Standards cover:

• Planning for sampling
• Screening samples in the field to indicate the need for additional sampling
• Interpreting data based on a specific sampling plan
• Various sampling techniques for a variety of environmental media
• Valuable information on different types of sampling equipment
• Sample holding times
• Preservation techniques
• QA/QC specifications

It will be especially beneficial to government agencies such as EPA and Department of Health and Human Services; as well as environmental professionals, such as planning and biological engineers, health and safety specialists, consultants, contractors, and lab personnel will find this is an especially effective tool for conducting or managing environmental characterization projects.

ASTM Standards on Environmental Sampling, 3rd Edition - Table of Contents:

• D 3987 – 85(2004) Test Method for Shake Extraction of Solid Waste with Water
• D 4447 – 84(2003) Guide for Disposal of Laboratory Chemicals and Samples
• D 4448 – 01 Guide for Sampling Ground-Water Monitoring Wells
• D 4503 – 86(2003) Practice for Dissolution of Solid Waste by Lithium Metaborate Fusion
• D 4547 – 06 Guide for Sampling Waste and Soils for Volatile Organic Compounds
• D 4646 – 03 Test Method for 24-h Batch-Type Measurement of Contaminant Sorption by Soils and Sediments
• D 4687 – 95(2006) Guide for General Planning of Waste Sampling
• D 4793 – 93(2004) Test Method for Sequential Batch Extraction of Waste with Water
• D 4842 – 90(2001) Test Method for Determining the Resistance of Solid Wastes to Freezing and Thawing
• D 4843 – 88(2004)e1 Test Method for Wetting and Drying Test of Solid Wastes
• D 4844 – 03 Guide for Air Monitoring at Waste Management Facilities for Worker Protection
• D 4874 – 95(2006) Test Method for Leaching Solid Material in a Column Apparatus
• D 5013 – 89(2003) Practices for Sampling Wastes from Pipes and Other Point Discharges
• D 5050 – 96(2002) Guide for Commercial Use of Lime Kiln Dusts and Portland Cement Kiln Dusts
• D 5115 – 90(2004) Test Method for Collecting Gross Samples and Determining the Fuel Quality of RDF
• D 5120 – 90(2004) Test Method for Inhibition of Respiration in Microbial Cultures in the Activated Sludge Process
• D 5198 – 92(2003) Practice for Nitric Acid Digestion of Solid Waste
• D 5210 – 92(2000) Test Method for Determining the Anaerobic Biodegradation of Plastic Materials in the Presence of Municipal Sewage Sludge
• D 5231 – 92(2003) Test Method for Determination of the Composition of Unprocessed Municipal Solid Waste
• D 5232 – 92(2003) Test Method for Determining the Stability and Miscibility of a Solid, Semi-Solid, or Liquid Waste Material
• D 5233 – 92(2004) Test Method for Single Batch Extraction Method for Wastes
• D 5283 – 92(2003) Practice for Generation of Environmental Data Related to Waste Management Activities: Quality Assurance and Quality Control Planning and Implementation
• D 5284 – 93(2004)e1 Test Method for Sequential Batch Extraction of Waste with Acidic Extraction Fluid
• D 5285 – 03 Test Method for 24-Hour Batch-Type Measurement of Volatile Organic Sorption by Soils and Sediments
• D 5358 – 93(2003) Practice for Sampling with a Dipper or Pond Sampler
• D 5359 – 98(2004) Specification for Glass Cullet Recovered from Waste for Use in Manufacture of Glass Fiber
• D 5368 – 93(2006) Test Methods for Gravimetric Determination of Total Solvent Extractable Content (TSEC) of Solid Waste Samples
• D 5369 – 93(2003) Practice for Extraction of Solid Waste Samples for Chemical Analysis Using Soxhlet Extraction
• D 5370 – 06 Specification for Pozzolanic Blended Materials in Construction Applications
• D 5451 – 93(2004) Practice for Sampling Using a Trier Sampler
• D 5468 – 02 Test Method for Gross Calorific and Ash Value of Waste Materials
• D 5495 – 03 Practice for Sampling With a Composite Liquid Waste Sampler (COLIWASA)
• D 5513 – 99(2004) Practice for Microwave Digestion of Industrial Furnace Feedstreams and Waste for Trace Element
  Analysis
• D 5530 – 94(2003) Test Method for Total Moisture of Hazardous Waste Fuel by Karl Fischer Titrimetry
• D 5633 – 04 Practice for Sampling with a Scoop
• D 5658 – 95(2001) Practice for Sampling Unconsolidated Waste From Trucks
