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SECTION A 

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PART I METHODS FOR ANALYTES AND PROPERTIES

CHAPTER ONE - PROJECT QUALITY ASSURANCE AND QUALITY CONTROL

1.0 Introduction 

1.1 Planning 

1.2 Implementation 

1.3 Assessment 

1.4 References and Sources for Additional Information on Project Quality Assurance and 

Control 

1.5 Glossary 

CHAPTER TWO - CHOOSING THE CORRECT PROCEDURE

2.0 Introduction 

2.1 Guidance Regarding Flexibility Inherent to SW-846 Methods and the Precedence of 

SW-846 Quality Control Criteria 

2.2 Information Necessary for Choosing the Correct Procedure 

2.3 Choosing Procedures for Organic Analyses 

2.4 Choosing Procedures for Characteristic Analyses

2.5 Choosing Procedures for Groundwater Analyses 

2.6 Choosing Procedures for Inorganic Analyses 

2.7 References 

CHAPTER THREE - INORGANIC ANALYTES

3.0 Introduction 

3.1 Definitions 

3.2 Safety 

3.3 Sampling Considerations 

3.4 Special Considerations for Determining Inorganic Analytes at Ultra-trace Concentration 

Levels 

3.5 Reagent Purity 

3.6 Sample Digestion Methods 

Method 3005A: Acid Digestion of Waters for Total Recoverable or Dissolved Metals 

for Analysis by FLAA or ICP Spectroscopy 

Method 3010A: Acid Digestion of Aqueous Samples and Extracts for Total Metals 

for Analysis by FLAA or ICP Spectroscopy 
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Method 3015A: Microwave Assisted Acid Digestion of Aqueous Samples and 

Extracts 

Method 3020A: Acid Digestion of Aqueous Samples and Extracts for Total Metals 

for Analysis by GFAA Spectroscopy 

Method 3031: Acid Digestion of Oils for Metals Analysis by Atomic Absorption or 

ICP Spectrometry 

Method 3040A: Dissolution Procedure for Oils, Greases, or Waxes 

Method 3050B: Acid Digestion of Sediments, Sludges, and Soils 

Method 3051A: Microwave Assisted Acid Digestion of Sediments, Sludges, Soils, 

and Oils 

Method 3052: Microwave Assisted Acid Digestion of Siliceous and Organically 

Based Matrices 

Method 3060A: Alkaline Digestion for Hexavalent Chromium 

Method 3200: Mercury Species Fractionation and Quantification by Microwave 

Assisted Extraction, Selective Solvent Extraction and/or Solid 

Phase Extraction 

3.7 Methods for Determination of Inorganic Analytes

Method 6010D: Inductively Coupled Plasma-Atomic Emission Spectrometry 

Method 6020B: Inductively Coupled Plasma-Mass Spectrometry 

Method 6200: Field Portable X-Ray Fluorescence Spectrometry for the 

Determination of Elemental Concentrations in Soil and Sediment 

Method 6500: Dissolved Inorganic Anions in Aqueous Matrices by Capillary Ion 

Electrophoresis 

Method 6800: Elemental and Speciated Isotope Dilution Mass Spectrometry 

Method 7000B: Flame Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometry 

Method 7010: Graphite Furnace Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometry 

Method 7061A: Arsenic (Atomic Absorption, Gaseous Hydride) 

Method 7062: Antimony and Arsenic (Atomic Absorption, Borohydride Reduction) 

Method 7063: Arsenic in Aqueous Samples and Extracts by Anodic Stripping 

Voltammetry (ASV) 

Method 7195: Chromium, Hexavalent (Coprecipitation) 

Method 7196A: Chromium, Hexavalent (Colorimetric) 

Method 7197: Chromium, Hexavalent (Chelation/Extraction) 

Method 7198: Chromium, Hexavalent (Differential Pulse Polarography) 

