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DATE Januar y 2 1985

SUBJECT Perforbullaice Evaluation Study Saco Tannery PJ ta Saco Haine

FROH Charles Forfert t P QualJty Aaaurance Office

TO Sunn Pat z Superfund Branch (HWN)

For your Jnforwation enclo1ed are the resultbull for the Vter Pollution Perforaance Study (WP-15) that pound C Jordan COInc of Portland Maine participated in

neir laboratory report ahobull that bulloat of the analytebull evaluated fell within the acceptance criteria Meabull urntbull of bullercury PClshyAroclor 1254 chlordane 12 dichloroethane chlorofoni 111-tri shychloroethane trichloroethene carbon tetrachloride brmodichloroshytbane dibroaochlormethane broaofoni bullethylene chloride and chlorobenaene bullre hoer outaide the etudy a acceptance cri terta Por eoae analytea both bullbullabullurnta were outbullide the acceptance lfaite

) The above analytee fell outbullide both the 991 ad 951 confideoce interval which indicatee that the laboretory uy hne problbullbull analyzing theae mnalytH The confidence interval wa calculated from available perfon1aace naluation data of IPA and State Laboratoriea ly definition the analytic reaulta frm e laboretory producing valid data bullhould fall wt thin the acceptance Haitbull 99 u out 100

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llOWHTVIEW STAEET LEKINOTON MASSACHUSETTS 0211J

January 9 1986

0Dr 8 K Wallin C Jordan Co Inc 92 Obullk Street Portland H 04101

Dur Dr Wallin

nclotibulld erbull the reaulta for the Water Pollution Perforunce Study (WP-15) that your laboratory (M-019) particiPAted in

Your laboratory report aho that mat of tha analyt evaluated fell within tha cceptance crttbullribull Meuurebullntl of bullrcury PCl-Aroclor 1254 chlordane 12 dichloroethane chlorofora l l 1-trichloroettaM trtcbloshyroethsne carbon tetrachloride broeodicbloromtbane dibromchloromtbaoe br090for Mthylene chloride aod chlorobenaeraa were however outaidbull tbl atudya cceptance criteria For aOM analyt both bullUurnta nre outdde tbl acceptance llai ta

Two new analytH wrbull added to thta atudy and c~nta aboutbull theH analytH are u follOtM

o The total phenolicbull bull-Plbull which vaa analyaed by the 4AAP Mthod vaa a aixture of individual phenolic compouncla Som of tbeH capouncla re ltaown to recoter very poorly IPA anticipated the 65 to 70 percent bullan recovery that the atudy indicated wu typical

o Thbull total residual chlorine (sple 1) VH prepared at a very low concentration (002 agl) If a laboratory received an unuHble data perforaance evalation for aaaple 1 it ahould not be conaidered a ayatea problbullbullmiddot

If you have any queatiorll concerning thta study call Charles Porfert at 617-861-6700

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