BC Ministry of the Environment: 29 New Analytical Methods Approved
OCTOBER 31, 2017 – The Director has approved the 29 new analytical methods listed below. The majority of these new methods were developed in support of the Stage 10 (Omnibus) amendment to the Contaminated Sites Regulation.
Details of the 29 new analytical methods are available on the ministry’s Environmental Protection and Sustainability, Research, Monitoring & Reporting, BC Environmental Laboratory Manual website.
The new methods were developed with the assistance of the British Columbia Environmental Laboratory Technical Advisory Committee (BCELTAC) over the course of the last 16 months. The ministry would like to take this opportunity to thank the committee for their outstanding expertise and effort in achieving this work.
Further information on BCELTAC is available on the ministry’s Environmental Protection and Sustainability, Research, Monitoring & Reporting, Sampling Methods and Quality Assurance website.
Please direct comment on the new methods to: Joyce Austin, Senior Provincial Laboratory Specialist, Knowledge Management Branch at [email protected].
Technical questions regarding the new methods should be directed to: Mark Hugdahl (BCELTAC Chair) at [email protected].
List of new methods
- Alcohols in Soil and Water – PBM
- Asbestos in Soil – PBM
- Asbestos in Water by Transmission Electron Microscopy (TEM) – Prescriptive
- Cyanide Analysis (Total, WAD, Free) – PBM
- Cyanide by Manual Distillation – PBM
- Chlorinated and Non-Chlorinated Phenols in Soil – PBM
- Digestion for Total Metals in Water – Prescriptive
- Diisopropanolamine (DIPA) in Water and Soil Samples by HPLC – PBM
- Extractable Petroleum Hydrocarbons (EPH) in Solids by GC/FID – PBM
- Extractable Petroleum Hydrocarbons (EPH) in Water by GC/FID – PBM
- Glycols in Soil and Water – PBM
- Liquid-Solid Partitioning (Leachability) of VOCs – Prescriptive
- Liquid-Solid Partitioning (Leachability) as a Function of pH (Metals, Inorganics, and SVOCs) – Prescriptive
- Methylmercury in Soil or Sediment – PBM
- Methylmercury in Water – PBM
- Nonylphenols and Ethoxylates in Soil by LC/MS/MS – PBM
- Nonylphenols and Ethoxylates in Water by LC/MS/MS – PBM
- PAH Soil by Gas Chromatography Mass Spectrometry (GC/MS) – PBM
- PAH Water by Gas Chromatography Mass Spectrometry (GC/MS) – PBM
- Perfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) in Soils by LCMS/MS – PBM
- Perfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) in Water by LCMS/MS – PBM
- Phenols Chlorinated & Non-Chlorinated Water – PBM
- Strong Acid Leachable Metals (SALM) in Soil – Prescriptive
- Sulfolane in Water and Soil Samples – PBM
- Trace Metals Analysis by ICP-MS – PBM
- Volatile Hydrocarbons (VH) in Waters by GC/FID – PBM
- Volatile Organic Compounds in Soil – PBM
- Volatile Organic Compounds Water – PBM
- 17α-Ethinylestradiol (EE2) in Water by LC/MS/MS – PBM