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(For instructions regarding this form, see section 8 of SOP-01.10.)

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  **Project Title**         

  **Solid Waste Management  
  Unit or Area of Concern   
  \#**                      

  **Activity Type**         

  **Field Team Leader**     

  **Field Waste Management  
  Coordinator**             

  **Completed by**          

  **Date**                  
  ------------------------- ---------------------------------------------

**Description of Activity:**

**Site History and Description:**

**Characterization Strategy:**

> Waste #1:
>
> Waste #2:

Waste #3:

> Waste #4:

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**[Characterization Table]{.smallcaps}**

+-------------------------------+---------+--------+--------+--------+
| Waste Description             | Waste   | Waste  | Waste  | Waste  |
|                               | \#      | \#     | \#     | \#     |
|                               | \_\_\_  | \_\_\_ | \_\_\_ | \_\_\_ |
+===============================+=========+========+========+========+
| Volume                        |         |        |        |        |
+-------------------------------+---------+--------+--------+--------+
| Packaging                     |         |        |        |        |
+-------------------------------+---------+--------+--------+--------+
| Regulatory classification:    |         |        |        |        |
+-------------------------------+---------+--------+--------+--------+
| > Radioactive                 |         |        |        |        |
+-------------------------------+---------+--------+--------+--------+
| > Solid                       |         |        |        |        |
+-------------------------------+---------+--------+--------+--------+
| > Hazardous                   |         |        |        |        |
+-------------------------------+---------+--------+--------+--------+
| > Mixed (hazardous and        |         |        |        |        |
| > radioactive)                |         |        |        |        |
+-------------------------------+---------+--------+--------+--------+
| > Toxic Substances Control    |         |        |        |        |
| > Act (TSCA)                  |         |        |        |        |
+-------------------------------+---------+--------+--------+--------+
| > New Mexico Special Waste    |         |        |        |        |
+-------------------------------+---------+--------+--------+--------+
| > Industrial                  |         |        |        |        |
+-------------------------------+---------+--------+--------+--------+
| Characterization Method       |         |        |        |        |
+-------------------------------+---------+--------+--------+--------+
| Acceptable knowledge (AK):    |         |        |        |        |
|                               |         |        |        |        |
| Existing Data/Documentation   |         |        |        |        |
+-------------------------------+---------+--------+--------+--------+
| AK: Site Characterization     |         |        |        |        |
+-------------------------------+---------+--------+--------+--------+
| Direct Sampling of            |         |        |        |        |
| Containerized Waste           |         |        |        |        |
+-------------------------------+---------+--------+--------+--------+
| Analytical Testing            |         |        |        |        |
+-------------------------------+---------+--------+--------+--------+
| Volatile Organic Compounds    |         |        |        |        |
| (EPA 8260-B)                  |         |        |        |        |
+-------------------------------+---------+--------+--------+--------+
| Semivolatile Organic          |         |        |        |        |
| Compounds (EPA 8270-C)        |         |        |        |        |
+-------------------------------+---------+--------+--------+--------+
| Organic Pesticides (EPA       |         |        |        |        |
| 8081-A)                       |         |        |        |        |
+-------------------------------+---------+--------+--------+--------+
| Organic Herbicides (EPA       |         |        |        |        |
| 8151-A)                       |         |        |        |        |
+-------------------------------+---------+--------+--------+--------+
| PCBs (EPA 8082)               |         |        |        |        |
+-------------------------------+---------+--------+--------+--------+
| Total Metals (EPA             |         |        |        |        |
| 6010-B/7471-A)                |         |        |        |        |
+-------------------------------+---------+--------+--------+--------+
| Total Cyanide (EPA 9012-A)    |         |        |        |        |
+-------------------------------+---------+--------+--------+--------+
| High Explosives Constituents  |         |        |        |        |
| (EPA 8330/8321-A)             |         |        |        |        |
+-------------------------------+---------+--------+--------+--------+
