichia coli in Finished Waters,’’ November, 2000. Version 1.0. EMD Millipore (division of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany), 290 Concord Road, Billerica, MA
01821.
22 Hach Company. ‘‘Hach Company SPADNS 2 (Arsenite-Free) Fluoride Method 10225—Spectrophotometric Measurement of Fluoride in Water and Wastewater,’’
January 2011. 5600 Lindbergh Drive, P.O. Box 389, Loveland, Colorado 80539.
23 Hach Company. ‘‘Hach Company TNTplusTM 835/836 Nitrate Method 10206—Spectrophotometric Measurement of Nitrate in Water and Wastewater,’’ January
2011. 5600 Lindbergh Drive, P.O. Box 389, Loveland, Colorado 80539.
24 EPA Method 525.3. ‘‘Determination of Semivolatile Organic Chemicals in Drinking Water by Solid Phase Extraction and Capillary Column Gas Chromatography/
Mass Spectrometry (GC/MS),’’ February 2012. EPA/600/R–12/010. Available at https://www.epa.gov/water-research/epa-drinking-water-research-methods.
25 EPA Method 536. ‘‘Determination of Triazine Pesticides and their Degradates in Drinking Water by Liquid Chromatography Electrospray Ionization Tandem Mass
Spectrometry (LC/ESI–MS/MS),’’ October 2007. EPA 815–B–07–002. Available at the National Service Center for Environmental Publications (EPA Method 536).
26 EPA Method 523. ‘‘Determination of Triazine Pesticides and their Degradates in Drinking Water by Gas Chromatography/Mass Spectrometry (GC/MS),’’ February
2011. EPA 815–R–11–002. Available at the National Service Center for Environmental Publications (EPA Method 523).
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28 Standard Methods for the Examination of Water and Wastewater, 22nd edition (2012). Available from American Public Health Association, 800 I Street NW,
Washington, DC 20001–3710.
29 EPA Method 524.4, Version 1.0. ‘‘Measurement of Purgeable Organic Compounds in Water by Gas Chromatography/Mass Spectrometry using Nitrogen Purge
Gas,’’ May 2013. EPA 815–R–13–002. Available at the National Service Center for Environmental Publications (EPA Method 524.4).
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30 Charm Sciences Inc. ‘‘Fast Phage Test Procedure. Presence/Absence for Coliphage in Ground Water with Same Day Positive Prediction’’. Version 009. November 2012. 659 Andover Street, Lawrence, MA 01843. Available at www.charmsciences.com.
31 Hach Company. ‘‘Hach Method 10260—Determination of Chlorinated Oxidants (Free and Total) in Water Using Disposable Planar Reagent-filled Cuvettes and
Mesofluidic Channel Colorimetry,’’ April 2013. 5600 Lindbergh Drive, P.O. Box 389, Loveland, CO 80539.
32 ChlordioX Plus. ‘‘Chlorine Dioxide and Chlorite in Drinking Water by Amperometry using Disposable Sensors,’’ November 2013. Available from Palintest Ltd.,
1455 Jamike Avenue (Suite 100), Erlanger, KY 41018.
33 Tecta EC/TC. ‘‘TechtaTM EC/TC Medium and TechtaTM Instrument: A Presence/Absence Method for the Simultaneous Detection of Total Coliforms and Escherichia coli (E. coli) in Drinking Water,’’ version 1.0, May 2014. Available from Pathogen Detection Systems, Inc., 382 King Street East, Kingston, Ontario, Canada,
K7K 2Y2.
34 Hach Company. ‘‘Hach Method 10241—Spectrophotometric Measurement of Free Chlorine (Cl ) in Drinking Water,’’ November 2015. Revision 1.2. 5600 Lind2
bergh Drive, P.O. Box 389, Loveland, CO 80539.
35 Hach Company. ‘‘Hach Method 8026—Spectrophotometric Measurement of Copper in Finished Drinking Water,’’ December 2015. Revision 1.2. 5600 Lindbergh
Drive, P.O. Box 389, Loveland, CO 80539.
36 Hach Company. ‘‘Hach Method 10272—Spectrophotometric Measurement of Copper in Finished Drinking Water,’’ December 2015. Revision 1.2. 5600 Lindbergh
Drive, P.O. Box 389, Loveland, CO 80539.
37 Hach Company. ‘‘Hach Method 10261—Total Organic Carbon in Finished Drinking Water by Catalyzed Ozone Hydroxyl Radical Oxidation Infrared Analysis,’’ December 2015. Revision 1.2. 5600 Lindbergh Drive, P.O. Box 389, Loveland, CO 80539.
38 Hach Company. ‘‘Hach Method 10267—Spectrophotometric Measurement of Total Organic Carbon (TOC) in Finished Drinking Water,’’ December 2015. Revision
1.2. 5600 Lindbergh Drive, P.O. Box 389, Loveland, CO 80539.
39 Hach Company. ‘‘Hach Method 10258—Determination of Turbidity by 360° Nephelometry,’’ January 2016. Revision 1.0. 5600 Lindbergh Drive, P.O. Box 389,
Loveland, CO 80539.
40 Nitrate Elimination Company Inc. (NECi). ‘‘Method for Nitrate Reductase Nitrate-Nitrogen Analysis of Drinking Water,’’ February 2016. Superior Enzymes Inc.,
334 Hecla Street, Lake Linden, Michigan 49945.
41 Thermo Fisher. ‘‘Thermo Fisher Scientific Drinking Water Orthophosphate Method for Thermo Scientific Gallery Discrete Analyzer,’’ February 2016. Revision 5.
Thermo Fisher Scientific, Ratastie 2, 01620 Vantaa, Finland.
42 Mitchell Method M5331, Revision 1.2. ‘‘Determination of Turbidity by LED or Laser Nephelometry,’’ February 2016. Available from Leck Mitchell, Ph.D., PE, 656
Independence Valley Dr., Grand Junction, CO 81507.
43 Tecta EC/TC. ‘‘TectaTM EC/TC Medium and the TectaTM Instrument: A Presence/Absence Method for the Simultaneous Detection of Total Coliforms and Escherichia coli (E. coli) in Drinking Water,’’ version 2.0, February 2017. Available from Pathogen Detection Systems, Inc., 382 King Street East, Kingston, Ontario, Canada, K7K 2Y2.
44 Lovibond PTV 1000. ‘‘Continuous Measurement of Drinking Water Turbidity Using a Lovibond PTV 1000 White Light LED Turbidimeter,’’ December 2016. Revision 1.0. Available from Tintometer, Inc., 6456 Parkland Drive, Sarasota, FL 34243.
45 Lovibond PTV 2000. ‘‘Continuous Measurement of Drinking Water Turbidity Using a Lovibond PTV 2000 660-nm LED Turbidimeter,’’ December 2016. Revision
1.0. Available from Tintometer, Inc., 6456 Parkland Drive, Sarasota, FL 34243.
46 Lovibond PTV 6000. ‘‘Continuous Measurement of Drinking Water Turbidity Using a Lovibond PTV 6000 Laser Turbidimeter,’’ December 2016. Revision 1.0.
Available from Tintometer, Inc., 6456 Parkland Drive, Sarasota, FL 34243.
47 Thermo Fisher. ‘‘Thermo Fisher Method 557.1: Determination of Haloacetic Acids in Drinking Water using Two-Dimensional Ion Chromatography with Suppressed Conductivity Detection,’’ January 2017. Version 1.0. Available from Thermo Fisher Scientific, 490 Lakeside Dr., Sunnyvale, CA 94085 (Richard.jack@
thermofisher.com).
48 EPA Method 150.3. ‘‘Determination of pH in Drinking Water,’’ February 2017. EPA 815–B–17–001. Available at the National Service Center for Environmental
Publications (EPA Method 150.3).
49 Standard Methods for the Examination of Water and Wastewater, 23rd edition (2017). Available from American Public Health Association, 800 I Street NW,
Washington, DC 20001–3710.
50 EPA Method 900.0, Rev. 1.0. ‘‘Determination of Gross Alpha and Gross Beta in Drinking Water,’’ February 2018. EPA 815–B–18–002. Available at the National
Service Center for Environmental Publications (EPA Method 900.0 Rev 1.0).
51 Hach Company. ‘‘Hach Method 10258—Determination of Turbidity by 360° Nephelometry,’’ March 2018. Revision 2.0. 5600 Lindbergh Drive, P.O. Box 389,
Loveland, CO 80539.
52 Hach Company. ‘‘Hach Method 8195—Determination of Turbidity by Nephelometry,’’ March 2018. Revision 3.0. 5600 Lindbergh Drive, P.O. Box 389, Loveland,
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[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 198 (Friday, October 12, 2018)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 51636-51652]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
40 CFR Part 141
[EPA-HQ-OW-2018-0558; FRL-9985-19-OW]
Expedited Approval of Alternative Test Procedures for the
Analysis of Contaminants Under the Safe Drinking Water Act; Analysis
and Sampling Procedures
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Final rule.
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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is announcing the
Agency's approval of alternative testing methods for use in measuring
the levels of contaminants in drinking water and determining compliance
with national primary drinking water regulations. The Safe Drinking
Water Act authorizes the EPA to approve the use of alternative testing
methods through publication in the Federal Register. The EPA is using
this authority to make 100 additional methods available for analyzing
drinking water samples. This expedited approach provides public water
systems, laboratories, and primacy
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agencies with more timely access to new measurement techniques and
greater flexibility in the selection of analytical methods, thereby
reducing monitoring costs while maintaining public health protection.
DATES: This action is effective October 12, 2018.
ADDRESSES: The EPA has established a docket for this action under
Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OW-2018-0558. All documents in the docket are
listed on the https://www.regulations.gov/ Website. Although listed in
the index, some information is not publicly available, e.g.,
confidential business information (CBI) or other information whose
disclosure is restricted by statute. Certain other material, such as
copyrighted material, is not placed on the internet and will be
publicly available only in hard copy form. Publicly available docket
materials are available electronically through https://www.regulations.gov/.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Glynda Smith, Technical Support
Center, Standards and Risk Management Division, Office of Ground Water
and Drinking Water (MS 140), Environmental Protection Agency, 26 West
Martin Luther King Drive, Cincinnati, Ohio 45268; telephone number:
(513) 569-7652; email address: [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. General Information
A. Does this action apply to me?
Public water systems are the regulated entities required to measure
contaminants in drinking water samples. The EPA Regions as well as
states and tribal governments with authority to administer the
regulatory program for public water systems under the Safe Drinking
Water Act (SDWA) may also measure contaminants in water samples. When
the EPA sets a monitoring requirement in its national primary drinking
water regulations for a given contaminant, the Agency also establishes
(in the regulations) standardized test procedures for analysis of the
contaminant. This action makes alternative testing methods available
for particular drinking water contaminants beyond the testing methods
currently established in the regulations. The EPA is providing public
water systems, required to test water samples, with a choice of using
either a test procedure already established in the existing regulations
or an alternative testing method that has been approved in this action
or in prior expedited approval actions. Categories and entities that
may ultimately be interested in this expedited methods approval action
include:
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Examples of potentially
Category regulated entities NAICS \1\
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State, local, & tribal State, local, and 924110
governments. tribal governments
that analyze water
samples on behalf of
public water systems
required to conduct
such analysis; state,
local, and tribal
governments that
directly operate
community and non-
transient non-
community water
systems required to
monitor.
Industry....................... Private operators of 221310
community and non-
transient non-
community water
systems required to
monitor.
Municipalities................. Municipal operators of 924110
community and non-
transient non-
community water
systems required to
monitor.
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\1\ North American Industry Classification System.
This table is not intended to be exhaustive, but rather provides
the EPA's guide for readers regarding entities likely to be interested
in this action. Other types of entities not listed in the table may
also have some interest. To determine whether this action may concern
your facility, you should carefully examine the applicability language
in the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) at 40 CFR 141.2 (definition of
a public water system). If you have questions regarding the
applicability of this action to a particular entity, consult the person
listed in the preceding FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section.
Abbreviations and Acronyms Used in This Action
APHA: American Public Health Association
ATP: Alternate Test Procedure
CBI: Confidential Business Information
CFR: Code of Federal Regulations
EPA: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
NAICS: North American Industry Classification System
QC: Quality Control
QCS: Quality Control Sample
SDWA: The Safe Drinking Water Act
SM: Standard Method
VCSB: Voluntary Consensus Standard Bodies
II. Background
A. What is the purpose of this action?
In this action, the EPA is approving 100 analytical methods for
determining contaminant concentrations in drinking water samples
collected under the SDWA. Regulated entities required to sample and
monitor may use either the testing methods already established in
existing national primary drinking water regulations or the alternative
testing methods being approved under this action or in prior expedited
approval actions. The new methods are listed along with other methods
similarly approved through previous expedited actions in 40 CFR part
141, Appendix A to subpart C and on the EPA's drinking water methods
website at https://www.epa.gov/dwanalyticalmethods.
