EnviroAnalysis Practical Methods for Environmental Analysis Edited by Ray Clement and Robert Burk Proceedings of the EnviroAnalysis conference, May 13-16, 1996, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Poiyscience Publications Inc., Morin Heights, Canada Printed In Canada Copyright Provisions and Restrictions on Copying: This Ontario Ministry of the Environment work is protected by Crown copyright (unless otherwise indicated), which is held by the Queen's Printer for Ontario. It may be reproduced for non-commercial purposes if credit is given and Crown copyright is acknowledged. It may not be reproduced, in all or in part, for any commercial purpose except under a licence from the Queen's Printer for Ontario. For information on reproducing Government of Ontario works, please contact ServiceOntario Publications at copyright aontario.ca The Determination of 117Cs in Venezuelan Vegetation .............................................................. 49 J.J. LaBrecque and P.A. Rosales The Development of Protocols for the Appraisal of Survey and Experimental Events.... H...... 53 in a Contaminant Information System Thomas M. Fyles, Blair A. King, Mark P. Pawluk Terry Sowden, and Paul R. West Actinide Analyses of Low-Level Radioactive Waste Leachates ................................................. 57 M.K. Haas, E.L. Cooper, and F. Caron Measurement of the Carbonate Radical in Sunlit Field Waters ................................................. 61 Scott A. Mabury Jiping Huang, and Donald G. Crosby A Method for the Simultaneous Determination of Both Volatile and Semi-volatile..!. Q..... 65 Contaminants in Water by a Single Solid-phase Microextraction B. Denis Page and Gladys M. Lacroix k Isomer Specific Detection of Parent, Methyl-, Hydroxy-, Amino- and Nitro..... l.ee.. .............69 Substituted Polycyclic Aromatic Compounds by Means of High-Resolution Low Temperature Luminescence Spectroscopy Igor Kozin, Cees Gooijer, Nel H. Velthorst, Jocelyne Hellou, and Hado Zitco Extraction of Styrene from Polystyrene Using Supercritical COz and CZH................................. 73 M. L. O Neill, P. Kruus, R. C. Burl, and Y. P. Handa Anomalous Recoveries of Semivolatile Organic Compounds from MM5 Train ... 1..........77 Liang K Tan and Albert J. Liem Mutatox"m Genotoxicity Test Response with Benzo(a)pyrene and Other Polycyclic.. '..83 Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs) is Determined by the Aqueous Solubility of the Test Compounds Hans J. C. Klamer, Leen A. Villerius, and Antoon Opperhuizen Total Unsaturation of Plasma and Cell Membrane Lipids as a New Biochemical ......................87 Test of Ionizing Radiation Aftereffect Tatyana I. Poznyak Elena Kiseleva, and Vladimir Znamenskii Determination of Phosphinothdcin Acetyltransferase in Genetically Transformed .....................91 Canola Seed by a Two-Antibody Sandwich Enzyme Immunoassay Brigitte Bauer-Weston, Raymond J. A. Deschamps, Bing Dang, and Roy Greenhalgh Development and Applications of a Multi-bed Adsorbent Cartridge Sampling, ...N.1 ............ 95 Thermal Desorption/Gas Chromatograph/Mass Spectrometry System for Airborne Volatile Organic Compounds Analysis M. Sage, P. Hubber, O. Ting, R. Luniewski, L. Au, D. Toner, and P. Yang vi W J U Gas ChromatographylIsotope Dilution Mass Spectrometry Analysis of Airborne .. 207 Benzo[a]pyrene Using "C-Labelled Benzo[a]pyrene and a Low Resolution Mass Spectrometer - Method Development and Evaluation L. Au, B. Kanabe, R. Luniewski, L. Nasri, P. Hubber, D. Toner, and P. Yang f ,4 W r; Total Oil Analysis Methods: Characterization, Differentiation, and Source-ldentifi cation......... 211 of Oils Using GC/MS and GCIFID Zhendi Wang and Merv Fingas NJ The Application of Ion-Spray Mass Spectrometry for the Detection of............ ........217 Pesticides in Water J. C. Marr and J. B. King Analysis of Inorganic and Small Organic Ions in the Environment Using .... A H) G. ............. 221 Capillary Ion Analysis Joseph P. Romano, Jim Krol, Gary J. Fallick, and Mark Benvenuti f..... Analytical Problems of Environmental Sample Streams and the Role of Capillary 223 Electrophoresis William C. Brumley, W.H. Matchett, W. Winnik, A.H. Grange, V. Kelliher, T. Moy, and E. La Torre r Application of Capillary Electrophoresis in Atmospheric Aerosol Analysis ......W. .............. 225 Ewa Dabek-Zlotorzynska Capillary Electrophoresis as Analytical Technique for the Determination of..................227 Quaternary Ammonium Herbicides M.T. Galceran, M.C. Carneiro, and L. Puignou Analysis of the Transformation of Nitroaromatic Compounds in Waste by Bacteria Using Micellar Electrokinetic Capillary Chromatography Teresa M. Chow, Brad D. Daniels, and Jianhui Liu Analysis of Fluoride and Phosphate by Capillary Electrophoresis: From "Simple" .................. 235 Salt Systems to Complex Environmental Matrices Marc A. G. T. van den Hoop and Hans J. van Staden Characterization of Humic Substances Using Capillary Electrophoresis with ..........................239 On-line UV-and LIF-detection Maria Nord6n, Ewa Dabek-Zlotorzynska Capillary Electrophoresis of Mercury Species with Amperometric Detection for 243 . ` Environmental Analysis E.P.C. Lai, Sebastian Kowalski and E. Dabek-Zlotorzynska Migration Behavior and Separation of Trichlorophenols by Capillary Zone Electrophoresis.... 247 Chung-Erh Lin, Chung-Chuan Hsueh, Wei-Chen Lin and Chia-Chieh Chung A h[.1 M ix V K Application of a Performance-Based Analytical Method to Contract Analysis .... 3........ 