Method 7199: Determination of Hexavalent Chromium in Drinking Water, 

Groundwater and Industrial Wastewater Effluents by Ion 

Chromatography 

Method 7470A: Mercury in Liquid Waste (Manual Cold-Vapor Technique) 

Method 7471B: Mercury in Solid or Semisolid Waste (Manual Cold-Vapor 

Technique) 

Method 7472: Mercury in Aqueous Samples and Extracts by Anodic Stripping 

Voltammetry (ASV) 

Method 7473: Mercury in Solids and Solutions by Thermal Decomposition, 

Amalgamation, and Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometry 

Method 7474: Mercury in Sediment and Tissue Samples by Atomic Fluorescence 

Spectrometry 

Method 7580: White Phosphorus (P4) by Solvent Extraction and Gas 

Chromatography 

Method 7741A: Selenium (Atomic Absorption, Gaseous Hydride) 
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Method 7742: Selenium (Atomic Absorption, Borohydride Reduction) 

3.8 References for Previous Sections and the Tables and Figures 

NOTE: A suffix of "A" in the method number indicates revision one (the method has 

been revised once). A suffix of "B" in the method number indicates revision two (the 

method has been revised twice). A suffix of "C" in the method number indicates 

revision three (the method has been revised three times). In order to properly 

document the method used for analysis, the entire method number including the 

suffix letter designation (e.g., A, B, or C) must be identified by the analyst. A 

method reference found within the text of SW-846 methods and chapters refers to 

the latest revision of the method, even though the method number does not include 

the appropriate letter suffix. 
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VOLUME ONE 

SECTION B 

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CHAPTER ONE, REPRINTED - PROJECT QUALITY ASSURANCE AND QUALITY CONTROL

1.0 Introduction 

1.1 Planning 

1.2 Implementation 

1.3 Assessment 

1.4 References and Sources for Additional Information on Project Quality Assurance and 

Control 

1.5 Glossary 

CHAPTER FOUR - ORGANIC ANALYTES

4.1 Sampling Considerations 

4.2 Sample Preparation Methods 

4.2.1 Extractions and Preparations 

Method 3500C: Organic Extraction and Sample Preparation 

Method 3510C: Separatory Funnel Liquid-Liquid Extraction 

Method 3511: Organic Compounds in Water by Microextraction 

Method 3520C: Continuous Liquid-Liquid Extraction 

Method 3535A: Solid-Phase Extraction (SPE) 

Method 3540C: Soxhlet Extraction 

Method 3541: Automated Soxhlet Extraction 

Method 3542B: Extraction of Semivolatile Analytes Collected Using Method 0010 

(Modified Method 5 Sampling Train) 

Method 3545A: Pressurized Fluid Extraction (PFE) 

Method 3546: Microwave Extraction 

Method 3550C: Ultrasonic Extraction 

Method 3560: Supercritical Fluid Extraction of Total Recoverable Petroleum 

Hydrocarbons 

Method 3561: Supercritical Fluid Extraction of Polynuclear Aromatic 

Hydrocarbons 

Method 3562: Supercritical Fluid Extraction of Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs) 

and Organochlorine Pesticides 

Method 3572: Extraction of Wipe Samples for Chemical Agents 

Method 3580A: Waste Dilution 

Method 3585: Waste Dilution for Volatile Organics 

Method 5000: Sample Preparation for Volatile Organic Compounds

Method 5021A: Volatile Organic Compounds in Soils and Other Solid Matrices 

Using Equilibrium Headspace Analysis 

Method 5030B: Purge-and-Trap for Aqueous Samples 

Method 5031: Volatile, Nonpurgeable, Water-Soluble Compounds by Azeotropic 

Distillation 

Method 5032: Volatile Organic Compounds by Vacuum Distillation
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Method 5035: Closed-System Purge-and-Trap and Extraction for Volatile 

Organics in Soil and Waste Samples 

Method 5041A: Analysis for Desorption of Sorbent Cartridges from Volatile Organic 

