This latest edition, available in print or CD-ROM, contains 22 ASTM guides, practices, and test methods, all of which address important elements of the Phase II environmental site assessment process. The standards cover many of the routine, day-to-day procedures and terminology used in properly evaluating a site to determine the presence or absence of environmental contamination, including the following:
- Conceptualizing subsurface and contaminant conditions to adequately focus subsurface investigations
- Selecting and using drilling and soil sampling techniques
- Classifying and describing soils
- Designing and installing groundwater monitoring wells
- Sampling and monitoring groundwater, including direct-push equipment
- Soil gas monitoring