Test Method Collections

This site is maintained by EPA's Forum on Environmental Measurements as a service to the environmental analytical community.

Test methods are approved procedures for measuring the presence and concentration of physical and chemical pollutants; evaluating properties, such as toxic properties, of chemical substances; or measuring the effects of substances under various conditions.

EPA Method Collections

Air and Radiation

Solid Waste and Emergency Response

Office of Solid Waste Methods Team - including SW-846 On-line Test Methods for Evaluating Solid Waste Physical/Chemical Methods
Petroleum Hydrocarbons - (Underground Storage Tanks)
Contract Laboratory Program (CLP) Methods

Sampling Methods

Emergency Response Team and On-Scene Coordinators (Methods and Sampling)
RCRA Waste Sampling

Water

Prevention, Pesticides, and Toxic Substances

Pesticide Methods

Research and Development

Analytical and Sampling Method Sources

EPA Test Method Index– April 2003 revised edition; update in preparation by the EPA Region I library acting under contract to the U.S. EPA
Sources for EPA Test Methods
Microbial Methods via the EPA Microbiology Home Page
Compilation of Air Pollutant Emission Factors (AP 42), Volume I
Survey and Monitoring Designs and Analyses
OPPTS Harmonized Test Guidelines

Analytical Methods from non-EPA sites

Analytical Methods sold by non-EPA, non-governmental organizations

If You Need Help with EPA Test Methods

Program Contacts

Drinking Water Methods – call Drinking Water Hotline, (800) 426-4791
Clean Water Act Methods – "Solutions to Analytical Chemistry Problems with Clean Water Act Methods" at http://www.epa.gov/waterscience/methods/ (revised "Pumpkin Book"); EPA Office of Water email: OSTCWAMethods@epa.gov
MICE line - Methods Information Communications Exchange for technical questions or comments on SW-846. Basic information available 24 hours via recorded message. Phone (703) 676-4690; fax (703) 318-4682; e-mail mice@cpmx.saic.com; Internet: http://www.epa.gov/SW-846/mice.htm
Emission Measurement Center Specific Questions/Answers

Regional Laboratory Contact Information

Region 1 – call (888) 372-7341 [Outside New England: (617) 918-1111]; Email: r1web.mail@epa.gov; Fax to (617) 918-0101; or Internet: http://www.epa.gov/region01/contact/comments.html
Region 2 – call (212) 637-3660; Email: R2_Web_Inquiry@epamail.epa.gov; or Internet: http://www.epa.gov/region02/contactr2.htm
Region 3 – call (800) 438-2474 [Outside Region 3: (215) 814-5000); or Internet: http://www.epa.gov/region03/gencomment.htm
Region 4 – Internet: http://www.epa.gov/region4/home/contact_questions.html
Region 5 – call (800) 621-8431 from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Central time [Outside Region 5: (312) 353-2000]; Email: r5hotline@epa.gov; or Internet: http://www.epa.gov/region5/answers/r5comment.htm
Region 6 – call (800) 887-6063 or Internet: http://www.epa.gov/region6/r6coment.htm
Region 7 – Internet: http://www.epa.gov/region7/contact.htm
Region 8 – call (800) 227-8917 [Outside Region 8: (303) 312-6312]; or Internet: http://www.epa.gov/region8/feedback.html
Region 9 – call (866) EPA-WEST toll free [(866) 372-9378] [Outside Region 9: (415) 947-8000]; Email: r9.info@epa.gov; or Internet: http://www.epa.gov/region09/eic/index.html
Region 10 – call (800) 424-4EPA [(800) 424-4372] [Outside Region 10: (206) 553-1200]; Email: epa-seattle@epa.gov; or Internet: http://yosemite.epa.gov/r10/homepage.nsf/webpage/Contact+Us?opendocument