B. What is the basis for this action?
When the EPA determines that an alternative analytical method is
``equally effective'' (i.e., as effective as a method that has already
been promulgated in the regulations), the SDWA allows the EPA to
approve the use of the alternative testing method through publication
in the Federal Register (see section 1401(1) of the SDWA). The EPA is
using this approval authority to make 100 additional methods available
for determining contaminant concentrations in drinking water samples
collected under the SDWA. The EPA has determined that, for each
contaminant or group of contaminants listed in Section III of this
action, the additional testing methods being approved are as effective
as one or more of the testing methods already approved in the
regulations for those contaminants. Section 1401(1) of the SDWA states
that the newly approved methods ``shall be treated as an alternative
for public water systems to the quality control and testing procedures
listed in the regulation.'' Accordingly, this action makes these
additional 100 analytical methods legally available as options for
meeting the EPA's monitoring requirements.
This action does not add regulatory language; however, for
informational purposes, the action updates an appendix to the
regulations at 40 CFR part 141, which lists all methods
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approved under section 1401(1) of the SDWA. Accordingly, while this
action is not a rule, it is updating CFR text and therefore is being
published under the ``Final Rules'' section of the Federal Register.
III. Summary of Approvals
The EPA is approving 100 methods that are equally effective
relative to methods previously promulgated in the regulations. This
action adds these 100 methods to Appendix A to subpart C of 40 CFR part
141.
A. Methods Developed by the EPA
1. EPA Method 900.0, Revision 1.0, Determination of Gross Alpha and
Gross Beta in Drinking Water (USEPA 2018). EPA Method 900.0 (USEPA
1980) was promulgated in the drinking water regulations at 40 CFR
141.25(a) as a screening method for alpha- and beta-emitting
radionuclides. EPA Method 900.0, Revision 1.0 was developed in response
to comments from radiochemistry stakeholders indicating that the older,
approved method does not address newer instrumental capabilities such
as simultaneous alpha/beta counting and the concomitant need to
properly address crosstalk. Moreover, stakeholders requested that a
method revision provide more in-depth calibration details and quality
control criteria to assure a more robust procedure capable of yielding
improved consistency in generating and evaluating analytical results.
EPA Method 900.0, Revision 1.0 addresses those concerns and also
corrects specific disparities between requirements in the promulgated
Method 900.0 and the criteria defined in the regulations. For example,
the approved Method 900.0 defines americium-241 as the gross alpha
calibrant. However, americium-241 is not approved in the regulations at
40 CFR 141.25(a); footnote 11 to the table at 40 CFR 141.25(a) states
that only natural uranium and thorium-230 are approved calibration
standards for gross alpha evaporative methods (i.e., Method 900.0).
Americium-241 is only approved as an alpha calibrant for co-
precipitation methods.
The revised method also addresses the important issue of the time
interval involved between sample preparation and counting. Timing
events can have a significant impact on gross alpha results. The gross
alpha maximum contaminant level specified at 40 CFR 141.66(c) is 15
pCi/L and excludes radon and uranium activity. The promulgated method
specifies a minimum 72-hour hold time after preparation before counting
the samples. Such a delay can allow radon ingrowth along with its
alpha-emitting progeny. The revised method eliminates the hold time in
order to more accurately meet the intent of the gross alpha maximum
contaminant level specification.
The EPA has determined that EPA Method 900.0, Revision 1.0 is
equally as effective for determining gross alpha and gross beta
radioactivity as the promulgated method. The basis for this
determination is discussed in greater detail in Smith 2018a. Therefore,
the EPA is approving EPA Method 900.0, Revision 1.0 for the routine
determination of gross alpha and gross beta radioactivity in drinking
water. EPA Method 900.0 Rev 1.0 is available at the National Service
Center for Environmental Publications.
B. Methods Developed by Voluntary Consensus Standard Bodies (VCSB)
1. Standard Methods for the Examination of Water and Wastewater
(Standard Methods). The 23rd edition of Standard Methods for the
Examination of Water and Wastewater (APHA 2017) was published in July
2017. The EPA compared 89 methods in the 23rd edition to earlier
versions of those methods that are promulgated in 40 CFR parts 141 and
143. Changes between the promulgated version and the version of each
method published in the 23rd edition are summarized in Smith and
Wendelken (2018) and Best (2018). The revisions primarily involve
editorial changes (e.g., correction of errors, procedural
clarifications, and reorganization of text). Errors in the nitrate
methods (4500-NO3- D, E, and F) have been
addressed in an appropriate errata sheet prepared for the 23rd edition
(APHL 2018). The methods in the following table are the same as the
earlier approved versions with respect to the sample handling
protocols, analytical procedures, and method performance data. For
these reasons, the EPA has concluded that the versions in the 23rd
edition are equally effective relative to the promulgated versions in
the regulations. Therefore, the EPA is approving the use of 89 Standard
Methods in the 23rd edition for the contaminants and their respective
regulations listed in the following table:
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Standard methods, 23rd edition
(APHA 2017) Approved method Contaminant Regulation citations
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2120 B........................... 2120 B-01, online version Color................... 40 CFR 143.4(b).
(APHA 2001a).
2130 B........................... 2130 B-01, online version Turbidity............... 40 CFR 141.74(a)(1).
(APHA 2001b).
2150 B........................... 2150 B-97, online version Odor.................... 40 CFR 143.4(b).
(APHA 1997a).
2320 B........................... 2320 B-97, online version Alkalinity.............. 40 CFR 141.23(k)(1).
(APHA 1997b).
2510 B........................... 2510 B-97, online version Conductivity............ 40 CFR 141.23(k)(1).
(APHA 1997c).
2540 C........................... 2540 C-97, online version Total Dissolved Solids.. 40 CFR 143.4(b).
(APHA 1997d).
2550............................. 2550-00, online version Temperature............. 40 CFR 141.23(k)(1).
(APHA 2000a).
3111 B........................... 3111 B-99, online version Calcium, copper, 40 CFR 141.23(k)(1); 40
(APHA 1999a). magnesium, nickel, CFR 143.4(b).
sodium, iron,
manganese, silver, zinc.
3111 D........................... 3111 D-99, online version Barium, aluminum........ 40 CFR 141.23(k)(1); 40
(APHA 1999a). CFR 143.4(b).
3112 B........................... 3112 B-99, online version Mercury................. 40 CFR 141.23(k)(1).
(APHA 1999b).
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3113 B........................... 3113 B, 19th Edition Antimony, arsenic, 40 CFR 141.23(k)(1); 40
(APHA 1995). barium, beryllium, CFR 143.4(b).
cadmium, chromium,
copper, lead, nickel,
selenium, aluminum,
iron, manganese, silver.
3114 B........................... 3114 B-97, online version Arsenic, selenium....... 40 CFR 141.23(k)(1).
(APHA 1997e).
3120 B........................... 3120 B-99, online version Barium, beryllium, 40 CFR 141.23(k)(1); 40
(APHA 1999c). calcium, chromium, CFR 143.4(b).
copper, magnesium,
nickel, silica,
aluminum, iron,
manganese, silver, zinc.
3500-Ca B........................ 3500-Ca B-97, online Calcium................. 40 CFR 141.23(k)(1).
version (APHA 1997f).
3500-Mg B........................ 3500-Mg B-97, online Magnesium............... 40 CFR 141.23(k)(1).
version (APHA 1997g).
4110 B........................... 4110 B-00, online version Fluoride, nitrate, 40 CFR 141.23(k)(1); 40
(APHA 2000b). nitrite, ortho- CFR 143.4(b).
phosphate, chloride,
sulfate.
4500-Cl D, F, G, H............... 4500-Cl D, F, G, H-00, Free chlorine........... 40 CFR 141.74(a)(2); 40
online versions (APHA CFR 141.131(c)(1).
2000c).
4500-Cl D, E, F, G, I............ 4500-Cl D, E, F, G, I-00, Total chlorine.......... 40 CFR 141.74(a)(2); 40
online versions (APHA CFR 141.131(c)(1).
2000c).
4500-Cl D, F, G.................. 4500-Cl D, F, G-00, Combined chlorine....... 40 CFR 141.131(c)(1).
online versions (APHA
2000c).
4500-Cl- B, D.................... 4500-Cl- B, D-97, online Chloride................ 40 CFR 143.4(b).
versions (APHA 1997h).
4500-ClO2 C...................... 4500-ClO2 C-00, online Chlorine dioxide........ 40 CFR 141.74(a)(2).
version (APHA 2000d).
4500-ClO2 E...................... 4500-ClO2 E-00, online Chlorine dioxide........ 40 CFR 141.74(a)(2); 40
version (APHA 2000d). CFR 141.131(c)(1).
4500-ClO2 E...................... 4500-ClO2 E-00, online Chlorite................ 40 CFR 141.131(b)(1).
version (APHA 2000d).
4500-CN- C, E, F, G.............. 4500-CN-, 20th Edition Cyanide................. 40 CFR 141.23(k)(1).
(APHA 1998).
4500-F- B, C, D, E............... 4500-F- B, C, D, E-97, Fluoride................ 40 CFR 141.23(k)(1).
online versions (APHA
1997i).
4500-H+B......................... 4500-H+ B-00, online pH...................... 40 CFR 141.23(k)(1).
version (APHA 2000e).
4500-NO3- D...................... 4500-NO3- D-00, online Nitrate................. 40 CFR 141.23(k)(1).
version (APHA 2000f).
4500-NO3- E, F................... 4500-NO3- E, F-00, online Nitrate, nitrite........ 40 CFR 141.23(k)(1).
versions (APHA 2000f).
4500-NO2- B...................... 4500-NO2- B-00, online Nitrite................. 40 CFR 141.23(k)(1).
version (APHA 2000g).
4500-O3 B........................ 4500-O3 B-97, online Ozone................... 40 CFR 141.74(a)(2).
version (APHA 1997j).
4500-P E, F...................... 4500-P E, F, 19th Ortho-phosphate......... 40 CFR 141.23(k)(1).
Edition, (APHA 1995).
4500-SiO2 C, D, E................ 4500-SiO2 C, D, E-97, Silica.................. 40 CFR 141.23(k)(1).
online versions (APHA
1997k).
4500-SO42- C, D, E, F............ 4500-SO42- C, D, E, F, Sulfate................. 40 CFR 143.4(b).
19th Edition (APHA 1995).
5310 B, C........................ 5310 B, C-00, online Dissolved and Total 40 CFR 141.131(d).
versions (APHA 2000h). Organic Carbon.
5540 C........................... 5540 C-00, online version Foaming agents.......... 40 CFR 143.4(b).
(APHA 2000i).
5910 B........................... 5910 B-00, online version UV Absorption at 254 nm. 40 CFR 141.131(d).
(APHA 2000j).
6251 B........................... 6251 B-94, online version HAA5.................... 40 CFR 141.131(b)(1).
(APHA 1994).
6610 B........................... EPA Method 531.2, Rev. Carbofuran, oxamyl...... 40 CFR 141.24(e)(1).
1.0 (USEPA 2001).
6640 B........................... EPA Method 515.4, Rev. 2,4-D; 2,4,5-TP; 40 CFR 141.24(e)(1).
1.0 (USEPA 2000). Dalapon; Dinoseb;
Pentachlorophenol;
Picloram.
6651 B........................... 6651 B, 20th Edition, Glyphosate.............. 40 CFR 141.24(e)(1).
(APHA 1998).
7110 B........................... 7110 B-00, online version Gross alpha and gross 40 CFR 141.25(a).
(APHA 2000k). beta.
7110 C........................... 7110 C-00, online version Gross alpha............. 40 CFR 141.25(a).
(APHA 2000k).
7120............................. 7120-97, online version Gamma emitters (includes 40 CFR 141.25(a).
(APHA 1997l). radioactive cesium and
iodine).
7500-Cs B........................ 7500-Cs B-00, online Radioactive Cesium and 40 CFR 141.25(a).
version (APHA 2000l). Gamma emitters.
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7500-3H B........................ 7500-3H B-00, online Tritium................. 40 CFR 141.25(a).
version (APHA 2000m).
7500-I B......................... 7500-I B-00, online Radioactive Iodine and 40 CFR 141.25(a).
version (APHA 2000n). Gamma emitters.