• D 5659 – 95(2006) Test Method for Chlorophenoxy Acid Herbicides in Waste Using HPLC
• D 5660 – 96(2004) Test Method for Assessing the Microbial Detoxification of Chemically Contaminated Water and
  Soil Using a Toxicity Test with a Luminescent Marine Bacterium
• D 5679 – 95a(2001) Practice for Sampling Consolidated Solids in Drums or Similar Containers
• D 5680 – 95a(2001) Practice for Sampling Unconsolidated Solids in Drums or Similar Containers
• D 5681 – 98a(2004)e1 Terminology for Waste and Waste Management
• D 5743 – 97(2003) Practice for Sampling Single or Multilayered Liquids, With or Without Solids, in Drums or
  Similar Containers
• D 5744 – 96(2001) Test Method for Accelerated Weathering of Solid Materials Using a Modified Humidity Cell
• D 5745 – 95(2005) Guide for Developing and Implementing Short-Term Measures or Early Actions for Site
  Remediation
• D 5759 – 95(2005) Guide for Characterization of Coal Fly Ash and Clean Coal Combustion Fly Ash for Potential
  Uses
• D 5792 – 02(2006) Practice for Generation of Environmental Data Related to Waste Management Activities: Development of Data Quality Objectives
• D 5829 – 96(2001) Guide for Preparing a Training Program for Environmental Analytical Laboratories
• D 5830 – 95(2006) Test Method for Solvents Analysis in Hazardous Waste Using Gas Chromatography
• D 5831 – 03 Test Method for Screening Fuels in Soils
• D 5839 – 96(2006) Test Method for Trace Element Analysis of Hazardous Waste Fuel by Energy-Dispersive X-Ray
  Fluorescence Spectrometry
• D 5929 – 96(2004) Test Method for Determining Biodegradability of Materials Exposed to Municipal Solid Waste
  Composting Conditions by Compost Respirometry
• D 5956 – 96(2001) Guide for Sampling Strategies for Heterogeneous Wastes
• D 5975 – 96(2004) Test Method for Determining the Stability of Compost by Measuring Oxygen Consumption
• D 6008 – 96(2005) Practice for Conducting Environmental Baseline Surveys
• D 6009 – 96(2006) Guide for Sampling Waste Piles
• D 6010 – 96(2006) Practice for Closed Vessel Microwave Solvent Extraction of Organic Compounds from Solid
  Matrices
• D 6044 – 96(2003) Guide for Representative Sampling for Management of Waste and Contaminated Media
• D 6050 – 97(2003)e1 Test Method for Determination of Insoluble Solids in Organic Liquid Hazardous Waste
• D 6051 – 96(2001) Guide for Composite Sampling and Field Subsampling for Environmental Waste Management Activities
• D 6052 – 97(2003) Test Method for Preparation and Elemental Analysis of Liquid Hazardous Waste by Energy-
  Dispersive X-Ray Fluorescence
• D 6063 – 96(2001) Guide for Sampling of Drums and Similar Containers by Field Personnel
• D 6232 – 03 Guide for Selection of Sampling Equipment for Waste and Contaminated Media Data Collection
  Activities
• D 6233 – 98(2003) Guide for Data Assessment for Environmental Waste Management Activities
• D 6234 – 98(2002) Test Method for Shake Extraction of Mining Waste by the Synthetic Precipitation Leaching Procedure
• D 6250 – 98(2003) Practice for Derivation of Decision Point and Confidence Limit for Statistical Testing of Mean
  Concentration in Waste Management Decisions
• D 6270 – 98(2004) Practice for Use of Scrap Tires in Civil Engineering Applications
• D 6323 – 98(2003) Guide for Laboratory Subsampling of Media Related to Waste Management Activities
• D 6346 – 98(2004) Guide for Accepting, Segregating and Packaging Materials Collected Through Household Hazardous Waste Programs
• D 6418 – 04 Practice for Using the Disposable En Core Sampler for Sampling and Storing Soil for Volatile
  Organic Analysis
• D 6498 – 99(2002) Guide for Household Hazardous Waste Training Outline for Household Hazardous Waste Collection Operations
• D 6538 – 00(2005)e1 Guide for Sampling Wastewater With Automatic Samplers
• D 6582 – 00(2005) Guide for Ranked Set Sampling: Efficient Estimation of a Mean Concentration in Environmental
  Sampling
• D 6597 – 00(2006) Practice for Assessment of Attaining Clean Up Level for Site Closure
• D 6640 – 01(2005) Practice for Collection and Handling of Soils Obtained in Core Barrel Samplers for Environmental
  Investigations
• D 6661 – 01(2006) Practice for Field Collection of Organic Compounds from Surfaces Using Wipe Sampling