Sampling Train (VOST) 

4.2.2 Cleanup 

Method 3600C: Cleanup 

Method 3610B: Alumina Cleanup 

Method 3611B: Alumina Column Cleanup and Separation of Petroleum Wastes 

Method 3620C: Florisil Cleanup 

Method 3630C: Silica Gel Cleanup 

Method 3640A: Gel-Permeation Cleanup 

Method 3650B: Acid-Base Partition Cleanup 

Method 3660B: Sulfur Cleanup 

Method 3665A: Sulfuric Acid/Permanganate Cleanup 

4.3 Determination of Organic Analytes 

4.3.1 Gas Chromatographic Methods 

Method 8000D: Determinative Chromatographic Separations 

Method 8011: 1,2-Dibromoethane and 1,2-Dibromo-3-chloropropane by 

Microextraction and Gas Chromatography 

Method 8015C: Nonhalogenated Organics by Gas Chromatography 

Method 8021B: Aromatic and Halogenated Volatiles by Gas Chromatography 

Using Photoionization and/or Electrolytic Conductivity Detectors 

Method 8031: Acrylonitrile by Gas Chromatography 

Method 8032A: Acrylamide by Gas Chromatography 

Method 8033: Acetonitrile by Gas Chromatography with Nitrogen-Phosphorus 

Detection 

Method 8041A: Phenols by Gas Chromatography 

Method 8061A: Phthalate Esters by Gas Chromatography with Electron Capture 

Detection (GC/ECD) 

Method 8070A: Nitrosamines by Gas Chromatography 

Method 8081B: Organochlorine Pesticides by Gas Chromatography 

Method 8082A: Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs) by Gas Chromatography 

Method 8085: Compound-independent Elemental Quantitation of Pesticides by 

Gas Chromatography with Atomic Emission Detection (GC/AED) 

Method 8091: Nitroaromatics and Cyclic Ketones by Gas Chromatography 

Method 8095: Explosives by Gas Chromatography 

Method 8100: Polynuclear Aromatic Hydrocarbons 

Method 8111: Haloethers by Gas Chromatography 

Method 8121: Chlorinated Hydrocarbons by Gas Chromatography: Capillary 

Column Technique 

Method 8131: Aniline and Selected Derivatives by Gas Chromatography 

Method 8141B: Organophosphorus Compounds by Gas Chromatography 

Method 8151A: Chlorinated Herbicides by GC Using Methylation or 

Pentafluorobenzylation Derivatization 
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4.3.2 Gas Chromatographic/Mass Spectrometric Methods 

Method 8261: Volatile Organic Compounds by Vacuum Distillation in Combination 

with Gas Chromatography/Mass Spectrometry (VD/GC/MS) 

Method 8270D: Semivolatile Organic Compounds by Gas Chromatography/Mass 

Spectrometry (GC/MS) 

Method 8275A: Semivolatile Organic Compounds (PAHs and PCBs) in 

Soils/Sludges and Solid Wastes Using Thermal Extraction/Gas 

Chromatography/Mass Spectrometry (TE/GC/MS) 

Method 8276: Toxaphene and Toxaphene Congeners by Gas 

Chromatography/Negative Ion Chemical Ionization Mass 

Spectrometry (GC-NICI/MS) 

Method 8280B: Polychlorinated Dibenzo-p-Dioxins (PCDDs) and Polychlorinated 

Dibenzofurans (PCDFs) by High Resolution Gas 

Chromatography/Low Resolution Mass Spectrometry 

(HRGC/LRMS) 

Method 8290A: Polychlorinated Dibenzodioxins (PCDDs) and Polychlorinated 

Dibenzofurans (PCDFs) by High-Resolution Gas 

Chromatography/High-Resolution Mass Spectrometry 

(HRGC/HRMS) 

