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
- Source Emission Methods
- Source Continuous Emission Monitoring Performance Specifications
- Ambient Monitoring Methods
- Mobile Source Methods
- Radiation Methods
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
Research and Development
- Biological & Microbiological Methods, Chemical Methods
- Endocrine Disruptors
- Models, Methods and Databases
- Standardized Analytical Methods for Environmental Restoration Following Homeland Security Events (PDF) (266 pp, 10.15MB)
- Recently Developed Methods
- The Manual of Manuals: Laboratory Analytical Chemistry Methods Manuals
- Drinking Water Methods and Marine Water Methods (NERL)
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
- National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health methods
- Occupational Safety and Health Administration methods
- National Environmental Methods Index (primarily water)
Analytical Methods sold by non-EPA, non-governmental organizations
- Standard Methods for the Examination of Water and Wastewater
- AOAC International Official Methods of Analysis, 18th Edition
- ASTM International
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