Section 64823 - Fields of Testing(a) Field of Testing 1 consists of those methods whose purpose is to detect the presence of microorganisms in the determination of drinking water or wastewater quality and encompasses the following Subgroups: detection of total coliform, fecal coliform, or Escherichia coli (E. coli) organisms by Multiple Tube Fermentation technics; detection of total coliform, fecal coliform, or Escherichia coli (E. coli) organisms by Membrane Filter technics; Heterotrophic Plate Count technics; detection of both total coliforms and Escherichia coli (E. coli) organisms by the Minimal Medium ortho-nitrophenyl-beta-D-galactopyranoside - 4-methylumbelliferyl-beta-D-glucuronide (MMO-MUG) technics; detection of total coliform, fecal coliform, or Escherichia coli (E. coli) organisms by use of Clark's Presence/Absence medium; Fecal streptococci and Enterococci by Multiple Tube Fermentation technics, Fecal streptococci and Enterococci by Membrane Filter technics; detection of total coliforms and fecal coliforms other than for drinking water or wastewater quality.(b) Field of Testing 2 consists of those analytes or methods whose purpose is to detect the presence of inorganic substances in the determination of drinking water quality and whose methods require the use colorimetric, gravimetric, titrimetric, electrometric, or ion chromatographic technic; and encompasses the following Subgroups: alkalinity; calcium (titrimetric technics); chloride; corrosivity; fluoride; hardness (direct determination); magnesium (titrimetric technics); methylene blue active substances (MBAS); nitrate; nitrite; sodium (flame emission technics); sulfate; total filterable residue and conductivity; iron; manganese; orthophosphate; silica; cyanide; potassium (flame emission technics).(c) Field of Testing 3 consists of those methods whose purpose is to detect the presence of trace metals, or asbestos in the determination of drinking water quality and whose methods require the use of an atomic absorption, inductively coupled plasma, inductively coupled plasma/mass spectrophotometer, or electron microscope device and encompasses the following Subgroups: arsenic; barium; cadmium; total chromium; copper; iron; lead; manganese; mercury; selenium; silver; zinc; aluminum; asbestos; antimony; beryllium; nickel; thallium; calcium; magnesium; sodium; potassium.(d) Filed of Testing 4 consists of those methods whose purpose is to detect the presence of trace organics in the determination of drinking water quality, and require the use of a gas chromatographic/mass spectrophotometric device and encompasses the following Subgroups: EPA method 524.2 for volatile organics; EPA method 501.3 for trihalomethanes; EPA method 525 for acid and base/neutral compounds; EPA method 513 for dioxins; EPA method 1613 for dioxins.(e) Field of Testing 5 consists of those methods whose purpose is to detect the presence of trace organics in the determination ofdrinking water quality and do not require the use of a gas chromatographic/mass spectrophotometric device and encompasses the following Subgroups: EPA method 501.1 for trihalomethanes; EPA method 501.2 for trihalomethanes; EPA method 510 for total trihalomethanes; EPA method 508 for chlorinated pesticides; EPA method 515.1 for chlorophenoxy herbicides; EPA method 502.1 for halogenated volatiles; EPA method 503.1 for aromatic volatiles; EPA method 502.2 for both halogenated and aromatic volatiles; EPA method 504 for EDB and DBCP; EPA method 505 for chlorinated pesticides and ploychlorinated biphenyls; EPA method 507 for the haloacids; EPA method 531.1 for carbamates; EPA method 547 for glyphosate; EPA method 506 for adipates and phthalates; EPA method 508A for total polychlorinated biphenyls; EPA method 548 for endothall; EPA method549 for diquat and paraquat; EPA method 550 for polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons; EPA method 550.1 for polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons; EPA method 551 for chlorination disinfection byproducts; EPA method 552 for haloacetic acids.(f) Field of Testing 6 consists of those methods whose purpose is to detect the presence of radioactive substances in drinking water, wastewater, or hazardous wastes; and encompasses the following Subgroups: gross alpha and beta radiation; total radium; radium 226; uranium; radon 222; radioactive cesium; iodine 131; radioactive strontium; tritium; gamma emitting isotopes; gross alpha by coprecipitation; radium 228; radioactive iodine; gross alpha and beta radiation in hazardous wastes; alpha emitting radium isotopes in hazardous wastes; radium 228 in hazardous wastes.