ASTM_D_5681_-_13.pdf

Designation:D568113Standard Terminology forWaste and Waste Management1This standard is issued under the fixed designation D5681;the number immediately following the designation indicates the year oforiginal adoption or,in the case of revision,the year of last revision.A number in parentheses indicates the year of last reapproval.Asuperscript epsilon()indicates an editorial change since the last revision or reapproval.1.Scope1.1 This terminology contains standard definitions of termsused in the general area of waste and waste management.It isintended to promote understanding by providing precise tech-nical definitions of terms used in the standards developed byCommittee D34 and its subcommittees.1.2 Terms used only within an individual standard,andhaving a meaning unique to that standard,may be defined orexplained in the terminology section of that individual stan-dard.1.3 This standard does not purport to address all of thesafety concerns,if any,associated with its use.It is theresponsibility of the user of this standard to establish appro-priate safety and health practices and determine the applica-bility of regulatory limitations prior to use.2.Referenced Documents2.1 ASTM Standards:2D1129 Terminology Relating to WaterD4439 Terminology for GeosyntheticsD4448 Guide for Sampling Ground-Water Monitoring WellsD4547 Guide for Sampling Waste and Soils for VolatileOrganic CompoundsD4646 Test Method for 24-h Batch-Type Measurement ofContaminant Sorption by Soils and SedimentsD4790 Terminology of Aromatic Hydrocarbons and RelatedChemicalsD4874 Test Method for Leaching Solid Material in a Col-umn ApparatusD5120 Test Method for Inhibition of Respiration in Micro-bial Cultures in the Activated Sludge ProcessD5231 Test Method for Determination of the Compositionof Unprocessed Municipal Solid WasteD5285 Test Method for 24-Hour Batch-Type Measurementof Volatile Organic Sorption by Soils and Sediments(Withdrawn 2008)3D5368 Test Methods for Gravimetric Determination of TotalSolvent Extractable Content(TSEC)of Solid WasteSamplesD5369 Practice for Extraction of Solid Waste Samples forChemical Analysis Using Soxhlet ExtractionD5468 Test Method for Gross Calorific and Ash Value ofWaste MaterialsD5660 Test Method for Assessing the Microbial Detoxifica-tion of Chemically Contaminated Water and Soil Using aToxicity Test with a Luminescent Marine BacteriumD5679 Practice for Sampling Consolidated Solids in Drumsor Similar ContainersD5680 Practice for Sampling Unconsolidated Solids inDrums or Similar ContainersD5743 Practice for Sampling Single or MultilayeredLiquids,With or Without Solids,in Drums or SimilarContainersD5744 Test Method for Laboratory Weathering of SolidMaterials Using a Humidity CellD5745 Guide for Developing and Implementing Short-TermMeasures or Early Actions for Site RemediationD5746 Classification of Environmental Condition of Prop-erty Area Types for Defense Base Closure and Realign-ment FacilitiesD5759 Guide for Characterization of Coal Fly Ash andClean Coal Combustion Fly Ash for Potential UsesD5792 Practice for Generation of Environmental Data Re-lated to Waste Management Activities:Development ofData Quality ObjectivesD5956 Guide for Sampling Strategies for HeterogeneousWastesD6008 Practice for Conducting Environmental Baseline Sur-veysD6044 Guide for Representative Sampling for Managementof Waste and Contaminated MediaD6051 Guide for Composite Sampling and Field Subsam-pling for Environmental Waste Management Activities1This terminology is under the jurisdiction of ASTM Committee D34 on WasteManagement and is the direct responsibility of Subcommittee D34.94 on Terminol-ogy.Current edition approved Feb.1,2013.Published February 2013.Originallyapproved in 1995.Last previous edition approved in 2009 as D5681 09.DOI:10.1520/D5681-13.2For referenced ASTM standards,visit the ASTM website,www.astm.org,orcontact ASTM Customer Service at serviceastm.org.For Annual Book of ASTMStandards volume information,refer to the standards Document Summary page onthe ASTM website.3The last approved version of this historical standard is referenced onwww.astm.org.Copyright ASTM International,100 Barr Harbor Drive,PO Box C700,West Conshohocken,PA 19428-2959.United States1 D6063 Guide for Sampling of Drums and Similar Containersby Field PersonnelD6250 Practice for Derivation of Decision Point and Confi-dence Limit for Statistical Testing of Mean Concentrationin Waste Management DecisionsD6270 Practice for Use of Scrap Tires in Civil EngineeringApplicationsD6311 Guide for Generation of Environmental Data Relatedto Waste Management Activities:Selection and Optimiza-tion of Sampling DesignD6323 Guide for Laboratory Subsampling of Media Relatedto Waste Management ActivitiesD6346 Guide for Accepting,Segregating and PackagingMaterials Collected Through Household Hazardous WasteProgramsD6538 Guide for Sampling Wastewater With AutomaticSamplersD6582 Guide for Ranked Set Sampling:Efficient Estimationof a Mean Concentration in Environmenta