Guidance on Site Characterization at Corrective Action Sites

EPA’s Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) Facility Investigation guidance, which is presented in four volumes below, provides guidance to regulatory agency personnel on overseeing owners or operators of hazardous waste management facilities in the conduct of the compliance monitoring phase of the RCRA Corrective Action Program, the RCRA Facility Investigation (RFI).

• RFI Guidance Volume 1 (pdf) (1.82 MB)
  Development of an RFI Work Plan and General Considerations for RCRA Facility Investigations May 1989 EPA 530/SW-89-031
• RFI Guidance Volume 2 (pdf) (2.47 MB)
  Soil, Ground Water and Subsurface Gas Releases May 1989 EPA 530/SW-89-031
• RFI Guidance Volume 3 (pdf) (2.03 MB)
  Air and Surface Waster Releases May 1989 EPA 530/SW-89-031
• RFI Guidance Volume 4 (pdf) (1.91 MB)
  Case Study Examples EPA 530/SW-89-031 February 1989