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K038 RCRA waste code Toxic wash water from an insecticide plant.

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K038, Wash and stripping water from making the insecticide phorate.

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    Wash and stripping water from making the insecticide phorate

Industry: Pesticides.

Toxic K-listed waste from pesticide plants. Wastewater from washing and stripping during phorate production.

Is K038 hazardous waste?

Yes. K038 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 K038 in Item 13. Check the VSQG exemptions and empty-container rules too.

What does K038 cover?

This listing covers wastewater from the washing and stripping of phorate production. The waste form and the source process must both match this listing. Chemical content alone isn't enough.

Hazard code
(T), toxicity
Industry
Pesticides

Is phorate wash and stripping water always K038?

CodeWhen it fits
K038It is wastewater from the washing and stripping of phorate production.
K039It is filter cake from filtering diethylphosphorodithioic acid while producing phorate.
K040It is wastewater treatment sludge from producing phorate.

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 K038?

CodeWhat it is
K033Chlorination wastewater and scrub water from making chlordane insecticide
K034Filter solids from making the insecticide chlordane
K035Wastewater sludge from making creosote
K036Toluene-recovery residue from making the insecticide disulfoton
K037Wastewater sludge from making the insecticide disulfoton
K041Wastewater sludge from making the insecticide toxaphene
K042Residues from making the herbicide 2,4,5-T
K0432,6-dichlorophenol waste from making the herbicide 2,4-D