(g) Field of Testing 7 consists of those methods whose purpose is to detect the presence of microbial contamination or toxins in the determination of shellfish meat quality and encompasses the following Subgroups: shellfish meat microbiology; paralytic shellfish poison (PSP) and other marine biotoxins; microbiology of shellfish growing waters.(h) Field of Testing 8 consists of those methods whose purpose is to detect the presence of toxins in the determination of wastewater quality, or in hazardous wastes and encompasses the following Subgroups: hazardous waste testing pursuant to Title 22, California Code of Regulations, Section 66261.24(a)(6); wastewater testing according to Kopperdahl (1976) using freshwater fish; wastewater testing according to EPA/600/4-85/013 using freshwater and/or marine organisms; wastewater testing by EPA method 1000.0; wastewater testing by EPA method 1002.0; wastewater testing by EPA method 1003.0; wastewater testing by EPA method 1006; wastewater testing by EPA method 1007; wastewater testing by EPA method 1009; wastewater testing according to Anderson, et al. (1990) using Giant Kelp (Macrocystis pyrifera); wastewater testing according to Anderson, et al. (1990) using red abalone (Haliotus rufescens); wastewater testing according to Dinnel and Stober (1987) using purple sea urchin (Strongylocentrotus purpuratus); wastewater testing according to Dinnel and Stober (1987) using red sea urchin (Strongylocentrotus franciscanus); wastewater testing according to Dinnel and Stober (1987) using sand dollar (Dendraster excentricus); wastewater testing according to procedure E 724-89 (ASTM, 1989) using Pacific oyster (Crassostrea gigas); wastewater testing according to procedure E 724-89 (ASTM, 1989) using California Bay Mussel (Mytilus edulis); wastewater testing according to procedure E 1218-90 (ASTM, 1990) using an alga (skeletonema costatum); wastewater testing according to EPA/600/4-90/027 using freshwater and/or marine organisms.(i) Field of Testing 9 consists of those methods whose purpose is to detect physical properties of hazardous wastes for regulatory purposes and encompasses the following Subgroups: ignitability; corrosivity by pH determination; corrosivity by corrosivity towards steel; reactivity.(j) Field of Testing 10 consists of those methods whose purpose is to detect the presence of inorganic substances in hazardous waste samples and encompasses the following Subgroups: antimony; arsenic; barium; beryllium; cadmium; chromium, total; cobalt; copper; lead; mercury; molybdenum; nickel; selenium; silver, thallium; vanadium; zinc; chromium (VI); cyanide; fluoride; sulfide; total organic lead.(k) Field of Testing 11 consists of those methods whose purpose is to prepare samples of hazardous wastes for further testing and encompasses the following Subgroups: California waste extraction test (WET); extraction procedure toxicity (EP TOX); toxicity characteristic leaching procedure (TCLP), all phases; TCLP, extraction of inorganics only; TCLP, extraction of semivolatile organics only; TCLP, extraction of volatile organics only.(l) Field of Testing 12 consists of those methods whose purpose is to detect the presence of trace organics in hazardous waste samples, and do not require the use of a gas chromatographic/mass spectrophotometric device and encompasses the following Subgroups: EPA method 8240 for volatile compounds; EPA method 8250 for semivolatile compounds; EPA method 8270 for semivolatile compounds; EPA method 8280 for dioxins, EPA method 8290, EPA method 8260.(m) Field of Testing 13 consists of those methods whose purpose is to detect the presence of trace organics in hazardous waste samples, and do not require the use of a gas chromatographic/mass spectrophotometric device and encompasses the following Subgroups: EPA method 8010 for halogenated volatiles; EPA method 8015 for nonhalogenated volatiles; EPA method 8020 for aromatic volatiles; EPA method 8030 for acrolein, acrylonitrile, acetonitrile; EPA method 8040 for phenols; EPA method 8060 for phthalate esters; EPA method 8080 for organochlorine pesticides or polychlorinated biphenyls; EPA method 8090 for nitroaromatics and cyclic ketones; EPA method 8100 for polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbon; EPA method 8130 for polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons; EPA method 8120 for chlorinated hydrocarbons; EPA method 8140 for organophosphorus pesticides; EPA method 8150 for chlorinated herbicides; EPA method 632 for carbamates; total petroleum hydrocarbons - gasoline (LUFT manual); total petroleum hydrocarbons - diesel (LUFT manual); EPA method 8011; EPA method 8021; EPA method 8070; EPA method 8110; EPA method 8141; EPA method 8330; EPA method 8080 for PCBs only; EPA method 8080 for chlorinated pesticides only.