7500-I C, D...................... 7500-I C, D-00, online Radioactive Iodine...... 40 CFR 141.25(a).
versions (APHA 2000n).
7500-Ra B, C..................... 7500-Ra B, C-01, online Radium-226.............. 40 CFR 141.25(a).
versions (APHA 2001c).
7500-Ra D........................ 7500-Ra D-01, online Radium-228.............. 40 CFR 141.25(a).
version (APHA 2001c).
7500-Ra E........................ GA Method (2004)......... Radium-226 and Radium- 40 CFR 141.25(a).
228.
7500-Sr B........................ 7500-Sr B-01, online Strontium-89 and 40 CFR 141.25(a).
version (APHA 2001d). Strontium-90.
7500-U B, C...................... 7500-U B, C-00, online Uranium................. 40 CFR 141.25(a).
versions (APHA 2000o).
9221 A, C........................ 9221 A, C, 20th Edition, Total coliforms......... 40 CFR 141.74(a)(1).
(APHA 1998).
9221 B........................... 9221 B, 20th Edition, Total coliforms......... 40 CFR 141.74(a)(1); 40
(APHA 1998). CFR 141.852(a)(5) [B.1,
B.2, B.3, B.4].
9221 D........................... 9221 D, 20th Edition, Total coliforms......... 40 CFR 141.852(a)(5)
(APHA 1998). [D.1, D.2, D.3].
9221 E........................... 9221 E, 20th Edition, Fecal coliforms......... 40 CFR 141.74(a)(1).
(APHA 1998).
9221 F........................... 9221 F, 20th Edition, E. coli................. 40 CFR 141.402(c)(2); 40
(APHA 1998). CFR 141.852(a)(5)
[F.1].
9222 A........................... 9222 A 20th Edition, Total coliforms......... 40 CFR 141.74(a)(1).
(APHA 1998).
9222 B, C........................ 9222 B, C, 20th Edition, Total coliforms......... 40 CFR 141.74(a)(1); 40
(APHA 1998). CFR 141.852(a)(5).
9222 D........................... 9222 D, 20th Edition, Fecal coliforms......... 40 CFR 141.74(a)(1).
(APHA 1998).
9222 H........................... 9222 G, 20th Edition, E. coli................. 40 CFR 141.852(a)(5).
(APHA 1998).
9222 I........................... 9222 G, 20th Edition, E. coli................. 40 CFR 141.402(c)(2); 40
(APHA 1998). CFR 141.852(a)(5).
9222 J........................... m-ColiBlue24 Test (Hach Total coliforms......... 40 CFR 141.852(a)(5).
Company 1999).
9222 J........................... m-ColiBlue24 Test (Hach E. coli................. 40 CFR 141.402(c)(2); 40
Company 1999). CFR 141.852(a)(5).
9223 B........................... 9223 B, 20th Edition Total coliforms......... 40 CFR 141.74(a)(1); 40
(APHA 1998). CFR 141.852(a)(5).
9223 B........................... 9223 B, 20th Edition E. coli................. 40 CFR 141.402(c)(2); 40
(APHA 1998). CFR 141.852(a)(5).
9215 B........................... 9215 B, 20th Edition Heterotrophic bacteria.. 40 CFR 141.74(a)(1).
(APHA 1998).
9230 C........................... 9230 C, 20th Edition Enterococci............. 40 CFR 141.402(c)(2).
(APHA 1998).
(Budnick 1996)........... Enterococci............. 40 CFR 141.402(c)(2).
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Two additional methods from earlier editions of Standard Methods
for the Examination of Water and Wastewater are being approved under
this action: Standard Method 4500-CN- C in the 21st edition
(APHA 2005) and Standard Method 4500-CN- C in the 22nd
edition (APHA 2012). Also, the identical online version, Standard
Method 4500-CN- C-99 (APHA 1999d) is being approved. The
originally approved method, Standard Method 4500-CN- C in
the 20th edition (APHA 1998) specified addition of magnesium chloride
in the distillation. Beginning with the 1999 online method, and in the
subsequent 21st and 22nd editions, Standard Methods made the addition
of magnesium chloride optional, without providing supporting data to
verify that distillation efficiency was not adversely affected when
magnesium chloride was not used. As a result, the EPA did not approve
Standard Method 4500-CN- C in the 1999 online method and
subsequent editions of Standard Methods for the Examination of Water
and Wastewater. The distillation performed in Standard Method 4500-
CN- C is required prior to conducting the analyses for all
of the other approved cyanide methods. As a result, laboratories
conducting cyanide analyses for drinking water compliance have had to
rely on the approved version in the 20th edition. That may result in
confusion because laboratories that also conduct cyanide analyses for
wastewaters use the more recently published Standard Methods. In order
to address this issue, the EPA is approving Standard Method 4500-
CN- C in the editions and online version as stated above,
but with the requirement to add magnesium chloride in the distillation.
The cyanide entry in Appendix A to subpart C of part 141 has been
revised to clarify this requirement.
The 23rd edition can be obtained from the American Public Health
Association (APHA), 800 I Street NW, Washington, DC 20001-3710.
Approved online versions are available at https://www.standardmethods.org.
2. ASTM International. The EPA compared the most recent versions of
five ASTM International methods to the earlier versions of those
methods that are promulgated in 40 CFR part 141. Most of the changes in
the updated versions include additional quality control specifications.
Changes between the earlier approved version and the most recent
version of each method are described more fully in Smith (2018b).
Besides additional quality control, the revisions involve (primarily)
editorial changes (e.g., updated references, definitions, terminology,
procedural clarifications, and reorganization of text). The revised
methods are the same as the promulgated versions with respect to sample
collection and handling protocols, sample preparation, analytical
methodology, and method performance data; thus, the EPA finds
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that they are equally effective relative to the promulgated methods.
The EPA is thus approving the use of the following ASTM
International methods for the contaminants and their respective
regulations listed in the following table:
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ASTM revised version Approved method Contaminant Regulation citations
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D 516-16 (ASTM 2016a)................ D 516-02 (ASTM 2002a).. Sulfate................ 40 CFR 143.4(b).
D 859-16 (ASTM 2016b)................ D 859-00 (ASTM 2000)... Silica................. 40 CFR 141.23(k)(1).
D 1067-16 B (ASTM 2016c)............. D 1067-02 B (ASTM Alkalinity............. 40 CFR 141.23(k)(1).
2002b).
D 1179-16 B (ASTM 2016d)............. D 1179-99 B (ASTM 1999) Fluoride............... 40 CFR 141.23(k)(1).
D 5673-16 (ASTM 2016e)............... D 5673-03 (ASTM 2003).. Uranium................ 40 CFR 141.25(a).
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The ASTM methods are available from ASTM International, 100 Barr
Harbor Drive, West Conshohocken, PA 19428-2959 or https://www.astm.org.
C. Methods Developed by Vendors
1. Hach Method 10258, Rev. 2.0. Determination of Turbidity by
360[deg] Nephelometry, March 2018 (Hach Company 2018a). In July 2016,
Hach Method 10258, Rev. 1.0 (Hach Company 2016) was approved in an
expedited methods approval action (USEPA 2016) as an equally effective
alternate method to the Hach FilterTrak Method 10133 (Hach Company
2000), which is approved at 40 CFR 141.74(a)(1), for determination of
turbidity in drinking water.
Turbidimeter calibration and calibration verification have remained
unchanged since promulgation of turbidity methods in 40 CFR
141.74(a)(1). Calibration and quarterly calibration validation through
analysis of a Quality Control Sample (QCS) require preparation of a
primary calibration standard. Sealed standards are considered as
secondary calibration standards and used only as calibration
verification checks between the quarterly calibration validation QCS
evaluations.
Public water systems utilize multiple turbidimeters and many of the
units are in line with process streams. The time and cost associated
with preparing quarterly primary calibration standards can be
significant. In 2016, Hach Company began to manufacture glass flame-
sealed vials prefilled with StablCalTM, which is an approved
primary calibration standard. From December 2016 through March 2018,
Hach conducted a long-term stability study with a set of sealed vials
containing StablCal to determine whether the integrity of the vials and
stability of the primary calibration standard could be maintained.
After 515 days (1.4 years), the sealed StablCal primary calibration
standards exhibited a %bias of <0.1% and relative standard deviation of
0.7% compared to the initial certified turbidity values, indicating
that no degradation of the StablCal primary calibration standard
occurred. The results of this study are discussed further in the
validation report (Hach Company 2018b).
Hach Method 10258, Rev. 2.0 is an updated version of the
promulgated Hach Method 10258, Rev. 1.0. The updated method provides
for use of glass flame-sealed vials prefilled with StablCal as primary
calibration standards, secondary calibration verification standards,
and QCS checks. The EPA has determined that Hach Method 10258, Rev. 2.0
is equally as effective as the promulgated Hach Method 10258, Rev. 1.0.
The basis for this determination is discussed in Adams and Smith
(2018). Therefore, the EPA is approving Hach Method 10258, Rev. 2.0 for
the determination of turbidity in drinking water. Hach Method 10258,
Rev. 2.0 can be obtained from Hach Company, 5600 Lindbergh Drive, P.O.
Box 389, Loveland, Colorado 80539.
2. Hach Method 8195, Rev. 3.0. Determination of Turbidity by
Nephelometry, March 2018 (Hach Company 2018c). On April 20, 1998, the
EPA Office of Water issued a letter (USEPA 1998) addressing the use of
Hach Method 8195 (Hach Company 1997) as an alternate method to EPA
Method 180.1 (USEPA 1993) for drinking water compliance monitoring of
turbidity. Hach Method 8195 established the same requirements for
primary calibration standards, secondary calibration verification
standards, and QCS checks as described for Hach Method 10258, Rev. 1.0
in Section III.C.1 of this action. Hach Method 8195, Rev. 3.0 is an
updated version of the 1997 Hach Method 8195. The updated method
provides for use of glass flame-sealed vials prefilled with StablCal as
primary calibration standards, secondary calibration verification
standards, and QCS checks. The EPA has determined that Hach Method
8195, Rev. 3.0 is equally as effective as the 1997 Hach Method 8195 and
EPA Method 180.1. The basis for this determination is discussed in
Adams and Smith (2018). Therefore, the EPA is approving Hach Method
8195, Rev. 3.0 for the determination of turbidity in drinking water.
Hach Method 8195, Rev. 3.0 can be obtained from Hach Company, 5600
Lindbergh Drive, P.O. Box 389, Loveland, Colorado 80539.
IV. Statutory and Executive Order Reviews
As noted in Section II of this action, under the terms of the SDWA,
section 1401(1), this streamlined method approval action is not a rule.
Accordingly, the Congressional Review Act, 5 U.S.C. 801 et seq., as
added by the Small Business Regulatory Enforcement Fairness Act of
1996, does not apply because this action is not a rule for purposes of
5 U.S.C. 804(3). Similarly, this action is not subject to the
Regulatory Flexibility Act because it is not subject to notice and
comment requirements under the Administrative Procedure Act or any
other statute. In addition, because this approval action is not a rule,
but simply makes alternative testing methods available as options for
monitoring under the SDWA, the EPA has concluded that other statutes
and executive orders generally applicable to rulemaking do not apply to
this approval action.
V. References
Adams and Smith. 2018. Memo to the record describing basis for
expedited approval of Hach Company Methods 10258, Rev. 2.0 and 8195,
Rev. 3.0. July 29, 2018. (Available at https://www.regulations.gov;
docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OW-2018-0558.)
American Public Health Association (APHA). 1994. Standard Method
6251 B-94. Disinfection By-Products: Haloacetic Acids and
Trichlorophenol. B. Micro Liquid-Liquid Extraction Gas
Chromatographic Method. Approved by Standard Methods Committee 1994.
Standard Methods Online (Available at https://www.standardmethods.org)
American Public Health Associate (APHA). 1995. 19th Edition of
Standard Methods for the Examination of Water and Wastewater.
American Public Health Association, 800 I Street NW, Washington, DC
20001-3710.
