Publication Summary

This manual is intended to provide guidance for choosing chemical methods appropriate for the chemical testing of suspected dangerous waste. Certain recycling activities, such as burning used oil for energy recovery, and dangerous waste management activities, such as land disposal, have specific regulatory testing requirements. This manual addresses testing requirements, dangerous waste characteristics (e.g., ignitability, corrosivity, reactivity, toxicity), acute toxicity, criteria wastes, chronic toxicity, Department of Transportation regulations and analytical methods for designating dangerous waste.