Designation:D6907−05(Reapproved2010)StandardPracticeforSamplingSoilsandContaminatedMediawithHand-OperatedBucketAugers1ThisstandardisissuedunderthefixeddesignationD6907;thenumberimmediatelyfollowingthedesignationindicatestheyearoforiginaladoptionor,inthecaseofrevision,theyearoflastrevision.Anumberinparenthesesindicatestheyearoflastreapproval.Asuperscriptepsilon(´)indicatesaneditorialchangesincethelastrevisionorreapproval.1.Scope1.1Thispracticedescribestheproceduresandequipmentusedtocollectsurfaceandsubsurfacesoilandcontaminatedmediasamplesforchemicalanalysisusingahand-operatedbucketauger(hereafterreferredtoasabucketauger;some-timesreferredtoasabarrelauger).Severaltypesofbucketaugersexistandaredesignedforsamplingvarioustypesofsoil.Allbucketaugerscollectdisturbedsamples,butbucketaugerscanalsobeusedtoaugertothedesiredsamplingdepthandthen,usingacore-typesampler,collectarelativelyundisturbedsample.1.2Thispracticedoesnotcovertheuseoflarge(12-in.orgreaterdiameter)bucketaugersmechanicallyoperatedbylargedrillrigsorsimilarequipment,suchasthosedescribedinPracticeD1452,section3.2.4.1.3Thetermbucketaugerisusedtodifferentiatethistypeofhandoperatedaugerfromothersofthesolidorhollowstemtypesthatarealsohandheldoroperated.1.4Thispracticedoesnotaddresssamplingobjectives(seePracticeD5792),generalsampleplanning(seeGuideD4687),samplingdesign(forexample,wheretocollectsamplesandwhatdepthtosample[seeGuideD6044]),samplingforvolatileorganiccompounds(seeGuideD4547),equipmentcleaninganddecontamination(seePracticeD5088),samplehandlingaftercollectionsuchascompositingandsubsampling(seeGuideD6051),andsamplepreservation.Forinformationonothertypesofaugers,seePracticeD1452andGuideD4700.1.5Thisstandarddoesnotpurporttoaddressallofthesafetyconcerns,ifany,associatedwithitsuse.Itistheresponsibilityoftheuserofthisstandardtoestablishappro-priatesafetyandhealthpracticesanddeterminetheapplica-bilityofregulatorylimitationspriortouse.2.ReferencedDocuments2.1ASTMStandards:2D1452PracticeforSoilExplorationandSam...
