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and comment a plan that ensures the protection of the public health and safety during <br /> performance of on-Site work under this Settlement. This plan shall be prepared in accordance <br /> with"OSWER Integrated Health and Safety Program Operating Practices for OSWER Field <br /> Activities,"Pub. 9285.0-01C (Nov. 2002), available on the NSCEP database at <br /> http://www.epa.gov/nscep/index.html, and"EPA's Emergency Responder Health and Safety <br /> Manual,"OSWER Directive 9285.3-12 (July 2005 and updates), available at <br /> http://www.epaosc.org/_HealthSafetyManual/manual-index.htm. In addition, the plan shall <br /> comply with all currently applicable Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) <br /> regulations found at 29 C.F.R. Part 1910. If EPA determines that it is appropriate,the plan shall <br /> also include contingency planning. Purchaser shall incorporate all changes to the plan <br /> recommended by EPA and shall implement the plan during the pendency of the Work. <br /> 29. Quality Assurance, Sampling and Data Analysis. <br /> a. If necessary, Purchaser will submit, EPA will review, comment on <br /> and approve a Quality Assurance Project Plan(QAPP) for Work under this Settlement for Phase <br /> 1, and Phase 2 if Purchaser does not successfully elect to conduct Phase 2 Work pursuant to the <br /> DRMS permit. This plan shall consist of a Field Sampling Plan (FSP) and a Quality Assurance <br /> Project Plan (QAPP)that is consistent with the Removal Work Plan, the NCP and guidance <br /> documents, including, but not limited to, "Guidance for Quality Assurance Project Plans (QA/G- <br /> 5)"EPA/240/R-02/009 (December 2002), "EPA Requirements for Quality Assurance Project <br /> Plans (QA/R-5)"EPA 240/B-01/003 (March 2001, reissued May 2006), and"Uniform Federal <br /> Policy for Quality Assurance Project Plans,"Parts 1-3, EPA/505/B-04/900A-900C (March <br /> 2005). Upon its approval by EPA,the Sampling and Analysis Plan shall be incorporated into and <br /> become enforceable under this Settlement. <br /> b. If a QAPP is necessary, Purchaser shall ensure that EPA personnel <br /> and its authorized representatives are allowed access at reasonable times to all laboratories <br /> utilized by Purchaser in implementing this Settlement. In addition, Purchaser shall ensure that <br /> such laboratories shall analyze all samples submitted by EPA pursuant to the QAPP for quality <br /> assurance, quality control, and technical activities that will satisfy the stated performance criteria <br /> as specified in the QAPP and that sampling and field activities are conducted in accordance with <br /> the Agency's"EPA QA Field Activities Procedure," CIO 2105-P-02.1 (9/23/2014) available at <br /> http://www.epa.gov/irmpoli8/epa-qa-field-activities-procedures. Respondents shall ensure that <br /> the laboratories they utilize for the analysis of samples taken pursuant to this Settlement meet the <br /> competency requirements set forth in EPA's "Policy to Assure Competency of Laboratories, <br /> Field Sampling, and Other Organizations Generating Environmental Measurement Data under <br /> Agency-Funded Acquisitions" available at http://www.epa.gov/measurements/documents-about- <br /> measurement-competency-under-acquisition-agreements and that the laboratories perform all <br /> analyses according to accepted EPA methods. Accepted EPA methods consist of, but are not <br /> limited to, methods that are documented in the EPA's Contract Laboratory Program <br /> (http://www.epa.gov/clp), SW 846 "Test Methods for Evaluating Solid Waste, <br /> Physical/Chemical Methods" (https://www.epa.gov/hw-sw846), "Standard Methods for the <br /> Examination of Water and Wastewater" (http://www.standardmethods.org/), 40 C.F.R. Part 136, <br /> "Air Toxics -Monitoring Methods"(http://www3.epa.gov/ttnamti1/airtox.html). <br /> 10 <br />