Evaluation of control chart methodologies for RCRA (Resource Conservation and Recovery Act) waste sites

Technical Report · Sun Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1989

OSTI ID:6077532

Starks, T H

This report is a discussion of decision rules relating to the monitoring of ground water at hazardous-waste sites that are subject to regulation under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976 (RCRA). The final rule for RCRA regulations 40CFR part 264 was published October 1, 1988 (53FR39720). Understanding the complexity of the monitoring problem and the diversity of RCRA sites, the final rule wisely allows the owner/operator to choose, conditioned on EPA approval, a site-specific 'statistical procedure.' Particular attention is paid to the possible application of industrial quality-control strategies to the ground-water monitoring problem. A decision procedure that changes over time as more information about well and aquifer characteristics accumulate is proposed. This procedure involves the use of outlier tests and of Shewhart-CUSUM quality-control strategies.

• Research Organization: Nevada Univ., Las Vegas, NV (USA). Environmental Research Center
• OSTI ID: 6077532
• Report Number(s): PB-89-138416/XAB
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

520200* -- Environment
Aquatic-- Chemicals Monitoring & Transport-- (-1989)
54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
AQUIFERS
GROUND DISPOSAL
GROUND WATER
HAZARDOUS MATERIALS
HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS
LAWS
MANAGEMENT
MATERIALS
MATHEMATICAL MODELS
MONITORING
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
POLLUTION
REGULATIONS
RESOURCE RECOVERY ACTS
WASTE DISPOSAL
WASTE MANAGEMENT
WATER
WATER POLLUTION
WELLS