American Public Health Association (APHA). 1997a. Standard Method
2150 B-97.
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Odor. B. Threshold Odor Test. Approved by Standard Methods Committee
1997. Standard Methods Online (Available at https://www.standardmethods.org)
American Public Health Association (APHA). 1997b. Standard Method
2320 B-97. Alkalinity. B. Titration Method. Approved by Standard
Methods Committee 1997. Standard Methods Online (Available at https://www.standardmethods.org)
American Public Health Association (APHA). 1997c. Standard Method
2510 B-97. Conductivity. B. Laboratory Method. Approved by Standard
Methods Committee 1997. Standard Methods Online (Available at https://www.standardmethods.org)
American Public Health Association (APHA). 1997d. Standard Method
2540 C-97. Solids. C. Total Dissolved Solids Dried at 180 [deg]C.
Approved by Standard Methods Committee 1997. Standard Methods Online
(Available at https://www.standardmethods.org)
American Public Health Association (APHA). 1997e. Standard Method
3114 B-97. Arsenic and Selenium by Hydride Generation/Atomic
Emission Spectrometry. B. Manual Hydride Generation/Atomic
Absorption Spectrometric Method. Approved by Standard Methods
Committee 1997. Standard Methods Online (Available at https://www.standardmethods.org)
American Public Health Association (APHA). 1997f. Standard Method
3500-Ca B-97. Calcium. B. EDTA Titrimetric Method. Approved by
Standard Methods Committee 1997. Standard Methods Online (Available
at https://www.standardmethods.org)
American Public Health Association (APHA). 1997g. Standard Method
3500-Mg B-97. Magnesium. B. Calculation Method. Approved by Standard
Methods Committee 1997. Standard Methods Online (Available at https://www.standardmethods.org)
American Public Health Association (APHA). 1997h. Standard Methods
4500-Cl- B, D-97. Chloride. B. Argentometric Method. D.
Potentiometric Method. Approved by Standard Methods Committee 1997.
Standard Methods Online (Available at https://www.standardmethods.org)
American Public Health Association (APHA). 1997i. Standard Methods
4500-F- B, C, D, E-97. Fluoride. B. Preliminary
Distillation Step. C. Ion-Selective Electrode Method. D. SPADNS
Method. E. Complexone Method. Approved by Standard Methods Committee
1997. Standard Methods Online (Available at https://www.standardmethods.org)
American Public Health Association (APHA). 1997j. Standard Method
4500-O3 B-97. Ozone (Residual). B. Indigo Colorimetric
Method. Approved by Standard Methods Committee 1997. Standard
Methods Online (Available at https://www.standardmethods.org)
American Public Health Association (APHA). 1997k. Standard Methods
4500-SiO2 C, D, E-97. Silica. C. Molybdosilicate Method.
D. Heteropoly Blue Method. E. Automated Method for Molybdate-
Reactive Silica. Approved by Standard Methods Committee 1997.
Standard Methods Online (Available at https://www.standardmethods.org)
American Public Health Association (APHA). 1997l. Standard Method
7120 B-97. Gamma-Emitting Radionuclides. B. Gamma Spectroscopic
Method. Approved by Standard Methods Committee 1997. Standard
Methods Online (Available at https://www.standardmethods.org)
American Public Health Association (APHA). 1998. 20th Edition of
Standard Methods for the Examination of Water and Wastewater.
American Public Health Association, 800 I Street NW, Washington, DC
20001-3710.
American Public Health Association (APHA). 1999a. Standard Methods
3111 B, D-99. Metals by Flame Atomic Absorption Spectrometry. B.
Direct Air-Acetylene Flame Method. D. Direct Nitrous Oxide-Acetylene
Flame Method. Approved by Standard Methods Committee 1999. Standard
Methods Online (Available at https://www.standardmethods.org)
American Public Health Association (APHA). 1999b. Standard method
3112 B-99. Metals by Cold-Vapor Atomic Absorption Spectrometry. B.
Cold-Vapor Spectrometric Method. Approved by Standard Methods
Committee 1999. Standard Methods Online (Available at https://www.standardmethods.org)
American Public Health Association (APHA). 1999c. Standard Method
3120 B-99. Metals by Plasma Emission Spectroscopy. B. Inductively
Coupled Plasma (ICP) Method. Approved by Standard Methods Committee
1999. Standard Methods Online (Available at https://www.standardmethods.org)
American Public Health Association (APHA). 1999d. Standard Method
4500-CN- C-99. Cyanide. C. Total Cyanide after
Distillation. Approved by Standard Methods Committee 1999. Standard
Methods Online (Available at https://www.standardmethods.org)
American Public Health Association (APHA). 2000a. Standard Method
2550-00. Temperature. Approved by Standard Methods Committee 2000.
Standard Methods Online (Available at https://www.standardmethods.org)
American Public Health Association (APHA). 2000b. Standard Method
4110 B-00. Determination of Anions by Ion Chromatography. B. Ion
Chromatography with Chemical Suppression of Eluent Conductivity.
Approved by Standard Methods Committee 2000. Standard Methods Online
(Available at https://www.standardmethods.org)
American Public Health Association (APHA). 2000c. Standard Methods
4500-Cl D, E, F, G, H, I-00. Chlorine (Residual). D. Amperometric
Titration Method. E. Low-Level Amperometric Titration Method. F. DPD
Ferrous Titrimetric Method. G. DPD Colorimetric Method. H.
Syringaldehyde (FACTS) Method. I. Iodometric Electrode Technique.
Approved by Standard Methods Committee 2000. Standard Methods Online
(Available at https://www.standardmethods.org)
American Public Health Association (APHA). 2000d. Standard Methods
4500-ClO2 C, E-00. Chlorine Dioxide. C. Amperometric
Method I. E. Amperometric Method II. Approved by Standard Methods
Committee 2000. Standard Methods Online (Available at https://www.standardmethods.org)
American Public Health Association (APHA). 2000e. Standard Method
4500-H\+\ B-00. pH Value. B. Electrometric Method. Approved by
Standard Methods Committee 2000. Standard Methods Online (Available
at https://www.standardmethods.org)
American Public Health Association (APHA). 2000f. Standard Methods
4500-NO3- D, E, F-00. Nitrogen (Nitrate). D.
Nitrate Electrode Method. E. Cadmium Reduction Method. F. Automated
Cadmium Reduction Method. Approved by Standard Methods Committee
2000. Standard Methods Online (Available at https://www.standardmethods.org)
American Public Health Association (APHA). 2000g. Standard Method
4500-NO2- B-00. Nitrogen (Nitrite). B.
Colorimetric Method. Approved by Standard Methods Committee 2000.
Standard Methods Online (Available at https://www.standardmethods.org)
American Public Health Association (APHA). 2000h. Standard Methods
5310 B, C-00. Total Organic Carbon (TOC). B. High Temperature
Combustion Method. C. Persulfate-Ultraviolet or Heated Persulfate
Oxidation Method. Approved by Standard Methods Committee 2000.
Standard Methods Online (Available at https://www.standardmethods.org)
American Public Health Association (APHA). 2000i. Standard Method
5540 C-00. Surfactants. C. Anionic Surfactants as MBAs. Approved by
Standard Methods Committee 2000. Standard Methods Online (Available
at https://www.standardmethods.org)
American Public Health Association (APHA). 2000j. Standard Method
5910 B-00. UV-Absorbing Organic Constituents. B. Ultraviolet
Absorption Method. Approved by Standard Methods Committee 2000.
Standard Methods Online (Available at https://www.standardmethods.org)
American Public Health Association (APHA). 2000k. Standard Methods
7110 B,C-00. Gross Alpha and Gross Beta Radioactivity (Total,
Suspended, and Dissolved). B. Evaporation Method for Gross Alpha-
Beta. C. Coprecipitation Method for Alpha Radioactivity in Drinking
Water. Approved by Standard Methods Committee 2000. Standard Methods
Online (Available at https://www.standardmethods.org)
American Public Health Association (APHA). 2000l. Standard Method
7500-Cs B-00. Radioactive Cesium. B. Precipitation Method. Approved
by Standard Methods Committee 2000. Standard Methods Online
(Available at https://www.standardmethods.org)
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American Public Health Association (APHA). 2000m. Standard Method
7500-\3\H B-00. Tritium. Liquid Scintillation Spectrometric Method.
Approved by Standard Methods Committee 2000. Standard Methods Online
(Available at https://www.standardmethods.org)
American Public Health Association (APHA). 2000n. Standard Methods
7500-I B, C, D-00. Radioactive Iodine. B. Precipitation Method. C.
Ion-Exchange Method. D. Distillation Method. Approved by Standard
Methods Committee 2000. Standard Methods Online (Available at https://www.standardmethods.org)
American Public Health Association (APHA). 2000o. Standard Methods
7500-U B, C-00. Uranium. B. Radiochemical Method. C. Isotopic
Method. Approved by Standard Methods Committee 2000. Standard
Methods Online (Available at https://www.standardmethods.org)
American Public Health Association (APHA). 2001a. Standard Method
2120 B-01. Color. B. Visual Comparison Method. Approved by Standard
Methods Committee 2001. Standard Methods Online (Available at https://www.standardmethods.org)
American Public Health Association (APHA). 2001b. Standard Method
2130 B-01. Turbidity. B. Nephelometric Method. Approved by Standard
Methods Committee 2001. Standard Methods Online (Available at https://www.standardmethods.org)
American Public Health Association (APHA). 2001c. Standard Methods
7500-Ra B, C, D, E-01. Radium. B. Precipitation Method. C. Emanation
Method. D. Sequential Precipitation. E. Gamma Spectroscopy Method.
Approved by Standard Methods Committee 2001. Standard Methods Online
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methylcarbamoyloximes and N-methylcarbamates in Water by Direct
Aqueous Injection HPLC with Postcolumn Derivatization. EPA 815-B-01-
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and Sampling Procedures. 81 FR 46839. July 19, 2016. (Available at
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List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 141
Environmental protection, Chemicals, Indians-lands,
Intergovernmental relations, Reporting and recordkeeping requirements,
Water supply.
Dated: September 28, 2018.
Peter Grevatt,
Director, Office of Ground Water and Drinking Water.
For the reasons stated in the preamble, the Environmental
Protection Agency amends 40 CFR part 141 as follows:
PART 141--NATIONAL PRIMARY DRINKING WATER REGULATIONS
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1. The authority citation for part 141 continues to read as follows:
Authority: 42 U.S.C. 300f, 300g-1, 300g-2, 300g-3, 300g-4, 300g-
5, 300g-6, 300j-4, 300j-9, and 300j-11.
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2. Amend Appendix A to subpart C of part 141 as follows:
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a. Revise the table entitled ``ALTERNATIVE TESTING METHODS FOR
CONTAMINANTS LISTED AT 40 CFR 141.23(k)(1).''
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b. Revise the table entitled ``ALTERNATIVE TESTING METHODS FOR
CONTAMINANTS LISTED AT 40 CFR 141.24(e)(1).''
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c. Revise the table entitled ``ALTERNATIVE TESTING METHODS FOR
CONTAMINANTS LISTED AT 40 CFR 141.25(a).''
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d. Revise the table entitled ``ALTERNATIVE TESTING METHODS FOR
CONTAMINANTS LISTED AT 40 CFR 141.74(a)(1).''
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e. Revise the table entitled ``ALTERNATIVE TESTING METHODS FOR
DISINFECTANT RESIDUALS LISTED AT 40 CFR 141.74(a)(2).''
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f. Revise the table entitled ``ALTERNATIVE TESTING METHODS FOR
CONTAMINANTS LISTED AT 40 CFR 141.131(b)(1).''
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g. Revise the table entitled ``ALTERNATIVE TESTING METHODS FOR
DISINFECTANT RESIDUALS LISTED AT 40 CFR 141.131(c)(1).''
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h. Revise the table entitled ``ALTERNATIVE TESTING METHODS FOR
PARAMETERS LISTED AT 40 CFR 141.131(d).''
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i. Revise the table entitled ``ALTERNATIVE TESTING METHODS FOR
CONTAMINANTS LISTED AT 40 CFR 141.402(c)(2).''
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j. Revise the table entitled ``ALTERNATIVE TESTING METHODS FOR
CONTAMINANTS LISTED AT 40 CFR 141.852(a)(5).''
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k. Revise the table entitled ``ALTERNATIVE TESTING METHODS FOR
CONTAMINANTS LISTED AT 40 CFR 143.4(b).''
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l. Revise footnotes 9, 14, 16, 18, 22-23, 25-26, 29, 31, 34-39, and 48.
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m. Add footnotes 49-52.
The revisions and additions read as follows:
Appendix A to Subpart C of Part 141--Alternative Testing Methods
Approved for Analyses Under the Safe Drinking Water Act
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Alternative Testing Methods for Contaminants Listed at 40 CFR 141.23(k)(1)
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SM 21st edition SM 22nd edition SM 23rd edition
Contaminant Methodology EPA method \1\ \28\ \49\ SM Online \3\ ASTM \4\ Other
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Alkalinity...................... Titrimetric............. ..................... 2320 B......... 2320 B......... 2320 B......... ............... D1067-06 B, 11 B, 16
B
Antimony........................ Hydride--Atomic ..................... ............... ............... ............... ............... D 3697-07, -12
Absorption.
