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-, . -, -, minimum of 3 for each test. A rating of less than 3 shall require identification of appropriate action on the part of the supplier and be acceptable to the State Materials Engineer. Quality Control testing as a minimum shall consist of testing a representative sample of each PG binder shipped by the supplier in accordance with either: (1) AASHTO T-202 Standard Test Method for Viscosity of Asphalts by Vacuum Capillary Viscometer or (2) AASHTO T-315 Test Method for Determining Rheological Properties of Asphalt Binder using a Dynamic Shear Rheometer (DSR). Results of Quality Control Testing shall be available to the supplier within five hours of sampling. The Quality Control testing and location where the test will be done shall be identified in the suppliers Quality Control Program. 916-1.3.3 Frequency of Sampling and Testing: Sampling of PG binders shall be done in accordance with AASHTO T-40. Initial Specification Compliance test results shall be required for each PG binder grade for each new LOT of material which will be further subjected to Quality Control Testing in accordance with 916-1.3.2. A new LOT will occur when the material in a tank changes and the Specification Compliance Test may no longer be representative of the material in the tank. This may be due to an incoming bulk shipment of material, change in refinery run, the manufacture of a product, or a blend of material in a tank. Additional testing is as follows: (1) Any PG binder shipped to a Department project during anyone calendar month shall be tested at least once during that month for Specification Compliance in accordance with 916-1.3.2. (2) When being shipped to Department projects, samples shall be obtained by the supplier and tested for Quality Control testing in accordance with 916-1.3.2. A single one quart representative sample of each PG binder shall be obtained and tested by the supplier each calendar week; for each rack blended PG binder, additional representative samples shall be obtained daily. Each Quality Control sample and additional daily rack blended samples shall be adequately identified and retained not less than eight weeks at the supply location. Any PG binder not shipped to Department projects is not required to be sampled or tested. (3) Split samples of any PG binder will be provided when requested by a representative of the Department. In this situation three representative one quart samples will be obtained by the supplier under the direction of the Department. One sample will be submitted to the State Materials Office, one will be tested by the supplier for Specification Compliance and one will be tested by the supplier for Quality Control. The method of obtaining the three representative one quart samples is to obtain a single gallon sample, which is then stirred and poured into three one quart cans. When split samples are requested by the Department, the results from both parties will be made available within ten working days. (4) For each rack blended PG binder, identify minimum daily Process Control Testing in the QC Plan. 916-1.3.4 Reporting: A monthly report by the supplier containing Specification Compliance and Quality Control Test results for each PG binder LOT shall be submitted by the supplier in electronic format using the form provided by the Department to the State Materials Office within seven days following the end of the calendar month. Test results for split samples shall also be included. Process Control Test results shall not . . .., . ...., . .., . ,., . -, . ., . , . -. . II . -, . ,., . ..., . .., . , . ~ . -, 09/09 01000-164 03-4122.F .