 Appendix A: Procedures for the Collection, Handling, Analysis, and 

Reporting of Wipe Tests Performed within the Laboratory 

4.3.3 High Performance Liquid Chromatographic Methods 

Method 8310: Polynuclear Aromatic Hydrocarbons 

Method 8315A: Determination of Carbonyl Compounds by High Performance 

Liquid Chromatography (HPLC) 

 Appendix A: Recrystallization of 2,4-Dinitrophenylhydrazine 

 (DNPH) 

Method 8316: Acrylamide, Acrylonitrile and Acrolein by High Performance Liquid 

Chromatography (HPLC) 

Method 8318A: N-Methylcarbamates by High Performance Liquid Chromatography 

(HPLC) 

Method 8321B: Solvent-Extractable Nonvolatile Compounds by High-Performance 

Liquid Chromatography/Thermospray/Mass 

Spectrometry(HPLC/TS/MS) or Ultraviolet (UV) Detection 

Method 8325: Solvent Extractable Nonvolatile Compounds by High Performance 

Liquid Chromatography/Particle Beam/Mass Spectrometry 

(HPLC/PB/MS) 

Method 8330A: Nitroaromatics and Nitramines by High Performance Liquid 

Chromatography (HPLC) 

Method 8331: Tetrazene by Reverse Phase High Performance Liquid 

Chromatography (HPLC) 

Method 8332: Nitroglycerine by High Performance Liquid Chromatography 

4.3.4 Infrared Methods 

Method 8410: Gas Chromatography/Fourier Transform Infrared (GC/FT-IR) 

Spectrometry for Semivolatile Organics: Capillary Column 
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Method 8430: Analysis of Bis(2-chloroethyl) Ether and Hydrolysis Products by 

