F009 RCRA waste code Used cyanide stripping & cleaning baths.

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Based on 40 CFR 261.31 and EPA hazardous-waste rules
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F-listed waste
Spent cyanide baths used to strip or clean plated metal

F-list process waste.

Reactive & toxic F-listed waste. Spent cyanide solutions used to strip or clean plated metal, which can release poison gas with acid.

Is F009 hazardous waste?

Yes. F009 is nonacute F-listed hazardous waste when the source process and waste stream match the listing. The federal table gives it hazard code (R, T), meaning reactivity and toxicity.

F009 depends on how and where the waste arose, not on a concentration test alone. A test may add a characteristic code, but it doesn't remove this listing when its conditions are met.

On a required hazardous waste manifest, put F009 in Item 13. See VSQG exemptions and empty-container rules.

What does F009 cover?

F009 covers spent stripping and cleaning bath solutions from electroplating operations from a process that uses cyanide. The waste form and its exact source process must both match, because chemical content alone isn't enough.

Hazard code: (R, T), reactivity and toxicity
Rule: 40 CFR 261.31

Is cyanide stripping or cleaning bath F009 or F010?

Code	When it fits
F009	It is spent stripping and cleaning bath solutions from electroplating operations from a process that uses cyanide.
F010	It is quenching bath residues from oil baths from metal heat treating operations from a process that uses cyanide.
F008	It is plating bath residues from the bottom of plating baths from electroplating operations from a process that uses cyanide.

The operation and the waste form set this listing apart. Chemical content alone doesn't pick an F code. The rows show nearby listed streams, not every code that can apply, so add any characteristic or other listing that fits on its own. One waste can carry more than one federal code.

Which wastes take F009?

Waste	When it’s F009
Cyanide electroplating rinse sludge and bath waste	It is spent cyanide stripping or cleaning-bath solution. Rinsewater sludge is not F009

Which codes sit beside F009?

Code	What it is
F004	Spent cresol, cresylic acid and nitrobenzene solvents
F005	Spent toluene, methyl ethyl ketone (MEK) and related solvents
F006	Wastewater sludge from electroplating
F007	Spent cyanide plating-bath solution
F011	Spent cyanide solution from cleaning heat-treatment salt pots
F012	Wastewater sludge from cyanide metal-quench baths
F019	Wastewater sludge from aluminum conversion coating
F020	Waste from making or manufacturing use of tri- or tetrachlorophenol