Air Laboratory Needs Assessment Questionnaire Step 1 of 6 16% Contact DetailsCompany Name(Required) Name(Required) Dr.MissMr.Mrs.Ms.Mx.Prof.Rev. 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What are the objectives for your air analysis program?(Required) Environmental Monitoring Workplace Chemical Exposure Monitoring Regulatory Compliance New Regulatory Policy Development Remediation / Risk Assessment for Contaminated Sites or New Construction Sites Emergency Response to Chemical Release Events Ecological Monitoring Other 1a. You selected "regulatory compliance" in the previous question. Please list the regulations.(Required) 1b. You selected "other" in the previous question. Please specify.(Required) 2. What types of samples will you or your customers be collecting?(Required) Ambient Air - Samples from general outdoor environment (low level) Source Emissions - Direct sampling from specific high concentration sources such as stacks and vents. Fenceline Monitoring - Samples from the perimeter of a potential polluter property. Emergency Response - Rapidly deployed sampling devices in response to sudden unexpected chemical release. Indoor Air Inspection Sampling - Container ship cargo holds, port storage, inspection sites Sub-slab sampling / vapor intrusion - Air collected from beneath building slabs to check for vapor intrusion pathways. Soil Gas - Vapor phase compounds collected from soil pores at various depths. Personal / Personnel Monitoring - Industrial hygiene & workplace exposure monitoring. Other, please explain. 2a. Other, please specify(Required) You selected "other" in the previous question. Please specify your sample collection type. 2b. Indoor Air Sampling Details(Required) Residential (single family homes) Residential (multi-tenant buildings) Commercial Office Buildings Commercial Retail Buildings General Warehouses Factories and Manufacturing Sites Oil/Gas Production or Treatment Sites Low Background Environments / Clean Rooms You previously selecting "indoor air sampling". Please specify the types of indoor environments. Target Compounds3. Are all of your target compounds included on the VOC HAPs subset list of 97 compounds known to be compatible with EPA Method TO-15 linked below (click link to open list).(Required) Yes No I'm not sure List of Compatible TO-15 Compounds 3a. You answered "no" in the previous question. Are all your target compounds included in the complete 189 EPA HAPs list? See link to list below.(Required) Yes No I'm not sure EPA HAPs LIst3b. Please list all your target compounds which are not included in the list of 97 VOCs and your target detection limits (you may copy/paste from excel)(Required)Please list all your target compounds which are not included in the list of 97 VOCs and your target detection limits (you may copy/paste from excel)4. Are you required to do any of these non TO-15 compounds?(Required) None of these Acetylene Ethane Ethene Formaldehyde Hydrogen Sulfide 5. Do any of your target compounds contain sulfur?(Required) No Yes Sampling Operations6. Canisters(Required) Our customers have their own canisters. Our lab will provide customers with canisters. Other 7. How many low or trace concentration (<100ppbv) air samples are you expecting to process each week?(Required) 8. At peak demand, how many canisters do you anticipate will be deployed or in use at any one time for low level sampling? 9. What canister sizes are you considering for low concentration sampling?(Required) 1.4L 2L 2.5L 3.2L 6L 10. How many total canisters do you think you'll need for low concentration work?Time Weighted Average SamplingWhat sampling integration times will your lab support? Time-weighted Average (TWA) sampling is highly recommended for long term exposure assessments. Please indicate how many flow controllers are needed for each integration time.Grab Sample No Restriction/Immediate Sampling. 15 Minute Sample collects over 15 minutes. 1 Hr Sample collects over 1 hour. 3 Hr Sample collects over 3 hour. 8 Hr Sample collects over 8 hours. 12 Hr Sample collects over 12 hours. 1 Day Sample collects over 24 hours. 2 Days Sample collects over 48 hours. 7 Days Sample collects over 1 week. 14 Days Sample collects over 2 weeks. 1 Month Sample collects over 1 month. 12. Do you need to be able to schedule canister sampling (Start/Stop event) without an operator present?(Required) Yes No 12a. How many timers are needed?