(n) Field of Testing 14 consists of those methods whose purpose is to detect the presence of asbestos for purposes of complying with the provisions of Title 22, California Code of Regulations, Section 66261.24(a)9 2)(A) and encompasses the following Subgroups: asbestos by polarized light microsopy.(o) Field of Testing 15 shall be any method whose purpose is to detect the presence of any analyte found in the list of substances regulated by the California Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Act in drinking water, wastewater, hazardous wastes, and contaminated soils or sediments, but which method is not within any subgroup of any other Field of Testing cited in this section.(p) Field of Testing 16 consists of those methods whose purpose is to detect the presence of inorganic substances, nutrients, physical or chemical demands, or physical properties in the determination of wastewater quality, and whose methods require the use colorimetric, gravimetric, titrimetric, electrometric, or ion chromatographic technics and encompasses the following Subgroups: acidity; alkalinity (includes determination of bicarbonate, carbonate, & hydroxide); ammonia; biochemical oxygen demand (BOD); boron; bromide; calcium (titrimetric technics); carbonaceous biochemical oxygen demand (cBOD); chemical oxygen demand (COD); chloride; chlorine residual, total; cyanide; cyanide amenable to chlorination; fluoride; hardness (direct determination); kjeldahl nitrogen (includes determination of organic nitrogen); magnesium (titrimetric technics); nitrate; nitrite; oil and grease; organic carbon; oxygen, dissolved, pH; phenols; phosphate ortho; phosphorus, total; potassium (flame emission technics); residue, total; residue, filterable (total dissolved solids); residue, nonfilterable (total suspended solids); residue, settleable (settleable solids); residue, volatile; silica; sodium (flame emission technics); specific conductance; sulfate; sulfide (includes total and soluble); sulfite; surfactants (MBAs); tannin and lignin; turbidity; iron; manganese; total recoverable hydrocarbons by EPA method 418.1; total organic halides.(q) Field of Testing 17 consists of those methods whose purpose is to detect the presence of trace metals, or asbestos in the determination of wastewater quality and whose methods require the use of an atomic absorption, inductively coupled plasma, inductively coupled plasma/mass spectrophotometer, or electron microscope device and encompasses the following Subgroups: aluminum; antimony; arsenic; barium; beryllium; cadmium; chromium (VI); chromium, total; cobalt; copper; gold; iridium; iron; lead; manganese; mercury; molybdenum; nickel, osmium; palladium; platinum; rhodium; ruthenium; selenium; silver; strontium; thallium; tin; titanium; vanadium; zinc; asbestos; calcium; magnesium; potassium; sodium.(r) Field of Testing 18 consists of those methods whose purpose is to detect the presence of trace organics in the determination of wastewater quality, and require the use of a gas chromatographic/mass spectrophotometric device and encompasses the following Subgroups: EPA method 624 for volatile organics; EPA method 625 for acid and base/neutral compounds; EPA method 1613 for dioxins; EPA method 1625 for dioxins; EPA method 613.(s) Field of Testing 19 consists of those methods whose purpose is to detect the presence of trace organics in the determination of wastewater quality, and do not require the use of a gas chromatographic/mass spectrophotometric device and encompasses the following Subgroups: EPA method 601 for halogenated volatiles; EPA method 602 for aromatic volatiles; EPA method 603 for acrolein, acrylonitrile, acetonitrile; EPA method 604 for phenols; EPA method 605 for benzidine; EPA method 606 for phthalate esters; EPA method 607 for nitrosoamines; EPA method 608 for organochlorine pesticides or polychlorinated biphenyls; EPA method 609 for nitroaromatics and cyclic ketones; EPA method 610 for polynuclear aromatics; EPA method 612 for haloethers; EPA method 632 for carbamates; EPA method 619; EPA method 608 for PCBs only; EPA method 608 for chlorinated pesticides only.