K047 RCRA waste code Reactive pink or red water from making TNT.

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Based on 40 CFR 261.32 and EPA hazardous-waste rules
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K-listed waste
Pink or red wastewater from TNT operations

Industry: Explosives.

Reactive K-listed waste from explosives plants. Pink or red water left over from TNT operations, an explosive manufacturing process.

Is K047 hazardous waste?

Yes. K047 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 K047 in Item 13. Check the VSQG exemptions and empty-container rules too.

What does K047 cover?

Pink or red water from TNT operations. 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 pink or red TNT wastewater always K047?

Code	When it fits
K047	Pink/red water from TNT operations.
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 K047?

Waste	When it’s K047
Pink or red water from explosives	It is pink or red water from TNT operations

Which codes sit beside K047?

Code	What it is
K042	Residues from making the herbicide 2,4,5-T
K043	2,6-dichlorophenol waste from making the herbicide 2,4-D
K044	Wastewater sludge from making or processing explosives
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
K052	Leaded tank-bottom residue from a petroleum refinery