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Gallery: American Recovery and Reinvestment Act
Title: SUMMA Canister
SUMMA Canister
Name: SUMMA Canister
Document Date: 10/23/2009
Keywords: SUMMA, burial ground, CHPRC, 10.23.09
Area: 3A Burial Grounds
Description:
A CHPRC employee draws a SUMMA sample from the 3A Burial Grounds. A SUMMA canister is an evacuated canister that is used to collect instantaneous air samples from the soil. The SUMMA canister is pulling gases from the bottom of the waste trench to test for volatile organic chemicals.