(t) Field of Testing 20 consists of those methods whose purpose is to detect the presence of inorganic pesticide residues in raw agricultural or bulk processed food and encompasses the following Subgroups: pesticide residues in processed foods detected by either atomic absorption, inductively coupled plasma, inductively coupled plasma/mass spectrophotometer, or colorimetric technics; pesticide residues in raw commodities detected by either atomic absorption, inductively coupled plasma, inductively coupled plasma/mass spectrophotometer, or colorimetric technics; pesticide residues in dairy products detected by either atomic absorption, inductively coupled plasma, inductively coupled plasma/mass spectrophotometer, or colorimetric technics; pesticide residues in feed products detected by either atomic absorption, inductively coupled plasma, inductively coupled plasma/mass spectrophotometer, or colorimetric technics.(u) Field of Testing 21 consists of those methods whose purpose is to detect the presence of organic pesticide residues in raw agricultural or bulk processed food, and require the use of a gas chromatographic/mass spectrophotometric device and encompass the following Subgroups: chromatographic/mass spectrophotometric methods in either processed foods; raw commodities; dairy products; feed products.(v) Field of Testing 22 consists of those methods whose purpose is to detect the presence of organic pesticide residues in raw agricultural or bulk processed food, and do not require the use of a gas chromatographic/mass spectrophotometric device and encompass the following Subgroups: halogenated compounds in processed foods detected by either gas chromatography, high pressure liquid chromatography, or liquid chromatography/mass spectrophotometry technics; organophosphorous compounds in processed foods detected by either gas chromatography, high pressure liquid chromatography, or liquid chromatography/mass spectrophotometry technics; carbamates in processed foods detected by either gas chromatography, high pressure liquid chromatography, or liquid chromatography/mass spectrophotometry technics; halogenated compounds in raw commodities detected by either gas chromatograph, high pressure liquid chromatography, or liquid chromatography/mass spectrophotometry technics; organophosphorous compounds in raw commodities detected by either gas chromatography, high pressure liquid chromatography, or liquid chromatography/mass spectrophotometry technics; carbamates in raw commodities detected by either gas chromatography, high pressure liquid chromatography, or liquid chromatography/mass spectrophotometry technics; halogenated compounds in dairy products detected by either gas chromatography, high pressure liquid chromatography, or liquid chromatography/mass spectrophotometry technics; organophosphorous compounds in dairy products detected by either gas chromatography, high pressure liquid chromatography, or liquid chromatography/mass spectrophotometry technics; carbamates in dairy products detected by either gas chromatography, high pressure liquid chromatography, or liquid chromatography/mass spectrophotometry technics; halogenated compounds in feed products detected by either gas chromatography, high pressure liquid chromatography, or liquid chromatography/mass spectrophotometry technics; organophosphorous compounds in feed products detected by either gas chromatography, high pressure liquid chromatography, or liquid chromatography/mass spectrophotometry technics; carbamates in feed products detected by either gas chromatography, high pressure liquid chromatography, or liquid chromatography/mass spectrophotometry technics.(w) Field of Testing 23 consists of the subgroup members appropriate to the Field of Testing stated by the laboratory, pursuant to Section 64805(b)(1).Cal. Code Regs. Tit. 22, § 64823
Note: Authority cited: Sections 208 and 1011, Health and Safety Code. Reference: Sections 1012, 1013, 1015, 1017 and 1019, Health and Safety Code.
1. New article 12 and section filed 12-2-94; operative 12-2-94 pursuant to Government Code section 11346.2(d) (Register 94, No. 48) .