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K088 federal waste code Worn carbon & brick pot linings from aluminum smelters.

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K088, Spent aluminum-smelting cell liners.

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    Spent aluminum-smelting cell liners

Use K088 only when the waste stream and named Schedule 12 industry process both match.

Federal K code for spent potliners from primary aluminum reduction. These are the cell linings of aluminum smelters.

Is Federal K088 hazardous waste?

Yes, if the listing and federal definition apply. K088 is the federal listing for spent aluminum-smelting cell liners. 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. Follow the movement rules and exclusions.

What does Federal K088 cover?

Spent potliners from primary aluminum reduction. The waste form and its generating step must both match, so a similar material from another operation isn't K088.

Official wording
Spent potliners from primary aluminum reduction.

Is spent aluminum-smelting cell liners always Federal K088?

CodeWhen it fits
K088It is spent aluminum-smelting cell liners from the named Schedule 12 process.

Decide from where the material came from, how it was used, what is in it and the test results. A shared chemical or process word doesn't make 2 codes interchangeable. The full listed condition and any federal exclusion still decide.

Which codes sit beside Federal K088?

CodeWhat it is
K062Spent steel-finishing acid bath liquid
K064Copper-production acid-plant blowdown sludge
K065Primary lead-smelter surface-impoundment solids
K066Primary zinc process-water and acid-plant sludge
K090Ferrochromium-silicon emission-control dust or sludge
K091Ferrochromium emission-control dust or sludge
K069Secondary lead-smelter emission-control dust and sludge
K100Secondary lead-smelter dust-leaching liquid