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K159 federal waste code Organic waste left after treating thiocarbamate herbicide waste.

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K159, Organic residue from thiocarbamate-waste treatment.

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    Organic residue from thiocarbamate-waste treatment

Use K159 only when the waste stream and named Schedule 12 industry process both match.

Federal K code for organics from the treatment of thiocarbamate waste. Thiocarbamates are used in herbicides & fungicides.

Is Federal K159 hazardous waste?

Yes, if the listing and federal definition apply. K159 lists organic residue from thiocarbamate-waste treatment. The source, composition, concentration or test condition on record must match, and the exclusions in SOR/2021-25 still apply.

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

What does Federal K159 cover?

Organics from the treatment of thiocarbamate waste. The waste form and the process that made it must both match. A similar material from another operation isn't K159.

Official wording
Organics from the treatment of thiocarbamate waste.

Is organic residue from thiocarbamate-waste treatment always Federal K159?

CodeWhen it fits
K159Organic residue from thiocarbamate-waste treatment from the named Schedule 12 process.

Decide from where the material came from, how it was used, what it contains and what the tests show. Sharing a chemical or process word with the listing isn't enough. The full listed condition and any federal exclusion still decide.

Which codes sit beside Federal K159?

CodeWhat it is
K151Chlorinated toluene and benzoyl chloride wastewater sludge
K156Carbamate and carbamoyl-oxime organic process waste
K157Carbamate and carbamoyl-oxime wastewater
K158Carbamate and carbamoyl-oxime dust and process solids
K161Dithiocarbamate purification solids, dust and sweepings
K071Mercury-cell chlorine brine-purification sludge
K073Graphite-anode chlorine-process chlorinated waste
K106Mercury-cell chlorine-process wastewater sludge