A501 federal activity code Plants that make raw plastic from chemical feedstock.
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- Based on SOR/2021-25 and official ECCC guidance
- Nothing is stored
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A501, Manufacture of basic plastic material.
IWIC A activity codes
Manufacture of basic plastic material
Use A501 when manufacture of basic plastic material generated most of the material.
ComplyOnSiteWhere does Federal activity A501 go on the federal notification?
In the waste classification details. Federal activity A501 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 enters the waste classification in the waste-line details of the federal notification in CNMTS. Check the movement rules and exclusions.
What does Federal activity A501 cover?
This value means manufacture of basic plastic material. Choose it from the activity, reason, physical state or intended operation reported for the waste line, not from the waste name alone.
- Official wording
- Manufacture of basic plastic material
- Rule
- SOR/2021-25
Is manufacture of basic plastic material Federal activity A501?
| Code | When it fits |
|---|---|
| A501 | Most of the material came from manufacture of basic plastic material. |
A501 records the activity that made most of the material. It doesn't name the destination operation or decide hazard status.
Which codes sit beside Federal activity A501?
| Code | What it is |
|---|---|
| A301 | Chlorine industry |
| A351 | Fertilizer fabrication |
| A401 | Other manufacturing generators of primary inorganic industrial chemicals |
| A451 | Petroleum and coal industry |
| A551 | Other primary organic chemical manufacture |
| A601 | Chemical treatment of fats and fabrication of basic substances for detergents |
| A651 | Fabrication of pharmaceuticals, pesticides, biocides and weed killers |
| A669 | Other manufacture of finished chemicals |