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Draft Technical Guidance about Waste Sampling under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA)

The following guidance document covers the three components of a sampling and analysis program: planning, implementation, and assessment.

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Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) Waste Sampling Draft Technical Guidance (PDF)(353 pp, 4 MB, August 2002, EPA-530-D-02-002)