EPA HAZARDOUS WASTE NUMBERS
FOR WASTE STREAMS COMMONLY GENERATED
BY SMALL QUANTITY GENERATORS
The Environmental -Protection Agency recognizes that generators of small quantities
of hazardous waste, many of which are small businesses, may not be familiar with the
manner in which hazardous waste materials are identified in the Code of Federal
Regulations. This insert has been assembled in order to aid small quantity generators
in determining for their wastes the EPA Hazardous Waste Numbers that are needed to
complete the "Notification of Hazardous Waste Activity", Form 8700-12.
This insert is composed of two tables. Table 1 lists eighteen general industry
categories that contain small quantity generators. For each of these categories,
commonly generated hazardous waste streams are identified. Table 2 lists EPA
Hazardous Waste Numbers for each waste stream identified in Table 1.
To Use This Insert:
1. Locate your industry in Table 1 to identify the waste
streams common to your activities.
2. Find each of your waste streams in Table 2, and review
the more detailed descriptions of typical wastes to
determine which waste streams actually result from your
activities,
3. If you determine that a waste stream does apply to you,
report the 4-digit EPA Hazardous Waste Number in Item IX of
Form 8700-12, "Notification of Hazardous Waste Activity".
The specific instructions for completing Item IX (Description of Hazardous Wastes)
of the notification form are included in the notification package. You should note,
however, that specific Hazardous Waste Numbers beginning with:
• "F" should be entered in Item IX, Section A;
• "K" should be entered in Item IX, Section B;
• "P" or "U" should be entered in Item IX,
Section C; and,
• "D" should be entered in Item IX, Section E.
The industries and waste streams described here do not provide a comprehensive list,
but rather serve as a guide to potential small quantity generators in determining which
of their wastes, if any, are hazardous. Except for the pesticide category, this insert
does not include EPA Hazardous Waste Numbers for commercial chemical products that are
hazardous when discarded unused. These chemicals and their EPA Hazardous Waste Numbers
are listed in 40 CFR 261.33.
If the specific Hazardous Waste Number that should be applied to your waste stream
is unclear, please refer to 40 CFR Part 261, reprinted in the notification package. In
those cases where more than one Hazardous Waste Number is applicable, all should be
used. If you have any questions, or if you are unable to determine the proper EPA
Hazardous Waste Numbers for your wastes, contact your state hazardous waste management
agency as listed in the notification package, or the RCRA/Superfund Hotline at
1-800-424-9346.
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TABLE 1
TYPICAL WASTE STREAMS PRODUCED BY SMALL QUANTITY GENERATORS
Industry
Waste Streams
Laboratories
Printing and
Allied Industries
Pesticide End Users
and Application Services
Construction
Equipment Repair
Furniture/Wood
Manufacturing & Refinishing
Other Manufacturing:
1) Textiles
2) Plastics
3) Leather
Laundries and
Dry Cleaners
Educational and
Vocational Shops
Acids/Bases
Heavy MetaIs/Inorganics
Ignitable Wastes
Reactives
Solvents
Acids/Bases
Heavy Metals/Inorganics
Ink Sludges
Spent Plating Wastes
Solvents
Heavy MetaIs/Inorganics
Pesticides
Solvents
Acids/Bases
Ignitable Wastes
Solvents
Acids/Bases
Ignitable Wastes
Lead Acid Batteries
Solvents
Ignitable Wastes
Solvents
Heavy MetaIs/Inorganics
Solvents
Industry
Waste Streams
Vehicle Maintenance
Wood Preserving
Motor Freight Terminals
and Railroad Transportation
Funeral Services
Metal Manufacturing
Chemical Manufacturers
Dry Cleaning
Residues
Solvents
F i 11 ra t i on
Bui Id ing Cleaning
and Maintenance
Acids/Bases
Ignitable Wastes
Pesticides
Reactives
Solvents
Acids/Bases
Solvents
Cleaning Agents & Cosmetics
Formulators
Acids/Bases
Heavy MetaIs/Inorganics
Igni table Wastes
Lead Acid Batteries
Solvents
Preservi.ng Agents
Acids/Bases
Heavy MetaIs/Inorganics
Igni table Wastes
Lead Acid Batteries
Solvents
Solvents
(FormaIdhyde)
Acids/Bases
Cyanide Wastes
Heavy Metals/Inorganics
Igni table Wastes
Reactives
Solvents
Spent Plating Wastes
Acids/Bases
Cyanide Wastes
Heavy MetaIs/Inorganics
Ignitable Wastes
Reactives
Solvents
Acids/Bases
Heavy MetaIs/Inorganics
Ignitable Wastes
Pesticides
Solvents
Acids/Bases
Cyanide Wastes
Heavy MetaIs/Inorganics
Ignitable Wastes
Pesticides
Reactives
Solvents
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TABLE 2
TYPICAL WASTE STREAMS
AND EPA HAZARDOUS WASTE NUMBERS
WASTE STREAM EPA HAZARDOUS WASTE NUMBER
ACIDS/BASES:
Acids, bases or mixtures having a pH less than or equal to 2 or greater
than or equal to 12.5, or liquids that corrode steel at a rate greater than
0.25 inches per year, are considered to be corrosive (for a complete
description of corrosive wastes, see 40 CFR 261.22, Characteristic of
corrosivity). All corrosive materials and solutions have the EPA Hazardous
Waste Number of D002. The following are some of the more commonly used
corrosives:
Acetic Acid
Ammonium Hydroxide
Chromic Acid
Hydrobromic Acid
Hydrochloric Acid
Hydrofluoric Acid
Nitric Acid
01 eura
Perchloric Acid
Phosphoric Acid
Potassium Hydroxide
Sodium Hydroxide
SuIfuric Acid
DRY CLEANING FILTRATION RESIDUES:
Cooked powder residue (perchloroethylene plants only), still residues and
spent cartridge filters containing perchloroethylene or valclene are hazardous
and have an EPA Hazardous Waste Number of F002.
Still residues containing petroleum solvents with a flash point less than
140°F are also considered hazardous, and have an EPA Hazardous Waste Number of
D001.
HEAVY METALS/INORGANICS:
Heavy metals and other inorganic waste materials exhibit the
characteristic of EP Toxicity and are considered hazardous if the extract from
a representative sample of the waste has any of the specific constituent
concentrations as shown in 40 CFR 261.24, Table 1. This may include dusts,
solutions, wastewater treatment sludges, paint wastes, waste inks and other
such materials which contain heavy Imetals/inorganics (note that wastewater
treatment sludges from electroplating operations containing nickel and
cyanide, are identified as F006). 'The following are EP Toxic:
Arsenic
Barium
Cadmium
Chromium
Lead
Mercury
Selenium
Silver
D004
D005
D006
D007
D008
D009
D010
D011
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