Direct Aqueous Injection GC/FT-IR 

Method 8440: Total Recoverable Petroleum Hydrocarbons by Infrared 

Spectrophotometry 

4.3.5 Miscellaneous Spectrometric Methods 

Method 8520: Continuous Measurement of Formaldehyde in Ambient Air 

4.4 Immunoassay Methods 

Method 4000: Immunoassay 

Method 4010A: Screening for Pentachlorophenol by Immunoassay 

Method 4015: Screening for 2,4-Dichlorophenoxyacetic Acid by Immunoassay 

Method 4020: Screening for Polychlorinated Biphenyls by Immunoassay 

Method 4025: Screening for Polychlorinated Dibenzodioxins and Polychlorinated 

Dibenzofurans (PCDD/Fs) by Immunoassay 

Method 4030: Soil Screening for Petroleum Hydrocarbons by Immunoassay 

Method 4035: Soil Screening for Polynuclear Aromatic Hydrocarbons by 

Immunoassay 

Method 4040: Soil Screening for Toxaphene by Immunoassay 

Method 4041: Soil Screening for Chlordane by Immunoassay 

Method 4042: Soil Screening for DDT by Immunoassay 

Method 4050: TNT Explosives in Soil by Immunoassay 

Method 4051: Hexahydro-1,3,5-trinitro-1,3,5-triazine (RDX) in Soil by 

Immunoassay 

Method 4425: Screening Extracts of Environmental Samples for Planar Organic 

Compounds (PAHs, PCBs, PCDDs/PCDFs) by a Reporter Gene on 

a Human Cell Line 

Method 4430: Screening For Polychlorinated Dibenzo-p-Dioxins And Furans 

(PCDD/Fs) By Aryl Hydrocarbon-Receptor PCR Assay 

Method 4435: Method For Toxic Equivalents (TEQS) Determinations For 

Dioxin-Like Chemical Activity with the CALUX® Bioassay 

Method 4670: Triazine Herbicides as Atrazine in Water by Quantitative 

Immunoassay 

4.5 Miscellaneous Screening Methods 

Method 3815: Screening Solid Samples for Volatile Organics 

Method 3820: Hexadecane Extraction and Screening of Purgeable Organics 

Method 8510: Colorimetric Screening Procedure for RDX and HMX in Soil 

Method 8515: Colorimetric Screening Method for Trinitrotoluene (TNT) in Soil 

Method 8535: Screening Procedure for Total Volatile Organic Halides in Water 

Method 8540: Pentachlorophenol by UV-Induced Colorimetry 

Method 9074: Turbidimetric Screening Method for Total Recoverable Petroleum 

Hydrocarbons in Soil 

Method 9078: Screening Test Method for Polychlorinated Biphenyls in Soil 

Method 9079: Screening Test Method for Polychlorinated Biphenyls in 

Transformer Oil 
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NOTE: A suffix of "A" in the method number indicates revision one (the method has 

been revised once). A suffix of "B" in the method number indicates revision two (the 

method has been revised twice). A suffix of "C" in the method number indicates 

revision three (the method has been revised three times). In order to properly 

document the method used for analysis, the entire method number including the 

suffix letter designation (e.g., A, B, or C) must be identified by the analyst. A 

method reference found within the text of SW-846 methods and chapters refers to 

the latest revision of the method, even though the method number does not include 

the appropriate letter suffix. 
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SECTION C 

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CHAPTER ONE, REPRINTED - PROJECT QUALITY ASSURANCE AND QUALITY CONTROL

1.0 Introduction 

1.1 Planning 

1.2 Implementation 

1.3 Assessment 

1.4 References and Sources for Additional Information on Project Quality Assurance and Control 

1.5 Glossary 

CHAPTER FIVE - MISCELLANEOUS TEST METHODS

Method 5050: Bomb Preparation Method for Solid Waste 

Method 9000: Determination of Water in Waste Materials by Karl Fischer Titration 

Method 9001: Determination of Water in Waste Materials by Quantitative Calcium 

Hydride Reaction 

Method 9010C: Total and Amenable Cyanide: Distillation 

Method 9012B: Total and Amenable Cyanide (Automated Colorimetric, with 

Off-Line Distillation) 

Method 9013A: Cyanide Extraction Procedure for Solids and Oils 

Method 9014: Titrimetric and Manual Spectrophotometric Determinative Methods 

for Cyanide 

Method 9015: Metal Cyanide Complexes by Anion Exchange Chromatography 

and UV Detection 

Method 9020B: Total Organic Halides (TOX) 

Method 9021: Purgeable Organic Halides (POX) 

Method 9022: Total Organic Halides (TOX) by Neutron Activation Analysis 

Method 9023: Extractable Organic Halides (EOX) in Solids 

Method 9030B: Acid-Soluble and Acid-Insoluble Sulfides: Distillation 

Method 9031: Extractable Sulfides 

Method 9034: Titrimetric Procedure for Acid-Soluble and Acid-Insoluble Sulfides 

Method 9035: Sulfate (Colorimetric, Automated, Chloranilate) 

Method 9036: Sulfate (Colorimetric, Automated, Methylthymol Blue, AA II) 

Method 9038: Sulfate (Turbidimetric) 

Method 9056A: Determination of Inorganic Anions by Ion Chromatography 

Method 9057: Determination of Chloride from HCl/Cl2 Emission Sampling Train 

(Methods 0050 and 0051) by Anion Chromatography 

Method 9060A: Total Organic Carbon 

Method 9065: Phenolics (Spectrophotometric, Manual 4-AAP with Distillation) 

Method 9066: Phenolics (Colorimetric, Automated 4-AAP with Distillation) 

Method 9067: Phenolics (Spectrophotometric, MBTH with Distillation) 

Method 9070A: n-Hexane Extractable Material (HEM) for Aqueous Samples 

Method 9071B: n-Hexane Extractable Material (HEM) for Sludge, Sediment, and 

Solid Samples 

Method 9075: Test Method for Total Chlorine in New and Used Petroleum 

Products by X-Ray Fluorescence Spectrometry (XRF) 
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Method 9076: Test Method for Total Chlorine in New and Used Petroleum 

