Designation:D5088−15aStandardPracticeforDecontaminationofFieldEquipmentUsedatWasteSites1ThisstandardisissuedunderthefixeddesignationD5088;thenumberimmediatelyfollowingthedesignationindicatestheyearoforiginaladoptionor,inthecaseofrevision,theyearoflastrevision.Anumberinparenthesesindicatestheyearoflastreapproval.Asuperscriptepsilon(´)indicatesaneditorialchangesincethelastrevisionorreapproval.1.Scope*1.1Thispracticecoversthedecontaminationoffieldequip-mentusedinthesamplingofsoils,soilgas,sludges,surfacewater,andgroundwateratwastesiteswhicharetoundergobothphysicalandchemicalanalyses.1.2Thispracticeisapplicableonlyatsiteswherechemical(organicandinorganic)wastesareaconcern.Itisnotintendedforuseatradiological,mixed(chemicalandradiological),orbiohazardsites.Thispracticedoesnotaddressregulatoryrequirementsforthehandling,labeling,shipping,orstoringofwastesorsamples.1.3Practicesareincludedforthedecontaminationofequip-mentwhichcomesintocontactwiththesamplematrix(samplecontactingequipment)andforancillaryequipmentthathasnotcontactedtheportionofsampletobeanalyzed(non-samplecontactingequipment),butwhichmustbecleanedtoavoidspreadingofcontamination.1.4Thispracticeisintendedforusewhenfieldequipmentusedforsamplingwillbedecontaminatedinthefieldorreturnedfromthefield.Informationontheconstructionoffielddecontaminationfacilitiesandnon-samplecontactingequip-mentdecontaminationisalsoprovided.1.5Thispracticeisbasedoncommonlyrecognizedmethodsbywhichequipmentmaybedecontaminated.Thepracticesdescribedforsamplecontactingequipmentarecommonlyprescribed.BackgroundstudiesareincludedintheReferencesattheendofthisstandard(12345).Theuserisremindedoftheimportanceofproperdecontaminationplanningtominimizetheamountofdecontaminationwastesgeneratedandtoreduceoreliminatetheuseofcleaningagentsthatarethemselveshazardous.QualityAssurance/QualityControl(QA/QC)samplesthatdocumentdecontaminationeffectivenesscanbeusedtomodifyorenhancedecontaminationtechniques.De-contaminationatradiologicallycontaminatedsitesshoul...