| Asbestos                      |         |        |        |        |
+-------------------------------+---------+--------+--------+--------+
| Total petroleum hydrocarbon   |         |        |        |        |
| (TPH)-GRO (EPA 8015-M)        |         |        |        |        |
+-------------------------------+---------+--------+--------+--------+
| TPH-DRO (EPA 8015-M)          |         |        |        |        |
+-------------------------------+---------+--------+--------+--------+
| Toxicity characteristic       |         |        |        |        |
| leaching procedure (TCLP)     |         |        |        |        |
| Metals (EPA 1311/6010-B)      |         |        |        |        |
+-------------------------------+---------+--------+--------+--------+
| TCLP Organics (EPA            |         |        |        |        |
| 1311/8260-B & 1311/8270-C)    |         |        |        |        |
+-------------------------------+---------+--------+--------+--------+
| TCLP Pest. & Herb. (EPA       |         |        |        |        |
| 1311/8081-A/1311/8151-A)      |         |        |        |        |
+-------------------------------+---------+--------+--------+--------+
| Gross Alpha (alpha counting)  |         |        |        |        |
| (EPA 900)                     |         |        |        |        |
+-------------------------------+---------+--------+--------+--------+
| Gross Beta (beta counting)    |         |        |        |        |
| (EPA 900)                     |         |        |        |        |
+-------------------------------+---------+--------+--------+--------+
| Tritium (liquid               |         |        |        |        |
| scintillation) (EPA 906.0)    |         |        |        |        |
+-------------------------------+---------+--------+--------+--------+
| Gamma spectroscopy (EPA       |         |        |        |        |
| 901.1)                        |         |        |        |        |
+-------------------------------+---------+--------+--------+--------+
| Isotopic plutonium\           |         |        |        |        |
| (chem. separation/alpha       |         |        |        |        |
| spec.) (HASL-300)             |         |        |        |        |
+-------------------------------+---------+--------+--------+--------+
| Isotopic uranium\             |         |        |        |        |
| (chem. separation/alpha       |         |        |        |        |
| spec.) (HASL-300)             |         |        |        |        |
+-------------------------------+---------+--------+--------+--------+
| Total uranium (6020           |         |        |        |        |
| inductively coupled plasma    |         |        |        |        |
| mass spectroscopy \[ICPMS\])  |         |        |        |        |
+-------------------------------+---------+--------+--------+--------+
| Strontium-90 (EPA 905)        |         |        |        |        |
+-------------------------------+---------+--------+--------+--------+
| Americium-241 (chem.          |         |        |        |        |
| separation/alpha spec.)       |         |        |        |        |
| (HASL-300)                    |         |        |        |        |
+-------------------------------+---------+--------+--------+--------+
| Waste Profile Form \#         |         |        |        |        |
+-------------------------------+---------+--------+--------+--------+

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+----------------------------------------+-------------------+--------+---+
| **Project Leader** (Print name and     |                   |        |   |
| then sign below.)                      |                   |        |   |
+----------------------------------------+-------------------+--------+---+
| **ERS-ECR Waste Management             |                   |        |   |
| Coordinator** (Print name and then     |                   |        |   |
| sign below.)                           |                   |        |   |
+----------------------------------------+-------------------+--------+---+
| **SWRC Representative (**Print name    |                   |        |   |
| and then sign below.)                  |                   |        |   |
+----------------------------------------+-------------------+--------+---+
| **NWIS-SWO Representative** (Print     |                   |        |   |
| name and then sign below.)             |                   |        |   |
+----------------------------------------+-------------------+--------+---+
|                                        |                   |        |   |
+----------------------------------------+-------------------+--------+---+
| SOP-01.10, R2                          | **Los Alamos      |        |   |
|                                        | National          |        |   |
|                                        | Laboratory**      |        |   |
|                                        |                   |        |   |
|                                        | **ENV-ECR**       |        |   |
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