LUST Program Quality Assurance Plan

Lust Program Quality Assurance Plan - The EPA approved document provides quality assurance guidelines for environmental sampling and analysis under the Leaking Underground Storage Tanks Program. These guidelines are applicable to DEP staff, contractors working for DEP, and contractors working for Responsible Parties submitting data to the LUST Program.
- June 2019.

Except where noted, all files are PDF format. Contact Kelly Perkins 207-287-7878

Appendix A Organizational Chart of MEDEP/LUST Program and MEDEP/TS

Appendix B MEDEP/LUST Program Standard Operating Procedures and List of Available Equipment:

• Water Sample Collection from Water Supply Wells
• Groundwater Sampling Using Low Flow Purging and Sampling for Long-Term Monitoring
• Protocol for Collecting Soil Samples
• Field Screening of Soil Samples Utilizing Photoionization and Flame-Ionization Detectors old method
• Compendium of Field Testing of Soil Samples for Gasoline and Fuel Oil
• Documentation of Field Activities and Development of a Trip Report
• Equipment Decontamination Protocol
• Indoor Air Assessments for Residences Impacted by Petroleum Vapors
• Field Quality Control Guidance
• Equipment Inventory
• Field EDD Sheets

Appendix C Analytical Methods for:

• Volatile Petroleum Hydrocarbons (VPH)
• Extractable Petroleum Hydrocarbons (EPH) and
• Air Petroleum Hydrocarbons (APH)

Appendix D Remediation Guidelines for Petroleum Contaminated Sites in Maine, December 1, 2009 (Amended May 23, 2014)

Appendix E Sample QAP Log Sheet

Appendix F Example list of Laboratories currently certified by the Maine Laboratory Certification Program. Current list may be obtained at: Division of Environmental Health, Maine CDC, DHHS

Appendix G Chapter 691-Rules for Underground Oil Storage Facilities amended September 26, 2018 (Secretary of State, MS Word)

Appendix H Crosswalk Between USEPA Document QA/R-5, "EPA Requirements for Quality Assurance Project Plans for Environmental Data Operations" and MEDEP/LUST Program QAP

Appendix I BRWM Basic Data Review Checklist (Excel) and Attachment A

Appendix J Process for the Collection of EPA LUST Trust Data for Motor Fuel Discharges