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 Technical Note DOER-C2
May 1999
Table 2
Appropriate Characterization Tests for Chemical Properties of Dredged
Material to Determine Suitability for Beneficial Uses
Analysis
Source
10.
pH
ASA 1996 :Ch 16; CSSS: 16.2.1
11.
Calcium Carbonate Equivalents
ASA 1996:Ch 16; CSSS 14.2 and 44.6
12.
Cation Exchange Capacity
ASA 1996: Ch 40; CSSS 19.4
13.
Salinity
ASA 1996: Ch 14; CSSS:18.2.2
14.
Sodium
ASA 1996: Ch 19
15.
Chloride
ASA 1996: Ch 31
16.
Sodium Adsorption Ratio (SAR)
CSSS: 18.4.3
17.
Electrical Conductivity
ASA 1996: Ch 14
18.
Total Organic Carbon
ASTM D2974; D2974-87; ASA 1982: 29-4.2; CSSS 44.3
19.
Carbon:Nitrogen Ratio
Analyses 19, 23, and 25 in this table
20.
Total Kjeldahl Nitrogen
EPA-CRL-468
21.
Ammonium Nitrogen
EPA-CRL-324
22.
Nitrate-nitrogen
EPA-SW846-9200
23.
Nitrite-nitrogen
EPA-SW846-9200
24.
Total Phosphorus
EPA-CRL-435
25.
Orthophosphorus
EPA-CRL-435
26
Potassium
ASA 1996: Ch 19
27.
Sulfur
ASA 1996: Ch 33
28.
Diethylene Triamine Pentaacetic Acid
ASA 1982: 19-3.3; CSSS:1.3; Lee, Folsom, and Bates
(DTPA) Metals
1983
29.
Total Metals *
EPA-SW846-200.9; ASA 1996: Ch 18-30
30.
Pesticides (chlorinated)
EPA-SW846-8080
31.
Polynuclear Aromatic Hydrocarbons
EPA- SW846-8270
(PAHs)
32.
Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs)
EPA-CRL-8081
Congeners
33.
Dioxins
EPA-SW846-8290 and 1630
34.
Leachate Quality Test
Myers and Brannon 1988
35.
Surface Runoff Quality
Skogerboe et al. 1987
Notes:
Use EPA 1986 Method 245.6 for mercury determinations.
Methods:
ASA
= American Society of Agronomy/Soil Science Society of America (Page, Miller, and Keeney 1982 and 1996).
CSSS = Canadian Society of Soil Science (Carter 1993).
ASTM = American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM 1996).
EPA
= USEPA (1986).
Table 3
Appropriate Tests for Biological Properties of Dredged Material to Determine
Suitability for Beneficial Uses
Analysis
Methods
36.
Manufactured Soil Test
Sturgis et al. (1999)
37.
Plant Bioassay
Folsom, Lee, and Preston 1981
38.
Animal Bioassay
ASTM 1998, Standard Guide E 1676-97
39.
Elutriate Bioassay
EPA 1991 (Method: 11.1.4) (USACE/USEPA 1991)
40.
Pathogens (coliforms)
Standard Methods: 9221 E (Greensberg et al. 1992)
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