Designation:D5792−10(Reapproved2015)StandardPracticeforGenerationofEnvironmentalDataRelatedtoWasteManagementActivities:DevelopmentofDataQualityObjectives1ThisstandardisissuedunderthefixeddesignationD5792;thenumberimmediatelyfollowingthedesignationindicatestheyearoforiginaladoptionor,inthecaseofrevision,theyearoflastrevision.Anumberinparenthesesindicatestheyearoflastreapproval.Asuperscriptepsilon(´)indicatesaneditorialchangesincethelastrevisionorreapproval.1.Scope1.1Thispracticecoverstheprocessofdevelopmentofdataqualityobjectives(DQOs)fortheacquisitionofenvironmentaldata.OptimizationofsamplingandanalysisdesignisapartoftheDQOprocess.ThispracticedescribestheDQOprocessindetail.Thevariousstrategiesfordesignoptimizationaretoonumeroustoincludeinthispractice.Manyotherdocumentsoutlinealternativesforoptimizingsamplingandanalysisdesign.Therefore,onlyanoverviewofdesignoptimizationisincluded.Somedesignaspectsareincludedinthepractice’sexamplesforillustrationpurposes.1.2DQOdevelopmentisthefirstofthreepartsofdatagenerationactivities.Theothertwoaspectsare(1)implemen-tationofthesamplingandanalysisstrategies,seeGuideD6311and(2)dataqualityassessment,seeGuideD6233.1.3ThisguideshouldbeusedinconcertwithPracticesD5283,D6250,andGuideD6044.PracticeD5283outlinesthequalityassurance(QA)processesspecifiedduringplanningandusedduringimplementation.GuideD6044outlinesaprocessbywhicharepresentativesamplemaybeobtainedfromapopulation,identifiessourcesthatcanaffectrepresen-tativenessanddescribestheattributesofarepresentativesample.PracticeD6250describeshowadecisionpointcanbecalculated.1.4Environmentaldatarelatedtowastemanagementactivi-tiesinclude,butarenotlimitedto,theresultsfromthesamplingandanalysesofair,soil,water,biota,processorgeneralwastesamples,oranycombinationsthereof.1.5TheDQOprocessisaplanningprocessandshouldbecompletedpriortosamplingandanalysisactivities.1.6Thispracticepresentsextensiverequirementsofmanagement,designedtoensurehigh-qualityenvironmentaldata.Thewords“must”and“shall”(re...