Products by Oxidative Combustion and Microcoulometry 

Method 9077: Test Methods for Total Chlorine in New and Used Petroleum 

Products (Field Test Kit Methods) 

 Method A: Fixed End Point Test Kit Method 

 Method B: Reverse Titration Quantitative End Point Test Kit Method 

 Method C: Direct Titration Quantitative End Point Test Kit Method 

Method 9131: Total Coliform: Multiple Tube Fermentation Technique 

Method 9132: Total Coliform: Membrane-Filter Technique 

Method 9210A: Potentiometric Determination of Nitrate in Aqueous Samples with 

an Ion-Selective Electrode 

Method 9211: Potentiometric Determination of Bromide in Aqueous Samples with 

Ion-Selective Electrode 

Method 9212: Potentiometric Determination of Chloride in Aqueous Samples with 

Ion-Selective Electrode 

Method 9213: Potentiometric Determination of Cyanide in Aqueous Samples and 

Distillates with Ion-Selective Electrode 

Method 9214: Potentiometric Determination of Fluoride in Aqueous Samples with 

Ion-Selective Electrode 

Method 9215: Potentiometric Determination of Sulfide in Aqueous Samples and 

Distillates with Ion-Selective Electrode 

Method 9216: Potentiometric Determination of Nitrite in Aqueous Samples with 

Ion-Selective Electrode 

Method 9250: Chloride (Colorimetric, Automated Ferricyanide AAI) 

Method 9251: Chloride (Colorimetric, Automated Ferricyanide AAII) 

Method 9253: Chloride (Titrimetric, Silver Nitrate) 

Method 9320: Radium-228 

CHAPTER SIX - PROPERTIES

Method 1030: Ignitability of Solids 

Method 1040: Test Method for Oxidizing Solids 

Method 1050: Test Methods to Determine Substances Likely to Spontaneously 

Combust 

Method 1120: Dermal Corrosion 

Method 1312: Synthetic Precipitation Leaching Procedure (SPLP)

Method 1320: Multiple Extraction Procedure 

Method 1330A: Extraction Procedure for Oily Wastes 

Method 9041A: pH Paper Method 

Method 9045D: Soil and Waste pH 

Method 9050A: Specific Conductance 

Method 9080: Cation-Exchange Capacity of Soils (Ammonium Acetate) 

Method 9081: Cation-Exchange Capacity of Soils (Sodium Acetate) 

Method 9090A: Compatibility Test for Wastes and Membrane Liners 

Method 9095B: Paint Filter Liquids Test 

Method 9096: Liquid Release Test (LRT) Procedure 

 Appendix A: Liquid Release Test Pre-Test 

Method 9100: Saturated Hydraulic Conductivity, Saturated Leachate 

Conductivity, and Intrinsic Permeability 

Method 9310: Gross Alpha and Gross Beta 
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Method 9315: Alpha-Emitting Radium Isotopes 
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PART II CHARACTERISTICS

CHAPTER SEVEN - CHARACTERISTICS INTRODUCTION AND REGULATORY DEFINITIONS

7.1 Ignitability 

7.2 Corrosivity 

7.3 Reactivity (See Narrative Standard in 40 CFR 261.23 and 24) 

7.4 Toxicity Characteristic Leaching Procedure 

CHAPTER EIGHT - METHODS FOR DETERMINING CHARACTERISTICS

8.1 Ignitability 

Method 1010A: Test Methods for Flash Point by Pensky-Martens Closed Cup 

Tester 

Method 1020B: Standard Test Methods for Flash Point by Setaflash (Small Scale) 

Closed-cup Apparatus 

8.2 Corrosivity 

Method 9040C: pH Electrometric Measurement 

Method 1110A: Corrosivity Toward Steel 

8.3 Toxicity 

Method 1310B: Extraction Procedure (EP) Toxicity Test Method and Structural 

Integrity Test 

Method 1311: Toxicity Characteristic Leaching Procedure (TCLP) 