Atomic Absorption; ..................... 3113 B......... 3113 B......... 3113 B......... 3113 B-04, B-10
Furnace.
Axially viewed 200.5, Revision 4.2
inductively coupled \2\
plasma-atomic emission
spectrometry (AVICP-
AES).
Arsenic......................... Atomic Absorption; ..................... 3113 B......... 3113 B......... 3113 B......... 3113 B-04, B-10 D 2972-08 C, -15 C
Furnace.
Hydride Atomic ..................... 3114 B......... 3114 B......... 3114 B......... 3114 B-09...... D 2972-08 B, -15 B... ..................
Absorption.
Axially viewed 200.5, Revision 4.2
inductively coupled \2\
plasma-atomic emission
spectrometry (AVICP-
AES).
Barium.......................... Inductively Coupled ..................... 3120 B......... 3120 B......... 3120 B
Plasma.
Atomic Absorption; ..................... 3111 D......... 3111 D......... 3111 D
Direct.
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Atomic Absorption; ..................... 3113 B......... 3113 B......... 3113 B......... 3113 B-04, B-10
Furnace.
Axially viewed 200.5, Revision 4.2
inductively coupled \2\
plasma-atomic emission
spectrometry (AVICP-
AES).
Beryllium....................... Inductively Coupled ..................... 3120 B......... 3120 B......... 3120 B
Plasma.
Atomic Absorption; ..................... 3113 B......... 3113 B......... 3113 B......... 3113 B-04, B-10 D 3645-08 B, -15 B
Furnace.
Axially viewed 200.5, Revision 4.2
inductively coupled \2\
plasma-atomic emission
spectrometry (AVICP-
AES).
Cadmium......................... Atomic Absorption; ..................... 3113 B......... 3113 B......... 3113 B......... 3113 B-04, B-10
Furnace.
Axially viewed 200.5, Revision 4.2
inductively coupled \2\
plasma-atomic emission
spectrometry (AVICP-
AES).
Calcium......................... EDTA titrimetric........ ..................... 3500-Ca B...... 3500-Ca B...... 3500-Ca B...... ............... D 511-09, -14 A
Atomic Absorption; ..................... 3111 B......... 3111 B......... 3111 B......... ............... D 511-09, -14 B
Direct Aspiration.
Inductively Coupled ..................... 3120 B......... 3120 B......... 3120 B
Plasma.
Axially viewed 200.5, Revision 4.2
inductively coupled \2\
plasma-atomic emission
spectrometry (AVICP-
AES).
Ion Chromatography...... ..................... ............... ............... ............... ............... D 6919-09
Chromium........................ Inductively Coupled ..................... 3120 B......... 3120 B......... 3120 B
Plasma.
Atomic Absorption; ..................... 3113 B......... 3113 B......... 3113 B......... 3113 B-04, B-10
Furnace.
Axially viewed 200.5, Revision 4.2
inductively coupled \2\
plasma-atomic emission
spectrometry (AVICP-
AES).
Copper.......................... Atomic Absorption; ..................... 3113 B......... 3113 B......... 3113 B......... 3113 B-04, B-10 D 1688-07, -12 C
Furnace.
Atomic Absorption; ..................... 3111 B......... 3111 B......... 3111 B......... ............... D 1688-07, -12 A
Direct Aspiration.
Inductively Coupled ..................... 3120 B......... 3120 B......... 3120 B
Plasma.
Axially viewed 200.5, Revision 4.2
inductively coupled \2\
plasma-atomic emission
spectrometry (AVICP-
AES).
Colorimetry............. ..................... ............... ............... ............... ............... ..................... Hach Method 8026;
\35\ Hach Method
10272.\36\
Conductivity.................... Conductance............. ..................... 2510 B......... 2510 B......... 2510 B......... ............... D 1125-14 A
Cyanide......................... Manual Distillation with ..................... 4500-CN- C..... 4500-CN- C..... 4500-CN- C..... 4500-CN- C-99.. D 2036-06 A
MgCl2 followed by:.
Spectrophotometric, ..................... 4500-CN- G..... 4500-CN- G..... 4500-CN- G..... ............... D 2036-06 B
Amenable.
Spectrophotometric ..................... 4500-CN- E..... 4500-CN- E..... 4500-CN- E..... ............... D2036-06 A
Manual.
Selective Electrode..... ..................... 4500-CN- F..... 4500-CN- F..... 4500-CN- F
Gas Chromatography/Mass ..................... ............... ............... ............... ............... ..................... ME355.01.\7\
Spectrometry Headspace.
Fluoride........................ Ion Chromatography...... ..................... 4110 B......... 4110 B......... 4110 B......... ............... D 4327-11
Manual Distillation; ..................... 4500-F- B, D... 4500-F- B, D... 4500-F- B, D
Colorimetric SPADNS.
Manual Electrode........ ..................... 4500-F- C...... 4500-F- C...... 4500-F- C...... ............... D 1179-04, 10 B, 16 B
Automated Alizarin...... ..................... 4500-F- E...... 4500-F- E...... 4500-F- E
Arsenite-Free ..................... ............... ............... ............... ............... ..................... Hach SPADNS 2
Colorimetric SPADNS. Method 10225.\22\
Lead............................ Atomic Absorption; ..................... 3113 B......... 3113 B......... 3113 B......... 3113 B-04, B-10 D 3559-08 D, 15 D
Furnace.
Axially viewed 200.5, Revision 4.2
inductively coupled \2\
plasma-atomic emission
spectrometry (AVICP-
AES).
Magnesium....................... Atomic Absorption....... ..................... 3111 B......... 3111 B......... 3111 B......... ............... D 511-09, -14 B
Inductively Coupled ..................... 3120 B......... 3120 B......... 3120 B
Plasma.
Complexation Titrimetric ..................... 3500-Mg B...... 3500-Mg B...... 3500-Mg B...... ............... D 511-09, -14 A
Methods.
Axially viewed 200.5, Revision 4.2
inductively coupled \2\
plasma-atomic emission
spectrometry (AVICP-
AES).
Ion Chromatography...... ..................... ............... ............... ............... ............... D 6919-09
Mercury......................... Manual, Cold Vapor...... ..................... 3112 B......... 3112 B......... 3112 B......... 3112 B-09...... D 3223-12
Nickel.......................... Inductively Coupled ..................... 3120 B......... 3120 B......... 3120 B
Plasma.
Atomic Absorption; ..................... 3111 B......... 3111 B......... 3111 B
Direct.
Atomic Absorption; ..................... 3113 B......... 3113 B......... 3113 B......... 3113 B-04, B-10
Furnace.
Axially viewed 200.5, Revision 4.2
inductively coupled \2\
plasma-atomic emission
spectrometry (AVICP-
AES).
Nitrate......................... Ion Chromatography...... ..................... 4110 B......... 4110 B......... 4110 B......... ............... D 4327-11
Automated Cadmium ..................... 4500-NO3- F.... 4500-NO3- F.... 4500-NO3- F
Reduction.
Manual Cadmium Reduction ..................... 4500-NO3- E.... 4500-NO3- E.... 4500-NO3- E
Ion Selective Electrode. ..................... 4500-NO3- D.... 4500-NO3- D.... 4500-NO3- D
Reduction/Colorimetric.. ..................... ............... ............... ............... ............... ..................... Systea Easy
(1-Reagent); \8\
NECi Nitrate-
Reductase.\40\
Colorimetric; Direct.... ..................... ............... ............... ............... ............... ..................... Hach TNTplusTM 835/
836 Method
10206.\23\
Capillary Ion ..................... ............... ............... ............... ............... D 6508-15
Electrophoresis.
Nitrite......................... Ion Chromatography...... ..................... 4110 B......... 4110 B......... 4110 B......... ............... D 4327-11
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Automated Cadmium ..................... 4500-NO3- F.... 4500-NO3- F.... 4500-NO3- F
Reduction.
Manual Cadmium Reduction ..................... 4500-NO3- E.... 4500-NO3- E.... 4500-NO3- E
Spectrophotometric...... ..................... 4500-NO2- B.... 4500-NO2- B.... 4500-NO2- B
Reduction/Colorimetric.. ..................... ............... ............... ............... ............... ..................... Systea Easy (1-
Reagent); \8\
NECi Nitrate-
Reductase.\40\
Capillary Ion ..................... ............... ............... ............... ............... D 6508-15
Electrophoresis.
Ortho-phosphate................. Ion Chromatography...... ..................... 4110 B......... 4110 B......... 4110 B......... ............... D 4327-11
Colorimetric, ascorbic ..................... 4500-P E....... 4500-P E....... 4500-P E....... 4500-P E-99
acid, single reagent.
Colorimetric, Automated, ..................... 4500-P F....... 4500-P F....... 4500-P F....... 4500-P F-99.... ..................... Thermo Fisher
Ascorbic Acid. Discrete
Analyzer.\41\
Capillary Ion ..................... ............... ............... ............... ............... D 6508-15
Electrophoresis.
pH.............................. Electrometric........... 150.3 \48\........... 4500-H+ B...... 4500-H+ B...... 4500-H+ B...... ............... D 1293-12
Selenium........................ Hydride-Atomic ..................... 3114 B......... 3114 B......... 3114 B......... 3114 B-09...... D 3859-08 A, -15 A
Absorption.
Atomic Absorption; ..................... 3113 B......... 3113 B......... 3113 B......... 3113 B-04, B-10 D 3859-08 B, -15 B
Furnace.
Axially viewed 200.5, Revision 4.2
inductively coupled \2\
plasma-atomic emission
spectrometry (AVICP-
AES).
Silica.......................... Colorimetric............ ..................... ............... ............... ............... ............... D859-05, 10, 16
Molybdosilicate......... ..................... 4500-SiO2 C.... 4500-SiO2 C.... 4500-SiO2 C
Heteropoly blue......... ..................... 4500-SiO2 D.... 4500-SiO2 D.... 4500-SiO2 D
Automated for Molybdate- ..................... 4500-SiO2 E.... 4500-SiO2 E.... 4500-SiO2 E
reactive Silica.
Axially viewed 200.5, Revision 4.2
inductively coupled \2\
plasma-atomic emission
spectrometry (AVICP-
AES).
Inductively Coupled ..................... 3120 B......... 3120 B......... 3120 B
Plasma.
Sodium.......................... Atomic Absorption; ..................... 3111 B......... 3111 B......... 3111 B
Direct Aspiration.
Axially viewed 200.5, Revision 4.2
inductively coupled \2\
plasma-atomic emission
spectrometry (AVICP-
AES).
Ion Chromatography...... ..................... ............... ............... ............... ............... D 6919-09
Temperature..................... Thermometric............ ..................... 2550........... 2550........... 2550........... 2550-10
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Alternative Testing Methods for Contaminants Listed at 40 CFR 141.24(e)(1)
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SM 22nd
SM 21st edition edition,\28\ SM
Contaminant Methodology EPA method \1\ 23rd edition SM online \3\
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Benzene........................ Purge &Trap/Gas Chromatography/ 524.3,\9\ 524.4.\29\
Mass Spectrometry.
Carbon tetrachloride........... Purge &Trap/Gas Chromatography/ 524.3,\9\ 524.4.\29\
Mass Spectrometry.
Chlorobenzene.................. Purge &Trap/Gas Chromatography/ 524.3,\9\ 524.4.\29\
Mass Spectrometry.
1,2-Dichlorobenzene............ Purge &Trap/Gas Chromatography/ 524.3,\9\ 524.4.\29\
Mass Spectrometry.
1,4-Dichlorobenzene............ Purge &Trap/Gas Chromatography/ 524.3,\9\ 524.4.\29\
Mass Spectrometry.
1,2-Dichloroethane............. Purge &Trap/Gas Chromatography/ 524.3,\9\ 524.4.\29\
Mass Spectrometry.
cis-Dichloroethylene........... Purge &Trap/Gas Chromatography/ 524.3,\9\ 524.4.\29\
Mass Spectrometry.
trans-Dichloroethylene......... Purge &Trap/Gas Chromatography/ 524.3,\9\ 524.4.\29\
Mass Spectrometry.
Dichloromethane................ Purge &Trap/Gas Chromatography/ 524.3,\9\ 524.4.\29\
Mass Spectrometry.
1,2-Dichloropropane............ Purge &Trap/Gas Chromatography/ 524.3,\9\ 524.4.\29\
Mass Spectrometry.
