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P040 RCRA waste code Organophosphate pesticide chemical, discarded unused.

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P040, O,O-Diethyl O-pyrazinyl phosphorothioate.

  • Acute hazardousP-listed waste

    O,O-Diethyl O-pyrazinyl phosphorothioate

P-list unused product.

Acute hazardous P-listed waste for unused O,O-diethyl O-pyrazinyl phosphorothioate, a toxic phosphate ester.

Is P040 hazardous waste?

Yes, when the listing applies. Unused O,O-Diethyl O-pyrazinyl phosphorothioate thrown away is P040, including off-specification product and qualifying residues. The P listing makes it acute hazardous waste, so the stricter acute quantities apply even to a small amount.

On a required hazardous waste manifest, put P040 in Item 13. The VSQG exemptions and empty-container rules and the rules for pharmaceutical containers may also matter.

What does P040 cover?

This covers unused O,O-Diethyl O-pyrazinyl phosphorothioate thrown away as pure or technical grade, or in a formulation where it is the only active ingredient. Off-specification batches, residues left in containers that aren’t empty, and spill cleanup residues from those products count too. Inactive ingredients don’t change the sole-active-ingredient test.

CAS
297-97-2
Table entries
O,O-Diethyl O-pyrazinyl phosphorothioate and Phosphorothioic acid, O,O-diethyl O-pyrazinyl ester
Hazard codes in the record
H (acute hazardous)

Is O,O-Diethyl O-pyrazinyl phosphorothioate waste always P040?

CodeWhen it fits
P040The unused chemical is thrown away, as pure or technical grade or as the sole active ingredient. Qualifying product residues fit too.
Characteristic waste (D001–D043)A used chemical or a different formulation meets a hazardous-waste characteristic. Check any process listings that apply too.

Both rows can apply at once, since a listed unused product can also show a characteristic. Having this chemical in a manufacturing waste doesn’t make that waste P040. Match the waste’s origin, formulation and use history. Mixing a listed waste with solid waste, or treating it, usually doesn’t remove the listing. That takes an exclusion, an exception or an approved delisting.