Listed below are calculators and associated guidance documents for a wide range of uses, from toxic equivalents to dose addivity. Environmental protection agencys epa s proucl statistical software package for use in averaging soil data. Felicia barnett, director ord site characterization and monitoring technical support center scmtsc superfund and technology liaison, region 4 u. For data analysis, dnr recommends using epa s proucl statistical software, which is available to dnr and consultants at no charge. Proucl is a comprehensive statistical software package initially developed by epa for computing statistical intervals to respond to concerns at a specific. The epa has issued guidance for calculating the ucl of the unknown population mean for hazardous waste sites, and proucl software has been developed to compute an appropriate 95% ucl of the unknown population mean. A summary of the ucl calculations is provided in table 2. May 18, 2016 proucl is a comprehensive statistical software package initially developed by epa for computing statistical intervals to respond to concerns at a specific superfund site.
Epa policies and should not be considered to represent u. Proucl is a comprehensive free statistical software package with statistical methods and graphical tools to address many environmental sampling and statistical issues. A case study perspective on working with proucl and a state. Because of this, the model is not reliably functional on computers using certain operating systems such as windows vista or windows 7. The united states environmental protection agency epa through its office of research and. Proucl is a software package made available by the environmental protection agency epa to provide environmental scientists with better. A case study perspective on working with proucl and a.
The equis proucl report export allows equis users to export analytical data in a format that can be used in proucl a third party statistical application developed by the usepa. Staff can also get information about what it hardware is available to purchase such as desktoplaptop computer and printers. Complete horizontal and vertical delineationusing single point compliance required before using 95 ucl. Overview numerical soil standards are termed soil residual contaminant levels rcls in ch. Directions to determine 95 percent upper confidence. Therefore, any comments or questions concerning proucl should be addressed to. Additional tools not covered here that may apply at a remediation site with multiple contaminants and sources can be found in epa s qag9s publication u. You may need a pdf reader to view some of the files on this page. Previously, the software would prevent a user from trying to calculate a 95% ucl with too few data points it would provide a warning and not generate 95% ucl numbers. Ucl software database the majority of software that is made available through the software database is for use for teaching, and learning and research that is publicly available. Compliance averaging using 95 percent upper confidence limit 95 ucl can. Proucl is a software package made available by the us environmental protection agencys epas office of research and development ord to provide researchers working with environmental data with better tools with which to conduct statistical analyses. As of november 2007, the direction of the tsc was transferred from brian schumacher to felicia barnett. The user must select the appropriate ucl from the dropdown box in cell as18 as documentation of the choice, and to have the correct ucls appear in column at.
Proucl tests for normality, lognormality, and gamma distribution of a data set, provides goodnessoffit plots, and computes a conservative and stable 95% ucl of the population mean. Proucl is a software package made available by the us environmental protection agencys epa s office of research and development ord to provide researchers working with environmental data with better tools with which to conduct statistical analyses. Pro ucl is developed for profit under contract with lockheed martin, and provides. The following is how to enter data into proucl or scout. Proucl uses several methods to compute the ucl and gives the user much additional information e. A suite consisting of a group of geographic information system gis software products. The epa approved pro ucl softvvare package version 2. Review and precautions pdf, 68 kbus epa proucl softwareapproved statistical methods july 2018 excel, 76 kbalternative sctl calculation spreadsheet for petroleum products chemical of concern. Epa contracted to have the pro ucl software developed should.
The epa technical support center tsc in las vegas developed proucl version 3. With significant interest, use, and user feedback on the software from the remediation community, epa has updated the software adding new tools and statistical methods. The ladeqs mission is to provide service to the people of louisiana through comprehensive environmental protection in order to promote and protect health, safety and welfare while considering sound policies regarding employment and economic development. Below are links to the pdfs of the webinar with my notes on them also have the times on them so it is easy to jump around on the audio files and a link to the audio files. Ucl software free download ucl top 4 download offers free software downloads for windows, mac, ios and android computers and mobile devices. Use of any portion of proucl that does not comply with the proucl technical guide is not. The use of the most current version of the epa program proucl proucl. To determine the reasonable maximum exposure, the 95% ucls for the mean were used for the representative and confidence intervals in surface water samples doabi et al. A fullyinteractive visualization and analysis of crystal and molecular. Modifiedt statistic adjusted for skewness based ucl. Compliance averaging of soil contaminant concentration data. Proucl software was developed by lockheed martin under a contract with the epa and is made. View aaron lofbergs profile on linkedin, the worlds largest professional community. Proucl is a comprehensive statistical software package initially developed by epa for computing statistical intervals to respond to concerns at a specific superfund site.
