K046 RCRA waste code Toxic sludge from making detonator chemicals.
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K046, Wastewater sludge from making or loading lead-based explosive initiators.
K-listed waste
Wastewater sludge from making or loading lead-based explosive initiators
Industry: Explosives.
ComplyOnSiteIs K046 hazardous waste?
Yes. K046 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 (T), toxicity.
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 K046 in Item 13. Check the VSQG exemptions and empty-container rules too.
What does K046 cover?
Sludge from treating wastewater at plants that make, formulate and load lead-based initiating compounds. The waste form and the exact source process must both match. Chemical content alone is not enough.
- Hazard code
- (T), toxicity
- Industry
- Explosives
- Rule
- 40 CFR 261.32
Is lead initiator wastewater sludge always K046?
| Code | When it fits |
|---|---|
| K046 | Wastewater treatment sludges from the manufacturing, formulation and loading of lead-based initiating compounds. |
| K044 | Wastewater treatment sludges from the manufacturing and processing of explosives. |
| 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 codes sit beside K046?
| Code | What it is |
|---|---|
| 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 |
| K050 | Refinery heat-exchanger cleaning sludge |
| K051 | API oil-water separator sludge from petroleum refining |
Sources
- 40 CFR 261.32 — Hazardous wastes from specific sources
- 40 CFR 261.3 — Definition of hazardous waste
- 40 CFR 261.4 — Exclusions
- 40 CFR 260.10 — Definitions
- 40 CFR 262.14 — Conditions for exemption for a very small quantity generator
- 40 CFR 262.20 — General requirements
- Hazardous Waste Manifest Instructions
- 40 CFR 261.7 — Residues of hazardous waste in empty containers