Ethylbenzene................... Purge &Trap/Gas Chromatography/ 524.3,\9\ 524.4.\29\
Mass Spectrometry.
Styrene........................ Purge &Trap/Gas Chromatography/ 524.3,;\9\ 524.4.\29\
Mass Spectrometry.
Tetrachloroethylene............ Purge &Trap/Gas Chromatography/ 524.3,\9\ 524.4.\29\
Mass Spectrometry.
1,1,1-Trichloroethane.......... Purge &Trap/Gas Chromatography/ 524.3,\9\ 524.4.\29\
Mass Spectrometry.
Trichloroethylene.............. Purge &Trap/Gas Chromatography/ 524.3,\9\ 524.4.\29\
Mass Spectrometry.
Toluene........................ Purge &Trap/Gas Chromatography/ 524.3,\9\ 524.4.\29\
Mass Spectrometry.
1,2,4-Trichlorobenzene......... Purge &Trap/Gas Chromatography/ 524.3,\9\ 524.4.\29\
Mass Spectrometry.
1,1-Dichloroethylene........... Purge &Trap/Gas Chromatography/ 524.3,\9\ 524.4.\29\
Mass Spectrometry.
1,1,2-Trichlorethane........... Purge &Trap/Gas Chromatography/ 524.3,\9\ 524.4.\29\
Mass Spectrometry.
Vinyl chloride................. Purge &Trap/Gas Chromatography/ 524.3,\9\ 524.4.\29\
Mass Spectrometry.
Xylenes (total)................ Purge &Trap/Gas Chromatography/ 524.3,\9\ 524.4.\29\
Mass Spectrometry.
2,4-D.......................... Gas Chromatography/Electron ........................ 6640 B......... 6640 B......... 6640 B-01, B-06.
Capture Detection (GC/ECD).
2,4,5-TP (Silvex).............. Gas Chromatography/Electron ........................ 6640 B......... 6640 B......... 6640 B-01, B-06.
Capture Detection (GC/ECD).
Alachlor....................... Solid Phase Extraction/Gas 525.3.\24\
Chromatography/Mass Spectrometry
(GC/MS).
Atrazine....................... Liquid Chromatography 536.\25\
Electrospray Ionization Tandem
Mass Spectrometry (LC/ESI-MS/MS).
Solid Phase Extraction/Gas 525.3,\24\.............. 523.\26\
Chromatography/Mass Spectrometry
(GC/MS).
Benzo(a)pyrene................. Solid Phase Extraction/Gas 525.3.\24\
Chromatography/Mass Spectrometry
(GC/MS).
Carbofuran..................... High-performance liquid ........................ 6610 B......... 6610 B......... 6610 B-04.
chromatography (HPLC) with post-
column derivatization and
fluorescence detection.
Chlordane...................... Solid Phase Extraction/Gas 525.3.\24\
Chromatography/Mass Spectrometry
(GC/MS).
Dalapon........................ Ion Chromatography Electrospray 557.\14\
Ionization Tandem Mass
Spectrometry (IC-ESI-MS/MS).
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Gas Chromatography/Electron ........................ 6640 B......... 6640 B......... 6640 B-01, B-06.
Capture Detection (GC/ECD).
Di(2-ethylhexyl)adipate........ Solid Phase Extraction/Gas 525.3.\24\
Chromatography/Mass Spectrometry
(GC/MS).
Di(2-ethylhexyl)phthalate...... Solid Phase Extraction/Gas 525.3.\24\
Chromatography/Mass Spectrometry
(GC/MS).
Dibromochloropropane (DBCP).... Purge &Trap/Gas Chromatography/ 524.3.\9\
Mass Spectrometry.
Dinoseb........................ Gas Chromatography/Electron ........................ 6640 B......... 6640 B......... 6640 B-01, B-06.
Capture Detection (GC/ECD).
Endrin......................... Solid Phase Extraction/Gas 525.3.\24\
Chromatography/Mass Spectrometry
(GC/MS).
Ethyl dibromide (EDB).......... Purge &Trap/Gas Chromatography/ 524.3.\9\
Mass Spectrometry.
Glyphosate..................... High-Performance Liquid ........................ 6651 B......... 6651 B......... 6651 B-00, B-05.
Chromatography (HPLC) with Post-
Column Derivatization and
Fluorescence Detection.
Heptachlor..................... Solid Phase Extraction/Gas 525.3.\24\
Chromatography/Mass Spectrometry
(GC/MS).
Heptachlor Epoxide............. Solid Phase Extraction/Gas 525.3.\24\
Chromatography/Mass Spectrometry
(GC/MS).
Hexachlorobenzene.............. Solid Phase Extraction/Gas 525.3.\24\
Chromatography/Mass Spectrometry
(GC/MS).
Hexachlorocyclo-pentadiene..... Solid Phase Extraction/Gas 525.3.\24\
Chromatography/Mass Spectrometry
(GC/MS).
Lindane........................ Solid Phase Extraction/Gas 525.3.\24\
Chromatography/Mass Spectrometry
(GC/MS).
Methoxychlor................... Solid Phase Extraction/Gas 525.3.\24\
Chromatography/Mass Spectrometry
(GC/MS).
Oxamyl......................... High-performance liquid ........................ 6610 B......... 6610 B......... 6610 B-04.
chromatography (HPLC) with post-
column derivatization and
fluorescence detection.
PCBs (as Aroclors)............. Solid Phase Extraction/Gas 525.3.\24\
Chromatography/Mass Spectrometry
(GC/MS).
Pentachlorophenol.............. Gas Chromatography/Electron ........................ 6640 B......... 6640 B......... 6640 B-01, B-06.
Capture Detection (GC/ECD).
Solid Phase Extraction/Gas 525.3.\24\
Chromatography/Mass Spectrometry
(GC/MS)
Picloram....................... Gas Chromatography/Electron ........................ 6640 B......... 6640 B......... 6640 B-01, B-06.
Capture Detection (GC/ECD).
Simazine....................... Liquid Chromatography 536.\25\
Electrospray Ionization Tandem
Mass Spectrometry (LC/ESI-MS/MS).
Solid Phase Extraction/Gas 525.3.\24\ 523.\26\
Chromatography/Mass Spectrometry
(GC/MS).
Toxaphene...................... Solid Phase Extraction/Gas 525.3.\24\
Chromatography/Mass Spectrometry
(GC/MS).
Total Trihalomethanes.......... Purge &Trap/Gas Chromatography/ 524.3.\9\............... 524.4.\29\
Mass Spectrometry.
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Naturally Occurring:
Gross alpha and beta.......... Evaporation.......... 900.0, Rev. 1.0 \50\....... 7110 B.............. 7110 B..............
Liquid Scintillation. ........................... .................... .................... D 7283-17.................... 7110 D-17.
Gross alpha................... Coprecipitation...... ........................... 7110 C.............. 7110 C..............
Radium 226.................... Radon emanation...... ........................... 7500-Ra C........... 7500-Ra C........... D 3454-05....................
Radiochemical........ ........................... 7500-Ra B........... 7500-Ra B........... D 2460-07....................
Gamma Spectrometry... ........................... .................... 7500-Ra E........... ............................. 7500-Ra E-07.
Radium 228.................... Radiochemical........ ........................... 7500-Ra D........... 7500-Ra D...........
Gamma Spectrometry... ........................... .................... 7500Ra-E............ ............................. 7500-Ra E-07.
Uranium....................... Radiochemical........ ........................... 7500-U B............ 7500-U B............
ICP-MS............... ........................... 3125................ .................... D 5673-05, 10, 16............
Alpha spectrometry... ........................... 7500-U C............ 7500-U C............ D 3972-09....................
Laser Phosphorimetry. ........................... .................... .................... D 5174-07....................
Alpha Liquid ........................... .................... .................... D 6239-09....................
Scintillation
Spectrometry.
Man-Made:
Radioactive Cesium............ Radiochemical........ ........................... 7500-Cs B........... 7500-Cs B...........
Gamma Ray ........................... 7120................ 7120................ D 3649-06....................
Spectrometry.
Radioactive Iodine............ Radiochemical........ ........................... 7500-I B............ 7500-I B............ D 3649-06....................
7500-I C............ 7500-I C............
7500-I D............ 7500-I D............
Gamma Ray ........................... 7120................ 7120................ D 4785-08....................
Spectrometry.
Radioactive Strontium 89, 90.. Radiochemical........ ........................... 7500-Sr B........... 7500-Sr B...........
Tritium....................... Liquid Scintillation. ........................... 7500-\3\H B......... 7500-\3\H B......... D 4107-08....................
Gamma Emitters................ Gamma Ray............ ........................... 7120................ 7120................ D 3649-06....................
Spectrometry......... ........................... 7500-Cs B........... 7500-Cs B........... D 4785-08....................
7500-I B............ 7500-I B............
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Total Coliform................. Total Coliform 9221 A, B, C...... 9221 A, B, C..... 9221 A, B, C..... 9221 A,B,C-06.... ......................
Fermentation
Technique.
Total Coliform 9222 A, B, C...... ................. 9222 A, B, C.
Membrane Filter
Technique.
ONPG-MUG Test..... 9223.............. 9223 B........... 9223 B........... 9223 B-04.
Fecal Coliforms................ Fecal Coliform 9221 E............ 9221 E........... 9221 E........... 9221 E-06.
Procedure.
Fecal Coliform 9222 D............ 9222 D........... 9222 D........... 9222 D-06.
Filter Procedure.
Heterotrophic bacteria......... Pour Plate Method. 9215 B............ 9215 B........... 9215 B........... 9215 B-04.
Turbidity...................... Nephelometric 2130 B............ 2130 B........... 2130 B........... ................. Hach Method 8195, Rev.
Method. 3.0.\52\
Laser Nephelometry .................. ................. ................. ................. Mitchell M5271,\10\
(on-line). Mitchell M5331, Rev.
1.2,\42\ Lovibond PTV
6000.\46\
LED Nephelometry .................. ................. ................. ................. Mitchell M5331,\11\
(on-line). Mitchell M5331, Rev.
1.2,\42\ Lovibond PTV
2000.\45\
LED Nephelometry .................. ................. ................. ................. AMI Turbiwell,\15\
(on-line). Lovibond PTV
1000.\44\
LED Nephelometry .................. ................. ................. ................. Orion AQ4500.\12\
(portable).
360[deg] .................. ................. ................. ................. Hach Method 10258 Rev.
Nephelometry. 1.0,\39\ Hach Method
10258, Rev. 2.0.\51\
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Free Chlorine...................... Amperometric Titration 4500-Cl D............. 4500-Cl D............ D 1253-08, -14....... .....................
DPD Ferrous 4500-Cl F............. 4500-Cl F............ ..................... .....................
Titrimetric.
DPD Colorimetric...... 4500-Cl G............. 4500-Cl G............ ..................... Hach Method
10260.\31\
Indophenol ...................... ..................... ..................... Hach Method
Colorimetric. 10241.\34\
Syringaldazine (FACTS) 4500-Cl H............. 4500-Cl H............ ..................... .....................
On-line Chlorine ...................... ..................... ..................... EPA 334.0.\16\
Analyzer.
Amperometric Sensor... ...................... ..................... ..................... ChloroSense.\17\
Total Chlorine..................... Amperometric Titration 4500-Cl D............. 4500-Cl D............ D 1253-08, -14....... .....................
Amperometric Titration 4500-Cl E............. 4500-Cl E.
(Low level
measurement).
DPD Ferrous 4500-Cl F............. 4500-Cl F.
Titrimetric.
DPD Colorimetric...... 4500-Cl G............. 4500-Cl G............ ..................... Hach Method
10260.\31\
Iodometric Electrode.. 4500-Cl I............. 4500-Cl I.
On-line Chlorine ...................... ..................... ..................... EPA 334.0.\16\
Analyzer.
Amperometric Sensor... ...................... ..................... ..................... ChloroSense.\17\
Chlorine Dioxide................... Amperometric Titration 4500-ClO2 C........... 4500-ClO2 C.
Amperometric Titration 4500-ClO2 E........... 4500-ClO2 E.
Amperometric Sensor... ...................... ..................... ..................... ChlordioX Plus.\32\
Ozone.............................. Indigo Method......... 4500-O3 B............. 4500-O3 B.
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TTHM............................. P&T/GC/MS.......... 524.3,\9\
524.4.\29\
HAA5............................. LLE (diazomethane)/ ................... ................... 6251 B-07.......... 6251 B............. 6251 B.
GC/ECD.
Ion Chromatography 557.\14\
Electrospray
Ionization Tandem
Mass Spectrometry
(IC-ESI-MS/MS).