This statistical software program can be used to compute upper limits including the 95% ucl. Subtitle c of the resource conservation and recovery act rcra establishes financial assurance requirements for owners or operators of hazardous waste treatment, storage, or disposal facilities tsdfs. Compliance averaging of soil contaminant concentration data a. To do this, proucl will now calculate a 95% ucl with as few as three data points. Choose from basic esignature capture models to the most advanced models on. The epa document, air emissions models for waste and wastewater includes the equations used in the water9 model. Proucl will not accept dates so you have to convert them to event number, years from a giving start point, or some other simple numerical format. Ufpqapp uniform federal policy quality assurance project plan epa basic km teq and ism ucl calculator note 1. The epa site characterization and monitoring technical support center scmtsc has updated proucl to version 5.
Pdf a case study perspective on working with proucl and a. Proucl statistical support software factsheet us epa. In 2002, epa issued guidance for calculating the ucls of the unknown population means for contaminant concentrations at hazardous waste sites. Aaron lofberg project manager konicek environmental. Compliance averaging of soil contaminant concentration. Epa use and grew into a publicly released software package. Proucl software land, oil spill, and waste management. Distribution and ecological risk of pharmaceuticals in. These products include, but are not limited to the following. You will need adobe reader to view some of the files on this page. First get your data in excel and in the right format.
Notice of availability of rcra closure and postclosure care cost estimating software. Printouts from the pro ucl software package are included in the attached appendix. The epad family contains electronic signature input devices for capturing secure, legallybinding esignatures within a wide range of business applications. Environmental protection agency email protected or 4045628659 felicia barnett is the us environmental protection agency epa director of the site characterization and monitoring technical support center scmtsc responsible for site investigative technical support and the development and maintenance of proucl.
Complianceassessment and corrective action tests this last part of the unified guidance addresses statistical methods useful in complianceassessment and corrective action monitoring, where singlesample testing is required against. Calculators florida department of environmental protection. Proucl is a shareware software in the category miscellaneous developed by publisher. It was initially added to our database on 03272014. The creation of the technical support project enabled ord to provide effective technical assistance by ensuring ord scientists and engineers were accessible to the. Proucl fact sheet land and waste management research us epa. Proucl estimates the 95 percent upper confidence limit ucl of an unknown population mean and provides some capabilities in distribution testing. The worksheet will calculate all two potential ucls. Statistical software for environmental applications for data sets with and without nondetect. Annual tsc reports from the three centers, a hardrock mining conference every other year, pro ucl software development for site characterization statistics, groundwater modeling using stateoftheart modeling software, numerical models and techniques, as well as highly influential.
Guidance for computing the 95% ucl of an environmental data set date effective. You may also be interested in the following archive of this seminar. Proucl is for pro upper confidence level and it can be downloaded along with manuals etc from while it. Identified need and quickly ramped up knowledge of the epa pro ucl statistical software package. Recap links louisiana department of environmental quality. Instructions pdf 2 pp, 45 k fact sheet pdf 1 pg, 66 k. In addition to computing the 95% ucl using five parametric methods, the program also computes the 95% ucl using ten nonparametric methods. Permission is granted to refer to or quote from this publication with the customary acknowledgment of the source see suggested citation and disclaimer this web site is owned by itrc 1250 h street, nw suite 850 washington, dc 20005. Proucl software is a statistical software package providing statistical methods described in various u. Environmental protection agencys epa office of research and development ord, office of land and emergency management, and epa regional waste management offices established the technical support project.
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