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1620133 
Technical Report 
Environmental sampling and analysis in support of NTI-3 
Mcguire, RR; Harrar, JE; Haas, JS; Eagle, RJ; Andresen, BD 
1991 
NTIS/02978208_a 
GRA and I 
GRA and I 
The third National Trail Inspection took place at the Monsanto Chemical Plant in Luling, Louisiana. In order to test the effectiveness of environmental sampling (soil, water and air) in determining the nature of the chemical process in a given production plant and to examine the distance from a process building that samples can effectively be taken, we needed to select some materials that constituted components of process streams. Three materials were selected: 1. isopropyl amine for air monitoring, 2. 4-nitrophenol, one of the precursors in the acetaminophen process, and 3. an intermediate in the production of glyphosate for ROUNDUP that is known simply as glyphosate intermediated. LLNL did not participate in the air sampling nor the analysis for isopropyl amine. This paper discussed the steps in this experiment including sample collection, sample workshop, sample analysis the results and discussion and the conclusion. 3 figs., 6 tabs. 
Air; *Chemical Plants; *Nitrophenol; *Organic Phosphorus Compounds; *Phenols; *Resorcinol; *Soils; *Sulfur; *Water; Detection; Herbicides; Inspection; Louisiana; Sampling; EDB/540120; EDB/540220; EDB/540320