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K045 federal waste code Used carbon filter that treated explosives-contaminated water.

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K045, Spent carbon from explosives wastewater treatment.

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    Spent carbon from explosives wastewater treatment

Use K045 only when the waste stream and named Schedule 12 industry process both match.

Spent carbon from treating wastewater that contains explosives. A federal K source code for explosives plants.

Is Federal K045 hazardous waste?

Yes, if the listing and federal definition apply. Federal K045 is the federal listing for spent carbon from explosives wastewater treatment. The source, composition, concentration or test condition must match, and the exclusions in SOR/2021-25 still apply.

On a federally regulated international shipment, the applicant enters the waste classification in the waste-line details of the federal notification in CNMTS. The movement rules and exclusions apply.

What does Federal K045 cover?

Discarded spent carbon from the treatment of wastewater containing explosives. Both the waste form and its named generating step must match. A similar material from another operation isn't K045.

Official wording
Spent carbon from the treatment of wastewater containing explosives.

Is spent carbon from explosives wastewater treatment always Federal K045?

CodeWhen it fits
K045The waste is spent carbon from explosives wastewater treatment from the named Schedule 12 process.

Decide between these entries from the material's real origin, use, composition and test results. A shared chemical or process word doesn't make the codes interchangeable. The full listed condition and any federal exclusion still govern.

Which codes sit beside Federal K045?

CodeWhat it is
K126Ethylenebisdithiocarbamate packaging dust and sweepings
K131Methyl bromide reactor water and spent sulphuric acid
K132Methyl bromide absorbent and separator solids
K044Explosives manufacturing wastewater sludge
K046Lead-based initiator manufacturing wastewater sludge
K047TNT production pink and red wastewater
K048Refinery dissolved-air flotation skimmings
K049Refinery oily emulsion solids