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<br />' bucket being filled once every ten minutes, for a total of three <br />i , samplings (twenty-minute time period) and these samples will all be <br />composited in the same five-gallon bucket. <br />Prior to filtering the sample, each sample should be tested with <br />lead acetate paper to determine if sulfide is present. If sulfide <br />' is determined to be present, it shall be removed by the addition of <br />cadmium nitrate powder until a negative spot-test i3 obtained. <br />' once it has been determined that either sulfide is not present, or <br />it has been removed by the addition of cadmium nitrate, the sample <br />' is then filtered through a 0.45-micron filter, and the aqueous <br />solution is collected and preserved with sodium hydroxide to a pH <br />of 12 (Table 5). <br />After each use, the bucket will be cleaned using the procedures as <br />' outlined in this protocol. The cleaning procedure will ]qe quality- <br />controlled as outlined under the "Field Quality Control" section (Section <br />' 3.3). <br />' Following a sampling series of no more than five samples, a rinse <br />blank will be collected from the bucket, running laboratory- <br />' provided de-ionized, distilled water throughout the entire bucket. <br />Analysis of this rinse blank will be used to validate cleaning <br />procedures. <br />Immediately after collection, all samples must be plac@d in iced <br />coolers. The sample bottles required for each sample site are <br />listed in Table 5 (metals, cyanide). Sample preservation, pre- <br />' treatment and holding times, as outlined in Table 5, will be <br />strictly adhered to. <br />4,2,6 TailinQS and Collection Pond SamnlinE Method: Samples wit l be collected <br />' from the upper impoundment area, the lower impoundment aria and the <br />collection pond feeder ditch after the sampling apparatug has been <br />' -30- <br />