Maine Fluorescent Lamp Study

Final Report - (Microsoft Word format) (pdf format) - December 19, 2001 - The focus of this study was to determine total mercury content of certain common fluorescent lamps and whether or not lamps that are represented by manufacturers as "TCLP-complaine" contain sufficiently lower amounts of mercury to warrant an exclusion from Maine solid waste disposal ban.

Attachment 1 - (Microsoft Word format) (pdf format) contains an audit report for the lamp sampling process.
Attachment 2 - (Microsoft Word format) (pdf format) documents laboratory performance evaluation sample results.
Attachment 3 - (Zip files) contains data validation reports (both Microsoft Word and Microsoft Excel format) for laboratory results of mercury in study lamps.
Lamp Results - (Microsoft Excel format) details all laboratory results for the study.
Follow-up Study - (Microsoft Word format) (pdf format) - September 5, 2002: This follow-up study was conducted to answer the question of data variability for total mercury results reported in the ME Fluorescent Lamp Study completed in 2001.

Lamp Study QAPP - (Microsoft Word format) (pdf format) - March 20, 2001 - Fluorescent Lamp Study Quality Assurance Project Plan. For further information contact Deborah.Stahler@maine.gov