ASTM D4844-88(1998) - 10.9.1998
 
1. Scope

1.1 This guide is intended to provide a standardized approach for establishing and carrying out an air monitoring program to protect workers at waste management facilities. This guide may apply to routine operations at an active treatment, storage, or disposal site or the extraordinary conditions that can be encountered in opening and cleaning up a remedial action site.

1.2 Any user of this guide must understand that it is impossible to predict all the difficulties that could develop at a waste management facility due to hazardous airborne emissions. Although air contaminant measurements obtained in accordance with this guide may indicate acceptable or tolerable levels of toxic agents are present, care and judgment must still be exercised before concluding that all atmospheric contaminants at the site are under control.

 
2. Referenced Documents

D3449-79(1984)

Method of Test for Sulfur Dioxide in Workplace Atmospheres (Barium Perchlorate Method)

D1356-20a

Standard Terminology Relating to Sampling and Analysis of Atmospheres (Includes all amendments and changes 9/7/2020).

E1370-21

Standard Guide for Air Sampling Strategies for Worker and Workplace Protection

D6562-20

Standard Test Method for Determination of Gaseous Hexamethylene Diisocyanate (HDI) in Air with 9-(N-methylaminomethyl) Anthracene Method (MAMA) in the Workplace

D6785-20

Standard Test Method for Determination of Lead in Workplace Air Using Flame or Graphite Furnace Atomic Absorption Spectrometry

D6832-24

Standard Test Method for the Determination of Hexavalent Chromium in Workplace Air by Ion Chromatography and Spectrophotometric Measurement Using 1,5-diphenylcarbazide

D7035-21

Standard Test Method for Determination of Metals and Metalloids in Airborne Particulate Matter by Inductively Coupled Plasma Atomic Emission Spectrometry (ICP-AES)

D7036-26

Standard Practice for Competence of Air Emission Testing Bodies

D7539-25

Standard Practice for Using a Test Chamber for Humidity Conditioning of Test Panels of Pavement Marking Paints

D7773-19

Standard Test Method for Determination of Volatile Inorganic Acids (HCl, HBr, and HNO3) Using Filter Sampling and Suppressed Ion Chromatography

D7948-20

Standard Test Method for Measurement of Respirable Crystalline Silica in Workplace Air by Infrared Spectrometry

ISO 17025

General Requirements for the Competence of Testing and Calibration Laboratories Adopted by ASTM as an American National Standard.

OSHA

NIOSH

Manual for Analytical Methods Fifth edition manual, January 2015, available from the National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health, (NIOSH), Cincinnati, OH.

OSHA, 29

CFR Part 1910 Hazardous Waste Operations and Emergency Response; Interim Final Rule, December 1986 Available from the Superintendent of Documents, Government Printing Office, Washington, DC, 20401.

D3686-20

Standard Practice for Sampling Atmospheres to Collect Organic Compound Vapors (Activated Charcoal Tube Adsorption Method)

D4323-21

Standard Test Method for Hydrogen Sulfide in the Atmosphere by Rate of Change of Reflectance

D4490-23

Standard Practice for the Use of Detector Tubes in the Measurement of Toxic Gases and Vapors

D4532-22

Standard Test Method for Respirable Dust in Workplace Atmospheres Using Cyclone Samplers

D4599-21

Standard Practice for Measuring the Concentration of Toxic Gases or Vapors Using Length-of-Stain Dosimeters

D4600-22

Standard Test Method for Determination of Benzene-Soluble Particulate Matter in Workplace Atmospheres

D4687-14(2022)

Standard Guide for General Planning of Waste Sampling

D5681-23

Standard Terminology for Waste and Waste Management

D6561-20

Standard Test Method for Determination of Aerosol Monomeric and Oligomeric Hexamethylene Diisocyanate (HDl) in Air with (Methoxy-2-phenyl-1) Piperazine (MOPIP) in the Workplace

D3824-20

Standard Test Methods for Continuous Measurement of Oxides of Nitrogen in the Ambient or Workplace Atmosphere by Chemiluminescence

D4185-23

Standard Test Method for Measurement of Metals in Workplace Atmospheres by Flame Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometry

D3413-85

Method of Test for Lead (Inorganic) in Workplace Atmospheres by Atomic Absorption Spectrometry (Withdrawn 1989)

D3269-96(2001)e1

Standard Test Methods for Analysis for Fluoride Content of the Atmosphere and Plant Tissues (Manual Procedures) (Withdrawn 2010)

D3249-95(2019)

Standard Practice for General Ambient Air Analyzer Procedures

D3162-21

Standard Test Method for Carbon Monoxide in the Atmosphere (Continuous Measurement by Nondispersive Infrared Spectrometry)

D2913-26

Standard Test Method for Mercaptan Content of the Atmosphere

D2820-72(1978)

Test Method for C through C Hydrocarbons in the Atmosphere by Gas Chromatography (Withdrawn 1993)

D1605-60(1990)

Recommended Practices for Sampling Atmospheres for Analysis of Gases and Vapors (Withdrawn 1992)

D3687-19

Standard Test Method for Analysis of Organic Compound Vapors Collected by the Activated Charcoal Tube Adsorption Method

D3614-07(2021)

Standard Guide for Laboratories Engaged in Sampling and Analysis of Atmospheres and Emissions

D4240-83(1989)

Test Method for Airborne Asbestos Concentration in Workplace Atmosphere (Withdrawn 1995)

D3476-

Method of Test for BIS (Chloromethyl) Ether (BIS CME) in Workplace Atmospheres (Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry) (Withdrawn 1989)