Two-Dimensional Ion ................... ................... ................... ................... ................... Thermo Fisher 557.1.\47\
Chromatography
(IC) with
Suppressed
Conductivity
Detection.
Bromate.......................... Two-Dimensional Ion 302.0.\18\
Chromatography
(IC).
Ion Chromatography 557.\14\
Electrospray
Ionization Tandem
Mass Spectrometry
(IC-ESI-MS/MS).
Chemically ................... D 6581-08 A.
Suppressed Ion
Chromatography.
Electrolytically ................... D 6581-08 B.
Suppressed Ion
Chromatography.
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Chlorite......................... Chemically ................... D 6581-08 A.
Suppressed Ion
Chromatography.
Electrolytically ................... D 6581-08 B.
Suppressed Ion
Chromatography.
Chlorite-- daily monitoring as Amperometric ................... ................... 4500-ClO2 E........ 4500-ClO2 E.
prescribed in 40 Titration.
CFR
141.132(b)(2)(i)(A
).
Amperometric Sensor ................... ................... ................... ................... ................... ChlordioX Plus.\32\
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Free Chlorine................. Amperometric 4500-Cl D............... 4500-Cl D.............. D 1253-08, -14.
Titration.
DPD Ferrous 4500-Cl F............... 4500-Cl F.............. ....................... .........................
Titrimetric.
DPD Colorimetric. 4500-Cl G............... 4500-Cl G.............. ....................... Hach Method 10260.\31\
Indophenol ........................ ....................... ....................... Hach Method 10241.\34\
Colorimetric.
Syringaldazine 4500-Cl H............... 4500-Cl H.
(FACTS).
Amperometric ........................ ....................... ....................... ChloroSense.\17\
Sensor.
On-line Chlorine ........................ ....................... ....................... EPA 334.0.\16\
Analyzer.
Combined Chlorine............. Amperometric 4500-Cl D............... 4500-Cl D.............. D 1253-08, -14.
Titration.
DPD Ferrous 4500-Cl F............... 4500-Cl F.............. ....................... .........................
Titrimetric.
DPD Colorimetric. 4500-Cl G............... 4500-Cl G.............. ....................... Hach Method 10260.\31\
Total Chlorine................ Amperometric 4500-Cl D............... 4500-Cl D.............. D 1253-08, -14.
Titration.
Low level 4500-Cl E............... 4500-Cl E.
Amperometric
Titration.
DPD Ferrous 4500-Cl F............... 4500-Cl F.
Titrimetric.
DPD Colorimetric. 4500-Cl G............... 4500-Cl G.............. ....................... Hach Method 10260.\31\
Iodometric 4500-Cl I............... 4500-Cl I.
Electrode.
Amperometric ........................ ....................... ....................... ChloroSense.\17\
Sensor.
On-line Chlorine ........................ ....................... ....................... EPA 334.0.\16\
Analyzer.
Chlorine Dioxide.............. Amperometric 4500-ClO2 E............. 4500-ClO2 E.
Method II.
Amperometric ........................ ....................... ....................... ChlordioX Plus.\32\
Sensor.
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Total Organic Carbon (TOC)... High Temperature 5310 B....... 5310 B....... 5310 B....... ............ 415.3, Rev ........................
Combustion. 1.2.\19\
Persulfate- 5310 C....... 5310 C....... 5310 C....... ............ 415.3, Rev 1.2. Hach Method 10267.\38\
Ultraviolet or \19\.
Heated
Persulfate
Oxidation.
Wet Oxidation... 5310 D....... 5310 D....... ............. ............ 415.3, Rev ........................
1.2.\19\
Ozone Oxidation. ............. ............. ............. ............ .................. Hach Method 10261.\37\
Specific Ultraviolet Calculation ............. ............. ............. ............ 415.3, Rev ........................
Absorbance (SUVA) using DOC and 1.2.\19\
UV254 data.
Dissolved Organic Carbon High Temperature 5310 B....... 5310 B....... 5310 B....... ............ 415.3, Rev ........................
(DOC). Combustion. 1.2.\19\
Persulfate- 5310 C....... 5310 C....... 5310 C....... ............ 415.3, Rev ........................
Ultraviolet or 1.2.\19\
Heated
Persulfate
Oxidation.
Wet Oxidation... 5310 D....... 5310 D....... ............. ............ 415.3, Rev ........................
1.2.\19\
Ultraviolet absorption at Spectrophotometr 5910 B....... 5910 B....... 5910 B....... 5910 B-11... 415.3, Rev ........................
254 nm (UV254). y. 1.2.\19\
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E. coli.......................... Colilert............ ................. 9223 B........... 9223 B........... 9223 B........... 9223 B-97, B-04.
Colisure............ ................. 9223 B........... 9223 B........... 9223 B........... 9223 B-97, B-04.
Colilert-18......... 9223 B........... 9223 B........... 9223 B........... 9223 B........... 9223 B-97, B-04.
Readycult[supreg]... ................. ................. ................. ................. ............................. Readycult[supreg].\20\
Colitag............. ................. ................. ................. ................. ............................. Modified Colitag.TM \13\
Chromocult[supreg].. ................. ................. ................. ................. ............................. Chromocult[supreg].\21\
EC-MUG.............. ................. ................. 9221 F........... 9221 F........... 9221 F-06.
NA-MUG.............. ................. ................. ................. 9222 I.
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m-ColiBlue24 Test... ................. ................. ................. 9222 J.
Tecta EC/TC \33\
\43\
Enterococci...................... Multiple-Tube ................. ................. ................. ................. 9230 B-04.
Technique.
Membrane Filter ................. ................. ................. 9230 C.
Techniques.
Fluorogenic ................. ................. ................. 9230 D.
Substrate
Enterococcus Test
(using Enterolert).
Coliphage........................ Two-Step Enrichment ................. ................. ................. ................. ............................. Fast Phage.\30\
Presence-Absence
Procedure.
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Total Coliforms................ Lactose Standard Total ................... 9221 B.1, B.2..... 9221 B.1, B.2, 9221 B.1, B.2-06.
Fermentation Coliform B.3, B.4.
Methods. Fermentation
Technique.
Presence-Absence ................... .................. 9221 D.1, D.2, D.3 ..................
(P-A) Coliform
Test.
Membrane Standard Total ................... .................. 9222 B, C.
Filtration Coliform Membrane
Methods. Filter Procedure
using Endo Media.
Simultaneous ................... .................. 9222 J.
Detection of
Total Coliforms
and E. coli by
Dual Chromogen
Membrane Filter
Procedure (using
mColiBlue24
medium).
Enzyme Substrate Colilert[supreg].. ................... 9223 B............ 9223 B............ 9223 B-04.
Methods.
Colisure[supreg].. ................... 9223 B............ 9223 B............ 9223 B-04.
Colilert-18....... 9223 B............. 9223 B............ 9223 B............ 9223 B-04.
Tecta EC/TC 33 43
Escherichia coli............... Escherichia coli EC-MUG medium..... ................... 9221 F.1.......... 9221 F.1.......... 9221 F.1-06.
Procedure
(following
Lactose
Fermentation
Methods).
Escherichia coli EC broth with MUG ................... .................. 9222 H.
Partitioning (EC-MUG).
Methods
(following
Membrane
Filtration
Methods).
NA-MUG medium..... ................... .................. 9222 I.
Simultaneous mColiBlue24 medium ................... .................. 9222 J.
Detection of
Total Coliforms
and E. coli by
Dual Chromogen
Membrane Filter
Procedure.
Enzyme Substrate Colilert[supreg].. ................... 9223 B............ 9223 B............ 9223 B-04.
Methods.
Colisure[supreg].. ................... 9223 B............ 9223 B............ 9223 B-04.
Colilert-18....... 9223 B............. 9223 B............ 9223 B............ 9223 B-04.
Tecta EC/TC 33 43
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Aluminum....................... Axially viewed 200.5, Revision
inductively coupled 4.2.\2\
plasma-atomic emission
spectrometry (AVICP-
AES).
Atomic Absorption; ..................... .............. 3111 D........... 3111 D.
Direct.
Atomic Absorption; ..................... .............. 3113 B........... 3113 B........... 3113 B-04, B-10.
Furnace.
Inductively Coupled ..................... .............. 3120 B........... 3120 B.
Plasma.
Chloride....................... Silver Nitrate ..................... D 512-04 B, 12 4500-Cl- B....... 4500-Cl- B
Titration. B.
Ion Chromatography..... ..................... D 4327-11..... 4110 B........... 4110 B.
Potentiometric ..................... .............. 4500-Cl- D....... 4500-Cl- D.
Titration.
Color.......................... Visual Comparison...... ..................... .............. 2120 B........... 2120 B.
Foaming Agents................. Methylene Blue Active ..................... .............. 5540 C........... 5540 C.
Substances (MBAS).
Iron........................... Axially viewed 200.5, Revision
inductively coupled 4.2.\2\
plasma-atomic emission
spectrometry (AVICP-
AES).
Atomic Absorption; ..................... .............. 3111 B........... 3111 B.
Direct.
Atomic Absorption; ..................... .............. 3113 B........... 3113 B........... 3113 B-04, B-10.
Furnace.
Inductively Coupled ..................... .............. 3120 B........... 3120 B.
Plasma.
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Manganese...................... Axially viewed 200.5, Revision
inductively coupled 4.2.\2\
plasma-atomic emission
spectrometry (AVICP-
AES).
Atomic Absorption; ..................... .............. 3111 B........... 3111 B.
Direct.
Atomic Absorption; ..................... .............. 3113 B........... 3113 B........... 3113 B-04, B-10.
Furnace.
Inductively Coupled ..................... .............. 3120 B........... 3120 B.
Plasma.
Odor........................... Threshold Odor Test.... ..................... .............. 2150 B........... 2150 B.
Silver......................... Axially viewed 200.5, Revision
inductively coupled 4.2.\2\
plasma-atomic emission
spectrometry (AVICP-
AES).
Atomic Absorption; ..................... .............. 3111 B........... 3111 B.
Direct.
Atomic Absorption; ..................... .............. 3113 B........... 3113 B........... 3113 B-04, B-10.
Furnace.
Inductively Coupled ..................... .............. 3120 B........... 3120 B.
Plasma.
Sulfate........................ Ion Chromatography..... ..................... D 4327-11..... 4110 B........... 4110 B.
Gravimetric with ..................... .............. 4500-SO4 2- C.... 4500-SO4 2- C.... 4500-SO4 2- C-97.
ignition of residue.
Gravimetric with drying ..................... .............. 4500-SO4 2- D.... 4500-SO4 2- D.... 4500-SO4 2- D-97.
of residue.
Turbidimetric method... ..................... D 516-07, 11, 4500-SO4 2- E.... 4500-SO4 2- E.... 4500-SO4 2- E-97.
16.
Automated methylthymol ..................... .............. 4500-SO4 2- F.... 4500-SO4 2- F.... 4500-SO4 2- F-97.
blue method.
Total Dissolved Solids......... Total Dissolved Solids ..................... .............. 2540 C........... 2540 C.
Dried at 180 deg C.
Zinc........................... Axially viewed 200.5, Revision
inductively coupled 4.2.\2\
plasma-atomic emission
spectrometry (AVICP-
AES).
Atomic Absorption; ..................... .............. 3111 B........... 3111 B.
Direct Aspiration.
Inductively Coupled ..................... .............. 3120 B........... 3120 B.
Plasma.
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\1\ Standard Methods for the Examination of Water and Wastewater, 21st edition (2005). Available from American Public Health Association, 800 I Street
NW, Washington, DC 20001-3710.
\2\ EPA Method 200.5, Revision 4.2. ``Determination of Trace Elements in Drinking Water by Axially Viewed Inductively Coupled Plasma-Atomic Emission
Spectrometry.'' 2003. EPA/600/R-06/115. (Available at https://www.epa.gov/water-research/epa-drinking-water-research-methods.)
\3\ Standard Methods Online are available at https://www.standardmethods.org. The year in which each method was approved by the Standard Methods
Committee is designated by the last two digits in the method number. The methods listed are the only online versions that may be used.
\4\ Available from ASTM International, 100 Barr Harbor Drive, West Conshohocken, PA 19428-2959 or https://astm.org. The methods listed are the only
alternative versions that may be used.
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\6\ Standard Methods for the Examination of Water and Wastewater, 20th edition (1998). Available from American Public Health Association, 800 I Street
NW, Washington, DC 20001-3710.
