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Industry and EPA Hazardous Waste No.
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Hazardous Waste
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Hazard Code
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Generic:
F001
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The following spent halogenated solvents used in degreasing:
Tetrachlorethylene, trichloroethylene, methylene chloride,
1,1,1-trichloroethane, carbon tetrachloride, and chlorinated
fluorocarbons; all spent solvent mixtures/blends used in degreasing
containing, before use, a total of ten percent or more (by volume)
of one or more of the above halogenated solvents or those solvents
listed in F002, F004, and F005; and still bottoms from the recovery
of these spent solvents and spent solvent mixtures. |
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F002 |
The following spent halogenated solvents: Tetrachloroethylene,
methylene chloride, trichloroethylene, 1,1,1-trichloroethane,
chlorobenzene, 1,1,2-trichloro- 1,2,2-trifluoroethane,
ortho-dichlorobenzene, trichlorofluoromethane, and
1,1,2-trichloroethane; all spent solvent mixtures/blends containing,
before use, a total of ten percent or more (by volume) of one or
more of the above halogenated solvents or those listed in F001,
F004, or F005; and still bottoms from the recovery of these spent
solvents and spent solvent mixtures. |
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F003 |
The following spent non-halogenated solvents: Xylene, acetone,
ethyl acetate, ethyl benzene, ethyl ether, methyl isobutyl ketone,
n-butyl alcohol, cyclohexanone, and methanol; all spent solvent
mixtures/blends containing, before use, only the above spent
non-halogenated solvent; and all spent solvent mixtures/blends
containing, before use, one or more of the above non-halogenated
solvents, and, a total of ten percent or more (by volume) of one or
more of those solvents listed in F001, F002, F004, and F005; and
still bottoms from the recovery of these spent solvents and spent
solvent mixtures. |
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F004 |
The following spent non-halogenated solvents: Cresols and cresylic
acid, and nitrobenzene; all spent solvent mixtures/blends
containing, before use, a total of ten percent or more (by volume)
of one or more of the above non-halogenated solvents or those
solvents listed in F001, F002, and F005; and still bottoms from the
recovery of these spent solvents and spent solvent mixtures. |
(T) |
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F005 |
The following spent non-halogenated solvents: Toluene, methyl
ethyl ketone, carbon disulfide, isobutanol, pyridine, benzene,
2-ethoxyethanol, and 2-nitropropane; all spent solvent
mixtures/blends containing, before use, a total of ten percent or
more (by volume) of one or more of the above non-halogenated
solvents or those solvents listed in F001, F002, or F004; and still
bottoms from the recovery of these spent solvents and spent solvent
mixtures. |
(I,T) |
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F006 |
Wastewater treatment sludges from electroplating operations except
from the following processes: (1) Sulfuric acid anodizing of
aluminum; (2) tin plating on carbon steel; (3)zinc plating
(segregated basis) on carbon steel; (4) aluminum or zinc-aluminum
plating on carbon steel; (5) cleaning/stripping associated with tin,
zinc and aluminum plating on carbon steel; and (6) chemical etching
and milling of aluminum. |
(T) |
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F007 |
Spent cyanide plating bath solutions from electroplating
operations. |
(R,T) |
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F008 |
Plating bath residues from the bottom of plating baths from
electroplating operations where cyanides are used in the process. |
(R,T) |
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F009 |
Spent stripping and cleaning bath solutions from electroplating
operations where cyanides are used in the process.
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(R,T) |
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F010 |
Quenching bath residues from oil baths from metal heat treating
operations where cyanides are used in the process. |
(R,T) |
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F011 |
Spent cyanide solutions from salt bath pot cleaning from metal
heat treating operations. |
(R,T) |
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F012 |
Quenching waste water treatment sludges from metal heat treating
operations where cyanides are used in the process. |
(T) |
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F019 |
Wastewater treatment sludges from the chemical conversion coating
of aluminum except from zirconium phosphating in aluminum can
washing when such phosphating is an exclusive conversion coating
process. |
(T) |
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F020 |
Wastes (except wastewater and spent carbon from hydrogen chloride
purification) from the production or manufacturing use (as a
reactant, chemical intermediate, or component in a formulating
process) of tri- or tetrachlorophenol, or of intermediates used to
produce their pesticide derivatives. (This listing does not include
wastes from the production of Hexachlorophene from highly purified
2,4,5-trichlorophenol). |
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F021 |
Wastes (except wastewater and spent carbon from hydrogen chloride
purification) from the manufacturing use (as a reactant, chemical
intermediate, or component in a formulating process) of
pentachlorophenol, or of intermediates used to produce its
derivatives. |
(H) |
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F022 |
Wastes (except wastewater and spent carbon from hydrogen chloride
purification) from the manufacturing use (as a reactant, chemical
intermediate, or component in a formulating process) of tetra-,
penta-, or hexachlorobenzenes under alkaline conditions). |
(H) |
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F023 |
Wastes (except wastewater and spent carbon from hydrogen chloride
purification) from the production of materials on equipment
previously used for the production or manufacturing use (as a
reactant, chemical intermediate, or component in a formulating
process) of tri- and tetrachlorophenols. (This listing does not
