K044 RCRA waste code Reactive sludge from treating wastewater at an explosives plant.

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Based on 40 CFR 261.32 and EPA hazardous-waste rules
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K-listed waste
Wastewater sludge from making or processing explosives

Industry: Explosives.

Reactive K-listed waste from explosives plants. Wastewater treatment sludges from making and processing explosives.

Is K044 hazardous waste?

Yes. K044 is nonacute K-listed hazardous waste when the waste comes from the named process and matches the named stream. The federal table gives it hazard code (R), reactivity.

A K listing depends on where and how the waste was made, not on a test result alone. A test may add a characteristic code, but it doesn't remove the listing.

On a required hazardous waste manifest, put K044 in Item 13. Check the VSQG exemptions and empty-container rules too.

What does K044 cover?

Sludge from treating wastewater at plants that make or process explosives. The waste form and the exact source process must both match. Chemical content alone is not enough.

Hazard code: (R), reactivity
Industry: Explosives
Rule: 40 CFR 261.32

Is explosives wastewater sludge always K044?

Code	When it fits
K044	Wastewater treatment sludges from the manufacturing and processing of explosives.
K046	Wastewater treatment sludges from the manufacturing, formulation and loading of lead-based initiating compounds.
K045	Spent carbon from treating wastewater containing explosives.

The industry, production step and waste form tell these K listings apart, not the chemicals in the waste. The rows above are only the nearby listed streams, so also add any characteristic or other listing that fits. One waste can carry more than one federal code.

Which wastes take K044?

Waste	When it’s K044
Explosives wastewater sludge	It is wastewater treatment sludge from manufacturing or processing explosives

Which codes sit beside K044?

Code	What it is
K039	Filter cake from making the insecticide phorate
K040	Wastewater sludge from making the insecticide phorate
K041	Wastewater sludge from making the insecticide toxaphene
K042	Residues from making the herbicide 2,4,5-T
K043	2,6-dichlorophenol waste from making the herbicide 2,4-D
K047	Pink or red wastewater from TNT operations
K048	Float from dissolved-air flotation at a petroleum refinery
K049	Slop-oil emulsion solids from a petroleum refinery