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History of the EPA Solid Waste Methods Program (SW-846)
Oral Presentation
Prepared by D. Friedman
David Friedman Consulting, LLC., 10817 Rippon Lodge Drive, Fairfax, VA, 22032-2931
Contact Information: friedmanconsulting@cox.net; 703-691-3059
ABSTRACT
In this presentation, the author will review the history and philosophy behind the development of the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) methods development and promulgation program. He will discuss the development and history of "Test Methods for Evaluating Solid Waste", commonly known by its EPA document number SW-846, and how the methodology in the manual is philosophically different from those in earlier EPA methods programs such as the methods promulgated to comply with the Agency's waste water and drinking water programs. How SW-846 grew from a simple collection of recommendations to help analysts address testing of wastes to determine whether a waste exhibits one of the RCRA characteristics, into the wide ranging methods reference it is today. The author will also discuss the development of the RCRA characteristics and the methods used to determine if a waste exhibits one or more characteristics. Emphasis will be on the tests used in the Toxicity Characteristic such as the Toxicity Characteristic Leaching Procedure (TCLP) and its predecessor, the Extraction Procedure (EP).
Oral Presentation
Prepared by D. Friedman
David Friedman Consulting, LLC., 10817 Rippon Lodge Drive, Fairfax, VA, 22032-2931
Contact Information: friedmanconsulting@cox.net; 703-691-3059
ABSTRACT
In this presentation, the author will review the history and philosophy behind the development of the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) methods development and promulgation program. He will discuss the development and history of "Test Methods for Evaluating Solid Waste", commonly known by its EPA document number SW-846, and how the methodology in the manual is philosophically different from those in earlier EPA methods programs such as the methods promulgated to comply with the Agency's waste water and drinking water programs. How SW-846 grew from a simple collection of recommendations to help analysts address testing of wastes to determine whether a waste exhibits one of the RCRA characteristics, into the wide ranging methods reference it is today. The author will also discuss the development of the RCRA characteristics and the methods used to determine if a waste exhibits one or more characteristics. Emphasis will be on the tests used in the Toxicity Characteristic such as the Toxicity Characteristic Leaching Procedure (TCLP) and its predecessor, the Extraction Procedure (EP).