V&M STAR - Feam

Toxicity Characteristic Leaching Procedure(TCLP) Designed to determine the mobility of both organic andinorganic analytes present in liquid, solid, and multiphasicwastes. Used to determine if a waste meets the definition of EPtoxicity, which means it carries a hazardous waste codeunder RCRA (40 US CFR Part 261) of D004 through D052. If a “solid waste” fails the test for one or more of thesecompounds, the waste is considered to be a characteristichazardous waste (unless an exemption applies). Slag and sludge (which both vary in their components)contain multiple contaminants that require a TCLP.