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159 Alberta codes, from hazardous waste lists to the disposal operations used to manage each waste.

How are Alberta waste codes identified?

Alberta has industrial categories and AER upstream oilfield codes, and each serves a different waste route.

How is Alberta hazardous waste collected and shipped?

Alberta supplies numbered paper manifest forms. Generators based in Alberta, or a waste broker acting for them, can order the forms. Supplements are available for multiple carriers and multiple consignors.

For a regulated hazardous-waste disposal shipment, the consignor fills in the waste details on the Alberta hazardous waste manifest, the carrier completes Part B and the receiver completes Part C. Hazardous recyclables and dangerous oilfield waste have separate routes, described below.

When is Alberta waste excluded or below the paperwork threshold?

Place	Exclusions, thresholds and applicable routes
Alberta	A waste is hazardous in Alberta only if it has a Schedule 1 property or is listed through Schedule 1, and no Schedule 2 exclusion applies. section 1(v); Schedule 1; Schedule 2 A liquid is ignitable hazardous waste when its tested flash point is 60.5°C or lower. Schedule 1, section 1(a) A waste is corrosive hazardous waste when its tested pH is below 2.0 or above 12.5. Schedule 1, section 1(e) A waste is hazardous for PCBs only where the PCB concentration is at least 50 mg/kg. Schedule 1, section 1(f) A dispersible waste can be hazardous as a toxic leachate where it meets the Alberta User Guide Table 1 or Table 2 limits, or contains more than 0.001 mg/L of the listed chlorinated dioxins or furans. A waste need not be dangerous goods to require Alberta waste paperwork. Schedule 1, section 1(g) Household waste is not hazardous waste while it remains with the householder or remains unsegregated in a municipal waste-management system. The exclusion does not say that segregated commercial or municipal loads are household waste. Schedule 2, section 1(a) A non-Part-B waste is outside Alberta's hazardous-waste rules only when a generator produces less than 5 kg a month as a solid or less than 5 L a month as a liquid and never accumulates more than 5 kg or 5 L at one time. Both conditions must be met. Schedule 2, section 1(g) The small-quantity exclusion does not apply to substances listed in Part B of Table 4 of the Alberta User Guide for Waste Managers. Schedule 2, section 1(g) Agricultural waste generated by a farmer is not hazardous waste under this regulation. section 1(b), (r); Schedule 2, section 1(b) Domestic sewage, biomedical waste and waste regulated under the federal Nuclear Safety and Control Act are not hazardous waste under this regulation. Schedule 2, sections 1(c), 1(d) and 1(f) Emergency spill clean-up waste is excluded only when the Director or an investigator authorizes how the clean-up debris is handled. Schedule 2, section 1(e) Waste resulting from hazardous-waste treatment is excluded only when the treatment method, technique or process represents acceptable industry practice. Schedule 2, section 1(h) Alberta lists approved industry practices for car-wash sump waste, chemically treated wood, coal ash, asbestos, used vehicle oils and filters, mercury lamps and articles, and used oil as dust suppressant. Each practice has its own conditions, and its title alone is not a blanket exclusion. Acceptable industry practices Ordinary demolition debris, concrete, asphalt, glass, ceramics, scrap metal and dry untreated timber can be inert waste only when disposal or reuse is not reasonably expected to cause material physical, chemical or biological change producing an adverse effect. section 1(w.1) Chemically treated timber is not included in the regulation's examples of inert dry timber. Check the chemically treated wood acceptable industry practice and the waste's actual hazardous properties. section 1(w.1); Schedule 1 and Schedule 2, section 1(h) Petroleum-contaminated soil has no general Schedule 2 exclusion. Classify it from its composition and Schedule 1 properties. Use an oilfield route only when it comes from the upstream facilities, wells or pipelines in the oilfield-waste definition. sections 1(cc), 1(hh.1); Schedules 1 and 2 Asbestos is non-hazardous waste in Alberta and must not be put on an Alberta hazardous-waste manifest. It can still need a dangerous-goods shipping document. Transportation of dangerous goods Dangerous oilfield waste stays on the Alberta Energy Regulator route and doesn't use an Alberta hazardous-waste manifest unless it is exported from Alberta. Hazardous waste manifest A recyclable with a Schedule 1 hazardous property is a hazardous recyclable. Recycling changes the regulatory route but doesn't make the material non-hazardous. section 1(t), 1(gg); Schedule 1, sections 1 and 3 Every Schedule 2 hazardous-waste exclusion also applies when the same material is intended for recycling. Schedule 2, section 2 The regulation exempts consignments below 205 L or 205 kg of hazardous recyclables from section 169 of the Act. It does not expressly exempt exactly 205 L or 205 kg. section 17(1) Current Alberta guidance says a recycle docket is required above 205 L or 205 kg. That differs from the regulation's “less than 205” exemption at exactly 205, so confirm the boundary before shipping exactly 205 L or 205 kg. Recycle docket A hazardous recyclable sent to an oilfield waste-management facility is exempt from section 169(b) of the Act. section 17(2) Hazardous waste going to an on-site facility is exempt from the consignor and carrier requirements in sections 188 and 191 of the Act only when the operation complies with the Transportation of Dangerous Goods Regulations. section 4 An empty container contains less than 2.5 cm of residue or less than 3% of its original contents, whichever amount is smaller. section 1(q) A container holding a Part A Table 4 product is listed as hazardous waste only when it is not empty and its internal volume exceeds 5 L, or the aggregate internal volume of several such containers exceeds 5 L. Independently hazardous properties can still apply. Schedule 1, sections 2(c) and 2(d) An unrinsed empty container that held a Part B Table 4 product is listed as hazardous waste when its internal volume exceeds 5 L, or the aggregate internal volume exceeds 5 L. Triple rinsing uses clean suitable solvent equal to 10% of container volume for each rinse, unless the Director accepts an equally effective method. section 1(kk); Schedule 1, sections 2(f) and 2(g) Do not mix or divide hazardous waste to dilute it or avoid the regulation. section 16