303 Andr6 Fouquet Cyclodextrin Modified Capillary Electrophoresis for the Analysis of Polycyclic...A.WKF....... 307 Aromatic Hydrocarbons R. Stephen Brown, John H. T. Lueng, Oliver N.J. Szolar, Annamaria Halasz, and Jalal Hawari .WK. Comprehensive Analysis of Organic Compounds in the Sydney Tar Ponds.. r............. 309 G.M Charbonneau and A. J. Britten Ark 3" Polychlorinated Naphthalenes. Synthesis and Characterization of Specific Congeners. ......... 319 P. Auger, M. Malaiyandi, and R. H. Wightman .............. An Inductively Coupled Plasma as a Programmable Reactor Applied to the 321 Analysis of Environmental Microsamples Karanassios V. Distributed Classrooms for Distance Training and Re-Training .......................1 14.1-I.K.K. ............ 325, Karanassios V. Technology for Fabrication of Micro-Structures for Environmental Analysis ............................ 329 Micro-Instruments J.T. Sharples, V. Karanassios, and A. Nathan Hk. Performance-Based Methods ................................................................................ ....333 ' David W. Boomer Environment Canada's Approach to Performance Based Methods .....................!q r{ K M 345, Richard Turle Performance Based Methods: Benefits, Dangers and Implications .................... .HKN.......... 351 J.R. Johnston A Performance Based Methods System for Environmental Laboratories in Ontario /-"""... 355 George Crawford Laboratory Testing vs Process Control ...................................................................WKf'.....361 Joe Furgal A PBMS - A Perspective from the Private Laboratory Sector .................................. ti.x.(?..... 365 M. Glenys Foster Roberts Ten Years Experience of Accreditation Over the Performance Based Methods ....! N.K re..... 369 Fran;vis Messier xi A Performance Based Methods System for Environmental Laboratories in Ontario George Crawford Ontario Ministry of Environment & Energy, Laboratory services Branch, 125 Resources Road, Etobicoke, ontario, M91? 3V6 Introduction The Laboratory Services Branch (LSB) of the Ministry of Environment & Energy (MOEE) acts as a provincial resource, providing guiidnace to public and private stakeholders in matters of quality management, methods development and technology transfer. The LSB, is a strong proponent for the cooperative development of a formal performance based methods system (DBMS) for application to environmental programs and for use under legislation. The development of a PBMS is seen by LSB as a logical next step in its role as a Reference Centre and in support of its approach to environmental analysis, founded on adherance to sound principles and quality management practices rather than prescriptive methodology. The LSB "principles and practices" approach has been evoloving since the inepetion of the Municipal and Industrial Stategy for Abatement (IvIISA) program of the 1980's. A PBMS offers an opportunity for the MOEE to strengthen and improve environmental laboratory data quality based upon the ground work and directions laid by MISA as well as the flexibility to laboratories in how their analysis is perfomed. The LSB is actively involved with stakeholders to develop a concensus on the definition of and approaches to a credible PBMS and to attempt a pilot application of these outcomes within emerging environmental protection guidelines. A Definition Specific environmental laboratory data complies with required performance specifications, throughi. application of rugged. high qmeky methods based upon sound science_ accommodating advances in technology and cost effectiveness. 355 A Performance Based Methods System for Environmental Laboratories in Ontario George Crawford Laboratory Services Branch A Definition I Specific environmental laboratory data complies with required performance specifications, through application of rugged. high guality methods based upon sound science, accommodating advances in technology and cost effectiveness. z 356 Vision Statement Use the laboratory method of your choice BUT..... be sure it is: * documented * well controlled and assured P able to consistently meet - performance criteria -customers' quality needs 3 Goal and Objectives Build upon MOEE "principles' approach, develop, implement and effectively manage a PBMs for specific environmental programs establish stakeholder forum a derive consensus approach - definitions, characteristics, requirements, issue resolution * develop PBM characteristics/ specifications case study - customer, program, D00s, method content, performance indicators v pilot implementation * review, refine, continue D 4 357 Today's Situation at MOEE Fa MOEE/ LSB Reference Centre » methods, QM practices & protocols Aggregate data * MOEE/LSB, NWRI, others Regulation review (80 pieces) * performance based regulations performance based methods io New guidelines development site decommissioning compost 5 How Did We Get Here? b b Prescriptive principles PBMS » MISA principles and protocols » customers and DQOs » contracting out and divestment » responsibility of suppliers - responsibility/ authority/ shared accountability » technology and cost/ global market » MOEE consultation - stakeholder responsibility/ interest/ diversity e 358 Next Steps Performance criteria » MOEE/ LSB, Stakeholders » ILS, PEP Reference Method(s) » MOEE/LSB, Stakeholders » Standard Methods, ASTM, NIST, IUPAC Customer Communications » workshops, conferences, EBR registry Recommendation Develop a PBMS application: » stakeholders » inventory ILS/ PEP data, SRMs/ CRMs » model program Anticipated outcomes: » method specifications guide - template - performance materials/ criteria » experience 0 359