include wastes from equipment used only for the production or use of
Hexachlorophene from highly purified 2,4,5-trichlorophenol). |
(H) |
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F024 |
Process wastes, including but not limited to, distillation
residues, heavy ends, tars, and reactor clean-out wastes, from the
production of certain chlorinated aliphatic hydrocarbons by free
radical catalyzed processes. These chlorinated aliphatic
hydrocarbons are those having carbon chain lengths ranging from one
to and including five, with varying amounts and positions of
chlorine substitution. (This listing does not include wastewaters,
wastewater treatment sludges, spent catalysts, and wastes listed in
ß261.31 or ß261.32. |
(T) |
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F025 |
Condensed light ends, spent filters and filter aids, and spent
desiccant wastes from the production of certain chlorinated
aliphatic hydrocarbons, by free radical catalyzed processes. These
chlorinated aliphatic hydrocarbons are those having carbon chain
lengths ranging from one to and including five, with varying amounts
and positions of chlorine substitution. |
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F026 |
Wastes (except wastewater and spent carbon from hydrogen chloride
purification) from the production of materials on equipment
previously used for the manufacturing use (as a reactant, chemical
intermediate, or component in a formulating process) of tetra-,
penta-, or hexachlorobenzene under alkaline conditions. |
(H) |
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F027 |
Discarded unused formulations containing tri-, tetra-, or
pentachlorophenol or discarded unused formulations containing
compounds derived from these chlorophenols. (This listing does not
include formulations containing Hexachlorophene synthesized from
prepurified 2,4-5-trichlorophenol as the sole component). |
(H) |
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F028 |
Residues resulting from the incineration or thermal treatment of
soil contaminated with EPA Hazardous Waste Nos. F020, F021, F022,
F023, F026 and F027. |
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F032 |
Wastewaters (except those that have not come into contact with
process contaminants), process residuals, preservative drippage, and
spent formulations from wood preserving processes generated at
plants that currently use or have previously used chlorophenolic
formulations (except potentially cross-contaminated wastes that have
had the F032 waste code deleted in accordance with ß261.35 of this
chapter or potentially cross-contaminated wastes that are otherwise
current regulated has hazardous wastes (i.e. F034 or F035), and
where the generator does not resume or initiate use of
chlorophenolic formulations). This listing does not include K001
bottom sediment sludge from the treatment of wastewater from wood
preserving processes that use creosote and/or pentachlorophenol. |
(T) |
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F034 |
Wastewaters (except those that have not come into contact with
process contaminants), process residuals, preservative drippage, and
spent formulations from wood preserving processes generated at
plants that use creosote formulations. This listing does not include
K001 bottom sediment sludge from the treatment of wastewater from
wood preserving processes that use creosote and/or
pentachlorophenol. |
(T) |
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F035 |
Wastewaters (except those that have not come into contact with
process contaminants), process residuals, preservative drippage, and
spent formulations from wood preserving processes generated at
plants that use inorganic preservatives containing arsenic or
chromium. This listing does not include K001 bottom sediment sludge
from the treatment of wastewater from wood preserving processes that
use creosote and/or pentachlorophenol. |
(T) |
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F037 |
Petroleum refinery primary oil/water/solids separation sludge--Any
sludge generated from the gravitational separation of
oil/water/solids during the storage or treatment of process
wastewaters and oily cooling wastewaters from petroleum refineries.
Such sludges include, but are not limited to, those generated in:
oil/water/solids separators; tanks and impoundments; ditches and
other conveyances; sumps; and stormwater units receiving dry weather
flow. Sludge generated in stormwater units that do not receive dry
weather flow, sludges generated from non-contact once-through
cooling waters segregated for treatment from other process or oily
cooling waters, sludges generated in aggressive biological treatment
units as defined in ß261.31(b)(2) (including sludges generated in
one or more additional units after wastewaters have been treated in
aggressive biological treatment units) and K051 wastes are not
included in this listing. |
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F038 |
Petroleum refinery secondary (emulsified) oil/water/solids
separation sludge--Any sludge and/or float generated from the
physical and/or chemical separation of oil/water/solids in process
wastewaters and oily cooling wastewaters from petroleum refineries.
Such wastes include, but are not limited to, all sludges and floats
generated in: induced air flotation (IAF) units, tanks and
impoundments, and all sludges generated in DAF units. Sludges
generated in stormwater units that do not receive dry weather flow,
sludges generated from non-contact once-through cooling waters
segregated for treatment from other process or oily cooling waters,
sludges and floats generated in aggressive biological treatment
units as defined in ß261.31(b)(2) (including sludges and floats
generated in ore or more additional units after wastewaters have
been treated in aggressive biological treatment units) and F037,
K048, and K051 wastes are not included in this listing. |
(T) |
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F039 |
Leachate (liquids that have percolated through land disposed
wastes) resulting from the disposal of more than one restricted
waste classified as hazardous under subpart D of this part.
(Leachate resulting from the disposal of one or more of the
following EPA Hazardous Wastes and no other Hazardous Wastes retains
its EPA Hazardous Waste Number(s): F020,F021, F022, F026, F027,
and/or F028). |
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