California waste code 513 Empty containers under 30 gallons that still need hazardous handling.

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The container holds less than 30 gallons and still requires hazardous waste management.

Empty containers holding less than 30 gallons that still need hazardous waste handling. Larger ones have their own codes.

Is California code 513 hazardous waste?

Not from the code alone. Waste must first be found hazardous. Code 513 isn't a restricted code, but a restricted category that fits takes priority over it. A code that isn't restricted doesn't make waste non-hazardous.

When a shipment needs the Uniform Hazardous Waste Manifest, enter 513 in Item 13 for the waste line. Use one California code, plus the federal RCRA codes when the waste is federally hazardous.

RCRA waste meets a federal listing or characteristic, with no federal exclusion that applies. Non-RCRA waste is hazardous under California rules only. California presumes hazardous waste is RCRA unless the generator shows it isn't, so keep that determination.

What does California code 513 cover?

This code is for containers under 30 gallons that still need hazardous waste management after the empty-container rules are applied. Capacity doesn't replace the residue, former-contents and handling conditions that decide whether a container is exempt in the first place.

Capacity: Less than 30 gallons
Empty-container rule: 22 CCR 66261.7
Official wording: 22 CCR division 4.5, chapter 11, Appendix XII(b)

Is a discarded container California code 513?

Code	When it fits
513	The emptied container is under 30 gallons and still requires hazardous waste management.
511	The emptied container held pesticide, has capacity of at least 30 gallons and is not exempt.
512	The emptied container held material other than pesticide, has capacity of at least 30 gallons and is not exempt.
Empty-container exemption	The container meets every applicable residue, former-contents and management condition in the empty-container rule.

No pourable residue may remain in any orientation, and normal physical methods must remove nonpourable residue. Containers that held acute or extremely hazardous material need triple rinsing or an approved equivalent. Absorbed contamination can prevent exemption. Assess the California exemption and federal empty-container status separately.

Which wastes take California code 513?

Waste	When it’s 513
Empty container under 30 gallons	The emptied container has capacity below 30 gallons and remains non-exempt hazardous waste
Empty paint and chemical cans up to 5 gallons	The emptied paint can has capacity below 30 gallons and remains non-exempt hazardous waste

Which codes sit beside California code 513?

Code	What it is
521	Mud from drilling
531	Chemical toilet waste
541	Photographic processing chemicals
551	Discarded laboratory chemicals
561	Discarded detergent or soap
571	Fly, bottom or retort ash
581	Waste from a gas scrubber
591	Dust collected by a baghouse