Andrew. D. Eaton@ us. mwhglobal. com 06/ 07/ 2004 01: 26 PM To: Pat Fair/ CI/ USEPA/ US@ EPA cc: Lisa Ramirez < ardchem@ earthlink. net> bcc Subject: : TOC sample collection protocol in 415.3  an observation Pat  Lisa, was just reviewing 415.3 for sample collection and noticed that there is really a " strange" statement  the method appears to require that samples be received by the lab within 48 hours of collection, rather than basing acceptability on the temperature of receipt. This would basically not allow utilities to store their TOC samples ( even refrigerated) before shipment. This ought to be fixed prior to promulgation of stage 2...

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