• D 6699 – 01(2006) Practice for Sampling Liquids Using Bailers
• D 6700 – 01(2006) Practice for Use of Scrap Tire-Derived Fuel
• D 6759 – 02 Practice for Sampling Liquids Using Grab and Discrete Depth Samplers
• D 6842 – 02e1 Guide for Designing Cost-Effective Sampling and Measurement Plans by Use of Estimated
  Uncertainty and Its Components in Waste Management Decision-Making
• D 6907 – 05e1 Practice for Sampling Soils and Contaminated Media with Hand-Operated Bucket Augers
• D 6956 – 03 Guide for Demonstrating and Assessing Whether a Chemical Analytical Measurement System
  Provides Analytical Results Consistent with Their Intended Use
• D 6982 – 03 Practice for Detecting Hot Spots and Buried Objects Using Point-Net (Grid) Search Patterns
• D 7203 – 05 Test Method for Screening Trichloroethylene (TCE)-Contaminated Soil Using a Heated Diode
  Sensor
• E 688 – 94(2006) Test Methods for Waste Glass as a Raw Material for Glass Manufacturing
• E 701 – 80(2005) Test Methods for Municipal Ferrous Scrap
• E 702 – 85(2005) Specification for Municipal Ferrous Scrap
• E 708 – 79(2006) Specification for Waste Glass as a Raw Material for the Manufacture of Glass Containers
• E 711 – 87(2004) Test Method for Gross Calorific Value of Refuse-Derived Fuel by the Bomb Calorimeter
• E 775 – 87(2004) Test Methods for Total Sulfur in the Analysis Sample of Refuse-Derived Fuel
• E 776 – 87(2004) Test Method for Forms of Chlorine in Refuse-Derived Fuel
• E 777 – 87(2004) Test Method for Carbon and Hydrogen in the Analysis Sample of Refuse-Derived Fuel
• E 778 – 87(2004) Test Methods for Nitrogen in the Analysis Sample of Refuse-Derived Fuel
• E 790 – 87(2004) Test Method for Residual Moisture in a Refuse-Derived Fuel Analysis Sample
• E 791 – 90(2004) Test Method for Calculating Refuse-Derived Fuel Analysis Data from As-Determined to Different
  Bases
• E 828 – 81(2004)e1 Test Method for Designating the Size of RDF-3 From its Sieve Analysis
• E 830 – 87(2004) Test Method for Ash in the Analysis Sample of Refuse-Derived Fuel
• E 850 – 95(2002) Practice for Use of Inorganic Process Wastes as Structural Fill
• E 856 – 83(2004) Definitions of Terms and Abbreviations Relating to Physical and Chemical Characteristics of
  Refuse Derived Fuel
• E 868 – 82(2005) Test Methods for Conducting Performance Tests on Mechanical Conveying Equipment Used in
  Resource Recovery Systems
• E 884 – 82(2006) Practice for Sampling Airborne Microorganisms at Municipal Solid-Waste Processing Facilities
• E 885 – 88(2004) Test Methods for Analyses of Metals in Refuse-Derived Fuel by Atomic Absorption Spectroscopy
• E 887 – 88(2004) Test Method for Silica in Refuse-Derived Fuel (RDF) and RDF Ash
• E 889 – 82(2004) Test Method for Composition or Purity of a Solid Waste Materials Stream
• E 897 – 88(2004) Test Method for Volatile Matter in the Analysis Sample of Refuse-Derived Fuel
• E 929 – 83(2005) Test Method for Measuring Electrical Energy Requirements of Processing Equipment
• E 949 – 88(2004) Test Method for Total Moisture in a Refuse-Derived Fuel Laboratory Sample
• E 953 – 88(2004) Test Method for Fusibility of Refuse-Derived Fuel (RDF) Ash
• E 955 – 88(2004) Test Method for Thermal Characteristics of Refuse-Derived Fuel Macrosamples
• E 956 – 83(2005) Classification for Municipal-Mixed Nonferrous Metals (MNM)
• E 959 – 83(2005) Test Method for Characterizing the Performance of Refuse Size-Reduction Equipment
• E 1037 – 84(2004) Test Method for Measuring Particle Size Distribution of RDF-5
• E 1076 – 85(2005) Practice for Maintaining Health and Safety Records at Solid Waste Processing Facilities
• E 1107 – 86(2004) Test Method for Measuring the Throughput of Resource-Recovery Unit Operations
• E 1108 – 86(2004) Test Method for Determination of the Recovery of a Product in a Materials Separation Device
• E 1109 – 86(2004) Test Method for Determining the Bulk Density of Solid Waste Fractions
• E 1183 – 87(2004) Test Method for Air Drying RDF-5 for Further Analysis
• E 1248 – 90(2004) Practice for Shredder Explosion Protection
• E 1266 – 88(2005) Practice for Processing Mixtures of Lime, Fly Ash, and Heavy Metal Wastes in Structural Fills
  and Other Construction Applications
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