K071 RCRA waste code Toxic mercury mud from brine cleaning at a chlorine plant.
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- Based on 40 CFR 261.32 and EPA hazardous-waste rules
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K071, Brine-purification mud from mercury-cell chlorine production.
K-listed waste
Brine-purification mud from mercury-cell chlorine production
Industry: Inorganic chemicals.
ComplyOnSiteIs K071 hazardous waste?
Yes. K071 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 K071 in Item 13. Check the VSQG exemptions and empty-container rules too.
What does K071 cover?
Brine purification muds from the mercury cell process in chlorine production, where the brine is not separately prepurified. The waste form and the exact source process must both match. Chemical content alone is not enough.
- Hazard code
- (T), toxicity
- Industry
- Inorganic chemicals
- Rule
- 40 CFR 261.32
Is mercury-cell brine-purification mud always K071?
| Code | When it fits |
|---|---|
| K071 | Brine purification muds from the mercury cell process in chlorine production, where separately prepurified brine is not used. |
| K073 | Chlorinated hydrocarbon waste from the purification step of the diaphragm cell process using graphite anodes in chlorine production. |
| K106 | Wastewater treatment sludge from the mercury cell process in chlorine production. |
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 K071?
| Code | What it is |
|---|---|
| K052 | Leaded tank-bottom residue from a petroleum refinery |
| K060 | Lime sludge from a coke-plant ammonia still |
| K061 | Electric-furnace dust or sludge from primary steelmaking |
| K062 | Spent acid pickling liquor from iron or steel finishing |
| K069 | Air-pollution-control dust or sludge from secondary lead smelting |
| K083 | Bottom distillation residue from making aniline |
| K084 | Wastewater sludge from making arsenic-based veterinary drugs |
| K085 | Bottom distillation residue from making chlorobenzenes |
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