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K020 RCRA waste code Toxic heavy residue from making PVC monomer.

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K020, Heavy distillation residue from making vinyl chloride.

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    Heavy distillation residue from making vinyl chloride

Industry: Organic chemicals.

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Toxic K-listed waste from organic chemical plants. Heavy ends from distilling vinyl chloride during vinyl chloride monomer production.

Is K020 hazardous waste?

Yes. K020 is nonacute hazardous waste when your waste comes from the named process and stream. The federal table gives it hazard code (T), for toxicity.

A K listing follows how and where the waste arose, not a concentration test. A test may add a characteristic code, but it doesn't remove this listing.

On a required hazardous waste manifest, put K020 in Item 13. Check the VSQG exemptions and empty-container rules too.

What does K020 cover?

This listing covers heavy ends from distilling vinyl chloride in vinyl chloride monomer production. The waste form and the source process must both match this listing. Chemical content alone isn't enough.

Hazard code
(T), toxicity
Industry
Organic chemicals

Is vinyl chloride distillation heavy ends always K020?

CodeWhen it fits
K020It is heavy ends from distilling vinyl chloride in vinyl chloride monomer production.
K019It is heavy ends from distilling ethylene dichloride in ethylene dichloride production.
K018It is heavy ends from the fractionation column in ethyl chloride production.

The industry, production step and waste form tell these K listings apart, not chemical content. The rows show nearby listed streams, not every code that could apply. Add any characteristic or other listing that also fits, because a waste can carry several federal codes.

Which codes sit beside K020?

CodeWhat it is
K015Bottom distillation residue from benzyl chloride
K016Heavy distillation residue from making carbon tetrachloride
K017Heavy purification residue from making epichlorohydrin
K021Spent antimony catalyst liquid from making fluoromethanes
K022Distillation tar from making phenol and acetone
K023Light distillation fractions from making phthalic anhydride from naphthalene
K024Bottom residue from making phthalic anhydride from naphthalene
K025Bottom distillation residue from making nitrobenzene

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