Regulacje i polityka gospodarcza · 30/10/2002

Waste Management System; Testing and Monitoring Activities; Proposed Rule: Methods Innovation Rule

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA or Agency) proposes to amend a variety of testing and monitoring requirements throughout the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) regulations. We are proposing to allow more flexibility when conducting RCRA-related sampling and analysis, by removing unnecessary required uses of methods found in "Test Methods for Evaluating Solid Waste, Physical/Chemical Methods," also known as "SW-846," and only retaining the requirement to use SW-846 methods when the method is the only one capable of measuring a particular property (i.e., it is used to measure a required method-defined parameter). This is an important step towards a performance-based measurement system (PBMS), as part of the Agency's efforts towards Innovating for Better Environmental Results. Additionally, we are proposing to: withdraw the reactivity method guidelines from SW-846 Chapter Seven; amend the ignitability and corrosivity hazardous waste characteristic regulations by clarifying the use of certain methods; incorporate by reference Update IIIB to SW- 846; add Method 25A for analyses conducted in support of certain RCRA air emission standards; and remove a confidence limit