Q2 federal reason code Batches that missed their product specification.
- Free, no account
- Based on SOR/2021-25 and official ECCC guidance
- Nothing is stored
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Q2, Off-specification products.
IWIC Q reason codes
Off-specification products
Use Q2 when the principal reason is off-specification products.
ComplyOnSiteWhere does Federal reason Q2 go on the federal notification?
In the waste classification details. Federal reason Q2 describes a waste or recyclable line on the federal notification. It records the reason for disposal or recycling, and doesn't decide whether the material is hazardous.
On federally regulated international shipments, the applicant enters the waste classification in the waste-line details of the federal notification in CNMTS. The movement rules and exclusions still apply.
What does Federal reason Q2 cover?
This value records off-specification products as the reason for disposal or recycling. Choose it from the activity, reason, physical state or intended operation on that waste line, not from the waste name alone.
- Official wording
- Off-specification products.
- Rule
- SOR/2021-25
Is an off-specification product Federal reason Q2?
| Code | When it fits |
|---|---|
| Q2 | The product is being discarded or recovered because it is off specification. |
Q2 records why the material is going for disposal or recycling. It doesn't name the activity that made it or its hazard.
Which codes sit beside Federal reason Q2?
| Code | What it is |
|---|---|
| Q1 | Production residues that are not otherwise specified in this Part |
| Q3 | Products whose date for appropriate use has expired |
| Q4 | Material |
| Q5 | Material |
| Q6 | Unusable parts (e.g., rejected batteries, exhausted catalysts) |
| Q7 | Substances |
| Q8 | Residues from industrial processes (e.g., slags, still bottoms) |
| Q9 | Residues from pollution abatement processes |