NOTE: A suffix of "A" in the method number indicates revision one (the method has 

been revised once). A suffix of "B" in the method number indicates revision two (the 

method has been revised twice). A suffix of "C" in the method number indicates 

revision three (the method has been revised three times). In order to properly 

document the method used for analysis, the entire method number including the 

suffix letter designation (e.g., A, B, or C) must be identified by the analyst. A 

method reference found within the text of SW-846 methods and chapters refers to 

the latest revision of the method, even though the method number does not include 

the appropriate letter suffix. 
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CHAPTER ONE, REPRINTED - PROJECT QUALITY ASSURANCE AND QUALITY CONTROL

1.0 Introduction 

1.1 Planning 

1.2 Implementation 

1.3 Assessment 

1.4 References and Sources for Additional Information on Project Quality Assurance and Control 

1.5 Glossary 

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PART III SAMPLING

CHAPTER NINE - SAMPLING PLAN

CHAPTER TEN - SAMPLING METHODS

Method 0010: Modified Method 5 Sampling Train 

 Appendix A: Preparation of XAD-2 Sorbent Resin 

 Appendix B: Total Chromatographable Organic Material Analysis 

Method 0011: Sampling for Selected Aldehyde and Ketone Emissions from 

Stationary Sources 

Method 0020: Source Assessment Sampling System (SASS) 

Method 0023A: Sampling Method for Polychlorinated Dibenzo-p-Dioxins and 

Polychlorinated Dibenzofuran Emissions from Stationary Sources 

Method 0030: Volatile Organic Sampling Train 

Method 0031: Sampling Method for Volatile Organic Compounds (SMVOC) 

Method 0040: Sampling of Principal Organic Hazardous Constituents from 

Combustion Sources Using Tedlar® Bags 

Method 0050: Isokinetic HCl/Cl2 Emission Sampling Train 

Method 0051: Midget Impinger HCl/Cl2 Emission Sampling Train 

Method 0060: Determination of Metals in Stack Emissions 

Method 0061: Determination of Hexavalent Chromium Emissions from Stationary 

Sources 

Method 0100: Sampling for Formaldehyde and Other Carbonyl Compounds in 

Indoor Air 

Method 25D: Determination of the Volatile Organic Concentration of Waste 

Samples 

Method 25E: Determination of Vapor Phase Organic Concentration in Waste 

Samples 

Method 207: A Method for Measuring Isocyanates in Stationary Source 

Emissions 
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PART IV MONITORING

CHAPTER ELEVEN - GROUND WATER MONITORING

Referral to the EPA Office of Solid Waste guidance document entitled "RCRA Ground-water Monitoring: 

Draft Technical Guidance," published in 1992. 

CHAPTER TWELVE - LAND TREATMENT MONITORING

12.1 Background 

12.2 Treatment Zone 

12.3 Regulatory Definition 

12.4 Monitoring and Sampling Strategy 

12.5 Analysis 

12.6 References and Bibliography 

CHAPTER THIRTEEN - INCINERATION

13.1 Introduction 

13.2 Regulatory Definition 

13.3 Waste Characterization Strategy 

13.4 Stack-Gas Effluent Characterization Strategy 

13.5 Additional Effluent Characterization Strategy 

13.6 Selection of Specific Sampling and Analysis Methods 

13.7 References 

NOTE: A suffix of "A" in the method number indicates revision one (the method has 

been revised once). A suffix of "B" in the method number indicates revision two (the 

method has been revised twice). A suffix of "C" in the method number indicates 

revision three (the method has been revised three times). In order to properly 

document the method used for analysis, the entire method number including the 

suffix letter designation (e.g., A, B, or C) must be identified by the analyst. A 

method reference found within the text of SW-846 methods and chapters refers to 

the latest revision of the method, even though the method number does not include 

the appropriate letter suffix.