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EPA Updates Solid Waste Testing and Monitoring Manual (SW-846)

26 February 2008

The EPA has announced new revisions to its guidance manual of appropriate and reliable methods for testing and monitoring hazardous waste.

The updated version of the manual, Test Methods for Evaluating Solid Waste, Physical/Chemical Methods (also known as SW-846), contains 43 new or revised analytical methods that may be used for monitoring hazardous waste and other requirements under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA).

 

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