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Exclusions, thresholds and applicable routes

Alberta

A waste is hazardous in Alberta only if it has a Schedule 1 property or is listed through Schedule 1, and no Schedule 2 exclusion applies. section 1(v); Schedule 1; Schedule 2 A liquid is ignitable hazardous waste when its tested flash point is 60.5°C or lower. Schedule 1, section 1(a) A waste is corrosive hazardous waste when its tested pH is below 2.0 or above 12.5. Schedule 1, section 1(e) A waste is hazardous for PCBs only where the PCB concentration is at least 50 mg/kg. Schedule 1, section 1(f) A dispersible waste can be hazardous as a toxic leachate where it meets the Alberta User Guide Table 1 or Table 2 limits, or contains more than 0.001 mg/L of the listed chlorinated dioxins or furans. A waste need not be dangerous goods to require Alberta waste paperwork. Schedule 1, section 1(g) Household waste is not hazardous waste while it remains with the householder or remains unsegregated in a municipal waste-management system. The exclusion does not say that segregated commercial or municipal loads are household waste. Schedule 2, section 1(a) A non-Part-B waste is outside Alberta's hazardous-waste rules only when a generator produces less than 5 kg a month as a solid or less than 5 L a month as a liquid and never accumulates more than 5 kg or 5 L at one time. Both conditions must be met. Schedule 2, section 1(g) The small-quantity exclusion does not apply to substances listed in Part B of Table 4 of the Alberta User Guide for Waste Managers. Schedule 2, section 1(g) Agricultural waste generated by a farmer is not hazardous waste under this regulation. section 1(b), (r); Schedule 2, section 1(b) Domestic sewage, biomedical waste and waste regulated under the federal Nuclear Safety and Control Act are not hazardous waste under this regulation. Schedule 2, sections 1(c), 1(d) and 1(f) Emergency spill clean-up waste is excluded only when the Director or an investigator authorizes how the clean-up debris is handled. Schedule 2, section 1(e) Waste resulting from hazardous-waste treatment is excluded only when the treatment method, technique or process represents acceptable industry practice. Schedule 2, section 1(h) Alberta lists approved industry practices for car-wash sump waste, chemically treated wood, coal ash, asbestos, used vehicle oils and filters, mercury lamps and articles, and used oil as dust suppressant. Each practice has its own conditions, and its title alone is not a blanket exclusion. Acceptable industry practices Ordinary demolition debris, concrete, asphalt, glass, ceramics, scrap metal and dry untreated timber can be inert waste only when disposal or reuse is not reasonably expected to cause material physical, chemical or biological change producing an adverse effect. section 1(w.1) Chemically treated timber is not included in the regulation's examples of inert dry timber. Check the chemically treated wood acceptable industry practice and the waste's actual hazardous properties. section 1(w.1); Schedule 1 and Schedule 2, section 1(h) Petroleum-contaminated soil has no general Schedule 2 exclusion. Classify it from its composition and Schedule 1 properties. Use an oilfield route only when it comes from the upstream facilities, wells or pipelines in the oilfield-waste definition. sections 1(cc), 1(hh.1); Schedules 1 and 2 Asbestos is non-hazardous waste in Alberta and must not be put on an Alberta hazardous-waste manifest. It can still need a dangerous-goods shipping document. Transportation of dangerous goods Dangerous oilfield waste stays on the Alberta Energy Regulator route and doesn't use an Alberta hazardous-waste manifest unless it is exported from Alberta. Hazardous waste manifest A recyclable with a Schedule 1 hazardous property is a hazardous recyclable. Recycling changes the regulatory route but doesn't make the material non-hazardous. section 1(t), 1(gg); Schedule 1, sections 1 and 3 Every Schedule 2 hazardous-waste exclusion also applies when the same material is intended for recycling. Schedule 2, section 2 The regulation exempts consignments below 205 L or 205 kg of hazardous recyclables from section 169 of the Act. It does not expressly exempt exactly 205 L or 205 kg. section 17(1) Current Alberta guidance says a recycle docket is required above 205 L or 205 kg. That differs from the regulation's “less than 205” exemption at exactly 205, so confirm the boundary before shipping exactly 205 L or 205 kg. Recycle docket A hazardous recyclable sent to an oilfield waste-management facility is exempt from section 169(b) of the Act. section 17(2) Hazardous waste going to an on-site facility is exempt from the consignor and carrier requirements in sections 188 and 191 of the Act only when the operation complies with the Transportation of Dangerous Goods Regulations. section 4 An empty container contains less than 2.5 cm of residue or less than 3% of its original contents, whichever amount is smaller. section 1(q) A container holding a Part A Table 4 product is listed as hazardous waste only when it is not empty and its internal volume exceeds 5 L, or the aggregate internal volume of several such containers exceeds 5 L. Independently hazardous properties can still apply. Schedule 1, sections 2(c) and 2(d) An unrinsed empty container that held a Part B Table 4 product is listed as hazardous waste when its internal volume exceeds 5 L, or the aggregate internal volume exceeds 5 L. Triple rinsing uses clean suitable solvent equal to 10% of container volume for each rinse, unless the Director accepts an equally effective method. section 1(kk); Schedule 1, sections 2(f) and 2(g) Do not mix or divide hazardous waste to dilute it or avoid the regulation. section 16