35 Ill. Adm. Code 742.APPENDIX C
C Tier 2 Illustrations and Tables
Section 742.APPENDIX CÂ Â Tier
2 Illustrations and Tables
Section 742.TABLE FÂ Â Methods for Determining Physical
Soil Parameters
Methods for Determining Physical Soil
Parameters
Parameter
Sampling
Location
a
Method
r
b
(soil bulk density)
Surface
ASTM-D
1556-90
Sand
Cone Method
b
ASTM-D
2167-94
Rubber
Balloon Method
b
ASTM-D
2922-91
Nuclear
Method
b
Subsurface
ASTM-D
2937-94
Drive
Cylinder Method
b
r
s
(soil particle
density)
Surface
or Subsurface
ASTM-D
854-92
Specific
Gravity of Soil
b
w
(moisture content)
Surface
or Subsurface
ASTM-D
4959-89 (Reapproved 1994)
Standard
b
ASTM-D
D 4643-93
Microwave
Oven
b
ASTM-D
D2216-92
Laboratory
Determination
b
ASTM-D
D3017-88 (Reapproved 1993)
Nuclear
Method
b
Equivalent
USEPA Method (e.g., sample preparation procedures described in methods 3541
or 3550)
f
oc
(fraction organic carbon content)
Surface
or Subsurface
ASTM-D 2974-00
Moisture, Ash, and Organic
Matter
appropriately adjusted to estimate the fraction of organic
carbon as stated in Nelson and Sommers (1982)
b
h
or
θ
T
(total soil
porosity)
Surface or Subsurface (calculated)
Equation
S24 in Appendix C, Table A for SSL Model, or Equation R23 in Appendix C,
Table C for RBCA Model, or Equation J&E16 in Appendix C, Table L for
J&E Model
θ
a
or
θ
as
(air-filled soil
porosity)
Surface or Subsurface (calculated)
Equation S21 in Appendix C, Table A for
SSL Model, or Equation R21 in Appendix C, Table C for RBCA Model, or Equation
J&E18 in Appendix C, Table L for J&E Model
θ
w
or
θ
ws
(water-filled
soil porosity)
Surface or Subsurface (calculated)
Equation S20 in Appendix C, Table A for
SSL Model, or Equation R22 in Appendix C, Table C for RBCA Model, or Equation
J&E17 in Appendix C, Table L for J&E Model
K
(hydraulic conductivity)
Surface
or Subsurface
ASTM-D 5084-90
Flexible
Wall Permeameter
b
Pump Test
Slug Test
i (hydraulic gradient)
Surface or Subsurface
Field Measurement
a.
This is the location where the sample
is collected
b
As incorporated by reference in Section 742.120.