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A101 federal activity code Growing crops on farms & in orchards.

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A101, Cultivation.

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    Cultivation

Use A101 when cultivation generated most of the material.

Cultivation means growing crops on farms and in orchards, one of the farming activities in the federal A codes.

Where does Federal activity A101 go on the federal notification?

In the waste classification details. A101 describes a waste or recyclable line on the federal notification. It records the activity that made the waste, and doesn't decide whether it is hazardous.

For federally regulated international shipments, the applicant records the waste classification in the waste-line details of the federal notification in CNMTS. The movement rules and exclusions apply.

What does Federal activity A101 cover?

This value records cultivation as the generating activity. Choose it from the activity, reason, physical state or intended operation reported for the waste line, not from the waste name alone.

Official wording
Cultivation

Is cultivation always Federal activity A101?

CodeWhen it fits
A101The activity that generated most of the material was cultivation.

A101 records the activity that generated most of the material. It doesn't name the destination operation or decide hazard status.

Which codes sit beside Federal activity A101?

CodeWhat it is
A100Agriculture and forest management
A102Animal husbandry
A103Forest management and forest exploitation (lumbering)
A110Animal and vegetable products from the food sector
A111Meat industry, slaughterhouses and butchery
A112Dairy industry
A113Animal and vegetable oil and grease industry
A114Sugar industry