(Required) High Concentration Sampling & Analysis (>100ppbv)Laboratories which process both high and low concentration samples will segregate their canister inventories so that canisters used for high concentration are never used for low concentration. If you previously selected that your lab will be analyzing soil gas samples, we strongly urge this practice.13. How many potentially high concentration samples are you expecting to process each week?Soil gas, vapor intrusion, sub-slab and some indoor sampling may yield high concentrations.14. At peak demand, how many canisters do you anticipate will be deployed or in use at any one time for high concentration sampling?Soil gas, vapor intrusion, sub-slab and some indoor sampling may yield high concentrations.15. Do you need equipment for collecting sub-slab samples?(Required) Yes No 15a. You answered "yes" to the previous question. Will you need a tracer gas shroud for the sub-slab sampling? Yes No Not sure 16. Do you need canister solutions for emergency response situations, such as train detailment, factory fires, or other large chemical release situations?(Required) Yes No GCMS Platform & Laboratory Infrastructure17. Do you already own a GCMS system suitable for TO-15 analysis?(Required) Yes No We have a GCMS, but not sure it's compatible. 17a. What is the make/model of your GCMS?(Required) 17b. What are the dimensions and phase of your GC column? 17c. What GCMS software are you running? 17d. What is the software version number? 17e. You answered "no" to having an existing GCMS. Are you planning to order a system in concert with your TO-15 equipment purchase? Yes No 17f. Please provide the Make/Model and features of your new system (e.g. high resolution MS, Triple Quad,etc) 18. Please list if you will be using any other detectors on the same GCMS (FID, PID, ELCD/Hall, ECD, Other) 19. What carrier gas are you intending to use?(Required) UHP Helium UHP Hydrogen 20. Your Laboratory Electrical Standard(Required) 120VAC 240VAC 21. How much linear bench space (Feet) do you have available for this system?(Required) Please note that Entech equipment is positioned to the right of the GCMS system. 22. Do you have any available floor space in front of your lab bench or at the end of the lab bench? If so, approximately how many square feet? Floor space is only needed if utilizing an Entech Tower autosampler. 23. Is there floor space behind the bench?(Required) Yes No, the bench is against a wall. Other 24. Will you need a computer to control your Entech equipment? Yes No Other If you prefer a tower autosampler, this instrument will require floor space near the GCMS. Autosampler, Preconcentration, Sample Screening & Loop Options25. Are you interested in utilizing a robotic autosampler?(Required) Yes No 26. Are you interested in automated sample screening to prevent contamination from high concentrations?(Required) Yes No 27. Are you open to using the new 2.5L Entech Canister for your low level TO-15 work?(Required) Yes No The 2.5L canister offers considerable cost savings both for sampling and analysis. We are suggest that all new laboratories implement this new size for low level air work. 28. What is your anticipated batch size for analysis?(Required) 1-4 5-16 Greater than 16 29. Please estimate the percentage of samples you'll be analyzing for each concentration.(Required)Ambient Air (<4ppbv)Indoor Air (<40ppbv)Indoor Air (<400ppbv)Soil Gas (<4,000ppbv)Source Emissions (> 4.000ppbv)Emergency Response: Unknown Concentration Add Remove30. What types of contaminants or interferences do you anticipate in your samples?(Required) High moisture High CO2 High levels of compounds that are not of interest. No interferences expected. 31. Preconcentrator Preference(Required) 7200CTS Cryogen-Free Preconcentrator 7200A Cryogen Preconcentrator I'm not sure. 31a. You selected that you'd prefer to use a cryogen-free solution. Are you willing to eliminate C2 Hydrocarbons/H2S/Formaldehyde from your list in order to be compatible with the 7200CTS cryogen-free system?(Required) Yes No Standards Preparation & Canister Cleaning32. Do you require a solution to prepare standards?(Required) Yes No 33. Do you currently have a supplier of standards for your target compounds?(Required) Yes No 34. Do you need a solution for cleaning canisters?(Required) Yes No 35. Do you have UHP Nitrogen gas available in your lab?(Required) Yes No Training , Support, Budget36. Do you and your staff require training on TO-15 methodology and instrumentation?(Required) Yes, a little. Yes, comprehensive training needed. No, we have an experience air chemist. 37. Do you already have funding established? Yes No No, open to financing options 38. Do you anticipate any particular obstacles within your region or industry that might affect your TO-15 analyses?
