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K131 RCRA waste code Reactor water & used sulfuric acid from making a soil fumigant.

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K131, Reactor water and spent acid from making methyl bromide fumigant.

  • K-listed waste

    Reactor water and spent acid from making methyl bromide fumigant

Industry: Pesticides.

Listed withK-listed waste

Corrosive & toxic K-listed waste from pesticide plants. Reactor wastewater & spent acid from the dryer in methyl bromide production.

Is K131 hazardous waste?

Yes. K131 is a nonacute K-listed hazardous waste when the source process and waste stream match. Its federal hazard code is (C, T), for corrosivity and toxicity.

K131 is listed by source, so how and where the waste arose decides it, not a concentration test alone. A test may add a characteristic code but doesn't remove the listing. On a required hazardous waste manifest, put K131 in Item 13. See VSQG exemptions and empty-container rules.

What does K131 cover?

Wastewater from the reactor and spent sulfuric acid from the acid dryer when making methyl bromide. The waste form and its exact source process must both match. Chemical content alone isn't enough.

Hazard code
(C, T), corrosivity and toxicity
Industry
Pesticides

Is methyl bromide reactor water and spent acid K131 or another code?

CodeWhen it fits
K131It is reactor wastewater and spent sulfuric acid from the acid dryer in making methyl bromide.
K132It is spent absorbent and wastewater separator solids from making methyl bromide.
K124It is reactor vent scrubber water from making ethylenebisdithiocarbamic acid and its salts.

The industry, production step and waste form tell these K listings apart. The rows show nearby listed streams, not every code that can apply. Add any characteristic or other listing that also fits, as one waste can carry more than 1 federal code.

Which codes sit beside K131?

CodeWhat it is
K118Spent adsorbent from purifying ethylene dibromide
K123Process water from making a dithiocarbamate pesticide ingredient
K125Production solids from a dithiocarbamate pesticide ingredient
K126Dust and floor sweepings from making or formulating dithiocarbamate pesticides
K136Bottom purification residue from making ethylene dibromide
K141Process residue from recovering coal tar
K142Tar-tank residue from making coke or recovering coke by-products
K143Light-oil recovery residue from coke by-products

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