Q7 federal reason code Spoiled acids, solvents & tempering salts that have lost their strength.
- Free, no account
- Based on SOR/2021-25 and official ECCC guidance
- Nothing is stored
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Q7, Substances.
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Substances
Use Q7 when the principal reason is substances.
ComplyOnSiteWhere does Federal reason Q7 go on the federal notification?
In the waste classification details. Federal reason Q7 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 Q7 cover?
This value records substances that no longer perform satisfactorily 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
- Substances that no longer perform satisfactorily (e.g., contaminated acids, contaminated solvents, exhausted tempering salts).
- Rule
- SOR/2021-25
Is a substance that no longer performs satisfactorily Federal reason Q7?
| Code | When it fits |
|---|---|
| Q7 | The substance no longer performs satisfactorily, such as a contaminated acid or solvent or an exhausted tempering salt. |
Q7 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 Q7?
| Code | What it is |
|---|---|
| Q3 | Products whose date for appropriate use has expired |
| Q4 | Material |
| Q5 | Material |
| Q6 | Unusable parts (e.g., rejected batteries, exhausted catalysts) |
| Q8 | Residues from industrial processes (e.g., slags, still bottoms) |
| Q9 | Residues from pollution abatement processes |
| Q10 | Machining or finishing residues (e.g., lathe turning, mill scales) |
| Q11 | Residues from raw material processing (e.g., mining residues, oil field slop) |