\7\ Method ME355.01, Revision 1.0. ``Determination of Cyanide in Drinking Water by GC/MS Headspace,'' May 26, 2009. Available at https://www.nemi.gov or
from James Eaton, H & E Testing Laboratory, 221 State Street, Augusta, ME 04333. (207) 287-2727.
\8\ Systea Easy (1-Reagent). ``Systea Easy (1-Reagent) Nitrate Method,'' February 4, 2009. Available at https://www.nemi.gov or from Systea Scientific,
LLC., 900 Jorie Blvd., Suite 35, Oak Brook, IL 60523.
\9\ EPA Method 524.3, Version 1.0. ``Measurement of Purgeable Organic Compounds in Water by Capillary Column Gas Chromatography/Mass Spectrometry,''
June 2009. EPA 815-B-09-009. Available at https://www.nemi.gov.
\10\ Mitchell Method M5271, Revision 1.1. ``Determination of Turbidity by Laser Nephelometry,'' March 5, 2009. Available at https://www.nemi.gov or from
Leck Mitchell, Ph.D., PE, 656 Independence Valley Dr., Grand Junction, CO 81507.
\11\ Mitchell Method M5331, Revision 1.1. ``Determination of Turbidity by LED Nephelometry,'' March 5, 2009. Available at https://www.nemi.gov or from
Leck Mitchell, Ph.D., PE, 656 Independence Valley Dr., Grand Junction, CO 81507.
\12\ Orion Method AQ4500, Revision 1.0. ``Determination of Turbidity by LED Nephelometry,'' May 8, 2009. Available at https://www.nemi.gov or from
Thermo Scientific, 166 Cummings Center, Beverly, MA 01915, https://www.thermo.com.
\13\ Modified ColitagTM Method. ``Modified ColitagTM Test Method for the Simultaneous Detection of E. coli and other Total Coliforms in Water (ATP D05-
0035),'' August 28, 2009. Available at https://www.nemi.gov or from CPI International, 5580 Skylane Boulevard, Santa Rosa, CA 95403.
\14\ EPA Method 557. ``Determination of Haloacetic Acids, Bromate, and Dalapon in Drinking Water by Ion Chromatography Electrospray Ionization Tandem
Mass Spectrometry (IC-ESI-MS/MS),'' September 2009. EPA 815-B-09-012. Available at https://www.nemi.gov.
\15\ AMI Turbiwell, ``Continuous Measurement of Turbidity Using a SWAN AMI Turbiwell Turbidimeter,'' August 2009. Available at https://www.nemi.gov or
from Markus Bernasconi, SWAN Analytische Instrumente AG, Studbachstrasse 13, CH-8340 Hinwil, Switzerland.
\16\ EPA Method 334.0. ``Determination of Residual Chlorine in Drinking Water Using an On-line Chlorine Analyzer,'' September 2009. EPA 815-B-09-013.
Available at https://www.nemi.gov.
\17\ ChloroSense. ``Measurement of Free and Total Chlorine in Drinking Water by Palintest ChloroSense,'' August 2009. Available at https://www.nemi.gov
or from Palintest Ltd., 1455 Jamike Avenue (Suite 100), Erlanger, KY 41018.
\18\ EPA Method 302.0. ``Determination of Bromate in Drinking Water using Two-Dimensional Ion Chromatography with Suppressed Conductivity Detection,''
September 2009. EPA 815-B-09-014. Available at https://www.nemi.gov.
\19\ EPA 415.3, Revision 1.2. ``Determination of Total Organic Carbon and Specific UV Absorbance at 254 nm in Source Water and Drinking Water,''
September 2009. EPA/600/R-09/122. Available at https://www.epa.gov/water-research/epa-drinking-water-research-methods.
\20\ Readycult[supreg] Method, ``Readycult[supreg] Coliforms 100 Presence/Absence Test for Detection and Identification of Coliform Bacteria and
Escherichia coli in Finished Waters,'' January, 2007. Version 1.1. Available from EMD Millipore (division of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany), 290
Concord Road, Billerica, MA 01821.
\21\ Chromocult[supreg] Method, ``Chromocult[supreg] Coliform Agar Presence/Absence Membrane Filter Test Method for Detection and Identification of
Coliform Bacteria and Escherichia coli in Finished Waters,'' November, 2000. Version 1.0. EMD Millipore (division of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany),
290 Concord Road, Billerica, MA 01821.
\22\ Hach Company. ``Hach Company SPADNS 2 (Arsenite-Free) Fluoride Method 10225--Spectrophotometric Measurement of Fluoride in Water and Wastewater,''
January 2011. 5600 Lindbergh Drive, P.O. Box 389, Loveland, Colorado 80539.
\23\ Hach Company. ``Hach Company TNTplus\TM\ 835/836 Nitrate Method 10206--Spectrophotometric Measurement of Nitrate in Water and Wastewater,'' January
2011. 5600 Lindbergh Drive, P.O. Box 389, Loveland, Colorado 80539.
\24\ EPA Method 525.3. ``Determination of Semivolatile Organic Chemicals in Drinking Water by Solid Phase Extraction and Capillary Column Gas
Chromatography/Mass Spectrometry (GC/MS),'' February 2012. EPA/600/R-12/010. Available at https://www.epa.gov/water-research/epa-drinking-water-research-methods.
\25\ EPA Method 536. ``Determination of Triazine Pesticides and their Degradates in Drinking Water by Liquid Chromatography Electrospray Ionization
Tandem Mass Spectrometry (LC/ESI-MS/MS),'' October 2007. EPA 815-B-07-002. Available at the National Service Center for Environmental Publications
(EPA Method 536).
\26\ EPA Method 523. ``Determination of Triazine Pesticides and their Degradates in Drinking Water by Gas Chromatography/Mass Spectrometry (GC/MS),''
February 2011. EPA 815-R-11-002. Available at the National Service Center for Environmental Publications (EPA Method 523).
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\28\ Standard Methods for the Examination of Water and Wastewater, 22nd edition (2012). Available from American Public Health Association, 800 I Street
NW, Washington, DC 20001-3710.
\29\ EPA Method 524.4, Version 1.0. ``Measurement of Purgeable Organic Compounds in Water by Gas Chromatography/Mass Spectrometry using Nitrogen Purge
Gas,'' May 2013. EPA 815-R-13-002. Available at the National Service Center for Environmental Publications (EPA Method 524.4).
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\30\ Charm Sciences Inc. ``Fast Phage Test Procedure. Presence/Absence for Coliphage in Ground Water with Same Day Positive Prediction''. Version 009.
November 2012. 659 Andover Street, Lawrence, MA 01843. Available at www.charmsciences.com.
\31\ Hach Company. ``Hach Method 10260--Determination of Chlorinated Oxidants (Free and Total) in Water Using Disposable Planar Reagent-filled Cuvettes
and Mesofluidic Channel Colorimetry,'' April 2013. 5600 Lindbergh Drive, P.O. Box 389, Loveland, CO 80539.
\32\ ChlordioX Plus. ``Chlorine Dioxide and Chlorite in Drinking Water by Amperometry using Disposable Sensors,'' November 2013. Available from
Palintest Ltd., 1455 Jamike Avenue (Suite 100), Erlanger, KY 41018.
\33\ Tecta EC/TC. ``Techta\TM\ EC/TC Medium and Techta\TM\ Instrument: A Presence/Absence Method for the Simultaneous Detection of Total Coliforms and
Escherichia coli (E. coli) in Drinking Water,'' version 1.0, May 2014. Available from Pathogen Detection Systems, Inc., 382 King Street East,
Kingston, Ontario, Canada, K7K 2Y2.
\34\ Hach Company. ``Hach Method 10241--Spectrophotometric Measurement of Free Chlorine (Cl2) in Drinking Water,'' November 2015. Revision 1.2. 5600
Lindbergh Drive, P.O. Box 389, Loveland, CO 80539.
\35\ Hach Company. ``Hach Method 8026--Spectrophotometric Measurement of Copper in Finished Drinking Water,'' December 2015. Revision 1.2. 5600
Lindbergh Drive, P.O. Box 389, Loveland, CO 80539.
\36\ Hach Company. ``Hach Method 10272--Spectrophotometric Measurement of Copper in Finished Drinking Water,'' December 2015. Revision 1.2. 5600
Lindbergh Drive, P.O. Box 389, Loveland, CO 80539.
\37\ Hach Company. ``Hach Method 10261--Total Organic Carbon in Finished Drinking Water by Catalyzed Ozone Hydroxyl Radical Oxidation Infrared
Analysis,'' December 2015. Revision 1.2. 5600 Lindbergh Drive, P.O. Box 389, Loveland, CO 80539.
\38\ Hach Company. ``Hach Method 10267--Spectrophotometric Measurement of Total Organic Carbon (TOC) in Finished Drinking Water,'' December 2015.
Revision 1.2. 5600 Lindbergh Drive, P.O. Box 389, Loveland, CO 80539.
\39\ Hach Company. ``Hach Method 10258--Determination of Turbidity by 360[deg] Nephelometry,'' January 2016. Revision 1.0. 5600 Lindbergh Drive, P.O.
Box 389, Loveland, CO 80539.
\40\ Nitrate Elimination Company Inc. (NECi). ``Method for Nitrate Reductase Nitrate-Nitrogen Analysis of Drinking Water,'' February 2016. Superior
Enzymes Inc., 334 Hecla Street, Lake Linden, Michigan 49945.
\41\ Thermo Fisher. ``Thermo Fisher Scientific Drinking Water Orthophosphate Method for Thermo Scientific Gallery Discrete Analyzer,'' February 2016.
Revision 5. Thermo Fisher Scientific, Ratastie 2, 01620 Vantaa, Finland.
\42\ Mitchell Method M5331, Revision 1.2. ``Determination of Turbidity by LED or Laser Nephelometry,'' February 2016. Available from Leck Mitchell,
Ph.D., PE, 656 Independence Valley Dr., Grand Junction, CO 81507.
\43\ Tecta EC/TC. ``TectaTM EC/TC Medium and the TectaTM Instrument: A Presence/Absence Method for the Simultaneous Detection of Total Coliforms and
Escherichia coli (E. coli) in Drinking Water,'' version 2.0, February 2017. Available from Pathogen Detection Systems, Inc., 382 King Street East,
Kingston, Ontario, Canada, K7K 2Y2.
\44\ Lovibond PTV 1000. ``Continuous Measurement of Drinking Water Turbidity Using a Lovibond PTV 1000 White Light LED Turbidimeter,'' December 2016.
Revision 1.0. Available from Tintometer, Inc., 6456 Parkland Drive, Sarasota, FL 34243.
\45\ Lovibond PTV 2000. ``Continuous Measurement of Drinking Water Turbidity Using a Lovibond PTV 2000 660-nm LED Turbidimeter,'' December 2016.
Revision 1.0. Available from Tintometer, Inc., 6456 Parkland Drive, Sarasota, FL 34243.
\46\ Lovibond PTV 6000. ``Continuous Measurement of Drinking Water Turbidity Using a Lovibond PTV 6000 Laser Turbidimeter,'' December 2016. Revision
1.0. Available from Tintometer, Inc., 6456 Parkland Drive, Sarasota, FL 34243.
\47\ Thermo Fisher. ``Thermo Fisher Method 557.1: Determination of Haloacetic Acids in Drinking Water using Two-Dimensional Ion Chromatography with
Suppressed Conductivity Detection,'' January 2017. Version 1.0. Available from Thermo Fisher Scientific, 490 Lakeside Dr., Sunnyvale, CA 94085
([email protected]).
\48\ EPA Method 150.3. ``Determination of pH in Drinking Water,'' February 2017. EPA 815-B-17-001. Available at the National Service Center for
Environmental Publications (EPA Method 150.3).
\49\ Standard Methods for the Examination of Water and Wastewater, 23rd edition (2017). Available from American Public Health Association, 800 I Street
NW, Washington, DC 20001-3710.
\50\ EPA Method 900.0, Rev. 1.0. ``Determination of Gross Alpha and Gross Beta in Drinking Water,'' February 2018. EPA 815-B-18-002. Available at the
National Service Center for Environmental Publications (EPA Method 900.0 Rev 1.0).
\51\ Hach Company. ``Hach Method 10258--Determination of Turbidity by 360[deg] Nephelometry,'' March 2018. Revision 2.0. 5600 Lindbergh Drive, P.O. Box
389, Loveland, CO 80539.
\52\ Hach Company. ``Hach Method 8195--Determination of Turbidity by Nephelometry,'' March 2018. Revision 3.0. 5600 Lindbergh Drive, P.O. Box 389,
Loveland, CO 80539.
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