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ANNUAL REPORT ON PERFORMANCE AUDIT RESULTS FOR POHC TESTING DURING RCRA TRIAL BURNS--STATUS REPORT #2
Citation:
Janaty, R., S. Tompkins, V. Bryant, AND G. Howe. ANNUAL REPORT ON PERFORMANCE AUDIT RESULTS FOR POHC TESTING DURING RCRA TRIAL BURNS--STATUS REPORT #2. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, D.C., EPA/600/3-90/006.
Description:
Audit materials containing Principal organic Hardous Constituents (P0HCs) have been developed by AREAL for use by federal, state, and local agencies or their contractors to assess the accuracy of measurement methods during RCA trial burn tests. Audit materials are currently available for 27 gaseous organics in 5, 6, 7, and 9 component mixtures at parts-per-billion levels (7 to 10.000 ppb) in compressed gas cylinders in a balance gas of nitrogen. he criteria used for the selection of the gaseous organic compounds is described. Stability studies indicate that all of the organics tested (with the exception f ethylene oxide and propylene oxide below 10 ppb levels) are stable enough to be used as reliable audit materials. Subsequent to completion of the stability studies, 202 performance audits have been initiated with the audit materials to assess the accuracy of the Volatile organic Sampling Train (YOST) and bag measurement methods during or prior to RCRA trial burn tests. esults of those audits and a summary table of the audits conducted for each P0HC and the measurement system audited is described in this report. udit results obtained with the audit bases during or prior to RCRA trial burn tests are generally within 50% of the audit concentrations.