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K022 RCRA waste code Toxic tar left from making phenol & acetone.

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K022, Distillation tar from making phenol and acetone.

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    Distillation tar from making phenol and acetone

Industry: Organic chemicals.

Listed withK-listed waste

Toxic K-listed waste from organic chemical plants. Distillation bottom tars from making phenol and acetone from cumene.

Is K022 hazardous waste?

Yes. K022 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 K022 in Item 13. Check the VSQG exemptions and empty-container rules too.

What does K022 cover?

This listing covers distillation bottom tars from producing phenol/acetone from cumene. 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 phenol/acetone production distillation tar always K022?

CodeWhen it fits
K022It is distillation bottom tars from producing phenol/acetone from cumene.
K023It is distillation light ends from producing phthalic anhydride from naphthalene.
K020It is heavy ends from distilling vinyl chloride in vinyl chloride monomer 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 K022?

CodeWhat it is
K017Heavy purification residue from making epichlorohydrin
K018Heavy fraction from making ethyl chloride
K019Heavy distillation residue from making ethylene dichloride
K021Spent antimony catalyst liquid from making fluoromethanes
K024Bottom residue from making phthalic anhydride from naphthalene
K025Bottom distillation residue from making nitrobenzene
K026Bottom stripping-still residue from making methyl ethyl pyridines
K027Centrifuge and distillation residue from making toluene diisocyanate

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