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Abstract
As part of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA), the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has proposed regulations for owners and operators who treat hazardous waste by incineration. To ensure that these incinerators operate in an environmentally responsible manner, the regulations Include a requirement that, for selected principal organic hazardous constituents (POHCs), a destruction and removal efficiency (DRE) of equal to or greater than 99.99% must be achieved (40 C.F.R. Part 264 §264.343). As part of the supporting documentation for permit writers and for the incinerator facility owners and operators, we have evaluated gas chromatography/mass spectrometry (GC/MS) and high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) methods for the determination of about 150 compounds from the list of potential POHCs, as defined in 40 C.F.R. Part 261, Appendix VIII. The methods evaluated are presented, analytical results are given, and the application of the evaluated methods to the determination of POHCs in incinerator effluents is discussed.