Toxicity Characteristic Leaching Procedure

{
  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-028403",
  "term": "Toxicity Characteristic Leaching Procedure",
  "field": "Environment",
  "definition": "1. A test designed to determine whether a waste is hazardous or requires treatment to become less hazardous; also can be used to monitor treatment techniques for effectiveness.\n\n2. The TCLP is a testing procedure used to identify the toxicity of wastes and is the most commonly used test for degree of mobilization offered by a solidification and stabilization process. Under this procedure, a waste is subjected to a process designed to model the leaching effects that would occur if the waste was disposed of in a RCRA Subtitle D municipal landfill.\n\n3. Analytic test method used to measure compliance with the metal treatment standards.\n\n4. A lab procedure designed to predict whether a particular waste is likely to leach chemicals into ground water at dangerous levels.\n\n5. EPA Method 1311",
  "abbreviation": "TCLP",
  "subject": "Land, waste and cleanup",
  "references": [
    "Environmental Issues Terms & Acronyms",
    "Waste and Cleanup Risk Assessment Glossary",
    "Land Disposal Restrictions Glossary",
    "RCRA Orientation Manual 2008 Glossary",
    "Office of Underground Storage Tanks Technical Terms"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/toxicity-characteristic-leaching-procedure/"
}