Designation:D4844−16StandardGuideforAirMonitoringatWasteManagementFacilitiesforWorkerProtection1ThisstandardisissuedunderthefixeddesignationD4844;thenumberimmediatelyfollowingthedesignationindicatestheyearoforiginaladoptionor,inthecaseofrevision,theyearoflastrevision.Anumberinparenthesesindicatestheyearoflastreapproval.Asuperscriptepsilon(´)indicatesaneditorialchangesincethelastrevisionorreapproval.1.Scope1.1Thisguideisintendedtoprovideastandardizedap-proachforestablishingandcarryingoutanairmonitoringprogramtoprotectworkersatwastemanagementfacilities.Thisguidemayapplytoroutineoperationsatanactivetreatment,storage,ordisposalsiteortheextraordinarycondi-tionsthatcanbeencounteredinopeningandcleaninguparemedialactionsite.1.2Theusershallunderstandthatitisimpossibletopredictalltheissuesthatcouldariseatawastemanagementfacilityduetohazardousairborneemissions.Althoughaircontaminantmeasurementsobtainedinaccordancewiththisguidemayindicateacceptableortolerablelevelsoftoxicagentsarepresent,careandjudgmentmuststillbeexercisedbeforeconcludingthatallatmosphericcontaminantsatthesiteareundercontrolandthatareasonablesafeworkenvironmentexists.2.ReferencedDocuments2.1ASTMStandards:2D1356TerminologyRelatingtoSamplingandAnalysisofAtmospheresD1605PracticesforSamplingAtmospheresforAnalysisofGasesandVapors(Withdrawn1992)3D2820TestMethodforCThroughCHydrocarbonsintheAtmospherebyGasChromatography(Withdrawn1993)3D2913TestMethodforMercaptanContentoftheAtmo-sphereD3162TestMethodforCarbonMonoxideintheAtmo-sphere(ContinuousMeasurementbyNondispersiveInfra-redSpectrometry)D3249PracticeforGeneralAmbientAirAnalyzerProce-duresD3269TestMethodsforAnalysisforFluorideContentoftheAtmosphereandPlantTissues(ManualProcedures)(Withdrawn2010)3D3413TestMethodforLead(Inorganic)inWorkplaceAtmospheresbyAtomicAbsorptionSpectrometry(With-drawn1989)3D3449TestMethodforSulfurDioxideinWorkplaceAtmo-spheres(BariumPerchlorateMethod)(Withdrawn1989)3D3476TestMethodforbis(Chloromethyl)Ether(bisCME)inWorkplaceAtmospheres(GasC...
